How has the $399 Premium Annual Pass Deal Changed Your Plans?

[mrsR123]

I'm really considering picking up a couple of vouchers if I can manage it without having to charge them. We aren't going until next December, but I would be able to activate them before it was too late. If I have at least half the family covered, I could probably swing spring break 2014. Cash is tight with DD in college now, but this might make a spring trip possible since I'll have points to use

 

[WeLoveAriel0505]

Added a week in July 2013 and also are adding a week in December to maximize usage of our passes!

 

[fmer55]

I had 3 trips planned for a regular AP, now five trips planned between Oct12-Sep13. Then buying another set for stockings to activagte next December which I will get 3 trips on

 

[disneystick]

We were only doing water parks before Disney cruise in June. Now we are also doing F&W and camping from Christmas to NY at the Fort. Plus I'm sure another trip in 2014 before the pass expires.

 

[geffric]

more trips for me! "the year of disney!"

yep

 

[TLPL]

This PAP deal is evil! It's costing me thousands of $$$!
You see since we are going to get it to use for our Easter 2013 trip, we HAVE to go again next Christmas to see all the pretty lights. And to make the money worth, we HAVE to go again March 2014 before their expired.
And since we are going there March 2014.... I just booked us another DCL cruise....

 

[SmilingGrump]

Since we're planning on a big family and friends trip in Novermber, I was planning on just taking our oldest daughter with me to the first DisDad's convention in January. However, the discounted AP's pushed me over the edge and I'm surprising my wife and both daughters with a two week trip leaving Dec 29. It should be fun to see their reactions on the evening of the 28th (we have a redeye flight) when I tell them to pack their bags

 

[bwvBound]

How has the $399 Premium Annual Pass Deal Changed Your Plans?

It hasn't ... but it might be nice to have a similar offer for the two-park forgotten space out West ...

 

[KingRichard]

We are now thinking of going in the Summer(hot,hot) and maybe at the end of the year(13) and get max value out of the passes.

 

[jade1]

We have reg DVC AP's that expire 4-1-13. Can we "renew" them to the PAP deal on or b4 that day? And is there a slight discount to renew? We have a feb trip planned regardless, but may scale it back a bit if we are sitting on PAP for all next year.

 

[nyck]

We have reg DVC AP's that expire 4-1-13. Can we "renew" them to the PAP deal on or b4 that day? And is there a slight discount to renew? We have a feb trip planned regardless, but may scale it back a bit if we are sitting on PAP for all next year.

No. You have to buy the voucher before 12/31/12 and activate it before 12/31/13. So you would not renew the passes you have, you would let those expire 4-1-13 and ACTIVATE the vouchers you purchased at the $399 rate

 

[nickspace]

We will not have enough points to stay as much as we want because we purchased the PAP. Now we are looking at Bonnet Creek for one of our trips.

 

[MErnst]

I'm sorry if this has already been asked here or if it's the wrong place....I purchased the PAP for $399 in October and activated the pass on 12/1/12. I thought that the pass expires one year from activation which would be 12/1/13. If that's the case, why do my passes state they expire 10/7/13. I'm confused....can anyone help?

 

[LisaS]

I'm sorry if this has already been asked here or if it's the wrong place....I purchased the PAP for $399 in October and activated the pass on 12/1/12. I thought that the pass expires one year from activation which would be 12/1/13. If that's the case, why do my passes state they expire 10/7/13. I'm confused....can anyone help?

It depends on what you mean by "purchased the PAP... in October". If you purchased an actual PAP at WDW in October then it was activated at the time you purchased it even if you did not enter a park with it and it expires one year later. If you mean that you purchased a voucher or certificate in October and then exchanged it for a PAP in December, then your expiration date should be one year from the day you picked up the actual PAP.

Someone else reported they got a PAP with an incorrect expiration date. I think they noticed it right away (while still at the ticket window) and were able to have it corrected.

 

[MErnst]

It depends on what you mean by "purchased the PAP... in October". If you purchased an actual PAP at WDW in October then it was activated at the time you purchased it even if you did not enter a park with it and it expires one year later. If you mean that you purchased a voucher or certificate in October and then exchanged it for a PAP in December, then your expiration date should be one year from the day you picked up the actual PAP.

Someone else reported they got a PAP with an incorrect expiration date. I think they noticed it right away (while still at the ticket window) and were able to have it corrected.

Yes, I ordered the PAP online, received exchange cards in the mail....activated them on Dec 1st at Hollywood Studios. Never checked expiration date. I found the other thread where a couple people were talking about the same problem. I called Guest Services and the CM gave me a phone number for ticketing that can validate and correct the problem. Unfortunately, they aren't open until Monday.

 

[LisaS]

Yes, I ordered the PAP online, received exchange cards in the mail....activated them on Dec 1st at Hollywood Studios. Never checked expiration date. I found the other thread where a couple people were talking about the same problem. I called Guest Services and the CM gave me a phone number for ticketing that can validate and correct the problem. Unfortunately, they aren't open until Monday.

I hope everything gets sorted out. It seems that in some cases, the CM is using the voucher purchase date instead of the date of exchange to set the expiration date. I wonder why the ticketing system doesn't generate the expiration date automatically?

 

[Sparkie]

Disney Research wants to know also.

I just got an email asking about my discounted PAP purchase. It asked things like did I think it was a good value, would I purchase again, had I changed my trip plans based on the purchase of the pass, if so, how many extra trips had I planed, where would I stay, on site on points or cash, offsite, with friends, my home, if I had not bought the pass, what type of ticket would I have bought or would I even make an extra trip, was this my first AP purchase, where did I buy it, new or renewal, online, inperson, upgrade form another ticket, where did I first hear of the special pricing.... there were more questions but I thought it interesting.

We are pobably not the typical AP users. We were in Disney 10/12 and upgraded a 5 day ticket from UT because we knew we would come back next year for Food and Wine (only upgraded 2 adults-other family members were not with us and we did a family trip in 8/12) But we may go one additional time in May. Not sure if kids/grandkids will go or not. So we will most likely purchase tickets for that specific trip for them. Which was also a survey question.

I did add in the comment box at the end that based on the information from MyMagic+ and the rumored limiting of fastpasses for AP holders that if I had known there would be a difference between AP and nonAp then it could have influenced my decision to purchase the AP.

I think the price of the PAP was fantastic, especially for us. We used the ticket for 5 days in 10/12, for 5 days in May. and 7 or 8 days in Sept so price per day works out quite well. Even better if you are local and go multiple times.

 

[rquebral]

Since buying the pass, I booked AKV in November to try and hit the International food/ wine and Mvmcp. I was thinking about a trip in Aug too...Then all this thinking, convinced me to go next month. Unfortunately, I did not have enough points for all 3, so we are staying at POP in Feb.

 

[Mariep26]

I can't remember if I posted in this thread but we are doing three trips this upcoming year. Two on our own points and one on rented points. I would love to squeeze another trip in July but we shall see!

 

[RCharnay]

Can someone tell me if the PAP gives you a discount on any hotel rooms? Is there a site that gives more info on everything that Comes with the admissions. Now that we are planning extra trips, we may need to stay in hotel rooms a few nights to expand our DVC points.

Never mind. I found it on the wdw site. It appears the hotel discounts are sporadic. I'm guessing they usually aren't available near the holidays.