Is it cheaper to get the no expiration option?

[roliepolieoliefan]

I was looking at the ticket prices, wish i thought of this when we were at WDW last month. Would it just be cheaper to buy a longer length of stay ticket with a no expiration ? Is there a base ticket with no expiration, longer than 7 days? DH and I are going for an adults only trip next week, 4 days, then we are taking the kids again next September. Wouldn't it be cheaper for us to buy a 8 day pass now with no expiration than buy 2, 4 day passes? I can't find a base ticket with no expiration though past 7 days, unless I want the hopper option. Is there an 8 day base ticket with no expiration?

 

[raven69david]

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wd...dren=0&country=USA&stateProvince=TX&numDays=8

You can buy up to a 10 day base ticket with whatever other options you want. Anything past 7 days will cost you $100.00 to add the no expiration option.

 

[chrome64]

If you think that you might go for more than 10 days total in the year then you should consider an annual pass. It sounds more expensive initially but, you then get discounts like the Disney Dining Expierence ($50 sign up fee but then you save 20% at most major Disney restuarants!). We did this a few weeks ago and the DDE paid for itself in about a day and half. Now we will be going back (soon I hope) and every time that we save 20% we can subtract that from the total that we paid for the annual passes. In the end, we will end up not spending that much at all for the passes. Plus it's just cool to be able to say, "yes, I'm a Disney Annual Pass holder!"

 

[lagunn]

i bought 10 day tickets with no expiration and 5 pluses.here
www.park-tickets.com

 

[blessedby3]

We bought 10 day no expire passes for our trip and are using 5 this trip and will use the other 5 next year when we go in December. It definately cheaper than buying two five day passes two years in a row.

 

[aka-mad4themouse]

I would recommend getting the 10-day MYW non-expiring passes rather than 8-day passes. The cost is almost the same (sometimes less, if you know where to look) and you get 2 additional days that are never going to expire.

I would also recommend getting them from an online ticketbroker like Ticketmania.com or DiscountOrlandoVacation.com. Both companies are very reputable, come recommended by Mary of MouseSavers.com (also known on the DIS as FoodLover) and they offer free shipping within the US.

Also, both sites offer exactly what you're looking for, a ticket that is good for more than 7 days with no pluses, no hopping and no expiration.

 

[seashoreCM]

Unless the store or travel agent is giving a stupendous price on it, the 8 day non-expiring is a horrible deal.

For eight more dollars you get the ninth and tenth non-expiring days.

Before rushing out and buying a non-expiring ticket, try to foresee another future vacation (not necessarily your next) that the remains of the ticket will fully cover. (You also often make out if you buy new tickets for each of the first and second vacations and use only the remains for the third. Do the math.)

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/dispass.htm

 

[AJKMOM]

I recommend Ticketmania, too. Go to Mousesavers.com and sign up for the newsletter. The first newsletter will have a link to Ticketmania that has a big discount. I saved $100 buying 5 "Ten day, no expire-parkhoppers" thru Ticketmania as opposed to getting them online thru Disney.

 

[lark]

One thing to add to this debate that comes up frequently on the resorts board. Disney is trending away from room only discounts and building its heavier discounts into the MYW package, which requires you to buy at least one day's worth of park tickets. People with APs or with park hoppers or nonexpired MYW tickets are finding they can't take advantage of the packages as much as they might have liked and also use their nonexpired tickets. There is a way around this -- they can simply buy a 1 day ticket as part of the package, but that adds $60 per guest and starts to undermine the savings on the nonexpire MYWs they own.

I still think 10 day MYW nonexpire tickets -- particularly the ones with the plus features, which you get for like $9 a plus -- are a great deal. Just giving you one other thing to think about.

 

[erikthewise]

Unless the store or travel agent is giving a stupendous deal on it, the 8 day non-expiring is a horrible deal.

For eight more dollars you get the ninth and tenth non-expiring days.

Before rushing out and buying a non-expiring ticket, try to foresee another future vacation (not necessarily your next) that the remains of the ticket will fully cover. (You also usually make out if you buy new tickets for each of the first and second vacations and use only the remains for the third. Do the math.)

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/dispass.htm

This is quite true. But do not overlook buying expiring tickets. An 8- to 10-day expiring ticket is much cheaper than a non-expiring one. And using those leftover tickets requires careful planning and managing, a task that most would rather do without. Unless you are going on multiple short trips within two years it may not be worth the trouble.

Suppose you are planning a trip with 7 park days, and you have 3 days left over from old nonexpiring passes. What do you do? Buying a 7-day expiring park hopper pass in advance is only $3 more than a 4-day pass! So you can
(a) buy 7-day passes and save your leftovers for next time, when you may again face the same quandary
(b) Again buy longer non-expiring passes, putting more money on the table, and facing the problem of using them the next visit.

There are a lot of scenarios where 10-day nonexpiring passes can work well, but there are just as many others where expiring passes or annual passes are better and/or simpler.

 

[lark]

Buying a 7-day non-expiring park hopper pass in advance is only $3 more than a 4-day pass!

I think you must have meant to say that a 7-day EXPIRING park hopper is only a little more than a 4 day pass. Actually, it's a little closer to $15.

But the other reason to buy expiring passes is that you can always conver them to no expire if within the 14-day window. So, say you bought those 7-day tickets, but you only ended up using 5 days, because of rain or whatever. Now, you're getting ready to leave. For $55, you can upgrade them to no-expire, so you essentially get a 2-day non expiring park hopper for a future trip for $27.50 a day. A pretty smoking deal.

 

[erikthewise]

I think you must have meant to say that a 7-day EXPIRING park hopper is only a little more than a 4 day pass. Actually, it's a little closer to $15.

But the other reason to buy expiring passes is that you can always conver them to no expire if within the 14-day window. So, say you bought those 7-day tickets, but you only ended up using 5 days, because of rain or whatever. Now, you're getting ready to leave. For $55, you can upgrade them to no-expire, so you essentially get a 2-day non expiring park hopper for a future trip for $27.50 a day. A pretty smoking deal.

Yes thanks; I edited that post to reflect your correction. I was going by http://www.allearsnet.com/pl/ticketchart.htm#MYW3 where the 4-day adult expiring park-hopper is listed at $234.30 and the 7-day adult expiring park-hopper is listed at $237.50 with advance purchase.

 

[roliepolieoliefan]

Thanks guys! It gives us something to think about. We actually are going to do 2 short trips within the year. DH and I leave at the end of the week for my 40th birthday trip. And next September , we're taking the kiddos on a 7 night DCL. DH was saying perhaps after or before the cruise we could spend about 3 nights at the parks. I was thinking, if I can convince him to buy more days with this trip, it would give me more ammo. to convince him to do the few days at the parks, since DH and my tickets will be paid for. There is a method behind my madness. Thanks all!