Is "Magic My Way" really going to save me money?

[Minnie&Nana]

The thing is, will there still be other tkt options? Or will Disney pull all the hoppers from outlets, hotwire etc back and the only choice will be the new ones?

I am not thrilled with the new MMW - my kids are adults and so I meet friends for shorter visits maybe twice a yr, sometimes more, just depends. I might not go for a couple of yrs and then go three 4 night visits in one yr.

We'll see how it works out - it might be good for a family who will not be returning for a few years and so will not need the expiration. At least rhye will know the exact cost including food which might help. I wonder how many will not choose the hopper choice and be stuck in one park all day? That can be a long day in summer or when the parks are open alter - even with a resort afternoon rest!

No matter what Disney does, most of us here will return and continue to hope for resort discounts, don't you think?

If MMW lasts I'll get used to it and it will be the way I visit Disney until it changes! I've been through all kinds of Disney trials - in the 90's we had our photo's on our park hoppers one yr, another yr we had to do the thumb scan with a reg hopper...I'll adjust to whatever they try! I jsut hope there are still ways for folks to save, esp families with young childre.

 

[disneyjunkie]

I like the package. The only reason I was interested in booking it was for the dining plan.

No matter how much I'd save by using a code and purchasing the passes from a broker, I'd never do a sit down dinner each night of our trip.

By booking the dining plan, my son (13) and I will have dinner at the following places,
Tappenyaki
Chef Mickey's
1900 Park Fare
Cape May Cafe
Ohana
Hollywood Brown Derby
Le Cellier
Boma or Whispering Canyon Cafe

I used codes, ticket brokers, and meal vouchers for our last two trips. Both trips we ate mostly counter service meals. We did one character breakfast on the first trip. On the second trip we did two character breakfasts and one lunch at Rainforest Cafe (free with GC from mypoints).

By using the package, we get to change the way we dine on our trips. I'm sure I wouldn't pick the dining plan each time we go to WDW, but it's nice to have an option that's cheaper than the old silver package.

I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get a discount from AAA tomorrow.

 

[Cinderella37]

What in the world is the reasoning only offering the packages for a maximum of 8 days? WDW doesn't want you to only stay for five days, but you can't stay for more than eight without the hassle of two reservations and additional money spent.

The 10 day tickets are a money saver - if the AP room discount is only a little more than AAA, we're keeping our AAA discount and purchasing the 10 day with hopping, with an expiration date for $247. Two of those cost way less than two APs (we never renew because we want our start date to be when we're actually there). So if the AP room discount isn't an additional savings of $366 over AAA, we're buying the MYW passes.

 

[jeanylaser]

i think that disney has a great idea for the birthday for disneyland.

 

[EEyorelover22]

I don't get it either...if they have a 10 day ticket, why don't they offer a 10 day package. Seems very strange to me. I was given bad info too this morning...I cannot just add dining to my current 10 day ressie. Cannot be down. 2 of 3 CMs said it could. I have only a room ressie, but with no code so it's rack rate at this point.

 

[MagicKingdom05]

I was told that the reason behind only doing 8 nights/7 days is that there market research shows that people don't want to stay longer than 8 nights/7 days.

I am curious who they asked. Because if they said we are doing a new package deal where you can go to the parks for 10 days for only $11 more than 5 days would you go, I am sure most of the people would have said yes.

 

[EEyorelover22]

They sure didn't ask the Disney Freaks off this board that go for 10 days+!! When the site is working again, I'm going to email about having longer packages.

Aren't they also forcing AP with people who stay longer than 10 days. I haven't run any numbers, but I'm sure it has to be more cost effective to buy an AP. For us, we'd be forced to buy PAP since we do the water parks and Quest.

 

[armomof3lvsdisney]

Is it just me, or are there alot of things that don't make sense about MYW!!!!
I think there are alot of problems that were not very well thought out!!
It makes absolutely no sense not to let some on book a long stay. I truely believe this is a problem they will have to address and in the next few weeks people will be able to book long stays.
JMHO

 

[YankeeFan51]

IMHO I believe they're also making a mistake not offering the dining option to those with code reservations. It would still essentially keep guests spending all of their money for food on site--and some would be using more table service venues than they normally would.

 

[MagicKingdom05]

EEyorelover22,

I just got done e-mailing them. It took a couple of tries, but I got it to work. I was asking about when the online system would be back up and if someone could let me know why they changed the packages from 10 nights to 8 nights. I know that they will come back with the our market research shows that people don't want to stay longer than 8 nights/7 days.

 

[VickiVM]

Not happy at all. So much hype and we really don't know much more today than we did yesterday. I got an online quote of $3556 for 7 nts at Y/C for 2 adults, 3 kids - 11, 8, and 6. It included 5 day passes with no options. If I remove the cost of the passes - $946.85 - then the room cost $372/night . Without a code rate, then I may as well go back to my original plan of renting DVC points for a 2 bedroom villa and cooking some of our meals in the kitchen. Then Disney doesn't get much of my money. If they're not careful, then this may backfire. No room discounts means no WDW resort stay for us. Hmmm - Dolphin wasn't so bad when we stayed for one night last year. Wonder what rates they have for the summer.

 

[Magalex]

We had already booked a Dream Maker Package at Pop for 4/22 thru 4/30. Well I just changed our package to Magic My Way Tickets 8 nights/7 days with the Park Hopper Option. It saved us $512.00. It is our 4 yr old DS's first trip so we will be at the 4 main parks. We are not going to the water parks or Pleasure Island. The hotel's pools and arcade are fine for him so we don't need to go to DisneyQuest with a 4 yr. old.This trip the new ticket system helped us.

Magalex

 

[Taratink]

MYW tickets are driving me crazy. We only need a 5 day ticket. So do I spend the extra 500 dollars now for 2 trips worth? I'm getting confused writing about this. I think I will save about $475.00 over 2 trips.I have never used a water park before. Should I add it? We go in Feb. Will we use it? I feel like I have to make decisions for 2 trips. Then my husband says "what if we never go back to WDW?" What! Is he crazy? Those are divorce words. Does he know what he says? The drama of it all.
Tara

 

[lark]

I think there are significant benefits to MYW tickets for the more-than-casual WDW planners and visitors.

Part of the value is the flexibility. You can't just judge whether it will save you money by looking at it at the instant you buy the tickets. There are so many permutations.

Suppose you are going for a standard vacation length -- seven days eight nights. You do your preplanning and decide you'll probably go to the parks for 5 days and want to hop. So, what to buy? Well, it's true that if you just do a straight up comparison that the ticket you buy pursuant to MYW that would equate to the old 5 day hopper is more expensive. That is, a 5-day, no expire, hopping ticket is more than the old 5-day hopper.

But let's look at your flexibility. Suppose you think you might go more than 5 days. Suppose also that you are staying at the BC, and you're not delighted about the restaurant choices at the boardwalk for some reason -- you got a bad fig at Spoodles last time and Flying Fish is too expensive. There are a bunch of restaurants in Epcot, though, that you would like to go to on your first night. Well, instead of buying a 5-day base ticket, for just six dollars more, you can buy a 7-day base ticket. Park hopping is a fixed price, so it costs you no more on the 7-day ticket than it would have on the 5-day.

But now you're near the end of the trip, and it turns out that it rained a little and you took a day trip to Universal and you only ended up using 4 days on your seven day pass. Well, now you have even more flexibility -- for just $58.58, you can purchase the never expire option on your ticket. In other words, for less than $60, you can now convert the remaining 3 days on your ticket to never-expire park hoppers. When are you ever going to be able to buy 3-day park hoppers for less than $20 a day? If you think you will return some day, you'll never get a better deal.

At the end of the day, did this 7-day never expire park hopper ticket cost you more than an old 7-day hopper would have cost. Maybe, I'm not sure. But what price do you put on the flexibility? And if you just look at it from the moment you made the decision to add the never-expire option, it's a great deal.

I guess if you plan every detail of your trip and never vary from it, the old park hoppers might have been better. But there is a significant flexibility component to the MYW tickets IMO.