Just back using Armed Forces Salute. Any ??s

[jwsqrdplus2]

We just got back from our trip to WDW. We used the Armed Forces Salute tickets. DH is Active Duty so he was free. I am ANG and I happen to do my AT during the window of opportunity, so I was free also. We paid $105 (tax included) for the companion ticket for DD 4.5; DD 22months was free. They were awesome tickets. The CM at the TTC who got them for us told us they were the best deal she had ever seen!

Weather was pretty good overall. Definitely hot, but New Orelans is far more humid. Fans (not necessarily mister fans) were a definite must have! The Britta water bottles were also great. DH was rather impressed with my savvy knowledge on some of this stuff (thanks everyone!). It did rain during parts of a couple of days, and with one exception, we were at the resort for naptime when the rain hit.

Crowds were very manageable the entire week. We rarely had to use FP, but we did use it to our advantage. Friday am, we walked onto Splash Mountain twice without needing an FP. The longest we waited for anything was Kali River Rapids and that was a bad post time. Standby wait was supposedly 20 minutes, but it took us an hour to get up there. Other than that, we found most standby times to be within 5 minutes of the posted wait.

We stayed at the Contemporary through Shades of Green. We were in Room 7307. Couldn't see MK, but we had a front row seat for the EWP every night!

Full trip report to be posted on the Trip Report Board in the next day or two.

 

[jessiesmom]

So, if you go to a water park in the morning and a park in the evening do you use two days of the pass?

Thanks!!

 

[jwsqrdplus2]

They are hoppers!! We only went back to the same park 2 of the 5 days. We did not go to the water parks or Disney Quest, but that was our choice, not a limitation of the ticket.

 

[novafan]

For DH, was his AD ID card all he needed to get the passes?

We are going on that same deal (including CR deal) in a week from today. Can't wait! This is such a STEAL!!

 

[jwsqrdplus2]

Originally posted by novafan
For DH, was his AD ID card all he needed to get the passes?

We are going on that same deal (including CR deal) in a week from today. Can't wait! This is such a STEAL!!

Yes, all your DH will need is his ID card as long as it indicates Active duty! That is all my DH needed. I needed my orders because my ID card says Guard. You will enjoy the CR. We requested at 3rd floor room, near but not next to the elevators and got room 7307 which was perfect for us. The only thing that could have made it better would have been an MK view!

 

[TDERadulski]

We will be taking advantage of Disney's Armed Forces Salute offers from 28 Sept to 5 Oct during my husband's midtour leave from his remote assignment to South Korea.
We plan on getting the five day park admission ticket...My question is, do we have to use the ticket for 5 consecutive days, or can we take a day off in the middle of our trip? Also, we are buying the max amount of tickets (5 I think) becuase we have family joining us. I am guessing we don't all have to travel into and out of the parks at the same times???
We also got GREAT rates at the WL as part of the Armed Forces Salute offer. We will have two woodland views room for 7 days and pay only $2051 (works out to about $146 per room per night). We can't wait!!

 

[jwsqrdplus2]

Originally posted by TDERadulski
We will be taking advantage of Disney's Armed Forces Salute offers from 28 Sept to 5 Oct during my husband's midtour leave from his remote assignment to South Korea.
We plan on getting the five day park admission ticket...My question is, do we have to use the ticket for 5 consecutive days, or can we take a day off in the middle of our trip? Also, we are buying the max amount of tickets (5 I think) becuase we have family joining us. I am guessing we don't all have to travel into and out of the parks at the same times???

No, you do not have to use them for 5 consecutive days (although we did cause we only had 5 park days). However, they do expire in Dec. The sponsor (your DH) or you must be present to buy the tickets, but once the tickets are purchased, your "companions" can use them as they please until they run out of days or the tickets expire, whichever comes first.

Enjoy! It is a great deal.

 

[sdrinon]

Where do you get the tickets?

Also- with a park hopper, if you go to two parks in the same day it is counted as two days? Leaving me with 3 days on a 5 day pass? Thanks for your help!

 

[FonFon]

Is the ticket treated as a Park Hopper Plus pass? Meaning - do you get admission to Pleasure Island or Disney Quest with it? And if it is used like that, do you know if the plus features go away when the ticket is used up? (I.e., if you did 5 parks in 5 days, and then wanted to do Disney Quest on the 6th day.)

Thanks!!

 

[ToriLammy]

Originally posted by FonFon
Is the ticket treated as a Park Hopper Plus pass? Meaning - do you get admission to Pleasure Island or Disney Quest with it? And if it is used like that, do you know if the plus features go away when the ticket is used up? (I.e., if you did 5 parks in 5 days, and then wanted to do Disney Quest on the 6th day.)

Thanks!!

No the ticket is not treated as a Park Hopper Plus pass. The tickets are only good for 5 days regardless of how you use them. DisneyQuest and Pleasure Island are included but not as Plusses - it's more like a 5 day length of stay in that you can go to DisneyQuest or Pleasure Island as much as you want for those 5 days but when the 5 days are used that's it. Now the 5 days don't have to be consecutive but there is no 6th day of admissions.

 

[ToriLammy]

Originally posted by sdrinon
Where do you get the tickets?

Also- with a park hopper, if you go to two parks in the same day it is counted as two days? Leaving me with 3 days on a 5 day pass? Thanks for your help!

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You can get the passes at any WDW park ticket window.

If you go to two parks in the same day it only counts as one day admission. Have fun.

Tori

 

[sdrinon]

Thanks for the info ToriLammy !

 

[memymomonica]

Thanks for taking the time to answer questions. We are leaving Sept. 27th and using the Armed Froces Salute passes. I guess this is easy for most, but this is also our first time at Disney. I understand that we can go to 2 parks on the same day and it counts as 1 day. My question is, Is Disney Quest and Water Parks treated like a theme park. If you go to Animal Kingdom in the day, do you get into Disney Quest free that night with your pass? Or is Disney Quest and water parks additional? Did that make any sense? My head is spinning planning this trip. We are staying in a 2 bedroom villa at the Old Key West. We have family joining us, so I am beyond excited. How were the crowds? Thanks so much

 

[FonFon]

Thanks so much for the clarification!! Looks like these tickets will be great!!

 

[figmentvi]

The tickets are just like "Length of Stay" tickets, which means you can go to any park, DisneyQuest, Paradise Island, and Water Parks as many times as you like for 5 days.

Hope this helps clarify it a little more.

 

[CASTLEKEEPER]

My Family and I are also going to take advantage of these tickets come November.
My husband is in the Army reserve, just got back from being deployed for 6 months to Germany. He now has his Reserve Card and his Orders showing he was deployed this year. The website is so confusing to say if we qualify because we are reservist with orders. His orders are still good til Feb 2004 but he is now back home not active. How do we qualify? With his reserve card and his orders?
Plus, Do all of us in our party have to be there to get the tickets? I understand Disney needs names and birthdates for all that will be using the tickets.
Thank you for any info you can give me.

 

[jwsqrdplus2]

CASTLEKEEPER-

Welcome to the DIS!

His ID card and a copy of his orders will be all you need for him to purchase the tickets. He will receive a complimentary ticket and will be able to purchase up to 5 companion tickets at $99 plus tax (worked out to $105ish) each.

When we purchased ours, we were all together since we are a family, but I have heard that not everyone needs to be there. I really do not know the answer to that one. The only thing I defintely know is that WDW does need the names and b-days of everyone.

Good luck and have a great trip.