Old Annual Pass = New Benefits???

[OB1]

The big question is does my annual pass purchased in May now have the benefits of the new annual pass? That would mean photopass included with the annual pass. I wonder . . . . . . . . .

 

[erionm]

From the Passholder webpage:
Passes Purchased Before October 4, 2015
If you purchased a pass before October 4, 2105, your current pass has not changed and your existing Passholder benefits will remain valid through your pass expiration date. Please continue to enjoy your pass as you always have.

When it is time to renew your Passholder status, you may be asked to select one of our great new passes.

 

[OB1]

Thanks erionm. Never hurts to have hope.

I like the addition of the photopass and was hoping annual passes now included it. We may have a quick DEC trip to soak in the Christmas cheer. My wife will have to grab a gold annual pass, which will then provide the extras (we have DVC)

 

[PeasandCarrots]

Thanks erionm. Never hurts to have hope.

I like the addition of the photopass and was hoping annual passes now included it. We may have a quick DEC trip to soak in the Christmas cheer. My wife will have to grab a gold annual pass, which will then provide the extras (we have DVC)

I called and you can pay the difference in price from your old pass to the new pass to get the new benefits but it has to be done in park at guest services.

 

[cvjw]

You can pay about $20 and upgrade a regular, old DVC pass to the new Gold DVC pass. Then you get memory maker for $20. My sister did this last night and already has access to her photopass pictures.

 

[goodeats]

I have a voucher purchased before 10/04 - so it will not be a Platinum Pass when I activate it? Someone posted that the computers would treat it as such. I don't really care about the photopass, but free is free!

 

[Tennille]

From the Passholder webpage:
Passes Purchased Before October 4, 2015
If you purchased a pass before October 4, 2105, your current pass has not changed and your existing Passholder benefits will remain valid through your pass expiration date. Please continue to enjoy your pass as you always have.

When it is time to renew your Passholder status, you may be asked to select one of our great new passes.

what are the new pass prices?

 

[Simba's Mom]

I was kind of hoping I could access photopass with my "old" AP now. I don't understand the difference between Photo pass and Memory Maker, I just would like the Photopass Photographer to be able to take some pictures of me in the parks and have access to download them. That's because it's a solo trip and I usually don't have any pictures of myself in the parks (No, I don't do selfies). But if I can't, that's OK.

 

[mickey1968]

I "think" it would be $90 to upgrade my pass bought in May. I was planning to do the 1day MM on my party day but now I think I will go ahead and and do this.

 

[wintotty]

My AP will expire in mid November, and we are going there one more time in 2 weeks before it expires.
So can I just upgrade my AP (was old pass around $635?) to new AP for the difference of about $120 and get Photo Pass service? If so it'll save us about $40 and it's worth it. Could anyone confirm?

Thank you!

 

[erionm]

what are the new pass prices?

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/passes/

 

[CJMickeyMouse]

I have a voucher purchased before 10/04 - so it will not be a Platinum Pass when I activate it? Someone posted that the computers would treat it as such. I don't really care about the photopass, but free is free!

I am in your same situation... I have a voucher for an AP that I will activate in Dec. I am hoping it's the new Platinum Pass, but I am not holding my breath. I have seen posts going both ways. Fingers crossed for both of us!

 

[buzznina]

I was kind of hoping I could access photopass with my "old" AP now. I don't understand the difference between Photo pass and Memory Maker, I just would like the Photopass Photographer to be able to take some pictures of me in the parks and have access to download them. That's because it's a solo trip and I usually don't have any pictures of myself in the parks (No, I don't do selfies). But if I can't, that's OK.

When there, just go to a photo pass person to get your photo taken and they will give yo a photo pass that you can use for any additional PP pictures. Then you can stop at a PP place to get pictures before you leave or when you get home you have (i think 30 days) to order any photo Pass pictures that you may want. With Memory Maker, you get to keep all the photos taken during your trip, including all ride photos and the additional character photos etc. Once you get home you can download all the digital photos for you to keep.
I also thought that adding the photos to the APs was great, UNTIL I really thought about it and realized that the I am paying for the photo pass 4 times, that's the number of passes that we get. So not so great of a deal.

 

[buzznina]

My AP will expire in mid November, and we are going there one more time in 2 weeks before it expires.
So can I just upgrade my AP (was old pass around $635?) to new AP for the difference of about $120 and get Photo Pass service? If so it'll save us about $40 and it's worth it. Could anyone confirm?

Thank you!

Are you upgrading more then 1 AP? Because it will be $120 more for each AP just to get the Photo Pass. If more then 1, then you are starting to lose $$.

 

[kayteekt]

I have a voucher purchased before 10/04 - so it will not be a Platinum Pass when I activate it? Someone posted that the computers would treat it as such. I don't really care about the photopass, but free is free!

Same here, we bought about a month ago. I called a CM told me it would upgrade when we activated, but I'm not so sure. I guess we'll see when we go next month.

 

[wintotty]

Buzznina,

No, I'm thinking about just upgrading mine. I'm the only person to access the Memory Maker before anyway, so I just need to be able to download all pictures, not anyone else. So does this work then?