Park Ticket Question

[lts862]

What are the best tickets to get as DVC owners? UPH? PH? Are they discounted through DVC? Annual passes don't seem like a good deal at this point...maybe if we were not owners and wanted hotel discounts. It looks like we will be taking about 1 trip/year.

Thank you.

 

[lts862]

Sorry, I didn't realize that these questions were asked and answered several times on this page.

 

[BillPA]

We use APs. If you go once a year, and plan correctly you can get 2 trips out of 1 pass. Say go in August year 1, then July in year 2. Or early Dec year 1 then Oct the following year.... You will have both trips covered. If you enter the parks 8-9 times in 1 year, you are ahead with the APs.

But be warned, when you get APs and have DVC, you will go more often. We are now up to 3-4 trips a year.

 

[dianeschlicht]

Or if you always like to go the same time each year, just shuffle it by a week so you get two trips in on one AP. It truely is the most cost effective ticket for DVC owners. We usually get an AP, use it 2-3 times in 365 days, and then we buy a new voucher and wait 365 days before we use it. That way we are still traveling every year on APs but the dates are skewed a little.

 

[Nink]

I had read somewhere that you could no longer buy vouchers, but instead had to renew you ticket before your expire date and then the ticket was in effect the day of purchase.

 

[mom2alix]

I think Diane is talking about buying a new voucher.

The renewals are no longer done as vouchers, they are as you describe where they start the day after your old pass expired.

You can still buy a voucher for a new annual pass (such as from the Disney Store) and it will be activated one you are in the parks and run for a year after that.

Basically with the new renewal policy, you're losing the renewal discount if you don't want your new AP's time to start running as soon as the old one expires.

 

[dianeschlicht]

You are combining the renew rules and the voucher. We just bought vouchers before our January trip. If we renew them at the anniversary date, they would be active right away, but by waiting and buying another voucher, we don't lose all those days.

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Originally posted by Nink
I had read somewhere that you could no longer buy vouchers, but instead had to renew you ticket before your expire date and then the ticket was in effect the day of purchase.

That's only if you want to take advantage of the discount that Disney offers if you renew your ticket. Our family does the same as Diane and it saves us a lot of money in the long run.

HBC

 

[poohnpiglet3]

Now I'm thoroughly confused.

Can somebody explain the whole voucher thing? I'm sorry to be redundant, but I'm not getting it.

Can you tell us how much the discount is on further AP's if you renew?

Thanks!

Sherri

 

[dianeschlicht]

WE buy vouchers at the Disney store. If you renew your AP when it is about to expire, you get discount ( I think it is $35), but the clock continues ticking from the renewal date. If you just go buy a new voucher for a new AP, you don't waste all that "time" on the AP. It is more cost effective than the renewal price unless you live near enough to take advantage of more trips.

Example:
Jan 20,'04 use voucher to activate AP
take 2-3 trips with the last one ending by Jan. 19, '05.
Buy another AP voucher when you can afford it during that year.
Activate the voucher later in January '06

That way you are purchasing an AP every other year, but getting trips every year. Understand?

 

[trishy]

We just fluctuate our trips a bit so our passes are still good. Right now our APs expire on 7/4/04 - but our vacation this year starts 6/26 - we'll still get to use our AP's and just buy new ones next year and fluctuate by a week the following year. It works well - we've been doing it this way for the past few years without a problem.

 

[pumpkinboy]

Originally posted by dianeschlicht
Example:
Jan 20,'04 use voucher to activate AP
take 2-3 trips with the last one ending by Jan. 19, '05.
Buy another AP voucher when you can afford it during that year.
Activate the voucher later in January '06

That way you are purchasing an AP every other year, but getting trips every year.

... and people here complain there are no discounts on APs! Looks to me like buying a pass every other year is as close as we get to a DVC discount on APs, and at nearly 50%, it's a darn good one.

I'm only kidding folks; pls don't anyone flame me