Parksavers...Legit? Disadvantages?

[AngiTN]

So the 'Fastpass+ confirmation number' would be the number you get when you link your vouchers to MDE?

Sort of. It is the number they send for you to use to link the ticket in to MDE. It comes separate from the voucher you can use to pick up tickets in person

 

[momtwoboys]

so I could buy them now, add them to our MDE and then stop at Guest services to make sure that my current tickets on there get used first? We will be going April 2016, April 2017, April 2018. and this would cover our April 2018 trip!!!! We have days left on our nonexpiring tickets to use first.

 

[DizDaD7]

Sort of. It is the number they send for you to use to link the ticket in to MDE. It comes separate from the voucher you can use to pick up tickets in person

If I'm looking at it correctly....The price is cheaper than UT, which is cheaper than Disney site.....All in all it's roughly like $80 or so per person cheaper from PS than it is from WDW...So I'd still be able to buy these 7 day hoppers, (Saving roughly$320.00 per our family) & then use them when we go in Nov. Get into MK, then bridge them over to a DVC Gold AP.....& they'll use the ticket/gate pricing still?

 

[ArielSRL]

If I'm looking at it correctly....The price is cheaper than UT, which is cheaper than Disney site.....All in all it's roughly like $80 or so per person cheaper from PS than it is from WDW...So I'd still be able to buy these 7 day hoppers, (Saving roughly$320.00 per our family) & then use them when we go in Nov. Get into MK, then bridge them over to a DVC Gold AP.....& they'll use the ticket/gate pricing still?

Yes, as long as you use them to enter a park first, like you mentioned.

 

[ktate82]

If I understand this, if we already have magic bands from a Disney room only stay, you don't have to pick the tickets up since they will link to the MB? Just buy, link to MDE, and then go?

 

[provencio]

We are there 6/4-6/11 too! We are at SSR...

So excited... let's talk on the June thread.. we are landing at 330 maybe i will see you on Magical express

 

[AngiTN]

If I understand this, if we already have magic bands from a Disney room only stay, you don't have to pick the tickets up since they will link to the MB? Just buy, link to MDE, and then go?

Yes

 

[MIChessGuy]

For past trips, I have linked my ticket to MDE for FastPass purposes but still used a physical plastic ticket. I would have been dinged $12.95, or whatever it is, for a MagicBand because I am always offsite. I was thinking about a situation where I link a ParkSavers electronic ticket to MDE but don't actually make it to the parks for another 2 or 3 years. Would I have to buy a MagicBand to enter the parks? I wouldn't have a plastic ticket and apparently could not get one with the paper voucher since it would have expired. Could I just tell Guest Services I'd rather not buy a MagicBand and ask them to "convert" the electronic ticket to a physical ticket?

 

[ArielSRL]

So excited... let's talk on the June thread.. we are landing at 330 maybe i will see you on Magical express

We'll be driving down but yes, I'll look for you on the June thread!

 

[AngiTN]

For past trips, I have linked my ticket to MDE for FastPass purposes but still used a physical plastic ticket. I would have been dinged $12.95, or whatever it is, for a MagicBand because I am always offsite. I was thinking about a situation where I link a ParkSavers electronic ticket to MDE but don't actually make it to the parks for another 2 or 3 years. Would I have to buy a MagicBand to enter the parks? I wouldn't have a plastic ticket and apparently could not get one with the paper voucher since it would have expired. Could I just tell Guest Services I'd rather not buy a MagicBand and ask them to "convert" the electronic ticket to a physical ticket?

I don't know but I wouldn't take the chance. Unless you are willing to purchase a MB of they say no
As I understand their instructions you can do 1 of 2 things when you purchase tickets from park savers
1. Take the voucher to a ticket counter and pick up tickets
2. Link the code they provide to your MDE and use a Magic Band

 

[MIChessGuy]

I don't know but I wouldn't take the chance. Unless you are willing to purchase a MB of they say no
As I understand their instructions you can do 1 of 2 things when you purchase tickets from park savers
1. Take the voucher to a ticket counter and pick up tickets
2. Link the code they provide to your MDE and use a Magic Band

Yes, that was my take on it as well. It appears that I would have to pay attention to the voucher expiration date if not using a MagicBand. Still, if the deal is sufficiently better than competing ticket sites, I guess I could just buy a MB and still come out ahead. Now I need to read through the pro/con threads on MagicBands in general to persuade myself to get one.

 

[AngiTN]

Yes, that was my take on it as well. It appears that I would have to pay attention to the voucher expiration date if not using a MagicBand. Still, if the deal is sufficiently better than competing ticket sites, I guess I could just buy a MB and still come out ahead. Now I need to read through the pro/con threads on MagicBands in general to persuade myself to get one.

Well, if you have ever wanted a ride photo from 7DMT you could get one of you buy a MB

 

[Madame]

Looking to see if any Canadians purchased through PS. My order total was $2412.90 CAD. Nowhere was I allowed to see USD prices... The receipt I received was for USD.

Unless they are charging my card in CAD, their prices are erroneous. They cannot control the conversion & even a charge posted today will be converted at the exchange rate on the day the charge hits my card, not the day the charge was made.

Has anyone bought from them & received a CC statement. If they are charging my CC in USD I would consider this bait & switch...

 

[crusoe2]

I would love to get our tickets from Park Savers but I have a situation I haven't seen mentioned and I'm trying to figure out if this will work out for us. DH, DS, DD and I went to Disney last summer with tickets from UT. We linked them to our MDE account so we could book fastpasses before we left home and then bought Magic Bands in Epcot and had them linked. So I'm assuming we could link the tickets from Park Savers to those Magic Bands. But we let our DD invite a friend to go with us this time and she doesn't have a Magic Band. I've added her to our MDE account so we can book fastpasses for her once we get our tickets. But I'm wondering about a couple things:

1. Can we go ahead and link all 5 tickets to our MDE account for the purpose of booking fastpasses, but link 4 of them to the Magic Bands and take the voucher for the 5th one and redeem it at the park?
2. Assuming the answer to my first question is yes, once we have redeemed DD's friend's voucher for a park ticket, can we buy her a Magic Band in the park and have her ticket linked to the Magic Band? I know she isn't required to have one but we would like to get her one.

 

[AngiTN]

I would love to get our tickets from Park Savers but I have a situation I haven't seen mentioned and I'm trying to figure out if this will work out for us. DH, DS, DD and I went to Disney last summer with tickets from UT. We linked them to our MDE account so we could book fastpasses before we left home and then bought Magic Bands in Epcot and had them linked. So I'm assuming we could link the tickets from Park Savers to those Magic Bands. But we let our DD invite a friend to go with us this time and she doesn't have a Magic Band. I've added her to our MDE account so we can book fastpasses for her once we get our tickets. But I'm wondering about a couple things:

1. Can we go ahead and link all 5 tickets to our MDE account for the purpose of booking fastpasses, but link 4 of them to the Magic Bands and take the voucher for the 5th one and redeem it at the park?
2. Assuming the answer to my first question is yes, once we have redeemed DD's friend's voucher for a park ticket, can we buy her a Magic Band in the park and have her ticket linked to the Magic Band? I know she isn't required to have one but we would like to get her one.

I would guess you have it right but you can also order a MB from the store website or the shop parks app. And they sell them outside the parks at resorts and such. Then you wouldn't have to get the ticket

 

[crusoe2]

I would guess you have it right but you can also order a MB from the store website or the shop parks app. And they sell them outside the parks at resorts and such. Then you wouldn't have to get the ticket

Thank you! I don't know why I hadn't already thought of this. That should work just fine and buying from Park Savers will save us nearly $60 on park passes.

 

[jbish]

Its the 7 day park hoppers that is the best deal. 370.98

Searched for info on Park Savers here and found this thread from a few weeks ago. I don't know much about this site so I want to make sure I have this right. Am I missing something here? The 7 day park hoppers are cheaper than the 5 day park hoppers? We are only going for 5 days, but why wouldn't I buy the 7 days for cheaper?

This just seems like a too-good-to-be-true-so-what's-the-catch kind of a situation, so I just want to make sure. The following are all including tax (I think):

• 5-day PH Direct from Disney: Adult $435.59; Child $414.29
• 5-day PH Undercover Tourist: Adult $413.27; Child $392.20
• 5-day PH Park Savers: Adult $400.09; Child $383.32
• 7-day PH Park Savers: Adult $389.46; Child $370.09

Additionally, there's a chance we will upgrade to DVC Gold APs when we're there, so getting the 7 day also allows for us to bridge off of a higher base price, correct? Seriously, what's the catch???

 

[AngiTN]

Searched for info on Park Savers here and found this thread from a few weeks ago. I don't know much about this site so I want to make sure I have this right. Am I missing something here? The 7 day park hoppers are cheaper than the 5 day park hoppers? We are only going for 5 days, but why wouldn't I buy the 7 days for cheaper?

This just seems like a too-good-to-be-true-so-what's-the-catch kind of a situation, so I just want to make sure. The following are all including tax (I think):

• 5-day PH Direct from Disney: Adult $435.59; Child $414.29
• 5-day PH Undercover Tourist: Adult $413.27; Child $392.20
• 5-day PH Park Savers: Adult $400.09; Child $383.32
• 7-day PH Park Savers: Adult $389.46; Child $370.09

Additionally, there's a chance we will upgrade to DVC Gold APs when we're there, so getting the 7 day also allows for us to bridge off of a higher base price, correct? Seriously, what's the catch???

No catch. PS is cheaper than UT, even with the Mousesavers link.
Well, I guess there is a catch, which you know if you read this thread.
First catch is, there is a delay between the time you purchase and the time you can link to MDE. Typically 3 days
Second catch is, if you want to pick up tickets in person (instead of linking to MDE) the person who's name is on the voucher MUST be the one who picks them up
Third catch, if you want to pick up tickets the voucher you use will have an expiration date (the expiration date does not apply once you link the code to MDE)

 

[jbish]

No catch. PS is cheaper than UT, even with the Mousesavers link.
Well, I guess there is a catch, which you know if you read this thread.
First catch is, there is a delay between the time you purchase and the time you can link to MDE. Typically 3 days
Second catch is, if you want to pick up tickets in person (instead of linking to MDE) the person who's name is on the tickets MUST be the one who picks them up
Third catch, if you want to pick up tickets the voucher you use will have an expiration date (the expiration date does not apply once you link the code to MDE)

So I think I'm set here - we have Magic Bands from prior trips that I plan to use this time. My 60 day window doesn't open for a couple more weeks, so the three day delay doesn't affect me. So I don't think that I need vouchers in any way, correct?

 

[AngiTN]

So I think I'm set here - we have Magic Bands from prior trips that I plan to use this time. My 60 day window doesn't open for a couple more weeks, so the three day delay doesn't affect me. So I don't think that I need vouchers in any way, correct?

No, there would be nothing that would force you to turn in the vouchers for tickets. Once you link the code to MDE you'll be set