parksavers vs mousesavers/undercover tourist

[disneydad1]

parksavers is advertising 4 day adult parkhopper + 3 days free for $389.46 - that's 7 days total; child price is 370.09.

mousesavers price for adult 7 day parkhopper is 427.90; child price is 427.90

What's the catch?

How reliable/trustworthy is parksavers vs mousesavers.

We've always used mousesavers and have been 100% satisfied.

 

[momof2cuties]

No catch. We used those tix end of June and even upgraded for $10 a day. Great deal!

 

[pooch]

Apparently no catch. Lots of discussion on the boards about parksavers lately and I have yet to see any real negatives. It's a great deal. If it works for you, I'd grab it.

 

[cocoachip]

Mousesavers fan here...I purchase tickets from UT and can save them for whenever we book a trip.

I decided to investigate parksavers. The only way to add a ticket to your cart on parksavers is to provide a redemtion date, however you can't choose dates beyond Dec. 2016...and the tickets expire in Dec. 2018. I didn't go far enough into the purchase to see if the price listed includes tax either.

 

[NeverTooOldForWDW]

No catch. We used those tix end of June and even upgraded for $10 a day. Great deal!

Not sure I follow. Upgraded the hopper to what? How?
Edit: Another question- Are they vouchers that need to be redeemed?

 

[JerseyJanice]

I bought the Parksavers passes you're talking about. I had no trouble at all loading them into my MDE account.

Also, I've posted on this board for many years, particularly when I have a trip coming. There are fellow long-term posters who have vouched for the legitimacy of these passes. I have full confidence in them and feel like I got a great deal.

Try a search or two on this forum with "Parksavers" then notice the registration date of some of the posters discussing them. The old-timers here won't steer you wrong on the good deals out there for Disney travel.

 

[practicallyperfect77]

I purchased the deal from parksavers (also thought it was too good to be true, uteverything worked great). I received order confirmation with 24 hours and within 48 hours I had the code that js needed to enter into MDE.

You do have to enter a redemption date, but folks have called and talked to parksavers folks and said as long as code is entered into MDE, you are fine until like 2030 or something (so you enter a date in 2016 but it can be used later)

The great thing is that I am using this ticket to go towards an AP and they bridge. So even tho I only paid the $390 or whatever it "counts" as the full retail price if a 7 day hopper which I thinknis aboit $80 more. So basically I end up saving $80 on an AP. Winner, winner...chicken dinner.

 

[momof2cuties]

Not sure I follow. Upgraded the hopper to what? How?
Edit: Another question- Are they vouchers that need to be redeemed?

Meant to say we added days on. So the 7 day became a 10 day for an extra $30

A day or so after purchasing I got an email from Parksavers with a confirmation number to link the tickets on MDE

 

[brittbrat63]

I've been eyeing these as well.

Does anyone know for sure if you buy these and want to upgrade to an annual pass, do you have to use a day first? Or can you upgrade before you enter a park?

 

[bryanb]

My friend just bought tickets from Boardwalk Ticketing. Their price for the 7-day park hopper is even a few dollars cheaper: $385.33.

A few days later he got his ticket number by email, and entered it into MDE. Really simple!

I wonder what loophole allows these sellers to offer such a discount on tickets, when Disney almost never offers such price cuts. They all seem to be authorized real tickets.

 

[bumbershoot]

I've been eyeing these as well.

Does anyone know for sure if you buy these and want to upgrade to an annual pass, do you have to use a day first? Or can you upgrade before you enter a park?

Ravenclawtrekkie, a ticketing CM, says that we don't have to first use them before upgrading. I personally still will because why not.

I wonder what loophole allows these sellers to offer such a discount on tickets, when Disney almost never offers such price cuts. They all seem to be authorized real tickets.

There's no loophole. Disney sells them to these companies for cheaper and the companies sell them for a bit more. Disney does offer price cuts, in this specific way.

 

[bryanb]

There's no loophole. Disney sells them to these companies for cheaper and the companies sell them for a bit more. Disney does offer price cuts, in this specific way.

I guess I'm wondering why Disney chooses to sell to these companies for cheaper. It's cannibalizing Disney's own ticket sales.

 

[Robo]

I guess I'm wondering why Disney chooses to sell to these companies for cheaper. It's cannibalizing Disney's own ticket sales.

The authorized ticket resellers are an additional market to guests for tickets.

One of the oldest mantras of business is, "Don't discount your own product. Have someone else do it."
You see that in the many "Buy your -local amusement park- tickets now at -local food market- and save!" promotions.

The Florida area ticket re-sellers can also offer "deals" to other area attractions and make more attractive "deals" that will draw additional guests to Disney who might otherwise not come to Orlando at all.

 

[Princesca]

I just bought two PH tix from Boardwalk... got the numbers and loaded them into MDE, got the confirmation from Disney that tickets were loaded... easy peasy, and I am PHing for the first time in my life thanks to those low prices. I was going to get a six day base ticket from UT, but from BT, the 7 day PH tix were only $30 more for two people, soooooo... no brainer!

ETA: Getting the numbers from BT takes 72 hours, so don't panic if you don't get them right away.

 

[wdwrule]

You do have to enter a redemption date, but folks have called and talked to parksavers folks and said as long as code is entered into MDE, you are fine until like 2030 or something (so you enter a date in 2016 but it can be used later)

So I'm curious.....still debating to take the parksavers route. If I did this, let's say entering a date of November 2016 but I wouldn't actually be using the tickets until November 2017 or even 2018, would there be something in writing that would say tickets valid until 2030 (or whatever the future date)? Just overly cautious I guess but I don't want to lose out if I don't go before its initial expiration date.

ETA: or BT route

 

[Allison]

My friend just bought tickets from Boardwalk Ticketing. Their price for the 7-day park hopper is even a few dollars cheaper: $385.33.

A few days later he got his ticket number by email, and entered it into MDE. Really simple!

I wonder what loophole allows these sellers to offer such a discount on tickets, when Disney almost never offers such price cuts. They all seem to be authorized real tickets.

I just bought a 7 day park hopper from Boardwalk Ticketing through a TouringPlans link for $379.64. The process was very smooth and the tickets are already loaded on my Disney account and ready to use.

 

[Robo]

So I'm curious.....still debating to take the parksavers route. If I did this, let's say entering a date of November 2016 but I wouldn't actually be using the tickets until November 2017 or even 2018, would there be something in writing that would say tickets valid until 2030 (or whatever the future date)? Just overly cautious I guess but I don't want to lose out if I don't go before its initial expiration date.

ETA: or BT route

Ignore the date thing.

It may help to know that their tickets are not "Parksavers Tickets."
Parksavers sells "Walt Disney World Tickets," issued by WDW... and sold at wholesale to Parksavers.

These ticket purchases will be honored at WDW like any other WDW ticket.

The authorized ticket resellers are approved and licensed to sell tickets by WDW.

 

[wdwrule]

Ignore the date thing.

It may help to know that their tickets are not "Parksavers Tickets."
Parksavers sells "Walt Disney World Tickets," issued by WDW... and sold at wholesale to Parksavers.

These ticket purchases will be honored at WDW like any other WDW ticket.

The authorized ticket resellers are approved and licensed to sell tickets by WDW.

Ok thank you!!

 

[tp1830]

Question:

if i only need to buy a child's ticket...it asks for "person redeeming ticket" ...that required photo ID. Should i put my name in there (adult paying and with ID)? or child with no id?

 

[taiko225]

So I'm curious.....still debating to take the parksavers route. If I did this, let's say entering a date of November 2016 but I wouldn't actually be using the tickets until November 2017 or even 2018, would there be something in writing that would say tickets valid until 2030 (or whatever the future date)? Just overly cautious I guess but I don't want to lose out if I don't go before its initial expiration date.

ETA: or BT route

I have purchased 1 Parksaver and 1 Boardwalk ticketing 4+3 days park hopper ticket... Both of them are linked to my MDE account and you could see an expiry date of 2030 when you try to "assign" to someone in your MDE account, just create a dummy friend with no actual MDE account... Assign the ticket there n they will show 2030 expiry to check.