Question about various passes & renewals

[O-Jo]

We currently have a DVC annual pass. It is expiring next week, and we have plans for DL in October and DW in January. I've done the math and it is basically a wash for renewing (plus adding oop DL & Quest) vs upgrading to a Premier Pass. If we upgraded for the year, what happens when that expires? We highly doubt we'll ever go back to DL (just checking out Cars Land, our hearts are with DW and it's closer) so we'd want to go back down to regular or premium AP at DW. Would we get renewal rates in the downward direction or would we be starting over with a new AP? Even though it's a wash this year, the prices for next year will ultimately determine which way we go with this.

Thanks for any help!

 

[vicki_c]

We currently have a DVC annual pass. It is expiring next week, and we have plans for DL in October and DW in January. I've done the math and it is basically a wash for renewing (plus adding oop DL & Quest) vs upgrading to a Premier Pass. If we upgraded for the year, what happens when that expires? We highly doubt we'll ever go back to DL (just checking out Cars Land, our hearts are with DW and it's closer) so we'd want to go back down to regular or premium AP at DW. Would we get renewal rates in the downward direction or would we be starting over with a new AP? Even though it's a wash this year, the prices for next year will ultimately determine which way we go with this.

Thanks for any help!

You can get the DVC renewal rate and just get the Florida AP for what I have read on the theme parks board.

 

[O-Jo]

We aren't in Florida. Does that change things?

 

[spiceycat]

We aren't in Florida. Does that change things?

you can't get the Florida rate.

would let your premier pass expiry. and just get a new annual pass (with the $100 dvc member discount) when you go to WDW in 2014. don't buy it until your next trip to WDW. unless you heard before about a raise in price.

 

[vicki_c]

We aren't in Florida. Does that change things?

LOL - sorry, that's not what I meant. I didn't mean a FL priced AP. I meant an AP that was only good for WDW in Florida.

 

[DebbieB]

I had a trip to WDW in April, DL next month, WDW in March and DL again in August. I debated about a premier pass, it would have saved me a little. But if I bought it in April this year, it would expire April of next year, before my August DL trip. So I figured it was cheaper to get separate annual passes, that way my DL AP would expire in September next year and would cover my August trip.

 

[BirdsOfPreyDave]

you can't get the Florida rate.

would let your premier pass expiry. and just get a new annual pass (with the $100 dvc member discount) when you go to WDW in 2014. don't buy it until your next trip to WDW. unless you heard before about a raise in price.

LOL - sorry, that's not what I meant. I didn't mean a FL priced AP. I meant an AP that was only good for WDW in Florida.

As vicki_c says, it's not what she meant, but the DVC and Florida Resident passes are actually both the same price now. Our DVC discount on APs is closer to $149 now, vice the $100 it was before the latest ticket price increase. (Unfortunately, our price still went up, but not as much as everyone else's.)

To the OP, when you reach a renewal point for a pass, you can change the type of pass and still get the renewal rate. This works both for upgrading and downgrading.

Of course, with any pass renewal you always need to do the math to determine if you get a better value by renewing (and having your new pass expire based on the anniversary date of the previous pass), or waiting and buying a new pass at the non-renewal price (which would have an anniversary date based on the date you buy/redeem it). Often, the weeks or months you lose between when you renew a pass and the first time you can use it don't make sense to get the relatively minor renewal discount.

 

[BirdsOfPreyDave]

Actually, now that I look... is there even a renewal rate for a Premier Annual Pass offered? I can't find a reference to one.

 

[erionm]

Actually, now that I look... is there even a renewal rate for a Premier Annual Pass offered? I can't find a reference to one.

Are you talking about the Premier Passport that's valid for both WDW & DL? If so, there is no renewal rate on that passport.

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