Questions About Annual Pass

[railmail]

Annual passes are frequently mentioned on the DIS Boards. We have 2 six day park hopper passes that we plan to pick up at the outpost when we check in on the 18th of this month. Can we upgrade these to annual passes? More importantly, are the annual passes based on the calendar year, or good for one year from date of purchase??

 

[Tri-circle-D]

Yes, you can upgrade regular tickets to an annual pass by paying the difference.

Annual passes are good for 365 days from when they are first used (not purchased-used). So your "year" is not a calendar year- it begins on the day the pass is first used, and ends the day before that day in the next year.

TCD

 

[clkelley]

Annual passes are frequently mentioned on the DIS Boards. We have 2 six day park hopper passes that we plan to pick up at the outpost when we check in on the 18th of this month. Can we upgrade these to annual passes? More importantly, are the annual passes based on the calendar year, or good for one year from date of purchase??

Yes, you can upgrade your 6-day tickets to any higher value ticke (including APs) within 7 days of their first use and receive the current gate value of the ticket. Annual passes are good for 366 dates from date of purchase. In your case, they would be good for 366 days from the day you first used the 6-day ticket. (So even if you waited till 7 days after you first used the ticket, your AP would be dated from that first day.)

 

[clkelley]

Yes, you can upgrade regular tickets to an annual pass by paying the difference.

Annual passes are good for 365 days from when they are first used (not purchased-used). So your "year" is not a calendar year- it begins on the day the pass is first used, and ends the day before that day in the next year.

TCD

TCD, APs are good for 366 days. So if he first uses his ticket on October 18th, 2009 then upgrades, his AP would be good until October 18th, 2010 including the 18th!! so that would be 366 days.

On the other token, it's not exactly 366 days from first use. If someone purchases an AP at a ticket booth, let's say on February 25th, but doesn't actually use it until March 15th, the AP date is still February 25th.

 

[railmail]

TCD, APs are good for 366 days. So if he first uses his ticket on October 18th, 2009 then upgrades, his AP would be good until October 18th, 2010 including the 18th!! so that would be 366 days.

On the other token, it's not exactly 366 days from first use. If someone purchases an AP at a ticket booth, let's say on February 25th, but doesn't actually use it until March 15th, the AP date is still February 25th.

thanks to both for the info. However, I'm still a little confused. If I upgrade to an AP near the end of this stay, say Oct. 21, but don't use them until next Sept., would they still expire next october?

 

[Jasperann]

How much is an AP? Is it worth upgrading if you already have a seven day pass?

 

[clkelley]

thanks to both for the info. However, I'm still a little confused. If I upgrade to an AP near the end of this stay, say Oct. 21, but don't use them until next Sept., would they still expire next october?

OK, sorry to confuse you. Since you are going on a trip this year, and presumably using some of the days on the 6-day pass that you are upgrading, then yes, the clock would start ticking on the day that you first used the 6-day ticket.

So let's say you arrived on the 18th, used a couple of days on your 6-day ticket, then upgraded. Your AP would start on the 18th of October, then be good through the 18th of October 2010. So for the remainder of this trip, you would have unlimited admission to all of the parks, then when you came back next September, your annual pass would still be good and you would have unlimited admission to all of the parks for that trip.

Most folks say that break even on an Annual Pass is about 12 days in the parks. So if you think you will spend more than 12 days in the parks over the course of the year, then upgrading to an Annual Pass will make sense.

If you are only spending a couple of days this year, and a couple of days for next years trip, then purchasing the non-expiring option on your 6 day ticket may be better.

 

[railmail]

OK, sorry to confuse you. Since you are going on a trip this year, and presumably using some of the days on the 6-day pass that you are upgrading, then yes, the clock would start ticking on the day that you first used the 6-day ticket.

So let's say you arrived on the 18th, used a couple of days on your 6-day ticket, then upgraded. Your AP would start on the 18th of October, then be good through the 18th of October 2010. So for the remainder of this trip, you would have unlimited admission to all of the parks, then when you came back next September, your annual pass would still be good and you would have unlimited admission to all of the parks for that trip.

Most folks say that break even on an Annual Pass is about 12 days in the parks. So if you think you will spend more than 12 days in the parks over the course of the year, then upgrading to an Annual Pass will make sense.

If you are only spending a couple of days this year, and a couple of days for next years trip, then purchasing the non-expiring option on your 6 day ticket may be better.

Thank you very much for clearing all this up. In addition to the six day tickets we will be picking up this trip, we have 5 day tickets that we upgraded on an earlier trip, and one very old ticket with one day left on it. We may just use them, and save the 6 day tickets for next years trip, which may not be until early Dec. If we upgraded to AP, they would have expired before next Dec. Thanks again.

 

[Tri-circle-D]

TCD, APs are good for 366 days. So if he first uses his ticket on October 18th, 2009 then upgrades, his AP would be good until October 18th, 2010 including the 18th!! so that would be 366 days.

On the other token, it's not exactly 366 days from first use. If someone purchases an AP at a ticket booth, let's say on February 25th, but doesn't actually use it until March 15th, the AP date is still February 25th.

My answer was based solely on my experience. I buy Florida Resident Seasonal Passes. I buy these at my local AAA office, because they often have some type of promotion that involves a gift (the one I specifically remember was a Mickey Mouse alarm clock for each pass). But, what I was actually given was a voucher, and that was good for 365 days after I activated it. So, that is why my answer differs from clkelley. My pass was not actually a pass until I got to WDW and turned in the voucher.

And, on my Seasonal Passes, they have always expired on the day before the one year anniversary of first use. I just get 365 days, not 366.

It looks like a regular annual pass is different.

TCD

 

[Carousel_OF_Disney]

BUT NOW THEIR IS ALSO SOME 3 ADDITIONAL MONTHS FREE Promo -added to the purchase or renewel of an Annual/Seasonal Pass for a total of 15 months.

I heard lots of commericials for it, but not sure if that's only for FL Residents.

Anyone know the details?

 

[railmail]

BUT NOW THEIR IS ALSO SOME 3 ADDITIONAL MONTHS FREE Promo -added to the purchase or renewel of an Annual/Seasonal Pass for a total of 15 months.

I heard lots of commericials for it, but not sure if that's only for FL Residents.

Anyone know the details?

Not sure, but I think it is only for renewal, not initial purchase. I wish it was for first purchase.

 

[DaveInTN]

Not sure, but I think it is only for renewal, not initial purchase. I wish it was for first purchase.

Me too! I believe you are correct, in that it is good on renewals. i think they may have also offered the 15 month deal for FL resident AP's. i am out on both counts!

 

[clkelley]

Me too! I believe you are correct, in that it is good on renewals. i think they may have also offered the 15 month deal for FL resident AP's. i am out on both counts!

Yep, it's on renewals. We just renewed our APs on August 30th and they are good till December 1st!!!

 

[Memph1s]

The 15 month deal is good on new Florida Resident tickets as well. Not sure about others.

 

[donatalie]

I'm from PA and I just purchased our annual passes (not a renewal!) and the cm said that they would be valid for 15 months from the date we activate them.

 

[DisCamper]

I can’t tell why but I think they need people in their parks but they gave us premium passes for $300 not the going rate of over $500 so we can do everything.

 

[AuburnJen92]

I am glad they offered the 3 extra months because I had let my annual expire and only renewed my DH's pass. Both my pass and DH's pass renewed on the same date, which crimped my finances during the summer. It also happened around the time we usually spent a week or two at FW. So, that added quite a bit to the vacation expense. So, now, we only have one pass to deal with because my pass is now renewed in September instead of June. A thought for the financially wise on the annual passes is that if you are working on a budget, you might want to spread out the renewal dates on the passes because they sure can take a chunk out of your budget at once if they all have the same renewal date. JMHO

 

[railmail]

I'm from PA and I just purchased our annual passes (not a renewal!) and the cm said that they would be valid for 15 months from the date we activate them.

When I research it online, they are only advertising 15 months for Florida residents only. It must be an "unadvertised special" for non residents.

 

[Carousel_OF_Disney]

My pass expires 12/1. I plan on being at the park that day - so is my pass good til closing time that night?

Or does it expire at midnight the night before?

 

[clkelley]

My pass expires 12/1. I plan on being at the park that day - so is my pass good til closing time that night?

Or does it expire at midnight the night before?

Closing time on December 1st!!