Qyick question about prepaying for character meals thru ARES

[lntsmom]

Has anyone done this? I looked on their site and can't find info about whether they charge handling and shipping fees for this. Their prices are $2 per person lower than Disney's, but I need more info before ordering thru them.

If you've used this service could you please let me know how it worked? Did you actually save money this way?

Thanks!

 

[Mybananas]

bump, Good question. I've been wondering about Ares travel and pre-paid vouchers too.

 

[Mikscrap]

I haven't used my vouchers yet as our trip isn't until the end of the month but I did order tickets and Ariels Dining from ARES. I didn't have an option of having anything sent to me. What I got after paying was a link to print out vouchers. I then take these prepaid vouchers to the ticket booths and exchange them for tickets when we are there. I've done that part before when I used Get Away Today. I was charged a $5 convenience fee using ARES and I'm not sure how that was figured. I bought 3 tickets to Disneyland and 3 tickets to Ariels Grotto and that $5 convenience fee was for all that. It was still a savings over other sites I checked so I didn't mind the $5 fee. Somewhere I saw they charge $1 pp for that fee but that doesn't equate to my $5 fee so I don't know how that fee is calculated.

 

[bumbershoot]

I just put an adult Minnie's breakfast voucher into the cart, and the only option it shows is to print at home. And there's a 1.25 Ticket Convenience Fee listed.

Just changed it to two adults, now the fee is 2.50. Added DS and it's 3.75.

Mikscrap, while playing around I put 2A and 1C tickets in, and the fee was 5.00. Took out the child, still 5. Took out 1 adult, still 5. So it looks like there's a $1 fee for any amount of tickets, on top of the 1.25 pp fee for meal vouchers.

Orrrrr, after playing around more...maybe 5.00 is their cap? Very confusing and no explanation. Their phone CS is open today, though.

 

[esc38372]

I bought 5 adult parkhoppers, 1 child parkhopper, 5 adult character meal vouchers, and 1 child character meal voucher through ARES in one online transaction. I printed the ticket vouchers at home and exchanged them at the DL ticket office. The ARES fee was $5. So I would guess there is a $5 cap and that it's better to buy all your tickets at once.

 

[cruise cruise cruise]

I just ordered my Airiels vouchers yesterday (to use monday). I phoned Ares before ordering, but I did make my final purchase on line.

They charge $1.25 per voucher/ticket with a $5 cap.

So if you order 1 ticket, you will be charged an additional $1.25, 4 tickets $5, 10 tickets $5