I'm a current AP holder who is only planning one trip to WDW over the next 2-3 years. On that trip (next May), we plan to spend 10 days in the 4 main parks and 2 days in the water parks. We don't typically park hop so I'm planning to buy 10 day WPF&M tickets for at least everyone else in my party.
My main reason for renewing my AP would be for discounts. We're not big merch buyers, so the main discount would be on rooms. In that regard, we're planning 12 nights in deluxe resorts (split stay). Along those lines, I figure AP room discounts could theoretically save us somewhere around $300 more than GP room discounts but this is not guaranteed.
We also want to get a TIW card as we'll be eating a lot of TS meals but I understand we don't need to renew the current AP to get that provided we buy the TIW card before the current AP expires (i.e., we don't need an AP to use a TIW card, we just need an AP to buy one).
The cost of renewing the AP and adding water parks is around $650 and a 10 day WPF&M ticket at UT is currently going for around $400. In other words, by renewing the AP, I'm paying an extra $250 on tickets for the possibility of saving somewhere around $300 on rooms.
So if you were in my shoes, what would you do? Along those lines, are there any other benefits of renewing the AP that I should consider? (just want to make sure I'm not missing something in weighing the options)
My main reason for renewing my AP would be for discounts. We're not big merch buyers, so the main discount would be on rooms. In that regard, we're planning 12 nights in deluxe resorts (split stay). Along those lines, I figure AP room discounts could theoretically save us somewhere around $300 more than GP room discounts but this is not guaranteed.
We also want to get a TIW card as we'll be eating a lot of TS meals but I understand we don't need to renew the current AP to get that provided we buy the TIW card before the current AP expires (i.e., we don't need an AP to use a TIW card, we just need an AP to buy one).
The cost of renewing the AP and adding water parks is around $650 and a 10 day WPF&M ticket at UT is currently going for around $400. In other words, by renewing the AP, I'm paying an extra $250 on tickets for the possibility of saving somewhere around $300 on rooms.
So if you were in my shoes, what would you do? Along those lines, are there any other benefits of renewing the AP that I should consider? (just want to make sure I'm not missing something in weighing the options)
