Seriously! I have to pay twice what my brother pays for WDW!

[2Tiggies]

hahahah! Didn't actually mean they would pay for it! That would be a knee-slapper when thinking of my family as well!!! But yes, you understood what I meant. I suppose the stipulation would be if it said for UK citizens only. It's worth a shot! Fingers crossed!!

Actually there is nothing stopping your brother from making the whole reservation in his name for both families and you can just pay him back/transfer the money to his account in advance.

The only condition for Disney UK bookings as that there needs to be a billing address for the lead guest within the UK/Europe

They will send all the vouchers and papers out to that address. You really don't need those as they have all the details on the system and as long as you have photo ID and you are all together for check in it will be fine.

 

[mistysue]

This thread makes me laugh. If a flight from the UK is 600 euro- this is less than I have to pay for round trip tickets from here in the US. Two years ago I paid the same for 9 nights/10 days at POP as UK residents are looking at for two weeks (including 14 day tickets!) at SSR!
WOW! I like POP and all, but in what world does that make sense? They could probably cut the UK discount in half, offer it to everybody and come out WAY ahead.

I would buy a 2 or 3 week ticket any day. Our disney trips are shortened by the limit of ticket days. This year we are even going to other parks- only because Disney is giving us a limit on days. They are practically advertising Universal with the difference between a 10 day or annual pass.

 

[Granny square]

You can buy the same tickets.

 

[NotUrsula]

This thread makes me laugh. If a flight from the UK is 600 euro- this is less than I have to pay for round trip tickets from here in the US.
[snip]

Wow. Where are you flying from that you routinely pay over $800 for one domestic r/t ticket to MCO? That's pretty high, even from the west coast.

As to longer trips, it really doesn't pay for WDW to market that level of ticket to US guests except insofar as they do it with the WPF option. There are VERY few younger US guests that have enough vacation time to be able to do three straight weeks in the parks unless they live locally. (Retirees can do it, but most of them balk at the prices and/or don't have the energy to do theme parks for 21 days straight.) However, as a pp pointed out, it is possible to buy the long-stay tickets in advance of your arrival; some of the authorized resellers provide them in the US on advance order. (They just are not allowed to advertise them, so you have to go looking.)

 

[mistysue]

Wow. Where are you flying from that you routinely pay over $800 for one domestic r/t ticket to MCO? That's pretty high, even from the west coast.

As to longer trips, it really doesn't pay for WDW to market that level of ticket to US guests except insofar as they do it with the WPF option. There are VERY few younger US guests that have enough vacation time to be able to do three straight weeks in the parks unless they live locally. (Retirees can do it, but most of them balk at the prices and/or don't have the energy to do theme parks for 21 days straight.) However, as a pp pointed out, it is possible to buy the long-stay tickets in advance of your arrival; some of the authorized resellers provide them in the US on advance order. (They just are not allowed to advertise them, so you have to go looking.)

Who sells these? I have tried to get them and been told I can't because of geography. I called (I know CM's aren't reliable) and also tried to find a site that would do it. Multiple times on this board even I've heard people say you can't- is this wrong?!? That would be great news to me!
ETA- According to the everything about tickets sticky- Technically you can have somebody in Europe order the tickets and send them to you. No, they do not directly sell them to the US or Canada. Clearly it is not their intent that we can have them.

As to the airline price- I was actually combining information from different comments on this thread- where I thought people were saying Euros were nearly twice a dollar. Now that you mentioned it I googled that and I am wrong. But even if you pay an extra $1500 in airfare- they are giving discounts worth more than that difference.

 

[NotUrsula]

Who sells these? I have tried to get them and been told I can't because of geography. I called (I know CM's aren't reliable) and also tried to find a site that would do it. Multiple times on this board even I've heard people say you can't- is this wrong?!? That would be great news to me!

As to the airline price- I was actually combining information from different comments on this thread- where I thought people were saying Euros were nearly twice a dollar. Now that you mentioned it I googled that and I am wrong. But even if you pay an extra $1500 in airfare- they are giving discounts worth more than that difference.

Read Mousesavers carefully, and it will become apparent where you can get them. I'm not trying to deliberately be obnoxiously obtuse here, but as the condition under which the resellers are granted this privilege by Disney is that they can't advertise it, it causes problems for them if the info is posted outright on forums or websites. US residents cannot buy them directly from WDW, so CM's will always tell you no.

PS: Sorry, no, I'm not answering PM's on this topic, as I'm getting a million of them. Ordering those tickets is a sort of trial-and-error kind of thing; either the transaction goes through or it is declined based on disqualification. Just be sure to order only from legitimate established resellers.

 

[DisneyMomma81]

Read Mousesavers carefully, and it will become apparent where you can get them. I'm not trying to deliberately be obnoxiously obtuse here, but as the condition under which the resellers are granted this privilege by Disney is that they can't advertise it, it causes problems for them if the info is posted outright on forums or websites. US residents cannot buy them directly from WDW, so CM's will always tell you no.

I'm over at MouseSavers.com and not seeing anything about longer stay tix available in the states... Could you PM me?

 

[Lolsmum]

Firstly, it's residency, or actually billing address, that matters not citizenship. I'm a US citizen living in the UK and can book on either the US or the UK site for Disneyworld. Yes, Disneyland Paris is a different issue.

Secondly, I'd kill for that airfare. In school holidays, which is when most Brits with kids can go thanks to fairly strict rules on taking kids out of school, airfare is significantly higher than 600 euros (a bit under £500 right now, I believe). We're going in late August (for the US free dining deal) and are paying nearly £3000 for flights alone for 2 adults and 2 children. Speaking of that US free dining deal, to get the maximum benefit of the UK deals, you have to book quite far in advance, usually well before airfare is available. By the time we were able to consider booking for this year, it was far too late to get the free dining through the UK site. Many Brits are currently booking summer 2013 now. Disney gains benefit from having these packages booked up well in advance as well as gaining benefit from the much longer, on average, stay by the European visitors. Even with free dining, most people spend a fair bit in the parks and resorts over that length of time. Brits also have to book a moderate resort for free QS and a deluxe for the regular dining plan.

Not fair? Maybe, but it works for Disney.

As for benefits for non-EU citizens in the UK, I know there are certain deals available. There is a travelcard one can only buy from abroad, or at lesat there used to be, which was significantly cheaper than the price in the UK, for example.

 

[Goofy22]

I am not sure if that's possible. I would check. In the Disney UK website, to book the package, you have to enter all your information, including address, etc. If you have a US address, it probably wouldn't take it.

Added later: I missed the 2 rooms part of your post before. I guess he can reserve 2 rooms and do that, but we want a package, would they allow one person reserving for 8 people?

Your brother would just add on a room to his package and your addres wouldnt be needed just names and ages as it would technically be in his name as long as he is there at check in there should be no issues cause when he checks in he would be checking in for both rooms

 

[mistysue]

Read Mousesavers carefully, and it will become apparent where you can get them. I'm not trying to deliberately be obnoxiously obtuse here, but as the condition under which the resellers are granted this privilege by Disney is that they can't advertise it, it causes problems for them if the info is posted outright on forums or websites. US residents cannot buy them directly from WDW, so CM's will always tell you no.

Can I get a PM too?
It seems to me like mousesavers, and the linked retailers, are all making clear if you want >10 to do AP.