Ticket Price Increases for Disneyland Announced

[MrsPinup]

Not quite. If you buy an AP VOUCHER it begins on the date of activation. If you buy an AP, it begins immediately.

I don't think this is true....After reading through the thread, both start on the first day of entry.

I purchased passes online NOT vouchers. On my confirmation email AND on each ticket that we turn in to exchange for our APs, it says "expires one year after FIRST ENTRY". It doesn't say 1 year from date of purchase.

Whew!

Looks like maybe this will finally be the price increase that shrinks the number of AP holders (starting with me).

I agree...while I love the thought of fewer people in the parks, I do not want to be one of them. Add rising gas prices to the list and I may have to cancel some of my SoCal trips (or get my friends down there to let me bunk with them for a few nights )

I just got off the phone with guest services for AP. I asked if I can renew my pass before the prices go up. I checked online and it is too early to renew. Lily (cast member) stated that as long as I renew before July 1st I will be able to lock in the current price without the increase.

You can renew your AP 40 days prior to expiring.

Dang, I wish I saw this sooner! I expire 7/24.

I bought PHs about 1/2 hr ago with a gift card. Balance on the card has gone down, but no tickets have shown up. I assume they are busy processing all of the orders, but the email said they would show up within minutes.

I am wondering how long I need to wait until I call customer service. Is anyone in the same boat as me since last night? How long did it take?

I am on the phone waiting right now, but they have a message playing when you first call, it basically says that due to high sales, wait times for emails are at 3 hours.

I am all set but a friend was wondering if she purchased the deluxe ap online today and did the monthly payment plan, is the first day of her pass till the first time she goes to the park and activates it at the gate?

The voucher does not give you the monthly payment option.

Luv ya Bridget! I decided to go for the Premium and I set up monthly payment options. Although, I am debating on whether or not to start using it when I go in late June just to have the extra discount, or use my DAP since it is valid through July. Decisions, decisions.

With the massive price hikes, I will never get the premium again and possibly not a DAP either. We may just have to settle coming once every few years after this new pass expires.

 

[Twinkle Lights]

Called customer service to use multiple gift cards to buy our AP vouchers and they are now on callback! They couldn't even put me on hold! I tried to verify that they would call back TODAY but the CM would only tell me they would call back as soon as they could! Ack!

They are definitely swamped with orders!!

 

[sierranevada]

Luv ya Bridget! I decided to go for the Premium and I set up monthly payment options.

Back at ya sweetie! Wanted to make sure I had the correct info to give you!

 

[MrsPinup]

I just spoke with a CM who also confirmed that it is the first day of ENTRY for when the new pass starts. Payments start right away, but not the ticket countdown

 

[starshine514]

I just bought vouchers for my family and my parents. I guess we're in for one more year! I saved my order confirmation page as a PDF, since we don't plan on heading back until September, I can wait for the email...as long as it arrives at some point.

 

[Ingrid0382]

I just frantically read through this entire thread and didn't see an answer to my question, but if I just missed it, I apologize.


We are visiting the parks next week and were planning on upgrading our SoCal Deluxe APs to Deluxe APs when we arrived. I just found out about the price increase and tried calling the AP line, but they're closed. The web site says upgrades cannot be done online. I'm just sick over the fact that it was going to cost us $330 dollars to upgrade all of our passes, but with the price hike it's going to cost $600.

Is there any way they'll honor the current prices, or is this a lost cause? I wanted to cry when I reached the recording saying the lines were closed. Our passes don't expire until December 19th, so I can't just renew.

I'm so frustrated and wish I had been more on top of this information. I feel like an idiot. It actually would have been worth driving to the parks today to take care of this at the ticket window if I had known sooner

 

[disneymom0104]

So thankful for this thread! I just purchased our 6 day park hoppers for our Dec. trip. I am also incredibly sad they are potentially discontinuing the 6 day park hopper! Hopefully you will be able to add the 6th day to a 5 day ticket, but that could add more stress to the vacation until you get there and know for sure! I spent $984 for 3 adults and 1 child. I decided to just spend $12 more than aRes and get them from the DL website.

 

[NStramler]

I just frantically read through this entire thread and didn't see an answer to my question, but if I just missed it, I apologize.


We are visiting the parks next week and were planning on upgrading our SoCal Deluxe APs to Deluxe APs when we arrived. I just found out about the price increase and tried calling the AP line, but they're closed. The web site says upgrades cannot be done online. I'm just sick over the fact that it was going to cost us $330 dollars to upgrade all of our passes, but with the price hike it's going to cost $600.

Is there any way they'll honor the current prices, or is this a lost cause? I wanted to cry when I reached the recording saying the lines were closed. Our passes don't expire until December 19th, so I can't just renew.

I'm so frustrated and wish I had been more on top of this information. I feel like an idiot. It actually would have been worth driving to the parks today to take care of this at the ticket window if I had known sooner

I do not think they will honor these prices after today.. Is it too late to take a drive to the park tonight and do it real fast? that is a lot of money... Did you try this number? 714-781-4400? That is the number I got them at last night.

 

[BayAreaMom]

Ok, I read this entire thread and I still don't see the straight-up, no-nonsense answer to this question:

What is the difference between buying a deluxe AP online vs. buying a deluxe AP gift voucher online?

As far as I can see, they both have to be redeemed/activated by 12/31/12 (the voucher does NOT give you 1 year from purchase to activate). And both give you access to DL for 1 year from date of entry.

I have a Premier pass right now that expires 12/3/12. I need to buy a deluxe DL AP, which I am going to hold onto until mid December to activate.

Is there any actual difference for me in buying the AP vs. Voucher online? THhe only thing I read is that some people are experiencing glitches in purchasing the AP's which cause their purchase date to be their activation date. So in that case, the voucher sounds like a safer bet.

I really wish I knew the answer...
My AP expires 6/6/12 and I do not want to "renew". I want a new AP in nov.
I was just too worried about the system treating my AP purchase today as an auto-renewal that i just bought the "gift vouchers". I figure this is the safest approach.

 

[pixiewings71]

I just frantically read through this entire thread and didn't see an answer to my question, but if I just missed it, I apologize.


We are visiting the parks next week and were planning on upgrading our SoCal Deluxe APs to Deluxe APs when we arrived. I just found out about the price increase and tried calling the AP line, but they're closed. The web site says upgrades cannot be done online. I'm just sick over the fact that it was going to cost us $330 dollars to upgrade all of our passes, but with the price hike it's going to cost $600.

Is there any way they'll honor the current prices, or is this a lost cause? I wanted to cry when I reached the recording saying the lines were closed. Our passes don't expire until December 19th, so I can't just renew.

I'm so frustrated and wish I had been more on top of this information. I feel like an idiot. It actually would have been worth driving to the parks today to take care of this at the ticket window if I had known sooner

Depending on your situation and location I would just GO NOW and upgrade!! Otherwise you will have to pay the $600 instead of the $330. I had planned on buying 5 day hoppers for DD15 and myself and upgrading with the monthly payments when we got to the parks, but prices went up so much that it just didn't make sense to do it that way. Good luck!!

Well, I was going to wait and get parkhoppers and then upgrade, but this price increase pushed my hand....so today I ordered a DAP and PAP for DD15 and myself......I hope I am able to get my moneys worth out of them.....

I can't believe prices are so out of hand!! I won't be able to afford APs after this I suspect.

Thank You to everyone who posted this here and on FB, without you guys our trip would have really sucked.
Now I just have to wait for the email.......

 

[Ingrid0382]

Thanks for the replies everyone.

We're 4.5 hours away from the parks and probably wouldn't make it after packing up a baby and putting gas in the car. I did try that number, they closed seven minutes before I called.

Thanks again, guys. My heart is pretty heavy knowing Disney is out of the question for us this summer at this point.

 

[Girimama33]

What I am curious about is what is going to happen to the AP discounts that expire after 12/31 (merchandise mainly). It would be great if they increase it, but I doubt that will be the case. I hope they don't get rid of it all together to thin the amount of AP's.

 

[ArchOwl]

Thanks for the replies everyone.

We're 4.5 hours away from the parks and probably wouldn't make it after packing up a baby and putting gas in the car. I did try that number, they closed seven minutes before I called.

Thanks again, guys. My heart is pretty heavy knowing Disney is out of the question for us this summer at this point.

I am sorry it won't work out for you. Please remember that if you are a CA resident, you can do the payment plan. Also, the day you upgrade you can enter the parks even if it is a block out day.

 

[ArchOwl]

What I am curious about is what is going to happen to the AP discounts that expire after 12/31 (merchandise mainly). It would be great if they increase it, but I doubt that will be the case. I hope they don't get rid of it all together to thin the amount of AP's.

I don't know for sure, but the Disney Parks Blog announcement mentioned the discounts and said they added value to the pass. If they took away a perk and raised prices, that might be harder for some to swallow.

 

[Ingrid0382]

I am sorry it won't work out for you. Please remember that if you are a CA resident, you can do the payment plan. Also, the day you upgrade you can enter the parks even if it is a block out day.

Thanks, Arch Owl

We're on the payment plan already. My understanding was that if we decide to upgrade, we have to pay the full price difference on the day we upgrade and our monthly payments still stay the same. So no matter what, we still have to pay $600 for the upgrade.

I'm already putting the down payment on passes to activate when ours expire in December. I'm grateful for being able to at least do that.

 

[OnTheRoadAgain]

Ingrid,
Post your problem as a brand new thread. I would bet that a lot of DIS experts are not keeping up with this VERY long and somewhat redundant thread. I think there is something you can do tonight, I just don't know what.

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

What I am curious about is what is going to happen to the AP discounts that expire after 12/31 (merchandise mainly). It would be great if they increase it, but I doubt that will be the case. I hope they don't get rid of it all together to thin the amount of AP's.

The merchandise discount started back in 2009 (I think) and has been extended and extended. You comment about it expiring 12/31; a few months ago the expected expiration was 5/31. Before they this 10% off discount, there was only a 10% discount for premium card holders (now 20%) and no merchandise discounts for any others. With the way they have raised prices across the board on merchandise and now with the huge AP price increases and with how long these merchandise discounts have stuck around and passholders have come to expect them, I wouldn't be surprised if the merchandise discounts just stick around indefinitely as "added value" for the passes. They can always just raise the base price of the merchandise and pad their profits that way. People will still buy since they're getting a "discount".

 

[ArchOwl]

Thanks, Arch Owl

We're on the payment plan already. My understanding was that if we decide to upgrade, we have to pay the full price difference on the day we upgrade and our monthly payments still stay the same. So no matter what, we still have to pay $600 for the upgrade.

I'm already putting the down payment on passes to activate when ours expire in December. I'm grateful for being able to at least do that.

Oh, I see. Yes, you are correct. To upgrade you would pay the difference upfront. You can't add the difference to the existing payments. I am sorry. I don't see a way around it. You can't buy a voucher or do anything online. I hope something works out for you and you are able to make it over the summer.

 

[abbie13_15]

We already have our 6 day pass but was going to try to add a 7th day at the ticket counter. Should we count this out. Need to start planning out our days.

 

[Ingrid0382]

Thanks again, guys

Post your problem as a brand new thread. I would bet that a lot of DIS experts are not keeping up with this VERY long and somewhat redundant thread. I think there is something you can do tonight, I just don't know what.

I feel awful starting another thread, I'm sure everyone is totally spent (no pun intended) on this topic. I'm guessing it's safe to assume I missed out and we'll be looking for other things to do this summer, unfortunately.

Seriously, you can't beat this place when it comes to people being helpful and supportive. Thank you all so much!