My question really revolves around getting the best value, and making sure I understand the ticket options.
For the foreseeable future, my family will be going to WDW for about 1 week per year. As we have little ones, we would probably go to the resorts 4 to 5 times per trip, spending the other days at the resort.
Going on UT, I see I can get a 7 day base ticket for $262. (Not bad compared to $253 for the 5 day pass.) I understand this is good for 14 days from the first use, so we may not use all the days. This is only $37.43 per day. Of course, this is just the parks, and we do not get the Water Park Option.
The other option we have considered is the 10 day Base + Water Park Fun and More (WPFM) with No Expiration. This would be $578 or $57.8 per day. Here is our logic, and I was hoping someone could tell me if it makes any sense!
With this ticket, we would probably use up the Theme Park Options over the next 2 visits (5 per visit). However, it is my understanding that the 10 WPFM are still good forever, even if we use up the Theme Park option. I was thinking over the years, we would end up using the WPFM options, but it would probably be once per visit, maybe twice. That way, once our initial 10 day w/ no expiration is up, we would still have many of the WPFM to use over the years. Then for each trip in the future, we could go for base tickets only.
I get that at $57.8 per day this is more expensive, however; assuming we use 10 theme park days and 10 WPFM entrances, over the long term that gets the price per day down to $28.90. Also, it provides us flexibility in knowing we have the WPFM and can freely use them on any trip.
Does this make any sense, or am I missing any financial issues here?
Thank you!!
For the foreseeable future, my family will be going to WDW for about 1 week per year. As we have little ones, we would probably go to the resorts 4 to 5 times per trip, spending the other days at the resort.
Going on UT, I see I can get a 7 day base ticket for $262. (Not bad compared to $253 for the 5 day pass.) I understand this is good for 14 days from the first use, so we may not use all the days. This is only $37.43 per day. Of course, this is just the parks, and we do not get the Water Park Option.
The other option we have considered is the 10 day Base + Water Park Fun and More (WPFM) with No Expiration. This would be $578 or $57.8 per day. Here is our logic, and I was hoping someone could tell me if it makes any sense!
With this ticket, we would probably use up the Theme Park Options over the next 2 visits (5 per visit). However, it is my understanding that the 10 WPFM are still good forever, even if we use up the Theme Park option. I was thinking over the years, we would end up using the WPFM options, but it would probably be once per visit, maybe twice. That way, once our initial 10 day w/ no expiration is up, we would still have many of the WPFM to use over the years. Then for each trip in the future, we could go for base tickets only.
I get that at $57.8 per day this is more expensive, however; assuming we use 10 theme park days and 10 WPFM entrances, over the long term that gets the price per day down to $28.90. Also, it provides us flexibility in knowing we have the WPFM and can freely use them on any trip.
Does this make any sense, or am I missing any financial issues here?
Thank you!!
