TRYING TO SAVE MONEY! WITH YES PROGRAM / VIP tour

[davidann]

Just found the Disney youth series program, where tickets are discounted about 150 dollars less. Does anyone know if international students can participate?
My son is Italian.
Has anyone ever done the Ultimate Day of thrills tour? is it worth it?
Our trip is only 3 days and we won't be going back to the States soon, so I was thinking it might be worth it to cram as much as possible into a short period.
thnaks in advance!
Anna

 

[Elise79]

I have looked at the YES program before not for the cheap tickets but as something I thought DD would enjoy. As far as I could tell there is no restriction on who can participate other than the age groups.

However if you have limited time and are not sure when you are going back I am not sure I'd waste a day on the YES program.

On the Ulimate Tour - it's very expensive and whether it's worth it is a very personal thing. We have it booked for August. We wanted to do something special to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary and this sounded fun and not something we would usually pay for.

TBH with good planning and booking of FP+ what the tour does in a day you could easily do in 2 days plus you could do some other nearby attractions as well.

 

[davidann]

I booked yesterday! I booked the Pop Century (kid -friendly and saved), but now I realise that I will never be able to make the Vip tour!.It's either Sunday or Tuesday. I check-in the 9th (Sunday) and I won't be able to get there by 8.15 and then I leave on the 10th. Tuesday. Do you think I can change the dates?
And one last question, if my son doesn't want to do one of the rides can we go on something else while the others do rip ridit in HS?
Thanks for your help!

 

[chmurf]

And one last question, if my son doesn't want to do one of the rides can we go on something else while the others do rip ridit in HS?

rip ridit ? what's that ?
if you mean Rip Ride Rockit, then it's at Universal Studios (Universal Orlando Resort), not Hollywood Studios (Walt Disney World). Not the same resort.

 

[davidann]

Sorry! It was late, I meant rock n' roller coaster!

 

[mackay_j]

We booked the yes program several years ago, we - however we got a call a few weeks later to say sorry but not available to non us/Canada guests. But check out as may have changed by now

 

[davidann]

Unfortunately I had to book the package online, because I didn't want to loose the discounts. I booked the Pop Century from Sunday the 9th to Tuesday the 11th of August thinking I would be able to book the VIP tour for the 10th. Now I've read that the tour is on Sunday and Tuesday, my check-in day and check-out day! Should I move my reservation (and what cost would it be) or should I try (is it possible??) to leave my luggage at the hotel before check in and get to the magic kingdom at 8.15)??? thanks everybody for your advice.

 

[Elise79]

It's a group tour so don't think you would be able to do anything else instead.

We won't ride Dinosaur but we just expect to wait for the others while they ride.

 

[floridaforever]

Hello, I tried to do this last year and was told only for Canadian or USA citizens.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

I have looked at the YES program before not for the cheap tickets but as something I thought DD would enjoy. As far as I could tell there is no restriction on who can participate other than the age groups.

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Eligibility is stated on the YES website.

http://www.disneyyouth.com/about-disney-youth/contact-us/faqs/

Tickets are only available to residents of the Domestic U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.

 

[cheryl.UK]

Isn't the YES programme aimed at groups not individuals? I thought that was how school bands, Glee clubs etc managed to perform at Disney?