VIP Tours since reopening

[JWelch62]

Used to be 6 hours, now 7 hour min. No Max, you can book them form park open park close if you want. They are your Human instant Fast Pass for your group up to 10 people as well as "expedited access" for about 13 other attractions that do not have FP lines including meet and greets. You can get access to VIP seating for shows and attractions (when running) as well as other perks like free Valet parking at GCH for 2 cars and ability to bypass lines at gates if backed up when busy. hey can also assist with dining reservations ahead of time and during the tour.

10 hr Max in WDW, not sure if that holds for DLR

 

[trivan]

10 hr Max in WDW, not sure if that holds for DLR

Prior to Covid it was a 14 hour max which is crazy, just do 2-7 hour days at that point

 

[JWelch62]

Prior to Covid it was a 14 hour max which is crazy, just do 2-7 hour days at that point

OMG, I think I'd drop dead if I tried to do 14 hrs

 

[Tasmen]

Hi all!
For those who have gone on the VIP tour - is it worth the money? I'm going to Disneyland for Christmas and I wanted to surprise my mom with a VIP tour.

Totally worth if within budget imho. We did one during Gay Days at DL a couple years ago and it was an amazing day. We rode so many rides. It's why we are doing it again this coming August.

Btw, I did get confirmed that for our trip in August, WS and RoTS does have access with the plaids. No need for a boarding group!

 

[maitai2705]

We are doing the VIP tour on 9 July. I'm so looking forward to it. I have no idea what the itinerary is going to be.

We’re doing a VIP tour on the same date!!! Very excited!

 

[debraW76]

Btw, I did get confirmed that for our trip in August, WS and RoTS does have access with the plaids. No need for a boarding group!

What is WS?

 

[JWelch62]

What is WS?

Web Slingers in Avengers Campus in DCA

 

[77catwoman]

We booked the VIP tour for next summer. I know the guide doesn't dine with us (no problem at all) but if we eat for an hour is that one of our hours that we are paying for?

 

[Tasmen]

We booked the VIP tour for next summer. I know the guide doesn't dine with us (no problem at all) but if we eat for an hour is that one of our hours that we are paying for?

It does. We usually schedule ours to start right after we eat. So either noon or 1pm so that we can eat some lunch and then tour. We did stop to get a snack during our last tour but otherwise, we didn't eat as we were in go go go go mode.

 

[77catwoman]

It does. We usually schedule ours to start right after we eat. So either noon or 1pm so that we can eat some lunch and then tour. We did stop to get a snack during our last tour but otherwise, we didn't eat as we were in go go go go mode.

Thanks for the information! I really appreciate it!

 

[Malcon10t]

We booked the VIP tour for next summer. I know the guide doesn't dine with us (no problem at all) but if we eat for an hour is that one of our hours that we are paying for?

I believe guides are allowed to dine with us again. And they can ride with us again!

 

[Iceman93]

I believe guides are allowed to dine with us again. And they can ride with us again!

Ride? Yes.

Dine? No (at least as of 7/4).

 

[Malcon10t]

Ride? Yes.

Dine? No (at least as of 7/4).

Interesting. Memorial Day weekend the rule was they couldn't eat at the same table as us, so they were at the adjoining table.

 

[Iceman93]

Interesting. Memorial Day weekend the rule was they couldn't eat at the same table as us, so they were at the adjoining table.

Interesting indeed, as we also had a VIP tour on May 31st where the guide was not allowed to dine with us. She had to go backstage to eat for both lunch and dinner. Maybe our guides just don't like us and want to spend some time on their own!

 

[corpcomp]

Hi all!
For those who have gone on the VIP tour - is it worth the money? I'm going to Disneyland for Christmas and I wanted to surprise my mom with a VIP tour.

I called as a surprise for DW for our 32nd anniversary. The cost quoted for November was $4700. There were just two of us and we were not allowed to be part of another group. Sorry, I cannot justify it.

 

[Wesley815]

I called as a surprise for DW for our 32nd anniversary. The cost quoted for November was $4700. There were just two of us and we were not allowed to be part of another group. Sorry, I cannot justify it.

Wow.... so Disney must pay that VIP guide nearly $590 per hour? (and that's if your quote was for 8 hours) Sounds like a nice yearly salary of $1.2 million dollars.

....I know it's actually around $20 an hour or less, but just pointing out how much is pure profit to the park compared to their labor cost for a Cast Member to walk around with you. Yes, 'Supply & Demand', there's plenty of wealthy guests who will pay.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

I went on a VIP tour on Friday, 9 July. There were roughly 10/11 in our party, and we had the guide from 9am to 5pm. We were able to go on the following attractions:

1. Snow White
2. Peter Pan
3. Mr Toads Wild Ride
4. Pinocchio
5. Alice in Wonderland
6. Matterhorn - Tomorrowland side
7. Matterhorn - Fantasyland side
8. Space Mountain - then we went on LUNCH BREAK - We ate at Club 33, and our VIP guide could not join us
9. Soarin' Around the World - middle section
10. Toy Story Mania
11. Incredicoaster
12. Webslingers
13. Little Mermaid
14. Grizzly River Run
15. Jungle Cruise
16. Rise of the Resistance (ride broke down, and so our VIP guide got us in a boarding group should the ride go up again, and it did)
17. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

The day went by so fast, and we went from attraction to attraction.

The pluses were that VIP tours had just been allowed to get their groups on Webslingers and Rise of the Resistance so we didn't have to worry about joining a virtual queue. We did not get front of the line for either of those attractions - just the ability to to on them. The Jungle Cruise was a plus. Our guide didn't know that there was a soft opening, but when we told him that there was he made sure we got on it.

 

[corpcomp]

Wow.... so Disney must pay that VIP guide nearly $590 per hour? (and that's if your quote was for 8 hours) Sounds like a nice yearly salary of $1.2 million dollars.

....I know it's actually around $20 an hour or less, but just pointing out how much is pure profit to the park compared to their labor cost for a Cast Member to walk around with you. Yes, 'Supply & Demand', there's plenty of wealthy guests who will pay.

No that was for 7 hours at $675 per hour on Saturday November 13th. On a 40 hour week, that $1.4MM. I have another vacation in January down there but they don't have the pricing for 2022. In fact they just got the updated pricing for October 2021 last week so that November price may change in another month.

 

[twodogs]

I called as a surprise for DW for our 32nd anniversary. The cost quoted for November was $4700. There were just two of us and we were not allowed to be part of another group. Sorry, I cannot justify it.

Disney has never, that I know of, combined people to form ”full” VIP tours. You pay the same hourly price regardless of if you are one person with the guide, or 10 people (max) with the guide. There were some non-private tours pre-COVID that were access to certain rides, but not custom like these VIP tours. On those, they blended groups up to the max capacity of the tour, so you paid per person, not per hour.

 

[OKW Lover]

I went on a VIP tour on Friday, 9 July. There were roughly 10/11 in our party, and we had the guide from 9am to 5pm. We were able to go on the following attractions:

1. Snow White
2. Peter Pan
3. Mr Toads Wild Ride
4. Pinocchio
5. Alice in Wonderland
6. Matterhorn - Tomorrowland side
7. Matterhorn - Fantasyland side
8. Space Mountain - then we went on LUNCH BREAK - We ate at Club 33, and our VIP guide could not join us
9. Soarin' Around the World - middle section
10. Toy Story Mania
11. Incredicoaster
12. Webslingers
13. Little Mermaid
14. Grizzly River Run
15. Jungle Cruise
16. Rise of the Resistance (ride broke down, and so our VIP guide got us in a boarding group should the ride go up again, and it did)
17. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

The day went by so fast, and we went from attraction to attraction.

The pluses were that VIP tours had just been allowed to get their groups on Webslingers and Rise of the Resistance so we didn't have to worry about joining a virtual queue. We did not get front of the line for either of those attractions - just the ability to to on them. The Jungle Cruise was a plus. Our guide didn't know that there was a soft opening, but when we told him that there was he made sure we got on it.

Sounds like a fun (exhausting) day! Who was your guide? I'm wondering if by chance it was one of our ABD tour guides in their normal role.