VIRGIN...Park passes included.?

[GarthBrooks5150]

hello everyone ..been browsing the virgin website for holiday in Disney..

are the unlimited park admission still included..??

many thanks guys

 

[wayneg]

hello everyone ..been browsing the virgin website for holiday in Disney..

are the unlimited park admission still included..??

many thanks guys

Booked with VH's 6 or 7 times over the past 18 years, never had park passes included unfortunately, there is a page on the booking site for you to add attraction tickets.
If you have ever had them included it must have been some type of offer/promo they were doing.
You can do a dummy booking online to get a final price without actually buying, a bit of a pain as you have to add names, DOB etc, I just press a few random keys and hit any date to make it quicker. First price you get doesn't include tickets or car hire, both can be added.

 

[GarthBrooks5150]

BIZARRE..! ive booked AKL and CBR and never paid seperatly..

weird how they offer free dining but you dont get in parks..

has anyone any advice on who to book with where everythigs included..?

looking at the prices im getting with Virgin looks like my Orlando trips are over

 

[queendisney]

I booked with them as it was a very good deal at the time. But I can confirm that NO you don't get them included, when you are on the website it will ask you what extras you want and you add it all then and off course to your base price

 

[2Tiggies]

BIZARRE..! ive booked AKL and CBR and never paid seperatly..

weird how they offer free dining but you dont get in parks..

has anyone any advice on who to book with where everythigs included..?

looking at the prices im getting with Virgin looks like my Orlando trips are over

Most agents tend not to include tickets as you don't require length of stay tickets to book them. For example you may book 14 nights but only want 7 day park tickets.

The mention of free dining is advertising of the offer. When you select to add the park tickets to your package, then the free dining offer will come up for your booking and you can select the dining plan you want.

I know people sometimes find VH has good deals but honestly, I have never found them to quote me much less than £1000 more (2 people) than I can do it myself. Have you looked at Disney UK and Complete Orlando and considered booking your flights separately? If you are a fan of Virgin, I am going to be quite blunt and say that in the current economic climate, the days of brand loyalty are over.

There are so many folk on here who regularly search and find good deals and do DIY bookings and would be happy to help you through each step. I am pretty confident in guaranteeing you that you are unlikely to get VH to beat a DIY price. It happens, but very rarely.

 

[wayneg]

weird how they offer free dining but you dont get in parks..

has anyone any advice on who to book with where everythigs included..?

looking at the prices im getting with Virgin looks like my Orlando trips are over

You can only get free Dining if you add park tickets to your reservation, its not possible to get it without.

No-one includes park tickets, they are an extra with any company, they couldn't possibly afford to give them away. Only way they could do it is add the price onto the hotel then say they were included but you still pay one way or another.

I have not been able to afford VH prices for many years, their quote for us for next year was £9,600 in economy seat, doing it myself in PE seat for under £5,000 (using some airmiles)

VH are sometimes cheapest option but very rarely.

 

[GarthBrooks5150]

thanks for advice guys..there was an option however on Virgin site for free dining before tickets were added...

anyway my heads a bit thick of i all,,so ill pick it up again another day..!!

 

[2Tiggies]

thanks for advice guys..there was an option however on Virgin site for free dining before tickets were added...

anyway my heads a bit thick of i all,,so ill pick it up again another day..!!

Well don't take too long - Free dining promotion ends in 9 days so you want to have your booking confirmed before then.

Have you had a look on Disney UK? Free Dining offer on there as well as a $150 gift card. You can do flight inclusive with them if you really don't want to book them separately yourself. What dates are you looking at?

 

[wayneg]

thanks for advice guys..there was an option however on Virgin site for free dining before tickets were added...

anyway my heads a bit thick of i all,,so ill pick it up again another day..!!

There is an option on a few sites to add free DDP before tickets, unfortunately you don't get it unless you add the tickets, its in all the T&C's for free DDP, tickets must be purchased at the same time as booking the hotel.

 

[GarthBrooks5150]

OK I couldnt resist I had a look at complete orlando a grand cheaper..!!!

You guys rock...Thank you

 

[GarthBrooks5150]

Well don't take too long - Free dining promotion ends in 9 days so you want to have your booking confirmed before then.

Have you had a look on Disney UK? Free Dining offer on there as well as a $150 gift card. You can do flight inclusive with them if you really don't want to book them separately yourself. What dates are you looking at?

it ends in 9 days for 2012..??..prob going to be 2013 now...thanks again.

 

[2Tiggies]

it ends in 9 days for 2012..??..prob going to be 2013 now...thanks again.

I meant that you have to have booked your 2012 by 15th November, not that you have to take the trip by then. I'm sorry if my post was a bit ambiguous Sometimes they bring these offers back or extend the booking date if they haven't sold as many room packages as they had hoped, but there is never any guarantee. Hope I didn't make you panic for nothing

 

[orangetiggs]

Years ago they used to be included, we went in 2002 and they were included in the price on the price panel in the brochure but you could also book without them as well

 

[Disneymadhouse]

Years ago they used to be included, we went in 2002 and they were included in the price on the price panel in the brochure but you could also book without them as well

Yep same here! We stayed at all stars in 2002 and the tickets were automatically inclded in the price in the VH brochure.
I figured thats what the OP was remembering - those good ol' days!!

Claire