What's my incentive to renew AP???

[DOOM1001]

What keeps me renewing is the $99 renewal price.Universal has made a lot of changes in the last couple of years, but IOA is basically the same park from when it opened 7 years ago except for the Storm Force tea cup ride and the jr coaster Flying Unicorn, they really need something new ASAP and nobody say anything about the Seuss Trolley ride, that's a kiddie ride. I have the Disney Seasonal pass and even if one park lags in making a new attraction there's almost always a new attraction on the way for one of the parks.

I have the platinum pass for the Busch parks which gets me into all the Sea World, Busch Gardens and their waterparks and I feel this pass is a much better value than the Universal parks, I've gone to the Williamsburg park which is awesome and they even get you free admission to Howl-o-Scream for the first 2 nights.They also send you gifts for your birthday like a free admission for the LUAU at Sea World, the Busch parks are NO.1 in my opinion at taking care of their guests.

Again the $99 is what keeps me renewing since it's like almost 1/2 price but lack of new attractions and doing things like taking out free Universal Express might not keep me around if things don't change!!!

 

[ChrisFL]

What keeps me renewing is the $99 renewal price.Universal has made a lot of changes in the last couple of years, but IOA is basically the same park from when it opened 7 years ago except for the Storm Force tea cup ride and the jr coaster Flying Unicorn, they really need something new ASAP and nobody say anything about the Seuss Trolley ride, that's a kiddie ride. I have the Disney Seasonal pass and even if one park lags in making a new attraction there's almost always a new attraction on the way for one of the parks.

so it's ok for Disney to "lag behind" in one of their parks, but not Universal?

 

[flatline]

I'm 36 and can't wait for the Seuss Sky Trolley, so I guess I'm still a kiddie. we're platinum passholders as well, and have never received birthday offers from the AB parks. the free admission into HOS is nice, though. benefit-wise, they're behind Universal, but ahead of Disney. Disney gives absolutely crap to AP holders.

 

[DOOM1001]

so it's ok for Disney to "lag behind" in one of their parks, but not Universal?

Listen I was the number 1 Universal fan for years but aside from some of the other things I mentioned it seems like they're not upgrading the whole experience.One example is Mardi Gras used to be several days a week a couple of years ago, now it's only saturdays, which means due to my work I couldn't make it the last 2 years.

I still think my favorite event anywhere is Horror Nights which is another reason I still renew, for the Discounts, but in my last visits things like waiting 40 minutes in a guest relations line since a family member lost their AP and the getting rid of free express just don't work for me!!

P.S I'll never get over getting rid of free Universal Express!!!!

 

[flatline]

but in my last visits things like waiting 40 minutes in a guest relations line since a family member lost their AP

40 minutes at guest services...really?

guest relations is at WDW.

 

[drj1950]

We bought ap for our family of three last week,we did this knowing the ride passes were gone but since we live in florida there would be many times to go during the year when lines would be short.On the other hand we were at both parks the last 3 days and it was a mess,we did stay on-site so we did bypass major lines,I'm sure the regular lines at the major rides were at least 45 minutes.At almost every ride it was mass confusion with people trying to figure out what line to enter in,on some rides no one was checking anything.I can not say if we will renew when it comes time I have to see how things shape up.