When to Buy Tickets?

[poohs4me]

I am 100% sure I am going to WDW for spring break but my stepdaughter may not make it. We are staying on property. When should I buy the tickets? I saw the article today about potential staggering of ticket prices and it makes me think I should buy them sooner rather than later. TIA

 

[Robo]

I am 100% sure I am going to WDW for spring break but my stepdaughter may not make it. We are staying on property. When should I buy the tickets? I saw the article today about potential staggering of ticket prices and it makes me think I should buy them sooner rather than later. TIA

Sooner.
If the other person does not go, the tickets will remain fresh and ready to use by ANYONE in the future.

 

[poohs4me]

Oh I thought I had to buy them in the person's name.

 

[DisneyWishes14]

Oh I thought I had to buy them in the person's name.

As long as the ticket isn't used, it's transferable. I would buy them now. We bought non-expires the day before they took them away and I am so glad I got them!

 

[Jimsig]

Buying tickets early is one way to guard against future ticket price increases. But tickets at todays prices and use them 5 years from now.

 

[TeamSy]

As long as the ticket isn't used, it's transferable. I would buy them now. We bought non-expires the day before they took them away and I am so glad I got them!

I'm still kicking myself for not doing this

 

[poohs4me]

What is the best way to buy them? I have the room reservation already? Should I just add it in my reservations?

 

[kphamousbr]

If we purchased 4 annual passed today and would not use them year from today. Can we do like that ? thanks.

 

[starjazz]

What I keep wondering is should we wait until Orbitz does their "Buy 3 get 4th free" deal for 2016?

 

[Robo]

What I keep wondering is should we wait until Orbitz does their "Buy 3 get 4th free" deal for 2016?

Like anything else, it's a gamble.
It very well might work out just fine, or...

 

[Princess Mulan]

I am 100% sure I am going to WDW for spring break but my stepdaughter may not make it. We are staying on property. When should I buy the tickets? I saw the article today about potential staggering of ticket prices and it makes me think I should buy them sooner rather than later. TIA

I was just pondering this question myself! Ticket prices increase each year, but this week's price hike for the annual pass has me concerned about the possibility of even more painful pricing for park hoppers/regular tickets. Our AAA office has tickets for roughly $20 less than WDW right now, and I'm so tempted to buy them today!

 

[Robo]

You never know.

 

[Mousetopia]

What is the best way to buy them? I have the room reservation already? Should I just add it in my reservations?

I have had great luck with Undercover Tourist. they are a bit cheaper than disney and free shipping. You can then link these tickets to your ressie. Also when looking at ticket seller offers of "free days" usually they are not really they look at daily gate cost and use the sliding scale disney uses..the more days the cheaper is is per day pricing structure to say buy x days get one free ... but that is comparing what you are paying to daily one day park admission..

I bought a 10 day ticket for example..really needed 8 days the travel days would only have a few hours for the parks...but to add 2 days on was about $10 a day!!

****Best way to price a deal is compare to the exact same ticket scenario through disney and see what you are really saving! ALSO disney published admission does not include taxes and fees!! so be sure to compare apples to apples. I saved a few buck going through the seller and got a hard ticket to keep in my bag as a spare in case the magic band goes on the fritz.

 

[mickeymom629]

Buy them as soon as you can afford to!
When I can afford to, I buy tickets from undercover tourist (sign up for Mousesavers newsletter and use their link) and keep them as an "investment"!! I buy only the base tickets (no hoppers), but at least the 4/5 day. I tell friends that, if they are thinking about a trip in the future, their money spent buying tickets now is better than keeping the money in the bank since the prices are always going up at a higher rate than my bank account gives me!!

 

[Mousetopia]

I was just pondering this question myself! Ticket prices increase each year, but this week's price hike for the annual pass has me concerned about the possibility of even more painful pricing for park hoppers/regular tickets. Our AAA office has tickets for roughly $20 less than WDW right now, and I'm so tempted to buy them today!

Just be sure they do not have an expiration date and you can use any time/year!

 

[Princess Mulan]

Oh Mighty Robo, is it better to buy a 4-day base ticket now and add extra days/park hopper later, or go ahead and buy a multi-day park hopper now? My initial thought is that it might be better to spring for the 7-day park hopper now because future price increases on extra days/hopper option might negate any savings. Am I wrong?

 

[Princess Mulan]

Just be sure they do not have an expiration date and you can use any time/year!

Good point! Thank you!

 

[anniemae]

We usually buy through AAA. Has anyone heard of them discontinuing the ticket sales? If you bought them today, I think you could use them anytime in the future because if you buy say, a 6 day pass, the clock does not start ticking until the first time you use it right? So no need to get non-expiring right?

 

[Robo]

is it better to buy a 4-day base ticket now and add extra days/park hopper later, or go ahead and buy a multi-day park hopper now? My initial thought is that it might be better to spring for the 7-day park hopper now because future price increases on extra days/hopper option might negate any savings. Am I wrong?

Don't forget that you can't make advanced FP+ reservations for days you don't have tickets.

 

[Robo]

We usually buy through AAA. Has anyone heard of them discontinuing the ticket sales? If you bought them today, I think you could use them anytime in the future because if you buy say, a 6 day pass,

1. the clock does not start ticking until the first time you use it right?
2. So no need to get non-expiring right?

1. Right.
2. Right. (Which is a good thing, because Disney no longer sells non-expiring tickets.)