AAA South to print plastic card WDW Tickets

[napnet]

I went to renew my AP yesterday and was talking to the head lady at my local AAA office. She said that all AAA South (only FL, GA, TN i think) branches would be printing plastic credit card style Disney Tickets at AAA offices instead of vouchers or the paper ones. She stated this also included APs. She indicated this would start Jan 1... and that they already had the machine in place to do this. I am guessing these will look like the new tickets Disney has been selling?


As for renewing my Seasonal AP, she stated offices are only allowed 10 renewal vouchers at a time since they are rarely bought... which proves a point; always call ahead and save your self from wasting your lunch break by driving to their office... that once you get there you find has moved across town and once you get there... dont even have the ticket you want in stock :hammer:

 

[kcnole]

Is the seasonal pass through AAA cheaper than getting it through WDW?

 

[napnet]

Is the seasonal pass through AAA cheaper than getting it through WDW?

Yeah... FL Resident - Adult Seasonal Renewal Pass

Disney: $195.00
AAA: $189.95
Savings: $5.05

Not much savings but hey, $10.10 savings for 2 tickets is atleast 1 pin Definantly cheaper than the $223.00 for not renewing

 

[kcnole]

We'll probably be buying our first seasonal pass once my wife finds a job in Tally. Does AAA offer a discount on your first pass as well or only on the renewal?

 

[napnet]

They offer it on first time ones too... take a look at http://www.aaasouth.com/shoppingcartsearch.asp?SEARCHTYPE=TIS&ItemCategories=01&locationids=14

FL Resident - Adult Seasonal Pass
Disney: $223.00
AAA: $214.95
Saviongs: $8.05

Again its not much, but still worth it to me. PM me about what your wife is looking for in a job in Tally... see if i know of anything.

 

[MSTINKHERBELL01]

Hey Guys,

Question, does AAA offer Seasonal Pass for children? I see the adult price, it's time to renew my sons Seasonal.

 

[napnet]

Hey Guys,

Question, does AAA offer Seasonal Pass for children? I see the adult price, it's time to renew my sons Seasonal.

Its listed on the website i provided above... best bet is to call your office so you dont have the experience like i did

 

[mkt]

good god... if I could reprint my AP on plastic, it would solve so many problems when I wear down the mag. strip

 

[MSTINKHERBELL01]

Its listed on the website i provided above... best bet is to call your office so you dont have the experience like i did

Thanks sweetie pie!

 

[HandyAndy]

Darn, we have to renew ours in December. Any chance of plastic cards before or on the 20th of Dec?
And one quesiton, I'm are from the UK and I've never heard of AAA what is it and where is it? If plastic cards are available, I'll certainly let my mum and dad know as they detest the card annual passes. Thats the one advantage the Universal pass has :L
Thanks in advance
Andy

 

[Stitch69]

cool!

 

[napnet]

Darn, we have to renew ours in December. Any chance of plastic cards before or on the 20th of Dec?
And one quesiton, I'm are from the UK and I've never heard of AAA what is it and where is it? If plastic cards are available, I'll certainly let my mum and dad know as they detest the card annual passes. Thats the one advantage the Universal pass has :L
Thanks in advance
Andy

AAA = American Auto Association... kinda like your AA i guess... they do towing, travel, etc.. its a membership thing too... like $35

 

[campdisney]

Just got our annual passes at the Disney Store last week. We were given plastic credit card-like card plus paper vouchers for activate them at the parks and a receipt for proof of purchase (to be stored separately from the vouchers in case they are lost before activation).

AAA up here (Wisconsin) only gives discounts on Magic Your Way tickets, not annual passes.

 

[Enderikari]

Anything bought at AAA is not an annual pass.
Anything bought over the phone or online, and sent to your house is not an annual pass.
Anything purchased at a hotel is not an annual pass.
Anything bought at the Disney Store is not an annual pass

These are all certificates that must be exchanged at a Disney Theme Park for your REAL annual pass with must be printed onto the Tyvek plastic-backed paper tickets... In other words, AAA is full of it

 

[napnet]

AAA up here (Wisconsin) only gives discounts on Magic Your Way tickets, not annual passes.

Yeah there website said FL, GA and TN only..

Anything bought at AAA is not an annual pass.

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These are all certificates that must be exchanged at a Disney Theme Park for your REAL annual pass with must be printed onto the Tyvek plastic-backed paper tickets... In other words, AAA is full of it

Currently, yes they are exchange tickets, but to me this seems like a good deal for Disney, move the point of sales out to AAA where available.

Maybe but the lady pointed out the new equipment they are going to be using when I went today to get my AP renewal cert... she said they are going to be given plastic cards from Disney and then mag-write the data onto the cards which will activate when first scanned at WDW. I doubt some sweet old 60 y/o grandmother was lying to me

 

[Enderikari]

Currently, yes they are exchange tickets, but to me this seems like a good deal for Disney, move the point of sales out to AAA where available.

AAA can't sell the tickets they sell now properly, I really don't think that Disney wants to give access to Annual Passes to folks who don't understand that you can park hop with a MYW base ticket.

Maybe but the lady pointed out the new equipment they are going to be using when I went today to get my AP renewal cert... she said they are going to be given plastic cards from Disney and then mag-write the data onto the cards which will activate when first scanned at WDW. I doubt some sweet old 60 y/o grandmother was lying to me

I doubt she was lying, but how many unfounded rumors do you see on these boards alone kept alive by people speculating, then introducing their speculation as fact?

 

[napnet]

AAA can't sell the tickets they sell now properly, I really don't think that Disney wants to give access to Annual Passes to folks who don't understand that you can park hop with a MYW base ticket.

And it may be they are only going to sell non AP tickets... dunno just repeating what she said.

I doubt she was lying, but how many unfounded rumors do you see on these boards alone kept alive by people speculating, then introducing their speculation as fact?

Plenty of people do, but she was the head lady for sales there and didn't seem to be speculating... she was telling me that I should wait to renew my AP till after Jan 1 when they could start doing this.. my problem is my AP expires 12/3/06.

 

[Coastercameron]

Oh no, sounds like you will miss the first wave! You will have to do it at disney. It is pretty inconvenient to have to go to the park where you are going to use the pass to process it, wouldn't you say?

/sarcasm.

Sorry, but is this something that is worth getting this worked up over?

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