ScottBA
New Member
I have a thought/plan for future trips at DisneyWorld and being as economical as possible (I know, Disney and economical usually aren’t in the same sentence). Here’s my situation: My wife’s parents have a house in Ocala, Fl (about an hour and 15 minutes from Orlando) that we are free to use for our vacations. We have 2 adults and 3 children in our family (ages 1, 4 & 6). We have been driving down from Pennsylvania for the past 3 years (yes, even with the baby). We plan on making a yearly trip to Florida with a stop at Disney.
Our thought: Buy a 10 day ticket with the no expiration option (no park hopper, since we rarely use that feature). Buying the tickets through Disney.com, it comes out to $308 for an adult and $267 for a child. So, about $31/day for adults, $27/day for the kiddos. Going to the parks 3 days a year (what we’ve been typically doing on our trips), these tickets would last 3+ years.
Making it even better is to add the Magic Plus pack to the tickets. This would give 5 visits to the waterparks or Disney Quest for each ticket. It would make it $342 for the adult tix and $303 for the kid tix. So, effectively, it makes these tickets 15 day passes (10 days at the parks and 5 days at the waterparks) that never expire (probably about 5 years of visits for us).
This seems like the most economical way for our situation. Do you guys agree? Is there something I’m missing?
The one potential problem I see is when my 6 year old needs an adult ticket (when she turns 10). If we don’t have the tickets used by then, what are the options? Can I just use the remaining days on my youngest (which will need to start paying admission about that time anyways)? Or can the ticket be converted to an adult?
My wife, kids & I LOVE Disney and would like to be able to visit every year. Our finances do not allow for a lengthy stay onsite every year. Having the house in Ocala makes it very reasonable to make the trip to Florida…..and it seems like these 10 day tickets could make it reasonable to visit Disney for a few days every year.
I just want to make sure I’m not missing something before I fork over the $$$$…….
Our thought: Buy a 10 day ticket with the no expiration option (no park hopper, since we rarely use that feature). Buying the tickets through Disney.com, it comes out to $308 for an adult and $267 for a child. So, about $31/day for adults, $27/day for the kiddos. Going to the parks 3 days a year (what we’ve been typically doing on our trips), these tickets would last 3+ years.
Making it even better is to add the Magic Plus pack to the tickets. This would give 5 visits to the waterparks or Disney Quest for each ticket. It would make it $342 for the adult tix and $303 for the kid tix. So, effectively, it makes these tickets 15 day passes (10 days at the parks and 5 days at the waterparks) that never expire (probably about 5 years of visits for us).
This seems like the most economical way for our situation. Do you guys agree? Is there something I’m missing?
The one potential problem I see is when my 6 year old needs an adult ticket (when she turns 10). If we don’t have the tickets used by then, what are the options? Can I just use the remaining days on my youngest (which will need to start paying admission about that time anyways)? Or can the ticket be converted to an adult?
My wife, kids & I LOVE Disney and would like to be able to visit every year. Our finances do not allow for a lengthy stay onsite every year. Having the house in Ocala makes it very reasonable to make the trip to Florida…..and it seems like these 10 day tickets could make it reasonable to visit Disney for a few days every year.
I just want to make sure I’m not missing something before I fork over the $$$$…….
