14 day ticket?

[RememberWhen]

Hi all,
I'm in the early planning stages for a September 2014 trip and have a question about tickets. We are hoping to go for two weeks. We would be staying at the boardwalk-my mother is DVC there. Because it would be DS's first trip, he'll be 2, and the proximity to Epcot, we would do hoppers. It'll be nice to go to a park in the morning and bop into Epcot for dinner or fireworks in the evening. Possibly leaving DS with my mom.
So the question is, what ticket should we buy? Can we get a 10-day ticket and add days when we get there? If so, this seems like it would be cheaper than an AP. can you buy a 14-day ticket? It's very unlikely we would be going back within a year, so it doesn't make sense to me to get an AP. Have I done the math wrong?
-RW

 

[mike45248]

We were there in June and had a 10 day pass. We wanted to add days, but were told we couldn't. And since it was soo crowded and didn't get to ride the rides we wanted to we upgraded to AP and planned a trip for DEC-Jan. After 10 day passes it is APs

 

[RememberWhen]

That's super annoying. A 10 day park hopper is ~$425. An AP is ~$650. I suppose we can just go into the parks 10 days and spend the rest if the time at the pool. Or maybe we can go to uni...

Thanks for the info!!

 

[Master Yoda]

A 10 day ticket is the longest you can buy in the US. UK residents can get 14 and 21 day passes. If you want to spend 14 days in the parks an AP is what you will need. A 10 day park hopper plus a 4 day park hopper will cost $784. An AP will be $649. Ideally, if you get an AP, try to plan another trip before it expires. An AP also comes with a host of other benefits including merchandise discounts, dining discounts, etc. This link will tel you about the extra benefits an AP will currently get you. http://allears.net/pl/apass.htm

Another option you might look at is getting the water park option. This will give you 10 admissions to the water parks and Disney Quest in addition to 10 days in the parks. You will have 4 days out of the parks, but you can spend them at the water parks, the resort, DTD, etc.

 

[RememberWhen]

Thanks Yoda!
I think even with the "perks" an AP isn't the way to go for us for this trip. The water parks option is an interesting idea that I hadn't considered, but I'm not really that into water parks. The only water park I've been to is River Country. And that was clearly some time ago.

We've been to WDW enough times that a few days at the pool might be nice. Especially with a two year old in tow.

I assume there's no way to get and use a 14-day UK ticket?
-RW

 

[LucyK]

Unless you know someone living there (and trust them), no. They only ship to Europe.

 

[Nero the dog]

As your mother owns DVC and is travelling with you. Can you not get the DVC discounted annual pass?

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Thanks Yoda!
I think even with the "perks" an AP isn't the way to go for us for this trip. The water parks option is an interesting idea that I hadn't considered, but I'm not really that into water parks. The only water park I've been to is River Country. And that was clearly some time ago.

We've been to WDW enough times that a few days at the pool might be nice. Especially with a two year old in tow.

I assume there's no way to get and use a 14-day UK ticket?
-RW

Since your mother is DVC, you should be able to get a discount on the annuals. This becomes a better deal

 

[RememberWhen]

Since your mother is DVC, you should be able to get a discount on the annuals. This becomes a better deal

I'm fairly certain that to get the discounted annual pass you need to have the same address as the DVC member. I think I remember on a previous trip (several years ago) my youngest sister got a discounted AP, but they checked her ID to make sure the address matched. I will check into this though as that would make a big difference.

Any DVC folks out there know?

 

[RememberWhen]

Unless you know someone living there (and trust them), no. They only ship to Europe.

Too bad. That would have been convenient.

 

[LucyK]

Too bad. That would have been convenient.

Don't I know it! On our last trip our first plan was to return to Disney after a stint offsite to enjoy our last two days of vacation (10 days at POFQ, 10 offsite and 2 days at the Contemporary) and visit some of our favorite attractions. After I learned I would have to buy an AP to do that we changed our itinerary, canceled our reservations at CR and add 2 more days offsite and visited Seaworld for a second day, so Disney actually lost our money twice.

I believe they don't sell more than 10 days so people can't sell their unused days. They should just tie the ticket to personal document (ID or passport for international visitors) and let US decide how many days we actually need.

 

[RememberWhen]

I'm fairly certain that to get the discounted annual pass you need to have the same address as the DVC member. I think I remember on a previous trip (several years ago) my youngest sister got a discounted AP, but they checked her ID to make sure the address matched. I will check into this though as that would make a big difference.

Any DVC folks out there know?

So, I checked and it looks like a DVC member can buy the discounted AP for up to 8 people living in the same household. It was a good idea though.

 

[RememberWhen]

Don't I know it! On our last trip our first plan was to return to Disney after a stint offsite to enjoy our last two days of vacation (10 days at POFQ, 10 offsite and 2 days at the Contemporary) and visit some of our favorite attractions. After I learned I would have to buy an AP to do that we changed our itinerary, canceled our reservations at CR and add 2 more days offsite and visited Seaworld for a second day, so Disney actually lost our money twice.

I believe they don't sell more than 10 days so people can't sell their unused days. They should just tie the ticket to personal document (ID or passport for international visitors) and let US decide how many days we actually need.

It seems like they do that already with the finger scan thing, but I guess if they would rather I spend a few days seeing Harry Potter, I'm willing.

 

[minniemickeyfan]

Just like Master Yoda said, we have done the 10 day PH w/ water parks and then spend 4 of our days outside the parks. We plan some dinners on these days that are at the resorts, go mini golfing, shopping, maybe the Disney outlet, swim at the resort, laundry etc.
the annual pass we do mostly though, the benefits are great. You could always return the following summer on the same annual pass and get another year of vacation.
Happy planning!

 

[englanddg]

Hi all,
I'm in the early planning stages for a September 2014 trip and have a question about tickets. We are hoping to go for two weeks. We would be staying at the boardwalk-my mother is DVC there. Because it would be DS's first trip, he'll be 2, and the proximity to Epcot, we would do hoppers. It'll be nice to go to a park in the morning and bop into Epcot for dinner or fireworks in the evening. Possibly leaving DS with my mom.
So the question is, what ticket should we buy? Can we get a 10-day ticket and add days when we get there? If so, this seems like it would be cheaper than an AP. can you buy a 14-day ticket? It's very unlikely we would be going back within a year, so it doesn't make sense to me to get an AP. Have I done the math wrong?
-RW

You can't buy a 14 day ticket. When I did 14 day WDW trips (2010 and 2011) I got a 10 day with hoppers and WP&M, and then separately purchased a 4 day ticket with no side benefits. I spent the first 4 days using the 4 day ticket (1 park per day) and then used the 10 day ticket through the rest of the trip.

As an aside, once you hit the 14 day mark, the Annual Pass actually becomes the cheaper option, assuming you buy the tickets at Disney price and not through a discounted retailer (I just ran the numbers on Disney's site).

 

[rfc0001]

RememberWhen et al, the 14-day Ultimate Ticket is only sold from UK resellers, *however* there just so happens to be a UK reseller who is also a US reseller (Orlando Attractions), and *will* ship to the US. Note, anyone can buy these tickets, and anyone can use them (as long as they are the original purchaser -- Disney prohibits transfer of tickets). The tickets cost $423 (adult) and $394 (child) at today's exchange rate (note, order will be in pounds, but will charge your credit card in US$), which is the same as a 10-day Park Hopper + Water Park Fun and More ticket (the most expensive US ticket you can buy), and have the exact same benefits (Park Hopper + ESPN, DisneyQuest, Water Parks, Mini Golf, Oak Trail Golf course), just lasts 14-days instead of 10. We've used these twice, not because we wanted or used Park Hopper (no point on a 14-day trip since you have plenty of time to visit the parks) or use the Water Park Fun and more (we used 1 water park across 2 14-day trips)--we just got these because they are the only way to get a 14-day ticket, and since Disney prices additional days on tickets extremely reasonably, combining multiple MYW tickets isn't cost effective. It is extremely frustrating that for the same price as the most expensive Park Hopper + Water Park Fun and More ticket you can't just buy a 14-day MYW ticket. I'm not sure why Disney doesn't want people to spend 14-days at the resort! Even with "free" stays (RCI exchanges), we still easily spent $10K in tickets, dining plan, and merchandise in a 2 week stay, so Disney is still making their money even with these tickets, and given they cost the same as the most expensive US ticket available, and no other option is available I don't feel bad at all using the above loophole. The only alternative is discounted 10 day + 5 day MYW tickets from Ultimate Tourist using MouseSavers discount which nets $629 (adult) and $591 (child), which is very close to the AP cost (which is actually why Disney doesn't sell these in the US since they would prefer you buy the AP for the same price, and then make additional trips which equals additional $$$ in hotel/merchandise/dining). Now that we are officially DVC members and not just exchanging we can get a discounted AP for about than the same as the ultimate pass, plus can take advantage of the AP with multiple short DVC stays. One caution: the Ultimate tickets are paper tickets, so make sure to register your tickets on Disney.com along with your hotel and dining reservations so there won't be any questions that you are the original purchaser of the tix. Now that they are using RFID, they close the paper tix lines late at night, and manually validate paper tickets, so having these not be registered (since they weren't purchased from Disney) was a major issue for us last time -- since we aren't from the UK they insinuated that the tickets were either lost, stolen, or transferred and thus invalid. By registering them online (a new feature designed to help with handling old paper tickets) you'll hopefully avoid such scrutiny. Keep your email receipt handy as well. Just remember as long as they were sold from a UK reseller and you are the original purchaser you have every right to use them. There are no terms otherwise on the ticket, which Disney confirmed when I asked why they were harassing me for using them. Ultimately they had no choice but to accept them. If they don't want them sold in the US, they need to follow up with Orlando Attractions not harass people who purchased them legitimately. Anywho, good luck!