My Disney Experience to offer Disney Vacation Club Open House Tours

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http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymag...fer-disney-vacation-club-open-house-tours.htm

 

[Seanual757]

They are trying to sell more I guess, the 3 fast passes are nice but you cannot use it for 7DMT, or Toy Story.

 

[Ray B]

In most of the parks there aren't 6 things that you would want/need to FP.

 

[wogwog]

WOW!

 

[Seanual757]

In most of the parks there aren't 6 things that you would want/need to FP.

True the most popular would be the MK- 5-7, DHS- 2 of them, Epcot 2, AK- 2.

Pretty crummy when we purchased VGF in 2015 we were given a $50 Disney gift card, this year we did take the tour in March got our 3 fast passes, and signed papers last weekend and enjoyed our free Ice cream. No gift card this time with a purchase or tour

 

[DVCOwner]

I think this is way Disney is doing this. Someone wants to take a tour but does not want to give up the hour in the park. Now the sales agent can say, wait with three additional Fastpass+, you will easily make up that time. Sounds like a good sales pitch.

 

[CJR]

Still not worth it. During the time the tour takes out of the day, you could, in most cases, go through the standby line for three attractions. Most of the attractions that would make this valuable for, will already be booked up for the day (as others have said)

 

[Seanual757]

Worse than that, these are "same day" fast-passes. So even if you toured at 10am- what all would be available to fastpass same day at 11am?

If they could be used anytime during your trip- and were old paper ones, I'd tour DVC. But the way this is structured sounds like a terrible waste of time.

Ours were good for 3 days to use at anytime and everyone in your party gets them.

 

[Ariel1986]

Worse than that, these are "same day" fast-passes. So even if you toured at 10am- what all would be available to fastpass same day at 11am?

If they could be used anytime during your trip- and were old paper ones, I'd tour DVC. But the way this is structured sounds like a terrible waste of time.

They're probably the Fast Passes that you can use anytime on any ride (apart from 7DMT & Toy Story apparently). I had a few of these on my Christmas trip for various reasons- they were great, though as pointed out sometimes they were a waste as not needed in some parks!

Edited to add: Just seen @Seanual757 already clarified!

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Smart marketing.

Dumb to fall for it.

 

[Dizz Fan '99]

My wife, 2 daughters and I listen to the DVC sales pitch every time we go to Disney. They get snacks/drinks and play together supervised by a Disney cast member as my wife and I get snacks/drinks while listening to the sales pitch. It takes a little over an hour and we leave feeling refreshed from being in the air conditioning and now have extra fast passes to use for the day. My kids like it because it gets them out of the heat for a little while.

 

[Seanual757]

My wife, 2 daughters and I listen to the DVC sales pitch every time we go to Disney. They get snacks/drinks and play together supervised by a Disney cast member as my wife and I get snacks/drinks while listening to the sales pitch. It takes a little over an hour and we leave feeling refreshed from being in the air conditioning and now have extra fast passes to use for the day. My kids like it because it gets them out of the heat for a little while.

Hey if you have time to kill, some entertainment for an hour, free bag, free ice cream, and free fast passes why not take advantage.

 

[slappy magoo]

Still not worth it. During the time the tour takes out of the day, you could, in most cases, go through the standby line for three attractions. Most of the attractions that would make this valuable for, will already be booked up for the day (as others have said)

Ours were good for 3 days to use at anytime and everyone in your party gets them.

They're probably the Fast Passes that you can use anytime on any ride (apart from 7DMT & Toy Story apparently). I had a few of these on my Christmas trip for various reasons- they were great, though as pointed out sometimes they were a waste as not needed in some parks!

Edited to add: Just seen @Seanual757 already clarified!

I can't say for sure what these Fastpasses would be like, but when we did the tour in spring of 2005, we rec'd all-purpose fastpasses to be used on anything we wanted (that had a FP line at the time). I don't even think there were restrictions as to whether or not we could use them all on the same ride if, say, you wanted to ride Space Mountain 3 times in a row.

And we also got ice cream.

Oh, and when I write that "we did the tour in spring of 2005," I'm talking SPRING BREAK. It's the only time we ever toured in Spring Break and I don't think we ever will again. There were consequential lines and waits for pretty much everything. We tried to compensate by spending more time in the resort's main pool "Ol' Man Island" in Riverside) but even that would be so busy you couldn't find a seat to drop your gear before going into the pool, and it was wall to wall people; you wouldn't want to go in. So as far as we were concerned, 3 extra fastpasses worked out great, as even the sort of rides that never seem to have lines, had lines. On an afternoon we wrote off as "too busy for the parks," we did the tour, got the fastpasses, used them and still made it to our dinner reservations

 

[EOD K9]

I can't say for sure what these Fastpasses would be like, but when we did the tour in spring of 2005, we rec'd all-purpose fastpasses to be used on anything we wanted (that had a FP line at the time). I don't even think there were restrictions as to whether or not we could use them all on the same ride if, say, you wanted to ride Space Mountain 3 times in a row.

And we also got ice cream.

Oh, and when I write that "we did the tour in spring of 2005," I'm talking SPRING BREAK. It's the only time we ever toured in Spring Break and I don't think we ever will again. There were consequential lines and waits for pretty much everything. We tried to compensate by spending more time in the resort's main pool "Ol' Man Island" in Riverside) but even that would be so busy you couldn't find a seat to drop your gear before going into the pool, and it was wall to wall people; you wouldn't want to go in. So as far as we were concerned, 3 extra fastpasses worked out great, as even the sort of rides that never seem to have lines, had lines. On an afternoon we wrote off as "too busy for the parks," we did the tour, got the fastpasses, used them and still made it to our dinner reservations

I toured and bought in January of 2005. They weren't giving FPs back then, we got a free meal ticket good for any QS which included entrée, desert, and a beverage.

 

[note2001]

True the most popular would be the MK- 5-7, DHS- 2 of them, Epcot 2, AK- 2.

Pretty crummy when we purchased VGF in 2015 we were given a $50 Disney gift card, this year we did take the tour in March got our 3 fast passes, and signed papers last weekend and enjoyed our free Ice cream. No gift card this time with a purchase or tour

They change these things up all the time.
I got nothing but icecream in 2008, and I bought on site (Of course I had used up multiple visits and complementary Fast passes prior to that)
Do they still give the canvas DVC bag with the initial purchase? (Was not offered on subsequent purchases)

I remember we used to get referral gift cards. Loved those.

 

[slappy magoo]

I toured and bought in January of 2005. They weren't giving FPs back then, we got a free meal ticket good for any QS which included entrée, desert, and a beverage.

My educated guess (and that is all it is)? In January (especially in 2005 when tourism was still suffering some post-9/11 blues, more noticeable in off-seasons), parks weren't as crowded, fastpasses weren't as necessary, there was more value in giving you a meal so that's one less meal you potentially eat off-site (even if it was only QS). But Spring Break? Height of Spring Break? Fastpasses were probably the e-ticket of enticements (that they were willing to part with).

It's also possible we said (without any sense of planning to say it) the magic words: It's so crowded, lines are so long, I don't know if we have time to spend a few hours touring a resort.

 

[slappy magoo]

They change these things up all the time.
I got nothing but icecream in 2008, and I bought on site (Of course I had used up multiple visits and complementary Fast passes prior to that)
Do they still give the canvas DVC bag with the initial purchase? (Was not offered on subsequent purchases)

I remember we used to get referral gift cards. Loved those.

We did get one, but we didn't buy on-site. When we rec'd our final paperwork it came with a bag. yippee.

 

[jpittore1]

I think all of my purchase paperwork is still in the Canvas DVS bag...