Does a Water park Annual Pass still exist?

[minniemickeyfan]

I thought Disney still had a water park annual pass but couldn't find it anymore on their website. Maybe I overlooked, thought I saw it there last year.
We currently have Annual Passes but was trying to decide whether to upgrade to the Premium since we want to go to water parks this summer or to buy just the water park AP if it still exists. I thought it was around $100 for one and the Premium AP would cost more and we wouldn't really use the other options.
Our current AP's started Dec 26th. So I thought by buying a water park AP that would start this summer, I could get two trips out of it, whereas if I upgraded we would only get this summer's trip out of it.
Thanks for any help!

 

[Pioneer Hall]

They still do exist and cost about $100 + tax.

 

[minniemickeyfan]

Thanks, do you happen to know if they can be purchased ahead of time?

 

[Pioneer Hall]

Thanks, do you happen to know if they can be purchased ahead of time?

I don't see it on the Disney website, but that doesn't mean it isn't hidden somewhere. I would give them a call and see what they say.

 

[PhilharMagician]

I would stop @ guest relations at the 4 park entrances of DTD when you get to Disney and check out what would be cheaper for you at that time. The cheaper option would most likely be the PAP upgrade to your current AP. If not then you could buy the waterpark AP.

 

[slappy magoo]

http://allears.net/pl/ticketchart.htm#other

It looks like buying a Water Parks Park Hopper Annual Pass would be about 30 bucks less than upgrading a current Annual Pass to a Premium Annual Pass. If you have no intention of using any of the other features in the Premium Annual Pass, getting the Water Parks Annual Pass will definitely save you money. Plus, I would assume the separate Water Parks annual Pass would expire a year after first using it, whereas upgrading to a Premium Annual Pass would still limit you to a year from when you first started using the non-upgraded pass.

For you, it seems like buying the separate water parks pass is the better deal all around.

 

[PhilharMagician]

http://allears.net/pl/ticketchart.htm#other

It looks like buying a Water Parks Park Hopper Annual Pass would be about 30 bucks less than upgrading a current Annual Pass to a Premium Annual Pass. If you have no intention of using any of the other features in the Premium Annual Pass, getting the Water Parks Annual Pass will definitely save you money. Plus, I would assume the separate Water Parks annual Pass would expire a year after first using it, whereas upgrading to a Premium Annual Pass would still limit you to a year from when you first started using the non-upgraded pass.

For you, it seems like buying the separate water parks pass is the better deal all around.

When upgrading, don't they prorate the PAP? I cannot imagine Disney would make you pay the full upgrade cost from an existing AP to a PAP for a partial use year.

 

[PhilharMagician]

Found my answer. They do not prorate so buying the waterpark AP would make the most sense like Slappy said.

Upgrading an Annual Pass to a Premium Annual Pass (or a Florida Seasonal to a Florida Annual or Florida Premium Annual Pass). This can be done at any time simply by paying the price difference between the two passes. There is no prorating of prices done. Your new PAP will keep the same expiration date as your old AP had regardless of when you do the transaction.

 

[slappy magoo]

Found my answer. They do not prorate so buying the waterpark AP would make the most sense like Slappy said.

Upgrading an Annual Pass to a Premium Annual Pass (or a Florida Seasonal to a Florida Annual or Florida Premium Annual Pass). This can be done at any time simply by paying the price difference between the two passes. There is no prorating of prices done. Your new PAP will keep the same expiration date as your old AP had regardless of when you do the transaction.

To be honest, I don't like it when I'm right like this, either. :lookaroun But prorating doesn't make financial sense, especially because lots of people who get an annual pass don't get to come back a whole lot of times over the year, but one or two extra times. If you buy a regular AP in May, then you don't get to come back again until April, the pro-rate would only be something like 10-15 bucks. No way in blazes Disney's going to do give you a month's worth of water parks & Disneyquest for that. Sometimes I'm amazed they charge so little between adding days to a regular ticket, but then I realize that they do this to keep you on property, and adding the no expiration option is where they really hit ya.