Yep bought mine Saturday night! Ours had lapsed we did not go last year at all so needed to get a new one for our trips coming up. I knew yearly price increases happen in Feb usually so new any day now the increase would happen. Glad though it is only $20 more for Gold.
But the FL State Senate wants it to happen again...
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I am not...Thank you! I’ve never paid $200 and been buying one over 10 years. He is thinking of Silver I think not Gold. That one has a ton of blackout days including also the whole summer, and no memory maker etc. Gold is exact same pass as platinum just has only 4 weeks blacked out total a year. Includes everything platinum does.
) had no blackouts. Making it by definition not an annual pass. The limited passes prior where labeled as such. Line Epcot after 4, seasonal, etc.
Been getting gold for 10 years and always had the blackout dates I don’t call that recent years. Haha. But yes I know all about the other passes I bought regular passes (what is called platinum now) before we joined DVC so were buying those over 10 years ago.
Look at the savingsYep bought mine Saturday night! Ours had lapsed we did not go last year at all so needed to get a new one for our trips coming up. I knew yearly price increases happen in Feb usually so new any day now the increase would happen. Glad though it is only $20 more for Gold.
Did those “prior” regular annual passes have blackout dates?Been getting gold for 10 years and always had the blackout dates I don’t call that recent years. Haha. But yes I know all about the other passes I bought regular passes (what is called platinum now) before we joined DVC so were buying those over 10 years ago.
But the FL State Senate wants it to happen again...
Senate wants orange juice to flow again at Florida welcome centers
Travelers might again get a free cup of Florida’s homegrown beverage when they cross the state line, through funding tucked in the Senate’s proposed budget.
Those families with Gold still can go during Thanksgiving, all summer, Mardi Gras week(many southern Louisiana, some Miss.and Alabama schools), Fall break, Spring break (many spring breaks are not those 2 weeks surrounding Easter that are blacked out, or in addition to some have a spring break and time around Easter off) etc etc. Many people with kids still have gold. So to say Gold eliminates families from going as much is not true like it is for maybe Silver passes.I am not...
I’m telling you the semantics changes and how they fundamentally altered there products to cover a huge base price increase.
If you block the spring break and Christmas weeks, it limits the usefulness of Americans with children (might be what your demographics should be) greatly...and forces them into limiting potential repeat Visits or higher cost passes.
An “annual” pass prior to gold and silver (sooo shiny!!
I’m saying the gold, silver, platinum is a tactic...calling attention away from the blackouts because I’m 99.995% sure their research didn’t sent to have people think of “blackouts” when they buy thousands of dollars in tickets.
Apparently - it works too as demonstrated by this tangent Q&A
Been getting gold for 10 years and always had the blackout dates I don’t call that recent years. Haha. But yes I know all about the other passes I bought regular passes (what is called platinum now) before we joined DVC so were buying those over 10 years ago.
I said “limits”...not eliminate.Those families with Gold still can go during Thanksgiving, all summer, Mardi Gras week(many southern Louisiana, some Miss.and Alabama schools), Fall break, Spring break (many spring breaks are not those 2 weeks surrounding Easter that are blacked out, or in addition to some have a spring break and time around Easter off) etc etc. Many people with kids still have gold. So to say Gold eliminates families from going as much is not true like it is for maybe Silver passes.
Google those...most Disney fan sites/blog out them up immediately. I saw them on allears this morning
Actually - no. Unless one is within the 60 day window for renewal? Renewal prices will not show.
Thanks...I was either two lazy to look it up or knew the answers and grow tired of recency bias taking the place of facts
Same here...we expire the end of August and that's it for WDW. We will still go on vacation. Just not there.
If you click on the embedded links it give the renewal prices...
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Yes correct just was looking at historic info. (I knew I had been buying it a while haha) Anywho my point basically is the Gold pass is still good for families and hey yes the other passes don’t have blackouts and prices would of gone up to where they are today regardless for the passes. So I am thankful they offer a cheaper option so I don’t have to pay platinum prices when we don’t travel ever those 4 weeks, but still want all the other perks of platimum, etc etc.
(yes I know I’m falling for what they wanted me to happy to pay “cheaper”lol)
We come from out of state and definitely do not have pockets deep enough for all the price increases lately (rooms and tickets). Our passes expire in August and that will be the end of it. Had a lot of good times, but there are cheaper places that are just as much fun.
Yes correct just was looking at historic info. (I knew I had been buying it a while haha) Anywho my point basically is the Gold pass is still good for families and hey yes the other passes don’t have blackouts and prices would of gone up to where they are today regardless for the passes. So I am thankful they offer a cheaper option so I don’t have to pay platinum prices when we don’t travel ever those 4 weeks, but still want all the other perks of platimum, etc etc.
