Ouch, sticker shock
Caren
days socked away) and remember that the cost to add the non-expiring
option was some trivial amount. I was just shopping for a non-
expiring 10-day park hopper for my nephew's birthday next month and
found that the cost to add the non-expiring option was over $200! I'm
still going to buy it for him because he'll be 8 on our next trip, so
on the trip following that he'll be able to trade up to an adult
ticket for the remaining days. But ouch, when did the price for adding
that option go sky high?
Air fares for August were sky-high, too. $258 per person on Southwest
from Pittsburgh. Went ahead and booked rather than waiting for a
better fare because we're flying on Sunday and that's always
difficult.
--
Caren
TDC Queen of Adventureland
Paul Lalli
> I got myself a non-expiring 10-day park hopper in 2006 (still have 3
> days socked away) and remember that the cost to add the non-expiring
> option was some trivial amount. I was just shopping for a non-
> expiring 10-day park hopper for my nephew's birthday next month and
> found that the cost to add the non-expiring option was over $200! I'm
> still going to buy it for him because he'll be 8 on our next trip, so
> on the trip following that he'll be able to trade up to an adult
> ticket for the remaining days. But ouch, when did the price for adding
> that option go sky high?
web.archive.org's cached copy of http://allearsnet.com/pl/ticketchart.htm
shows that on Oct 4, 2006, adding the No Expiration option to a 10 day
ticket cost $155. I fail to consider that a trivial amount.
It is a trivial amount to add the NE option to a short ticket (2 to 4
days). As you add more days, the cost gets more and more expensive,
inversely proportional to the increased cost of the ticket length
itself. Of course, if you did add the trivial amount to a short
ticket, and *then* added days to your ticket, you paid the additional
cost of the NE option as part of the Day upgrade. Perhaps that's what
happened in your case, and why you remember the NE option itself as
being trivial?
Paul Lalli
Caren
> On Jan 5, 10:14 am, Caren <dri...@sgi.net> wrote:
>
> > I got myself a non-expiring 10-day park hopper in 2006 (still have 3
> > days socked away) and remember that the cost to add the non-expiring
> > option was some trivial amount. I was just shopping for a non-
> > expiring 10-day park hopper for my nephew's birthday next month and
> > found that the cost to add the non-expiring option was over $200! I'm
> > still going to buy it for him because he'll be 8 on our next trip, so
> > on the trip following that he'll be able to trade up to an adult
> > ticket for the remaining days. But ouch, when did the price for adding
> > that option go sky high?
>
> shows that on Oct 4, 2006, adding the No Expiration option to a 10 day
> ticket cost $155. I fail to consider that a trivial amount.
>
> It is a trivial amount to add the NE option to a short ticket (2 to 4
> days). As you add more days, the cost gets more and more expensive,
> inversely proportional to the increased cost of the ticket length
> itself. Of course, if you did add the trivial amount to a short
> ticket, and *then* added days to your ticket, you paid the additional
> cost of the NE option as part of the Day upgrade. Perhaps that's what
> happened in your case, and why you remember the NE option itself as
> being trivial?
>
> Paul Lalli
Maybe. I just remember the cost being a non-issue--not enough to even
think about.
Ah well, it hurts now but our big August trip will be paid for. Six
days in a 2-bedroom Magic Kingdom view at BLT. Can't wait.
Paul Lalli
> Ah well, it hurts now but our big August trip will be paid for. Six
> days in a 2-bedroom Magic Kingdom view at BLT. Can't wait.
*envy*
Ginny Favers
Keep checking Southwest, to see if the fare goes down. You can rebook
your tickets and bank the savings to use for another flight within a
year of the original purchase date.
~Amanda
Lisa Cubbon
Lisa
Caren
Good idea, but in my experience, mid-day Sunday flights tend to book
up early. I'm not holding my breath.
BigBob
>
> Good idea, but in my experience, mid-day Sunday flights tend to book
> up early. I'm not holding my breath.
>
> --
> Caren
> TDC Queen of Adventureland
I'll hold my breath for you.
Have you tried jumping up-and-down yet?
Raoul
wrote:
>web.archive.org's cached copy of http://allearsnet.com/pl/ticketchart.htm
>shows that on Oct 4, 2006, adding the No Expiration option to a 10 day
>ticket cost $155. I fail to consider that a trivial amount.
>
>Paul Lalli
In August of 2006 I paid $381 for a 10 day no expiration hopper from
floridaorlandotickets.com. My receipt doesn't break down the options.
KGSTickets has the same ticket today for $484 with the allears.net
discount. I did a little looking around and they seem to be as good or
less than anywhere else. Plus, if allears gets a little kickback, so
much the better.
BigBob
I just checked to see what AAA would cost.
http://www.aaasouth.com/acs_pages/tis_attraction_rates.asp?id=14
10-day park-hopper with no expiration (non-FL resident):
$487.95 adult
$456.95 child
I don't remember child's tickets costing almost the same as for adults
(i.e. 93.6% of an adult ticket)?
(But, then again, I've never bought child's tickets.)
JerryD(upstateNY)
10-day park-hopper with no expiration (non-FL resident):
$487.95 adult $456.95 child
An annual pass is $520.79 adult and $460.08 child.
So a child's AP is only $3.13 more than the 10 day park-hopper.
If he has any chance of getting to WDW within a year, the AP would be the
way to go.
--
JerryD(upstateNY)
Keane
<m...@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>An annual pass is $520.79 adult and $460.08 child.
>So a child's AP is only $3.13 more than the 10 day park-hopper.
>If he has any chance of getting to WDW within a year, the AP would be the
>way to go.
Only if the child uses more than 10 ticket days within 366 days.
It's no different for the adult, based on entry into the parks alone.
Once you start including discounts for rooms, food and other
sundry perks, the value of an AP goes up.
If you only visit the parks, say 3 to 5 ticket days per year, and
intend on returning, then the non-expiring park-hopper is the better
deal.
Keane
--
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One of them is this, They have the power to make a wish come true...
-- Wishes
Visit my site: http://keanespics.com
Caren
wrote:
We take him to WDW every other year, so we have in mind using half the
days this year and half in 2012.
Sue/WDW1972
($45??) that was the same whether it was a 3-day pass or a 10-day. I
can only assume that when people then starting buyin 10-day passes
with the NE in order to use 5 days this trip and 5 days next year,
Disney wised up and saw the opportunity to push people towards buying
new passes each trip.
At some point, the AP has got to be a better deal - but that assumes
the trips will fall within a 12-month period.
Sue/WDW1972
Tom Moeller
"JerryD(upstateNY)" <m...@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message
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For $4, it's almost worth getting the AP just so you can carry it around
with you for whenever you need a reminder of a happy place. Mine used to be
Goofy, but the last time it had to be reprinted, so now I'm Mickey. Oh well.
tom
JoeR
Magic Your Way tickets were released in January 2005. According to All
Ears, http://allears.net/tix/MYWhistory.htm , adding the No Expiration
option has always increased with the number of days.
Prior to 2005, WDW tickets never expired, except for length of stay
passes that expired at the end of your package stay.
-Joe
Keane
<wdw...@aol.com> wrote:
>Years ago the cost to add no expiration was a nominal flat rate
>($45??) that was the same whether it was a 3-day pass or a 10-day. I
>can only assume that when people then starting buyin 10-day passes
>with the NE in order to use 5 days this trip and 5 days next year,
>Disney wised up and saw the opportunity to push people towards buying
>new passes each trip.
Are you sure all of you aren't thinking about the hopper option?
The Park-Hopper option is a flat $52 addition, no matter how many
days...
JerryD(upstateNY)
My daughter and her family go to WDW every year.
They will go the (say) second week of July one year and the first week of
July the second year so they can take advantage of the AP's.
Plus, as Keane said "once you start including discounts for rooms, food and
other
sundry perks, the value of an AP goes up".
--
JerryD(upstateNY)
Disney Pix
I just booked 5 days at BLT and thought about getting the Magic Kingdom view
but have heard stories from people who have been on low floors (5th or
lower) and on the North side of the tower. I would hate to spend the extra
points and only be able to see the back of buildings and the top of the
castle.
Rob
"Caren" <dri...@sgi.net> wrote in message
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Greg K.
<wdw...@aol.com> wrote:
>Years ago the cost to add no expiration was a nominal flat rate
>($45??)
Years ago there was NO charge to make the days no-expiring! When you
bought a multi-day ticket, it never expired AND you could park hop!
Those were the days...
Greg K.
Keane
wrote:
I still have a couple of 5-day park-hopper passes around here.
One only has 2 days on it... I think.
All that was before I started buying AP's... :-)