DisneyStarWisher
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- Jun 13, 2008
Sadly, you are probably right.I can easily see Disney deciding to limit AP to 1 park per day, but for the same price, not less. And charging extra for adding park hopping for the convenience.
Sadly, you are probably right.I can easily see Disney deciding to limit AP to 1 park per day, but for the same price, not less. And charging extra for adding park hopping for the convenience.
I can easily see Disney deciding to limit AP to 1 park per day, but for the same price, not less. And charging extra for adding park hopping for the convenience.
This is awesome! We have done something similar with the NE tickets. We have enough to get us through 2021. I wish we had disposable money right now to buy AP vouchers, but we have two kids in college right now and my DH just retired. Things are tight for the next couple of years.Congrats on having your retirement date within your 5 year plan window. As part of a hedge on future price increases, DW and I stocked up on APs before we retired in 2015. We have 4 - AP vouchers ready to use over the next 8 years. Since we know we are going anyway, the AP's are an investment growing at the rate of Disney's price increases. Our next planned AP year 2019 - 2020 [TSL / SWL] will work out to about $15 per park(s) day. We also were able to get 10 day No-Expire+ tickets which will fill in the off years and allow us to sun burn at the Water Parks up to 10 times. If you know you will be going to WDW and have the disposable $$, stocking up on AP's and or other tickets which don't expire would be my recommendation. Be aware though, Disney is slowing moving to have all new ticket purchases have some sort of expiration date. This strategy may not be available much longer.
That makes sense. We own at AKV, so that's why we are less likely to hop.I guess it also depends which resort. We stay usually at BWV, so no matter what park we may be at during the day, in the evening we inevitably wind up just strolling through World Showcase. So the hopping features work for us.
I did the same thing as you when we became DVC members. I bought a variety of tickets - 5,6,7 days as well as a couple AP's too. Then, one trip I upgraded tickets to AP's and renewed our AP's twice. So, I still have my stock pile. Also my DD worked at at Disney in the DCP and she bought some tickets at that time too. So, we are set for a few years.Congrats on having your retirement date within your 5 year plan window. As part of a hedge on future price increases, DW and I stocked up on APs before we retired in 2015. We have 4 - AP vouchers ready to use over the next 8 years. Since we know we are going anyway, the AP's are an investment growing at the rate of Disney's price increases. Our next planned AP year 2019 - 2020 [TSL / SWL] will work out to about $15 per park(s) day. We also were able to get 10 day No-Expire+ tickets which will fill in the off years and allow us to sun burn at the Water Parks up to 10 times. If you know you will be going to WDW and have the disposable $$, stocking up on AP's and or other tickets which don't expire would be my recommendation. Be aware though, Disney is slowing moving to have all new ticket purchases have some sort of expiration date. This strategy may not be available much longer.
For all of those saying you park hop, I'm interested in knowing your age group. I'm retiring pretty young (49) but I'm finding that I don't want to run, run, run as I get older.
One bonus for us that I don't know how many use is for transportation. When we stay at BW or BC there have been times that instead of the bus we walk thru EPCOT and catch the monorail to MK. Then the reverse home. Nice relaxing going against the crowds.