lola
One Bedroom
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Post by lola on Sept 12, 2024 17:01:36 GMT -5
I just want to thank my fellow MO's for this helpful thread!
Just renewed today. Quick and easy with MS.
Excited for our October trip!
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Post by brp on Sept 14, 2024 18:11:43 GMT -5
When renewing passes, I hope folks don't neglect to get discount UT tickets and Bridge to Gate Price. It's a bit more work, but we saved about $60 per AP this way.
Cheers.
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Post by Eli's Nana on Sept 15, 2024 15:01:38 GMT -5
Please forgive my ignorance as I was unaware of this for AP’s…. Our passes are up for renewal and if I understand this correctly we can buy a different pass from UT and then use it (and it’s original gate price) to buy up to an AP renewal? And does this have to happen at Guest Services at WDW or can one do this through a phone call to MS? Thanks so much!
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Post by brp on Sept 15, 2024 16:37:20 GMT -5
Please forgive my ignorance as I was unaware of this for AP’s…. Our passes are up for renewal and if I understand this correctly we can buy a different pass from UT and then use it (and it’s original gate price) to buy up to an AP renewal? And does this have to happen at Guest Services at WDW or can one do this through a phone call to MS? Thanks so much! This is correct. And it can be done over the phone before even arriving. The only important thing is to make sure that the Gate Price of what you buy is less than the price of the AP. And don't trust UT for this. The prices on their site are simply not correct and intentionally misleading (but they still do provide a savings). Look at the Disney site directly to see the price of what you're buying.
Cheers.
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Post by helenabear on Sept 16, 2024 7:56:43 GMT -5
Please forgive my ignorance as I was unaware of this for AP’s…. Our passes are up for renewal and if I understand this correctly we can buy a different pass from UT and then use it (and it’s original gate price) to buy up to an AP renewal? And does this have to happen at Guest Services at WDW or can one do this through a phone call to MS? Thanks so much! This is correct. And it can be done over the phone before even arriving. The only important thing is to make sure that the Gate Price of what you buy is less than the price of the AP. And don't trust UT for this. The prices on their site are simply not correct and intentionally misleading (but they still do provide a savings). Look at the Disney site directly to see the price of what you're buying. Cheers. So you were saying we can do the upgrade over the phone prior to the trip and still get a discount? I haven't ever done this on genuinely asking. I will be buying my AP's for my kid and myself soon. Unsure about the spouse. |
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Post by Eli's Nana on Sept 16, 2024 8:08:38 GMT -5
That is so great! Thank you!
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Post by brp on Sept 16, 2024 8:28:06 GMT -5
This is correct. And it can be done over the phone before even arriving. The only important thing is to make sure that the Gate Price of what you buy is less than the price of the AP. And don't trust UT for this. The prices on their site are simply not correct and intentionally misleading (but they still do provide a savings). Look at the Disney site directly to see the price of what you're buying. Cheers. So you were saying we can do the upgrade over the phone prior to the trip and still get a discount? I haven't ever done this on genuinely asking. I will be buying my AP's for my kid and myself soon. Unsure about the spouse. Yes. I was surprised that this worked, but have now done it twice. The first time it took a couple of transfers before I got to someone who could do it. This most recent time, the first person I spoke with just handled it. As I recall, I didn't even mention Bridging, and she just did it. I really don't expect it to be this easy each time, but they can do it on the phone, even if they need prompting.
And, as always, have all the exact figures available to double check their work.
Cheers.
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Post by helenabear on Sept 16, 2024 9:10:37 GMT -5
So you were saying we can do the upgrade over the phone prior to the trip and still get a discount? I haven't ever done this on genuinely asking. I will be buying my AP's for my kid and myself soon. Unsure about the spouse. Yes. I was surprised that this worked, but have now done it twice. The first time it took a couple of transfers before I got to someone who could do it. This most recent time, the first person I spoke with just handled it. As I recall, I didn't even mention Bridging, and she just did it. I really don't expect it to be this easy each time, but they can do it on the phone, even if they need prompting. And, as always, have all the exact figures available to double check their work. Cheers. Thank you! Maybe I'll buy one park hopper and see how it goes. Just considering buying in before possible AP increases next month. |
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Post by Eli's Nana on Sept 16, 2024 15:02:45 GMT -5
It looked to me like the 10 day park hopper’s gate price was a little less than the DVC AP renewal, so I guess I’ll try that. We have almost a month to go before we can renew, but this is great information. Thanks again!
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Post by brp on Sept 16, 2024 15:15:32 GMT -5
It looked to me like the 10 day park hopper’s gate price was a little less than the DVC AP renewal, so I guess I’ll try that. We have almost a month to go before we can renew, but this is great information. Thanks again! As long as the park ticket plus tax is less than the AP renewal plus tax, all is good. We ended up with 6-day Hoppers starting around the date we were planning to be there, even though that doesn't matter. Since one could really pick any dates and any length, the number of possibilities is, for all intents and purposes, infinite. So I just limited to our real dates and maybe lost out on a few bucks versus looking at wider range.
Cheers.
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Post by ratfan on Sept 24, 2024 17:03:42 GMT -5
When renewing passes, I hope folks don't neglect to get discount UT tickets and Bridge to Gate Price. It's a bit more work, but we saved about $60 per AP this way. Cheers. Isn't it cheaper to buy Disney gift cards at Target with the RedCard for a 5% savings and then use those gift cards to purchase tix from Disney, and then bridge to the AP? |
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Post by helenabear on Sept 24, 2024 19:22:02 GMT -5
When renewing passes, I hope folks don't neglect to get discount UT tickets and Bridge to Gate Price. It's a bit more work, but we saved about $60 per AP this way. Cheers. Isn't it cheaper to buy Disney gift cards at Target with the RedCard for a 5% savings and then use those gift cards to purchase tix from Disney, and then bridge to the AP? I was doing math on discounted gift cards and I think I will do better off with a regular discount like that then trying to bridge so that's what I'm about to do for the tickets. |
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Post by brp on Sept 25, 2024 16:56:19 GMT -5
Isn't it cheaper to buy Disney gift cards at Target with the RedCard for a 5% savings and then use those gift cards to purchase tix from Disney, and then bridge to the AP? I was doing math on discounted gift cards and I think I will do better off with a regular discount like that then trying to bridge so that's what I'm about to do for the tickets. We saved about 6.7% on our ticket bridge so, if the GC discount is only 5%, bridging is better in this case. If one can do better than 5%, then the discounted GC can be better.
Cheers.
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Post by helenabear on Sept 25, 2024 18:12:06 GMT -5
I was doing math on discounted gift cards and I think I will do better off with a regular discount like that then trying to bridge so that's what I'm about to do for the tickets. We saved about 6.7% on our ticket bridge so, if the GC discount is only 5%, bridging is better in this case. If one can do better than 5%, then the discounted GC can be better. Cheers. Also depends on current pricing of the tickets. I was looking at next year for dates we'll be there. Right now UT prices are barely there tbh like $20 max which even Sam's Club gift cards are a better deal at the moment. I'm definitely not bridging with these prices. |
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Post by brp on Sept 25, 2024 18:35:25 GMT -5
We saved about 6.7% on our ticket bridge so, if the GC discount is only 5%, bridging is better in this case. If one can do better than 5%, then the discounted GC can be better. Cheers. Also depends on current pricing of the tickets. I was looking at next year for dates we'll be there. Right now UT prices are barely there tbh like $20 max which even Sam's Club gift cards are a better deal at the moment. I'm definitely not bridging with these prices. Yup. If you can't find a good enough deal, definitely not worth doing. I was able to find $60 each, so it was worth. All depends upon what we can find.
Cheers.
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