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Post by helenabear on Oct 16, 2024 11:11:50 GMT -5
disneyvacationclub.disney.go.com/membership-magic-beyondTake Your Experience Further! Introducing the Membership Magic Beyond option—a yearly enhanced benefits package that gives you special ways to elevate your family’s stays. Eligible Members can purchase for $99 starting December 3, 2024 for usage January 12 through December 31, 2025. Enjoy Enhanced Value • Purchase specially priced 5-day weekday Walt Disney World Theme Park tickets with one water park visit included. Available for the enrolled Member and up to 7 family members living in their household. More pricing details to come. • Purchase specially priced 3-day weekday Disneyland Resort Theme Park tickets that include Lightning Lane Multi Pass. Available for the enrolled Member and up to 7 family members living in their household. More pricing details to come. •Receive a 30-day Memory Maker entitlement to capture and share treasured Walt Disney World memories. (Up to a $210 value if purchased separately.) Get Exclusive Access • Meet and mingle with special Disney Characters at Disney Vacation Club ImaginAtrium – A Member Lounge at EPCOT. The enrolled Member must have a Resort reservation and be staying on Points. The enrolled Member can bring up to 4 guests or the number of guests on their resort stay reservation, whichever is greater. Available 7 days a week. Capacity restrictions may apply. • Take advantage of priority access to Disney Vacation Club ImaginAtrium – A Member Lounge, Disney Vacation Club Star View Station - A Member Lounge and a new •Member lounge projected to open in 2025 in Magic Kingdom Park. Use this benefit when lounge access goes on a waitlist. The enrolled Member can bring up to 4 guests or the number of guests on their resort stay reservation, whichever is greater. Capacity restrictions may apply. Experience More Flexibility • Use your Points to purchase the Disney Sorcerer Pass to enjoy Walt Disney World Resort Theme Parks. • Get one bonus One-Time-Use Point for each One-Time-Use Point purchased! Members can purchase up to 12 Points for a total of 24 One-Time-Use Points in a Use Year. Excludes bookings offered through the hotel exchange program. • Enjoy having your $95 transaction fee waived when booking Disney Collection Resorts and experiences, including Adventures by Disney, Disney Cruise Line and National Geographic Expeditions experiences.
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Post by nickys on Oct 16, 2024 11:33:40 GMT -5
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Post by nickys on Oct 16, 2024 11:39:23 GMT -5
As far as I can see, it gives you the option of buying special rate tickets, using points to buy the Sorcerer AP, bonus OTU and priority access to the Lounges at DL, MK and Epcot.
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Post by helenabear on Oct 16, 2024 11:41:21 GMT -5
Merging threads since we already had one  For us, it doesn't help much. I could see how it could for some. |
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Post by baymaxfan on Oct 16, 2024 11:45:56 GMT -5
The only thing I don’t like with this is the lounge and character priority access. It essentially splits the members into 2 types. Yes, I know there are already a couple of types - direct and resale with various levels of restrictions. However, Disney has nothing to do with resales. So, now, they will be splitting direct members. I really wish they offered this without the priority lounge and character access.
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Post by Wiltony on Oct 16, 2024 11:47:38 GMT -5
Crazy that it's a buy-up rather than just an additional perk. This opens the floodgates for any new potential membership extras perk to be just added to this plan and increasing its price, rather than being an included perk for buying direct.
Before it was buying direct -> eligible for perks, and now it's buying direct -> eligible to pay more for for perks.
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Post by nickys on Oct 16, 2024 11:53:05 GMT -5
All I can think of now is “One Step Beyond” by Madness. Just about sums this up. 🙄
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Post by helenabear on Oct 16, 2024 11:55:54 GMT -5
The only thing I don’t like with this is the lounge and character priority access. It essentially splits the members into 2 types. Yes, I know there are already a couple of types - direct and resale with various levels of restrictions. However, Disney has nothing to do with resales. So, now, they will be splitting direct members. I really wish they offered this without the priority lounge and character access. I'm not sure I've ever had an issue recently but maybe because they'll add characters (if it is where the old rainbow walkway was, I will cry) it might be busier. Otherwise, I don't see the point. We only do the lounges every so often. Last time was to check out when it was in the Odyssey. The time before that? I cannot even remember. If it is busy we just move on. |
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Post by WDWGoof on Oct 16, 2024 13:24:23 GMT -5
Curious what the 5 day ticket price will be. Assuming under $99 savings seeing that’s what they are charging to qualify to purchase it.
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Post by nickys on Oct 16, 2024 13:55:38 GMT -5
Probably just as well I can’t see the benefit other than the Lounge access.
Must be a US citizen “of good standing” to upgrade. 🙄
edit: resident, not citizen. Don’t know why yet. The CMs haven’t been given any info, beyond what’s on the web page / email.
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Post by dmkedm on Oct 16, 2024 14:05:45 GMT -5
This has real potential for my family--I bought points this past year in a new m'ship co-owned by my DS and DDIL--so they are newly eligible for sorcerer's passes (or maybe the five-day ticket might work better, at least for DGS)...but it all depends on actual pricing....will have to look at how much the sorcerer's pass will cost, and the special 5-day ticket pricing, w/this new benefit pgm as compared to how much it costs w/out it--and I can't find that info (maybe it's not available at this point)?
Another open question: the "our points" are pretty much already allocated for the foreseeable future....but I have a bunch of "me" points I could transfer to the "our m-ship" to allow purchase of APs (depending on cost)....need to find out if that would be allowed....all my points ("my" and "our") are direct, so not worried about that....but we do need the 11-month booking window for our planned annual trips to BCV and RR, so I'd have to be able to transfer SSR points to make that work....again, depending on how many points a Sorcerer's Pass will cost....
But I'm intrigued, and I expect DS/DDIL will be, too....
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Post by cpnkirk on Oct 16, 2024 14:14:22 GMT -5
Doesn't it seem odd that you would only get a 30 day memory maker? I guess if you could pick 30 separate days in the year that would work for most non locals. But, if it's a certain 30 day window within the year, most likely that is only one trip. If you get the add on for an AP, it's for the entire year...
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Post by helenabear on Oct 16, 2024 14:25:14 GMT -5
Probably just as well I can’t see the benefit other than the Lounge access. Must be a US citizen “of good standing” to upgrade. 🙄 edit: resident, not citizen. Don’t know why yet. The CMs haven’t been given any info, beyond what’s on the web page / email. where did you read that? I was just scrolling through the terms and conditions disneyvacationclub.disney.go.com/membership-magic-beyond-terms-and-conditionsI tried searching for resident and didn't see it, but I'm also dyslexic and can miss if I do something wrong Doesn't it seem odd that you would only get a 30 day memory maker? I guess if you could pick 30 separate days in the year that would work for most non locals. But, if it's a certain 30 day window within the year, most likely that is only one trip. If you get the add on for an AP, it's for the entire year... Doesn't seem any more odd than a 5 day ticket discount. Not everyone goes many times a year. In fact a good number on certain groups only go once every year or two. Some longer. But no, you get one allotment - or at least this is how I read it "The Memory Maker Benefit becomes available in the Member’s Disney account on or about the later of the start date of the 2025 Benefit Season or the date of purchase of the Optional Benefit Program. Online registration is required to use the Memory Maker Benefit. Limit of one (1) Memory Maker Benefit per one (1) Member enrolled in the Optional Benefit Program." |
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Post by helenabear on Oct 16, 2024 14:26:30 GMT -5
This has real potential for my family--I bought points this past year in a new m'ship co-owned by my DS and DDIL--so they are newly eligible for sorcerer's passes (or maybe the five-day ticket might work better, at least for DGS)...but it all depends on actual pricing....will have to look at how much the sorcerer's pass will cost, and the special 5-day ticket pricing, w/this new benefit pgm as compared to how much it costs w/out it--and I can't find that info (maybe it's not available at this point)? Another open question: the "our points" are pretty much already allocated for the foreseeable future....but I have a bunch of "me" points I could transfer to the "our m-ship" to allow purchase of APs (depending on cost)....need to find out if that would be allowed....all my points ("my" and "our") are direct, so not worried about that....but we do need the 11-month booking window for our planned annual trips to BCV and RR, so I'd have to be able to transfer SSR points to make that work....again, depending on how many points a Sorcerer's Pass will cost.... But I'm intrigued, and I expect DS/DDIL will be, too.... I have points used in my head mostly for the next 2 years. After 2026 though not so much and I was going to get into the renting game maybe... depending on pricing I'd consider. |
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Post by neednewpark on Oct 16, 2024 14:59:53 GMT -5
Crazy that it's a buy-up rather than just an additional perk. This opens the floodgates for any new potential membership extras perk to be just added to this plan and increasing its price, rather than being an included perk for buying direct. Before it was buying direct -> eligible for perks, and now it's buying direct -> eligible to pay more for for perks. I so expected this. Now they can have their first DVC add on. Get ready for this $99 to not last long. I guess it is such a good selling product they do not need to provide perks any longer. They know they will be bought. Yes, Member sales pay for these lounges. (Not dues from what i remember) And now we can be bumped to waitlist cause of a pay class. |
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