starry_solo
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- Nov 19, 2010
@3smithboys : how many family units are there in this group of 16 family members? It sounds like 3 or 4 family units based upon your breaking up of the ages of the children?
@3smithboys : how many family units are there in this group of 16 family members? It sounds like 3 or 4 family units based upon your breaking up of the ages of the children?
I have a feeling you were booking 60 days ahead for your entire window, not 30 days rolling which is what the OP is worried about.
Are you staying for just 1 week too? Any chance you and your family can stay an extra 1-3 days before/after? Then you guys can stay onsite and hit the parks hard on those days.
If not, I suggest you get hoppers for your family. Leave early every morning and hit the parks hard for rope drop for a few hours. Thos who want to join you can. Then join up with your family in the late morning and tour in a relaxed way the rest of the time.
If u do rope drop (i.e. arrive 1 hr before parks open and walk with a purpose), you can cover a ton of ground in the first two hours and then you can just chill with slow moving family the rest of the time.
So, one thing to think of is the cost of parking at the parks. It's $25/car per day. If you go 14 days, that's $350. Add that to the cost of the 14 or 21 day ultimate hopper from the UK and you've pretty much got the price of the annual pass...so you might want to consider getting one or two annual passes for your group. The platinum pass is $894+tax, the platinum plus is $994+tax.
Both passes include memory maker as well, but the photos are good to download for the year that the pass is valid so no having to hurry up to download the pictures.
You get up to 20% off select dining (not sure which dining you are considering but here's a list):
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/passholder-program/passholder-benefits-and-discounts/
Since you're going during the summer, you might want to do the water parks so I would suggest the platinum plus pass. The others in the group (not sure how many "family" units there are) but one AP per family unit might be a good idea since I would think you would need at least 2 or 3 vehicles.
Then make sure you create MDE profiles and link to the non-AP holders (if you decide to go that route).
Hi I know this probably sounds like a stupid question but when I'm looking online (I'm from the uk) it's showing the cheapest annual pass at over $1,000 - is this correct?
Also if I decide to upgrade my 14 day magic your way tickets on our first night, will it automatically link to my booking so that I don't get charged by my resort for parking or should I let them know when I get back to the resort?
Thank you. So just to clarify, even if I became an AP, I would still need to pay for parking at the resort?If you are staying on-site, you are charged a parking fee based upon the resort you are staying at (value, moderate or deluxe). With that, theme park parking is free when staying on-site.
Also, prices raised between the time I originally posted and now. I think they went up within the past month (annual passes).
Thank you. So just to clarify, even if I became an AP, I would still need to pay for parking at the resort?
I just made FP last week for 12. It was easier than expected. I got everything including FOP (3rd day), SDD (4th & 5th day) & 7DMT (2nd & 6th day.) Everything else was no worry. I didn’t have to split up the group at all for any FP’s.