Hi peeps,
I am debating what time of year to go during 2017 and whether or not we can afford to go more than once (amongst other things). I'd really appreciate any pearls of wisdom. I've been a few times now and consider myself quite savvy with all this but I'm having a crisis on confidence ;D ;)
At the moment, we have Dream annual passports that we got from Supertrips for a really good price (2 adults and 2 children), but these are due to expire in November. My first questions are:
1. Is there a way to renew elsewhere that won't cost ridiculous amounts of cash?
2. My eldest will be 12 in October, am I correct in thinking she will need an Adult one at renewal?
3. If we can only renew via Disneyland Paris directly (either in person / online / via telephone) then is there a different price for renewals compared with new passports?
4. If we sponsor people for their own passports during our May trip, does this equate to any renewal discounts? (I should mention here that I've scoured the information I was given when we got our AP's, but it's all in French and I can just about manage 'Bonjour'.....)
With regard to going next year, I have read on here a few times that people have booked a Disney hotel room for 1 person (with the usual package of hopper tickets) and then added on the extra guests with annual passports upon check-in. Next questions:
5. Is this more cost effective?
6. Is it cheaper to do it this way rather than booking a hotel room with the 35% annual passport discount?
7. If it works out better to book with the AP discount, do you book with all details or just 1 persons and then add the others on at check-in?
And finally:
8. If it turns out that the AP discount isn't as good as a crossover offer (for example, the disneylandparis.nl site is currently buckets cheaper than the others for the dates I'm looking at) then again should I just book for 1 person and add on additional guests when we get there (that's assuming we renew our AP's)?
Thanks for reading, sorry it's so long!!!
My eldest starts senior school in September so I'm going to be limited as to what dates we can go from now on (many UK schools charge parents for taking children out during term time) so any savings I can shave off will be helpful!
xx
Nobody? ???
never2old? Grovesie? Stifle?
Halp! ;)
Quote from: seraphelle on April 21, 2016, 02:34:41 PM
4. If we sponsor people for their own passports during our May trip, does this equate to any renewal discounts? (I should mention here that I've scoured the information I was given when we got our AP's, but it's all in French and I can just about manage 'Bonjour'.....)
With regard to going next year, I have read on here a few times that people have booked a Disney hotel room for 1 person (with the usual package of hopper tickets) and then added on the extra guests with annual passports upon check-in. Next questions:
3. If we can only renew via Disneyland Paris directly (either in person / online / via telephone) then is there a different price for renewals compared with new passports?
5. Is this more cost effective?
6. Is it cheaper to do it this way rather than booking a hotel room with the 35% annual passport discount?
7. If it works out better to book with the AP discount, do you book with all details or just 1 persons and then add the others on at check-in?
3. I don't think its cheaper to renew than buy a new pass, but I think they give you additional 6 months - so if you renew, you get 18 months rather than 12. **Please correct this if its wrong**
We usually buy our passes in the middle of August - we go for the last weeks of August the first year, then the first weeks of August the following year (two summer holidays from one AP). We don't renew, but buy a new annual pass the following August (in the third year) which we use again in year 4. So, 4 years of summer holidays for 2 APs.
Optimize when you buy by looking at when you want to go and when you might return.
4. If you sponsor 3 people in one period, you will be entitled to a 12 month extension on your AP. Each of you will have to sponsor 3 people.
5 & 6. Depends on how many of you there are. If there are 4 of you paying full price, it will be around 75% cheaper (1 person paying full price, the others paying 1 Euro per night). If you had an offer where children stay free, it would be around 50% cheaper. Don't forget to take into account that the additional guests would only get B&B, even if the paying guest had the free meals offer.
Usually, but not always, if you renew at the park they will give you 18 months for the price of 12.
Thanks guys. Much appreciated xxx
Sorry, not much I can help you with....
We usually stay off site with our APs (it's my main argument with my DH when it comes to renewing the APs....) really comes out cheaper than staying onsite. Even now with the 60% discount (we've finally going back onsite and have booked 3 nights in SLGF) it's still quite a bit more than staying elsewhere... Even if you go to the partner hotels you can get really great deals!
We've renewed our APs twice now (I think), and we got 18 months for the price of 12 (really great value) Note however that if you buy them directly with DLP there are no child prices (same price for children and adults)
Quote from: never2old on April 26, 2016, 02:02:24 PM
We've renewed our APs twice now (I think), and we got 18 months for the price of 12 (really great value) Note however that if you buy them directly with DLP there are no child prices (same price for children and adults)
Anyone buying passes for 11 and unders shoul check out supertrips and discount-ticket-store . They sell child passes which you can't buy in the park.
Quote from: never2old on April 26, 2016, 02:02:24 PM
Sorry, not much I can help you with....
We usually stay off site with our APs (it's my main argument with my DH when it comes to renewing the APs....) really comes out cheaper than staying onsite. Even now with the 60% discount (we've finally going back onsite and have booked 3 nights in SLGF) it's still quite a bit more than staying elsewhere... Even if you go to the partner hotels you can get really great deals!
We've renewed our APs twice now (I think), and we got 18 months for the price of 12 (really great value) Note however that if you buy them directly with DLP there are no child prices (same price for children and adults)
Thanks mate. I think when it comes to it I'm just going to have to see what the best deals are. It's all 'if' and 'maybe' at the minute. Got an amazing deal last time and thought it would be easy to renew for same kind of price (more fool me!). I do like the idea of 18 months for the price of 12 though.
I think we might be in the parks at the same time in May, so give me a nudge if you see us :D
Quote from: A&S&O on April 26, 2016, 02:22:17 PM
Quote from: never2old on April 26, 2016, 02:02:24 PM
We've renewed our APs twice now (I think), and we got 18 months for the price of 12 (really great value) Note however that if you buy them directly with DLP there are no child prices (same price for children and adults)
Anyone buying passes for 11 and unders shoul check out supertrips and discount-ticket-store . They sell child passes which you can't buy in the park.
Yep that's where we got ours from previously. Will probably end up buying youngest daughters from there again when the time comes.
Quote from: seraphelle on April 26, 2016, 02:23:44 PM
I think we might be in the parks at the same time in May, so give me a nudge if you see us :D
Oh, same to you!! :D