Thursday, August 13, 2009

How I saved $$$$ on Disney Tickets



My family returned to Disney World at least once every two years. This year saw us visit Disney three times!

Because we visit so often, I had to devise a way to make our trips as inexpensive as possible.
I found ways to save on airfare, hotels, car rentals and food [those blogs to follow] Then came time to figure out how to save on Disney Tickets....or as Disney calls them, Disney Passes.

The easiest and least expensive way to purchase Disney trips is by package deals through EXPERIENCED Disney Travel Specialists. Since my family has seen most of Disney already, we don't visit the parks as much as prior visits. Instead we like to experience all the "extras" and "free stuff" Disney offers. Therefore we purchased our tickets/passes a different way.

I bought a 10-day hopper plusses pass that doesn't expire for each person in my family a couple of years ago when the Canadian Dollar was at par with the US Dollar. Our total cost in Canadian Funds was $1700. Today the same passes total $2500 Canadian Funds. That's an $800 difference in my favour. Hopper means we can hop from park to park in the same day. Plusses are Disney's other attractions; water parks, mini-golf, Disney Quest, Disney's Wide World of Sports.

We used 3 park days, hopping from park to park each day the first time we used these passes. We went to Magic Kingdom all three days, Disney Studios twice, Epcot twice and Animal Kingdom Twice. NINE TIMES AT THE PARKS IN ONLY THREE DAYS! It was such a busy trip we decided the next Disney trip would be all about water parks and only one day at Disney World parks. However in that one day, we went to ALL FOUR PARKS!

We currently have 6 Disney park hoppers left and 7 plusses left. That is two to three more trips.
Disney passes only increase in price, my passes don't expire and don't increase in price. We will likely visit Disney World three more times in the next 5 years.

My $1700 investment will be worth at least $2800 in 5 years. [that's based on 2.5% annual increase in prices and no change in the currency exchange]. That's a savings of $1100. And THAT'S how I save $$$$ on Disney World Tickets.

If you don't plan to visit as often as we do, your best bet is to ask a Disney Travel Specialist for the most economically way to visit Disney World.

Happy Trip Planning! Sandra Clarke http://www.enchantedvacation.webs.com/

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