The Premier Pass will sell for $700, plus tax, and including admission and parking at all six theme parks, two Disney World water parks, and admission to DisneyQuest at WDW, plus subscriptions to annual passholder publications.
The passes go on sale at the parks tomorrow. If you happen to be one of those hard-core Disney fanatics who own premium passes to both parks, you'll be issued a Premier Pass with an expiration date of the last of your two passes to expire. (Someone out there is smiling at their timing on this one, I'm sure.)
The pass also includes food and merchandise discounts, but you can't use a DVC discount to get a lower price. Nor are there child passes at a lower price. Kids pay the same as adults.
As far as I remember, this is the first time that the Disney Co. has issued admission media to the general public that covers parks on both coasts. When I worked at Disney World, each summer and winter, we'd get free one-day, park-hopper tickets that were good at all the Disney World parks and Disneyland. We'd joke that someone with more money that any of us had could use that ticket to spend the morning hitting all the Disney World parks, then hop a flight to the LA area and wrap up the day at Disneyland.
Now... some folks out there finally will have a single ticket that allows them to do that. Airfare not included, of course. :-)
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The question is, do people usually go to both? I mean they are pretty far from each other. My family are big Disney fans, but I have only been there three times in my life (number 3 is coming up this summer).
I mean its good for Mr. Robert Niles.....
The first thought I had would be to purchase this pass on my next vacation to WDW Resort. Maybe this pass should raise the price a little more and be like a Busch/SeaWorld pass. Have two years of use.
First of all, its $700 no matter if you are 3 or 30. No kids and adult prices.
No DVC discounts
I love ya Disney, but no thank you!
I think I will stick with my Silver Dollar City season passes which are about $350/year for the family. Disney remains my favorite destination, but about ten days every other year is the most I can afford!
So I was excited, but then brought down when seeing this would not be a good deal to my family (especially since its the first time in 5 years we are going to both coasts)
But I don't have the ability, so oh well.
If I was still into getting passes, I'd go to Disney World one year and the next year go to Disneyland. Up north here, a season pass is just that, it's good for only that summer season or just the year of issue. Unless Hersheypark has changed, when I get a season pass for Zachary and myself this summer, it'll only be good till December 31, 2010.
On the other hand BWAHAHAHA I have family in the S. Cali area who I visit pretty often so BAM! I am a frequent FL/Cali visitor and BAM! I have free room and board at both locations!
On the other other hand... I have no more room on my poor credit card. boohoo
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Since the 10-day ticket lasts me about three years, I can't see yet paying the extra for the Premier Pass. A rough, back-of-the-envelope suggest that you'd need to make at least three or four days of weekend or high-season visits to each coast each year to begin to make this a good call, factoring in the free parking and discounts. (You'd need more weekday or off-season visits than that, when cheaper APs and seasonal passes are available.)
Now, if this pass included a discount on the Delta LAX-MCO run, too.... :-)
/dreaming