Instead of holding their tickets for next time, some people thought it better to give away their partially-used passes, either to friends or family, or to sell them to “ticket brokers” who bought and sold such things. All U.S.-based multi-day park tickets now expire 14 days after first use). They removed the “passes that never expire” concept entirely sometime around 2013. There was a time, years and years ago, when WDW tickets never expired, so if you bought a multi-day pass and didn’t use all the days, you could hold the pass and still use the unused days the next time you visited, be it months or years later (in 2004 the “no expiration date” became an option instead of being automatic. Using someone else’s partially unused ticket Your Mileage May Vary, but just for general principles, I don’t recommend it. Assuming you’re at WDW for vacation, I don’t know how relaxing or fun a 2-hour hard sell of a timeshare would be. Some timeshares offer to give you theme park passes (or a discount on passes) in exchange for sitting through a timeshare spiel. Besides the potential viable discounts mentioned above, there are also several options that I would suggest you NOT attempt to use: Tickets from timeshares In fact, if you subscribe to MouseSavers’ monthly email, they’ll give you an exclusive link for an extra discount on Undercover Tourist…that’s synergy right there □ Don’t forget to check out to compare prices! You can also buy gift cards at Target at a 5% discount, and use that…I don’t know the whole deal with that, but it’s easy enough to find out with a Google search. A friend also recommends (they will also sometimes give AMEX offers if you’re an AMEX cardholder). Several websites list many of these opportunities, but has been my favorite for years and years, simply because they keep it so up-to-date and it’s all-encompassing. If you’re a member of AAA, you can check with your local chapter. Some of those are seasonal or for people who work(ed) in specific jobs (i.e., teachers, military), some are only for Florida Residents or employees of certain companies ( click here to see if your employer is on the list) who do business with Disney, and some are for Annual Pass holders or Disney Vacation Club members.īut there are discounts out there for people who don’t fit into those categories, as well. It’s a costly proposition, but such is the case when you’re the vacation kingdom of the world and large masses of people have shown they’re willing to pay those kinds of prices.Īs I said though, there are a few legitimate discounts out there. Still, you’re also paying $540 for your family to go into a park for one day. Granted, 10% off a $150 ticket (I’m intentionally using a round number, just makes things easier) is $15 and for a family of 4, that’s potentially a $60 savings. Unfortunately, the answer I give is not very encouraging – short of buying multi-day passes (the more days you buy, the better the discount is per day), there simply aren’t very many discounts and the available ones are not very substantial. Oh, and don’t even THINK about park hopping because that will cost you even more), the often-asked question of, “How can I get discounted tickets to WDW?” has now turned into a HUGE question. Let’s just say I don’t recommend going to the Magic Kingdom on the weekend in the summer. With one-day, one-park ticket prices now varying from at least $109 to $189 per day (based on season, theme park and when you buy your tickets, because yes, Disney has now thrown those factors into the mix. My people from up north still ask me those kinds of questions, just via Facebook private messages rather than in person, and although I’m not “in the know” as much as I used to be, I still help them out as much as I can. For years before Joe and I took the leap and moved to Central Florida, if friends, family or co-workers had a question about going to Walt Disney World (WDW), be it during which part of the year they should go, what they should do or where they should eat, they’d ask me. There was a time when I was a HUGE fan of Disney and be it the parks, the movies, the music, you name it, I was a walking, talking Disney encyclopedia.
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