In this section I’m going to be discussing tickets for Disney World, by which I mean Magic Your Way tickets (MYW), not an Annual Pass. If you get a package through Disney, you HAVE to buy at least a one-day ticket with your package. If you have a room-only reservation, or are staying-off property, you can just buy your ticket.
Growing up, we always got length of stay tickets with our packages, so the concept of non-expiring tickets were a moot idea. Once I started going as an adult, I debated the merits of getting my MYW tickets to be non-refundable. I opted to add the option as check out on my December 2007 trip. My logic for this was based in two things: firstly, I had an unused park day as I’d opted to to take a tour one day, and secondly, I figured that paying the upgrade fee then beat continuously buying the Waterparks, fun and more option every time I bought a ticket. This would have been sensible had Disney not closed Pleasure Island in September 2008. On my next trip, I once again used a park hopper and had a day left over, so I once again opted for a no-expiration option.
I must admit, this made for a difficult ticket-buying time for my October 2009 trip. Did I use the days I had floating around? I ended up buying a park hopper which enabled me to use my old MYW tickets up. (well, I have a few fun options remaining).
This brings me to my current predicament. The day before my cruise, I plan on going to Epcot for the day. Ergo, I need to buy a one-day pass. Finding a value on this pass seems to be very difficult. Undercover Tourist doesn’t carry one day passes, nor does Mouse Unlimited. DWTickets.com has one for $98.37 (after tax and shipping, but I’d get $.83 back from Sunshine Rewards). Out of curiosity, I popped my search into the TouringPlans.com’s Disney Ticket Calculator. It came up with DisneyWorld.com having a price of $84.14, or $89.14 with delivery (I could always do a will call and pick it up either that day or in August). Mapleleaftickets.com has the one day base ticket for $94.90 with tax and shipping. In short, it looks like either buying the ticket at my local Disney Store, or doing will call on DisneyWorld.com.
Any thoughts?
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