Disney Season Pass [Archive] - Talk of The Villages Florida

KEVIN & JOSIE

09-25-2012, 11:56 AM

Dirigo

09-25-2012, 01:01 PM

Can anyone advise if they have a Florida resident annual Disney Pass? Do they find they use it enough to make it worth while? Also, are there any groups in The Villages that get together to plan a day at Disney? Thanks

There is a club called "Mickey's Fan-atics". They charter buses at times to go to Disney. Next meeting is 6 p.m. September 27 at Colony Cottage Regional Rec Center. Call Debbie Winters at 352-259-4988 or email mickeysfanatics@gmail.com.

cathyw

09-25-2012, 01:08 PM

Ragman

09-25-2012, 01:30 PM

Here's a link to Disney's tickets and pricing. There are a few different Florida resident annual passes.

Florida Resident | Tickets & Passes | Walt Disney World Resort (http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/florida-resident-tickets-passes/)

You can also get discounts buying through AAA if you or someone you know is a member.

We have weekday seasonal passes which run a little over $ 200 per person per year ( renewals are about 10% less). Only takes about an hour to drive there.

P.S. They go up every year about early June

:wave:

quill

09-25-2012, 02:25 PM

We figure that if you go 3 times you have paid for it. The 3 times would be the wine and food fair at EPCOT ( going on now), the Christmas show and the flower show. And have just gone to go to one of the parks. My old friends from years gone by just laugh when I tell them we are annual members. Something I thought I would never say. I think it is great fun and worth it. Especially if you get a cheap room somewhere close and stay the night in Orlando, which is what we do. Have fun.................

jccampana

09-25-2012, 02:28 PM

We have a Disney annual pass and love it. Have gone about 22 times in the last year. The annual pass includes parking, which is a $14.00 savings each time we go. Some of the passes don't include the parking.

KEVIN & JOSIE

09-25-2012, 02:50 PM

Thanks for the information. We have not moved to TV yet but are planning on doing so in the near future. We are in the research and downsizing phase. I love Disney and have been there 10 times in the past eleven years with various family members. The Annual Pass sounds like something we will DEFINETLY use. Good to know that the parking is included as well. We were also checking out the SeaWorld Annual Pass as well and that looks like it pays for itself on the first visit. Another deal that we just can't turn down. Does anyone know if Universal Studio's have any discounts for Florida residents?

Thanks again for all the input and please keep it coming. We look forward to making new friends and hoping to have some Disney travel Buddy's as well. :highfive:

Trayderjoe

09-25-2012, 05:33 PM

We have annual passes, and will continue to do so when we move permanently to the Villages. The Wine & Food Festival, Flower show, Christmas and Halloween are our favorite times to go. As an earlier poster indicated, parking is free (at least as of now) with the annual pass. Another advantage is that you don't "feel" the need to spend all day in the park to get your money's worth. If you head down to Orlando to shop/dine, etc. you can swing by the park and catch your favorite show or attraction.

bkcunningham1

09-25-2012, 05:45 PM

Can anyone advise if they have a Florida resident annual Disney Pass? Do they find they use it enough to make it worth while? Also, are there any groups in The Villages that get together to plan a day at Disney? Thanks

Do you golf? We have the premium annual passes. They are worth every penny. Sometimes we just drive down for the dinner and a concert at Epcot or a round of golf and dinner.

Geewiz

09-25-2012, 06:12 PM

I'm glad you asked this question as I'm a wannabe and will hopefully buy something in October when I come down. The question for me is a regular annual pass or a premium. I'm not a golfer (though if you are the post above is a gimme to go annual)...visiting the water parks runs $55 per visit. They are free with a premium pass and a regular pass only provides a small discount. This is my question mark. Disney is about 1 hour away from TV...just driving down on a weekday and hanging out...not trying to squeeze in everything in a day...just a casual visit...sounds incredibly great. BTW - AAA offers discount Universal tix. I hope you have a great visit!

G

asianthree

09-25-2012, 06:41 PM

food and wine festival is worth the season pass

cquick

09-25-2012, 08:11 PM

We moved to TV from Hunters Creek very near WDW. We ended up not going so often, but we can drive down there in a little over an hour to get our Disney Fix! I just spoke to our Disney Vacation Club rep today. If you are a DVC member, Annual passes are going on special through DVC for $299 starting October 1. We thought about getting Florida passes or seasonal passes, but they don't include parking......

pklein9747

09-25-2012, 08:20 PM

We have a weekday annual pass and use it often. In fact, we just came back from visiting Animal Kingdom today after dropping our daughter off at the airport. This was probably our 10th visit this year!! It is so easy to drive down to Disney (only an hour door to door using the turnpike and 429). We also like that we can take our time and see things we never had the time for when we had to squeeze everything into a 5-day or week vacation. There is so much to see including all the resorts...they are a site to behold. The attention to detail never ceases to amaze me when we tour the hotels.

We find that the weekday pass works fine for us as we are not interested in going during the blackout times (Xmas week, Easter week and mid summer...way too crowded) and being retired leaves the whole week free. While the weekday pass does not include parking, many times we visit one of the resorts to have lunch or just look around, park there and then take a Disney bus to the park. You can also park at Downtown Disney and take the buses to the park.

We have also purchased a Tables in Wonderland card that provides a 20% discount on food and drink (both non and alcoholic) in many of the restaurants throughout Disney. We have easily recouped the $75 initial cost for the card and we have only had it for 6 months!

KEVIN & JOSIE

09-25-2012, 10:20 PM

We have also purchased a Tables in Wonderland card that provides a 20% discount on food and drink (both non and alcoholic) in many of the restaurants throughout Disney. We have easily recouped the $75 initial cost for the card and we have only had it for 6 months!

? Never heard of a Tables in Wonderland card, would you please elaborate for us? :what:

bkcunningham1

09-26-2012, 05:49 AM

? Never heard of a Tables in Wonderland card, would you please elaborate for us? :what:

Here you go: Tables In Wonderland (http://tablesinwonderland.com/)

KEVIN & JOSIE

09-26-2012, 10:54 PM

Here you go: Tables In Wonderland (http://tablesinwonderland.com/)

This is also something we will have to consider. Thanks so much for sharing this info with us. Looking forward to trying some new Disney delights :wine: :mmmm:

George Bieniaszek

09-27-2012, 08:35 AM

We bought the weekday annual passes for approx. $200 each and figure that they were well worth it. Considering that a one day pass is $89, it takes 3 visits to break even with the expenditure. An added benefit is that you don't have to rush thru all 4 parks to get "your money's worth" and are able to enjoy the parks at a nice pace. There are blackout dates with the weekday pass which are around the typical school vacation days and during the summer months, a time when you probably wouldnt go the the parks anyway because of the large crowds, long lines, and during the summer's hot temps.

We will renew the passes again and enjoy the Disney experience. A poster above included a link to the Disney site with prices of all the different passes. Have fun and enjoy :)

JackieandCharlie

09-27-2012, 08:41 AM

I wish Disney offered discounts for guest passes as part of the annual pass holder perks. Even living in Miami (where we are now-planning to be in TV before Christmas 2013), we have visitors all the time who want to shoot up to Disney while in Florida.

cquick

09-27-2012, 10:22 AM

Anybody else DVC members?

keithwand

09-27-2012, 10:42 AM

We moved from MI to Winter Park in 2004 and have had 4 WDW seasonal passes (blackout dates) and 3 Seaworld Annual passes and used them all a lot.
WDW averaged 2 times a month.
Time for a break for a few years. Kinda got boring after a while.

jmacintyre

09-27-2012, 11:42 AM

Can anyone advise if they have a Florida resident annual Disney Pass? Do they find they use it enough to make it worth while? Also, are there any groups in The Villages that get together to plan a day at Disney? Thanks

My husband and I are wondering the same thing we have only lived her 11 months and are just looking into this

Cynbod

09-27-2012, 11:57 AM

Anybody else DVC members?

We are DVC members and are coming down from NYC this evening for a night at OKW. Tomorrow we will visit our home in Buttonwood. We have had annual passes (and the tables in wonderland card) for years, we love Disney.:bigbow:

KathyW

09-27-2012, 08:04 PM

We are also DVC members and plan to buy the DVC special-priced Annual Pass. We will be full-time Sanibel residents next summer. This website explains tickets and prices the best: Walt Disney World Tickets, Discount Disney World Tickets - wdwinfo.com (http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/tickets.htm#FloridaResidentTicketPrices)

cquick

09-28-2012, 09:29 AM