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Show Notes
Hosts: Matt Hochberg, Mike Scopa, Len Testa & Mike Newell
Topics:
- Annual Passes
- Matt thanks Micki for her brownies
- Mike Scopa says you need to determine how many days you'll be going down in the time span of a 365 days
- Len says the breakeven point for an Annual pass vs a Magic Your Way basic pass is at about 12 days
- Mike Scopa says you need to consider the whole package and the benefits of being an annual pass holder
- Mike Scopa mentions those staying off site can get free parking with the annual pass
- Len says if your staying off site and factoring in the parking savings, the break even point is at the 12 day mark
- Mike Scopa says a family of four staying at a deluxe resort is worth having someone get one annual pass
- Len says based on the savings for a typical annual pass holder at a resort, you can save $20 per night at a value resort, $40 per night at a moderate resort and $70-80 at a deluxe resort
- Len has a spreadsheet and says at a deluxe resort, the breakeven point is night 3
- Len says at a moderate night, the breakeven is at night 5
- Len says at a value resort, the breakeven point is night 10
- Mike Scopa mentions annual pass holders get discounts to special events like Mickey's Very Merry Christmas party
- Matt mentions there are two kinds of annual pass: the annual pass and the premium annual pass
- Len says the premium annual pass includes the 4 theme parks, the 2 water parks, pleasure island and DisneyQuest
- Len says the breakeven point with a premium annual pass at a deluxe resort to day 5, day 7-8 at a moderate resort and day 12-13 at a value resort
- Mike Scopa says the Disney Dining Experience card is available to annual pass holders (and Florida residents) for about $75 and it gives you one year of 20% off at nearly all the sit down restaurants in the Walt Disney World resort and a few counter service locations
- Len says the breakeven point for the Disney Dining Experience card is around $250-300 spending on meals
- Len says the more sit down meals you do, the more sense the Disney Dining Experience card makes
- Mike Newell says the annual pass is perfect for him as a Disney Vacaction Club owner
- Matt says you never have to worry about "wasting a day" when you have an annual pass
- Mike Newell says an annual pass is great for partial days
- Mike Scopa says he's been an annual pass holder for 12 years
- Mike Scopa says annual pass holders get 10% off merchandise at World of Disney (Downtown Disney)
- Mike Scopa mentions La Nouba (Downtown Disney) tickets are discounted for annual pass holders
- Mike Scopa mentions you can also get a discount to pleasure island
- Mike Newell says you can get discounts on the backstage tours
- A list of Annual Pass discounts
- Mike Scopa says it will encourage you to go down to Walt Disney World more often
Running Time: 23:13
