Upgrade to Annual Pass

[katteach1]

Hi All
We've just booked for 11 days over Christmas and New Year. We also have just after Easter and August booked. Would it be worth us upgrading to an annual pass? If so how do we do this? I've always booked 14 day tickets previously
Thank you

[loldis]

For 3 trips on 14 day tickets, an AP would probably be worthwhile as it costs just under £1100 (including the waterpark option) plus about £75 to add Memory Maker to one of the APs. Plus if staying offsite and driving to the parks, you'll receive free parking which is a decent saving over multiple weeks.

You can upgrade your 14 day ticket at any ticket booth after you arrive, the cost is usually the difference between the 14 day ticket and an AP. Note that an AP does have restrictions, mostly that you can't hold more than 5 park reservations at a time. Unlikely to be an issue for late April or August, but could be for Christmas.

If staying onsite and booked on the dining credits offer next year, note that you have to hold UK tickets to qualify. So you would lose these upgrading to AP. In this instance, you'd need to do the maths to work out if the AP discounts would outweigh the UK offer.

[katteach1]

Thank you for your reply
Is it possible to purchase from the uk before we go?

[loldis]

I don't believe so, the UK AP pages have no mention of purchasing options. I think you may be able to phone them and purchase that way. But as you only pay the difference, there's no real disadvantage waiting and upgrading your current tickets while there.

[gismo1554]

I think to purchase before you go you need to use a VPN to access the US site - or at least that's what we had to do a few years ago as the site kept redirecting us to the 14 day tickets