Question about annual passes

[lisa12000___]

After all my shenanigans last weekend I have actually decided I’d like to get an annual pass but have a few questions

1) would it be better for me and my OH to get one or would it be more cost effective for it just to be me and just get his tickets at reduced prices

2) when can you book hotels with AP if we stop onsite?

3) OR would it be more cost effective to get the top price one so we can use emt as I hear that you can take someone with you as long as you buy them discounted tickets with AP

4) can you only get those discounted tickets from the counters at the parks and not before

5) do you get sent your AP or do you have to go and pick it up at the park? - as we are to straight to the parks people would I be able to get OH a ticket prior to going in to getting my AP

So sorry for all the questions!

[lisa12000___]

Anyone?

[duckfan]

Originally Posted by lisa12000___

After all my shenanigans last weekend I have actually decided I’d like to get an annual pass but have a few questions

1) would it be better for me and my OH to get one or would it be more cost effective for it just to be me and just get his tickets at reduced prices

2) when can you book hotels with AP if we stop onsite?

3) OR would it be more cost effective to get the top price one so we can use emt as I hear that you can take someone with you as long as you buy them discounted tickets with AP

4) can you only get those discounted tickets from the counters at the parks and not before

5) do you get sent your AP or do you have to go and pick it up at the park? - as we are to straight to the parks people would I be able to get OH a ticket prior to going in to getting my AP

So sorry for all the questions!

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1) depends how many times you plan to go but I expect you might be best both having one

2) I think it's 6 months

3) both magic plus and infinity allow EMT

4) yes I believe only on the day

5) I bought ours on the phone and were sent paper annual pass vouchers. Those allowed us into the park on day one and come about lunchtime we went to the annual pass place to exchange them

[HappyPanda]

I'm also looking at buying an AP - I was going to get a magic plus for me and DD (11) and had looked at just buying discounted tickets for DH but we're planning on being there 5 days so will be just as cheap to buy him his own one.

I'm hoping that our dates work out so that another Dibber can sponsor our APs and that will save 10% too!

[tinker82]

After all my shenanigans last weekend I have actually decided I’d like to get an annual pass but have a few questions

1) would it be better for me and my OH to get one or would it be more cost effective for it just to be me and just get his tickets at reduced prices

We bought for every family member to save the hassle of queueing each day for a privilege ticket (& because we all had them we could do more than one trip!)

2) when can you book hotels with AP if we stop onsite?

At the moment you can book for the validity of your pass or upto April 2020 whichever is sooner!

3) OR would it be more cost effective to get the top price one so we can use emt as I hear that you can take someone with you as long as you buy them discounted tickets with AP

We went for Magic Plus (the 2nd best one) as we couldn't justify the extra cost for Infinity but you still get magic hours for yourself & your friends if using privilage tickets

4) can you only get those discounted tickets from the counters at the parks and not before

Yes only on the day & you need to enter the park together (my daughters friend tried to go in in front of my daughter but her ticket didn't work until my daughter went in first!)

5) do you get sent your AP or do you have to go and pick it up at the park? - as we are to straight to the parks people would I be able to get OH a ticket prior to going in to getting my AP

You can order a temporary pass over the phone to exchange in the parks, an activated pass by post (valid from the day of printing) or buy at the parks on your first day.

You can pay in full upfront or depending on which bank you use you can pay by monthly direct debit. The cheapest way is to find a sponsor to meet at the parks as you can save 10 % on the cost of your passes

If you decide to buy on the day you can purchase a privilege ticket for your OH at the same time as your annual pass from gate 12 outside the studios park so you'll only have to queue once

[lisa12000___]

Originally Posted by tinker82

After all my shenanigans last weekend I have actually decided I’d like to get an annual pass but have a few questions

1) would it be better for me and my OH to get one or would it be more cost effective for it just to be me and just get his tickets at reduced prices

We bought for every family member to save the hassle of queueing each day for a privilege ticket (& because we all had them we could do more than one trip!)

2) when can you book hotels with AP if we stop onsite?

At the moment you can book for the validity of your pass or upto April 2020 whichever is sooner!

3) OR would it be more cost effective to get the top price one so we can use emt as I hear that you can take someone with you as long as you buy them discounted tickets with AP

We went for Magic Plus (the 2nd best one) as we couldn't justify the extra cost for Infinity but you still get magic hours for yourself & your friends if using privilage tickets

4) can you only get those discounted tickets from the counters at the parks and not before

Yes only on the day & you need to enter the park together (my daughters friend tried to go in in front of my daughter but her ticket didn't work until my daughter went in first!)

5) do you get sent your AP or do you have to go and pick it up at the park? - as we are to straight to the parks people would I be able to get OH a ticket prior to going in to getting my AP

You can order a temporary pass over the phone to exchange in the parks, an activated pass by post (valid from the day of printing) or buy at the parks on your first day.

You can pay in full upfront or depending on which bank you use you can pay by monthly direct debit. The cheapest way is to find a sponsor to meet at the parks as you can save 10 % on the cost of your passes

If you decide to buy on the day you can purchase a privilege ticket for your OH at the same time as your annual pass from gate 12 outside the studios park so you'll only have to queue once

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Thank you so much for that I think we may both end up buying one as we are looking to perhaps go together three times next year for the different season. (Season of the force, the new jungle season and Christmas) and I’m looking at perhaps going solo again once in the summer so will be cost effective to both get one I reckon. One thing you said was dependent on which bank? What did you mean by that? Are there certain banks you can do direct debit with?

[tinker82]

You're welcome

Some banks don't accept overseas Direct Debits so you just need to check that yours does x