Help a newbie buy some tickets!

Useful Idiot · 1 May 18, 02:34 PM

Its confusing this ticket buying lark.

So for 4x 14 day for 7 Ultimate tickets from Attractions Ticket Direct it is Ł1488 but you get a few freebies too ...

Free Disney FastPass+ Built into Disney Ultimate Tickets
Free Disney Memory Maker Built into Adult Disney Ultimate Tickets
Free Orlando Dollar Off Drinks Card
Free Orlando Eye Ticket
Free Orlando VIP Shop & Dine 4 Less Card GOLD
Free SEA LIFE Orlando & Madame Tussauds Orlando Combo Ticket

Or you can buy the same 14 day for 7 tickets at Florida Escapes for Ł1380 with the following freebies...

Free Wild Florida Wildlife Park with Disney/Universal Combo and Multiticket packages
$400 Lake Buena Vista Factory Mall discount book
10% off Macy's Savings Card
$300 Florida Mall discount book
Orlando Premium Outlet discount card
Mall at Millenia savings book
$7 off America's Escape Game Orlando

So question is are the freebies above any good, will we use them and which would you choose?

Oh, we go in July in case you can find a better deal

Thanks for your help

Gezzs · 1 May 18, 02:39 PM

I think FP+ is included anyway, so not sure that is a difference. Memory Maker is worth having IF it's not included in the WDW tickets anyway.

Have you tried speaking to ATD as they offer price match.

Useful Idiot · 1 May 18, 02:41 PM

I haven't but that is definitely worth a call.

Tinkerbell 766 · 1 May 18, 02:44 PM

WDTC will do them for Ł1476.00 - including the FP (standard on all tickets) and Memory maker, plus a commemorative Toy Story exclusive Magicband for every ticket purchased xx

Useful Idiot · 1 May 18, 02:58 PM

Cheaper granted, but do the freebies the others offer make the extra Ł12 or so worth it?

teallach · 1 May 18, 03:13 PM

Can’t comment for all the offers shown but the 10% Macy’s is available to all overseas visitors when producing ID, the mall at millenia booklet is free, the booklets from outlets are free if you join the Simon mall site and show a screenshot of the voucher, and the Florida mall one cost us $5, although I didn’t check too much as to whether we could have gotten it free as well! So, to summarise, most of what they’re giving away, you could get free anyway😂

ETA realised after I posted that you were probably more interested in the first offer!

OrlandoFan99 · 2 May 18, 08:45 AM

The free attractions offered by ATD - SeaLife, Madame Tussauds and The Orlando Eye are worth about $60 per person + tax (gate price) so have real value. The Dine 4 Less Gold card sells for about Ł10 so also has a value. All of the 'free' things offered by Florida Escapes have no real value as can be picked up at Shopping Malls / Concierge Desks etc.

Nimbus · 2 May 18, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by Useful Idiot

Free Disney FastPass+ Built into Disney Ultimate Tickets
Free Disney Memory Maker Built into Adult Disney Ultimate Tickets

The above "freebies" are provided with all Disney Ultimate tickets no matter where you buy them from. You'll get them with the tickets bought from FloridaEscapes as well.

Originally Posted by Useful Idiot

Free Orlando Eye Ticket
Free SEA LIFE Orlando & Madame Tussauds Orlando Combo Ticket

The above freebies are useful if you were thinking of visiting these attractions. The Sea Life and Madame Tussauds are similar to the ones over here in the UK. The Orlando Eye is a bit like the London Eye.

Originally Posted by Useful Idiot

Free Wild Florida Wildlife Park

Again, this might be useful if you were thinking of visiting this wildlife park. However, I suspect many people would not be considering visiting this - I've never been to it.

The rest of the "freebies" are just discount voucher cards/books. You can often get the same discount vouchers from booklets in hotels and restaurants whilst over there. They are "nice to have" but they wouldn't sway me either way.

Originally Posted by Useful Idiot

So question is are the freebies above any good, will we use them and which would you choose?

It really depends on you and what your plans are. For example, if you were thinking of spending a day at the I-Drive 360 complex then the freebies from ATD would be very useful. If you don't have time to visit this or just don't want to visit it, then those freebies will be pretty useless.

BTW, you can get a Orlando Eye, Sea Life and Madame Tussauds ticket from FloridaEscapes for Ł31 per adult and Ł27 per child. So, these tickets will cost around Ł120 for the 4 of you. If you went with ATD, then it would only save you around Ł12 in total.

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	1 May 18, 02:39 PM Gezzs Imagineer
Gezzs Imagineer Join Date: May 13 Location: 4200 miles from WDW	I think FP+ is included anyway, so not sure that is a difference. Memory Maker is worth having IF it's not included in the WDW tickets anyway. Have you tried speaking to ATD as they offer price match. __________________ Gez Florida: July 2009, Aug 2011, Sept 2014, Sept 2018, Sept 2024 Disneyland Paris: Dec 2023

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	2 May 18, 08:45 AM OrlandoFan99 A Guest at All-Stars
OrlandoFan99 A Guest at All-Stars Join Date: Apr 18	The free attractions offered by ATD - SeaLife, Madame Tussauds and The Orlando Eye are worth about $60 per person + tax (gate price) so have real value. The Dine 4 Less Gold card sells for about Ł10 so also has a value. All of the 'free' things offered by Florida Escapes have no real value as can be picked up at Shopping Malls / Concierge Desks etc.