Annual Pass Renewal

[Imamom2]

We had such a great trip this month and I have made great use of my AP this year. If I renew my Incredipass in November it does not activate until we return right? If I go back in August 2023 then it’s good from 8/23 til 8/24? What is the current renewal price for AP non-resident? Thanks all

 

[coasternut22]

If you purchased It in November 2021 and renew it in November 2022, it will be valid until November 2023. Renewals keep a continuous schedule and begin the day after it would have expired.

 

[Mrs.AMC]

We had such a great trip this month and I have made great use of my AP this year. If I renew my Incredipass in November it does not activate until we return right? If I go back in August 2023 then it’s good from 8/23 til 8/24? What is the current renewal price for AP non-resident? Thanks all

Renewals start the same day they expire. As in, there is no down time, they run continuously. The renewed pass picks right up where the expired pass ended. Make sense?

 

[gharter]

We had such a great trip this month and I have made great use of my AP this year. If I renew my Incredipass in November it does not activate until we return right? If I go back in August 2023 then it’s good from 8/23 til 8/24? What is the current renewal price for AP non-resident? Thanks all

Only a new AP activates when you first use it (rather than when purchased). As others mentioned, a renewal starts the day the previous pass expires.

 

[AnnaKristoff2013]

And if you don’t renew the pass you run the very real risk that you will never be able to purchase an annual pass again. At least, not anytime in the next few years.

 

[Imamom2]

Ugh - I guess that was wishful thinking. We were able to go 3 times this year but I don’t know about next year. 2 trips is less than an AP and we rent DVC. I will need to do some planning before November since I may not get the chance to buy this type of AP for a while. Thanks everyone!

 

[Mrs.AMC]

Ugh - I guess that was wishful thinking. We were able to go 3 times this year but I don’t know about next year. 2 trips is less than an AP and we rent DVC. I will need to do some planning before November since I may not get the chance to buy this type of AP for a while. Thanks everyone!

Even if they were to resume selling AP and never stop selling again you’d have to decide between loosing your renewal discount and having time you don’t have a pass. On top of any possible price increase
if you let your pass lapse when you go to buy again you are treated like a brand new pass holder. No renewal discount. You pay whatever the new price is when you go to buy again. That may not be worth the few months you save on pass activation time.
if that makes sense
we have times with gaps in our trips but we never let our pass lapse for that reason. I keep the discount and put off price increase for at least a few months

 

[Imamom2]

What is the current renewal price?

 

[HopperFan]

What is the current renewal price?

Incredipass New - what you bought last November was $1299
and
to Renew it this November is $1104


The amount saved isn't really enough for me to renew if I weren't returning for a long time (do the monthly math of what is saved vs lost). And if you will only get one trip out of it, a loss. BUT with no idea when or what format they will return in ... or if out-of-state will even be able to buy AP going forward, that is a gamble one has to figure out the worth. Can you break even by November 2023?

 

[Tonberry]

We're kind of in the same boat. As out of state DVC members, we've gotten a lot of uses out of our AP. We've been 21 days both this year and last year.
Problem is that we are going on a Disney cruise next year and not going to DW at all. Yet in 2024 we plan on going for 2, maybe 3 weeks, and I doubt new AP purchases will be back by then.
So if we want to keep our AP's we have to renew them knowing we'll be tossing thousands of dollars away for a year of nothing.

 

[jimim]

If I had passes still and I planned on not even using it next year I would still renew and not take any chances and cut my losses! I am beyond upset that I dropped mine. All I got to say about it.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Just a note that there’s no guarantee renewals will always be allowed. Many didn’t see them stopping the sales of APs. Throwing away thousands for the hope of renewing again the future is risky on many levels. Not saying you can’t do it, just throwing something else out there.

 

[AnnaKristoff2013]

Just a note that there’s no guarantee renewals will always be allowed. Many didn’t see them stopping the sales of APs. Throwing away thousands for the hope of renewing again the future is risky on many levels. Not saying you can’t do it, just throwing something else out there.

Obviously the correct answer is to renew and then force yourself to take some unplanned trips to disney! Win win win.

 

[Mrs.AMC]

Just a note that there’s no guarantee renewals will always be allowed. Many didn’t see them stopping the sales of APs. Throwing away thousands for the hope of renewing again the future is risky on many levels. Not saying you can’t do it, just throwing something else out there.

If you wanna get technical about it, there's no guarantee of anything, even your being around to attend the parks, or the parks being there to attend.
Everything is a risk.

 

[gharter]

Ugh - I guess that was wishful thinking. We were able to go 3 times this year but I don’t know about next year. 2 trips is less than an AP and we rent DVC. I will need to do some planning before November since I may not get the chance to buy this type of AP for a while. Thanks everyone!

This is where we are at. For many years, we owned at 2 DVC resorts and went twice a year. The AP made a lot of sense and saved us money. We sold one of our DVC and now will only be going for 1 week a year. Looking at costs, I'm not sure renewing our AP will make sense going forward. But, I also hate the idea of potentially not being able to get one in the future.

 

[jimim]

If you wanna get technical about it, there's no guarantee of anything, even your being around to attend the parks, or the parks being there to attend.
Everything is a risk.

Agree. That’s why renew and take the gamble.

 

[Mrs.AMC]

Agree. That’s why renew and take the gamble.

Besides, if they dropped all AP totally, as in no one could renew, then by the time that year rolled around attendance would suffer. No way would ticket sales totally offset all AP attendance. They are crazy if they think otherwise

 

[ScarletFire]

Agree. That’s why renew and take the gamble.

Our APs expire in 9 days. And this is us too.

 

[mickeyluv'r]

Ugh - I guess that was wishful thinking. We were able to go 3 times this year but I don’t know about next year. 2 trips is less than an AP and we rent DVC. I will need to do some planning before November since I may not get the chance to buy this type of AP for a while. Thanks everyone!

An option to consider is to renew just one AP, assuming more than one member of your family holds AP's, since you used the plural "we."

If you renew just one, you retain most of the AP perks while keeping the November price a little lower, assuming you normally travel and eat/shop together.

 

[mickeyluv'r]

Using November UT ticket pricing as a rough guide, a 7-day ticket is about $700. If cost of renewal is $1100, then the OP would only need to 'cover' $400.

If they go just once and normally eat 1 table service each day, where a table service buffet runs $55 per person +tax, then an annual pass will save $5.83 per person per meal. ('Ohana as an example.) If OP is a family of 4, that's $23 per meal. Over a one week visit, w/1 table service meal/day that's $163.

The alone brings difference down to $237.

If OP only ever stays at DVC's, then they won't save on the hotel. They might make up some of the $237 in merchandise discounts, but probably not all $237. There is also $10per ticket AP discount off MK Christmas party tickets.

And that is assuming the return trip is in November. If their return trip is next year, odds are high that the price of a 7-day park ticket will go up!