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are eligible for discounts on one-day theme park Base Tickets (about 10%) as well as
on various add-on options.
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
DISNEY CLOSES MONEY
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SAVING LOOPHOLES
each time it updates admission prices and
options.Consideringthatmostguestsneedonlyfourorfivedays'admission,themost
cost-effective strategy would seem to be to buy a 10-Day Base Ticket plus the No Ex-
piration option so you could roll over any unused admission days to a subsequent trip.
When Disney first rolled out Magic Your Way, the No Expiration option made this
investment a reasonable choice.
Well, they couldn't let
that
continue, could they?
If you buy an adult 10-Day Base Ticket for $377.01 plus No Expiration for
$362.10, you'll pay $738.11 including tax, or $73.91 a day—$9 more a day compared
with simply buying a 5-Day Base Ticket each time you visit the World. While it's
true that admission prices might go up before you visit again, in which case No Ex-
piration would be to your benefit, it's equally true that you might misplace the tickets
you bought in the previous scenario, or that you might have some better use for the
$362.10 you shelled out on top of your ticket purchase.
HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM MAGIC YOUR WAY
FIRST, BE REALISTIC
about what you want out of your vacation. A seven-day theme
park ticket with seven WPFAM admissions might seem like a wonderful idea when
you're snowbound in February and planning your trip. But actually trying to visit all
those parks in a week in July might end up feeling more like Navy SEAL training.
If you're going to visit only one water park, DisneyQuest, or ESPN Wide World of
Sports, you're almost always better off purchasing that admission separately rather
than in the WPFAM option. If you plan to visit two or more WPFAM venues, you're
better off buying the add-on.
Next, think carefully about paying for No Expiration. An inside source reports
that fewer than 1 in 10 admission tickets with unused days are ever used at a Disney
theme park. The rest are misplaced, discarded, or forgotten. Unless you're absolutely
certain you'll be returning to the World within the next year or two and you've iden-
