{"id":51512,"date":"2017-03-08T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=51512"},"modified":"2022-04-12T13:21:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T17:21:40","slug":"benefits-walt-disney-world-annual-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/benefits-walt-disney-world-annual-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Annual Pass at Walt Disney World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-52035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Annual-Pass-400x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Annual-Pass-400x353.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Annual-Pass.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We first got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/wdw-tickets\/annual-passes\/\">Annual Passes<\/a> in 2015 after Wine and Dine Weekend. We knew we\u2019d be coming back in the year and thought this would be the most practical thing to do.\u00a0 It turns out we were back more than once.\u00a0 You find yourself constantly searching for airfare and hotel deals.\u00a0 We renewed when it came around to do so.\u00a0 If you do, you save 15%, and as a current perk, you got 13 months instead of 12 months. (Keep in mind, this offer will be expiring soon.)\u00a0 It seemed like a great idea!\u00a0 Below is a list of the benefits of having an annual pass for Walt Disney World.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Park Hopping<\/strong>&#8211; Prior to our Annual Pass days, we wouldn\u2019t do Park Hopper passes, just to save the money. We were planned down to the T. We had to plan our meals and parks based on crowd calendars. It wasn\u2019t bad, you were just really locked into a plan. Nowadays, we have a lot more freedom with our plans. If one park is too crowded, we can check out wait times in other parks and hop on over.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Photopass Downloads<\/strong>&#8211; A $149 value!! This was huge for us as a family. We took advantage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/parks\/photo-pass\/\/\">Disney&#8217;s PhotoPass<\/a> and purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/parks\/photo-pass\/\/memory-maker\/\">Memory Maker<\/a> every trip. Even two trips in one year allows us a nearly $300 savings on this product.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/photopass-fisheye.jpg\" alt=\"photopass fisheye\" width=\"550\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/photopass-fisheye.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/photopass-fisheye-400x321.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MagicBands-<\/strong> all Passholders get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/planning\/my-disney-experience\/customizing-magicbands\/\">customizable MagicBands<\/a> included with their pass.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/magic-bands-1.jpg\" alt=\"magic bands\" width=\"458\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/magic-bands-1.jpg 458w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/magic-bands-1-333x400.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/dining\/ap-dining-discounts\/\">Dining Discounts-<\/a><\/strong> as part of the 45<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary, there are a number of restaurants offering a 20% discount with a valid Annual Pass. We took great advantage of this on our last few trips. We got to try some new places, as well as some favorites. Otherwise, Annual Passholders can get $25 off a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/dining\/tables-in-wonderland-discounts\/\">Tables in Wonderland card<\/a>, which gives you 20% off food and beverage at most dining options in the Walt Disney World Resort. Also, some additional reservations have a 10% discount.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Merchandise Discounts<\/strong>&#8211; Disney-owned-and-operated stores are currently offering a 20% discount, which is considerable. Usually, it is only 10%.\u00a0 In addition, some merchandise is only available to Annual Passholders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/star-wars-prices-badge.jpg\" alt=\"star wars prices badge\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/star-wars-prices-badge.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/star-wars-prices-badge-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Room Discounts<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/resort-hotels\/current-codes-discounts\/\">Room discounts<\/a> can be up to 35%. I usually recommend booking as soon as possible to get the best deal and room. If you wait until the last minute, you may risk not having all available options.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Free Parking<\/strong>&#8211; at $20 a day, this can be a considerable savings if you stay off site.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Early runDisney Race Registration<\/strong> &#8211; 1 week prior to general registration, Annual Passholders can register for the runDisney race they are looking to run. This is a huge perk when there is a frenzy in registering for certain races.\u00a0 Not for anything else, but peace of mind in knowing your registration is secure is great.\u00a0 There are a limited number of passholder registrations set aside, so you still have to get in when it first opens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spa and Salon Discounts<\/strong>&#8211; 15% off any service $45 and up or 50 minutes and longer at 9 different on property locations. I hope to take advantage of this on an upcoming trip!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recreation, Entertainment and Tour Discounts<\/strong>&#8211; Most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/parks\/tours\/\">backstage tours<\/a> offer a 15% discount. We recently used this on the Wild Africa Trek. We did have to go in the afternoon, but that worked out fine for us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT.jpg\" alt=\"WAT\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/planning\/my-disney-experience\/making-fastpass-reservations-on-the-app\/\"><strong>FastPass+ Reservations<\/strong><\/a>: These can be made 30 days in advance. If you have a resort reservation, it is the standard 60 day window.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the Mouse for Less\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/wdw-tickets\/annual-passes\/\">Annual Passholder Benefit Information page here<\/a> for a comprehensive list of benefits. All in all, I feel we got a good value out of our passes.\u00a0 We probably go more often than I would have initially intended, but it\u2019s great to be able to take off for the weekend and not have to buy tickets and pay for everything full price.<\/p>\n<p><em>What is your favorite Annual Passholder perk? Share in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We first got Annual Passes in 2015 after Wine and Dine Weekend. We knew we\u2019d be coming back in the year and thought this would be the most practical thing to do.\u00a0 It turns out we were back more than once.\u00a0 You find yourself constantly searching for airfare and hotel deals.\u00a0 We renewed when&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":52035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1695,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theme-parks","category-walt-disney-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51512"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56474,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51512\/revisions\/56474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}