APs blocked out July 17!?

[Tom Chaney]

We just convinced ourselves that we really should be there July 17th... then noticed that APs are blocked out that day.

OK... I guess they want paying customers and fat profits but still... it just seems wrong. Turn away your most loyal fans on the most important day? :confused:

I'll probably pay the upgrade to get in but as a guy who carries a Disneyland card in his back pocket every day, I wish I felt more special. :monkey:

[robotpirates]

Yeah. I'm buying my AP later on this month, and just paying the $30 to get in on July 17th. No way am I buying a premium!

[DustMeUpTink]

I know......I swear I've bought over $300 in disneyland merchandise and food in the past year and you'd think they'd give me a break

[SilentBob66]

Walt would've cut the APs a break.

More reason to boo Eisner.

[robotpirates]

More reason to boo Eisner.

lmao. You're pretty hung up on that, aren't ya?

[speederscout]

Actually, I'm looking at it as the perfect excuse to upgrade again to a premium... I've missed mine!

[Tom Chaney]

Yeah. I'm buying my AP later on this month, and just paying the $30 to get in on July 17th. No way am I buying a premium!

Actually, if you can wait, buy your AP on July 17th. They will allow you entrance into the park on the day you purchase an AP even it if is a blackout day.

[SorcererMikey]

The way I like to look at a premium pass... you can have one for the same price as a daily cheap cup of coffee that costs 92 cents. Now if you go to starbucks, that's the equivalent of a pack of 4 PAPs. Time to kick the habit!

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I hope they don't block out the blackout tickets. We plan to pay the extra to get in that day.

[1stStarIC2nite]

I actually don't mind.... less people who are in the park that day :lol:

[PrincessP]

Why not have a premium AP? It's only $339 oh only 309.00 for renewing in the mail, so you can enjoy the park 365 days a year with 10% off merchadise and free parking. and food discounts too. I don't go in the months of june, july and augs either.

[ah schucks]

I actually don't mind.... less people who are in the park that day :lol:

I hardly think it will detour people from the park...it just means the real fans will have to shell out more to enjoy the fun! I am not saying real fans are defined by AP status, but lets face it most fans I know have a pass.

[Circarama]

I LIKE my PAP. Discounts on food and lot's of groovy swag. Yippee!! :monkey:
Me likes to spend money at Disneyland

[DOOM BGI]

Sadly, with the amount of $$$ I spend on merchandise annually at Disneyland.. the 10% discount more than pays for the PAP!

hey, my first post!

--J.

[robotpirates]

I don't know. My poor college budget doesn't allow for a premium pass at the mo'. I'd feel bad using my entire savings on a PAP... ahhh..

Question: should I just go on the 17th to get my AP like Tom Chaney suggest? I'm weary because the AP pass line was CRAZY on the 5th? I expect just as long of a line on the real 50th... HELP!

[kiwilime49]

I am PAP, and boy the discounts on merchandise add up quick! And free parking!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tom Chaney]

I don't know. My poor college budget doesn't allow for a premium pass at the mo'. I'd feel bad using my entire savings on a PAP... ahhh..

Question: should I just go on the 17th to get my AP like Tom Chaney suggest? I'm weary because the AP pass line was CRAZY on the 5th? I expect just as long of a line on the real 50th... HELP!

You buy your AP at the ticket booth in the entrance plaza. They give you a temporary AP that will get you into the park and can be used in FastPass machines. You can then go to the AP center in the park at your leisure to get your "permanent" AP. (Frankly, I don't know what happens if you don't go at all that day... we've just always toughed out the line.)

[robotpirates]

Thanks, Tom. I'm probably going to get my So Cal one when I go later on this month, though. I'd rather eliminate one line on the 17th (cause you know they're going to be nutsoid.)

[cstephens]

We just convinced ourselves that we really should be there July 17th... then noticed that APs are blocked out that day.

I have an annual pass. I'm not blocked out that day.

[PanTheMan]

No AP on the 17th?......No problem!

Here is one way to look at it... If you have to pay the extra to get a ticket on July 17, Do you have ANY idea what a cool souvenir having a ticket stamped from that day will be? and who knows, in 10 years it might pay for your AP for the 60th, if you sell it on E-Bay