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| Darkbeer
Thu 9/18/2008 8:33p | AVP, (aka Adrianne Vincent-Phoenix) is reporting over mouseplanet.com the following...
http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showthread.php?t=115162
>>Starting this fall, Disneyland Resort passholders will be offered the opportunity to fiance their Annual Passports over 12 months. Passholders will make a deposit equal to the cost of a one-day, one-park ticket, then pay the balance over 12 months. Payments will be automatically charged to a credit card placed on file at the time the passport is purchased.
This option will be available to new passholders starting November 4th, 2008; and for renewals on January 1, 2009. The program will be offered only to residents of Southern California, and is available for all four passport types. <<
Good news, glad to see the taking the SeaWorld/LEGOLAND option and bringing it to the DLR.
Interesting to see they are restricting it to JUST SoCal folks, I guess they are afraid that an out-of-towner would just cancel their credit card after their visit.
And that instead of just a straight 12 month breakdown, which SeaWorld and LEGOLAND offer, they want $69 upfront (based on the current prices) and then spread out the remaining amount over 12 months....
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| oc_dean
Thu 9/18/2008 8:49p | With premium APs at the whopping rate of nearly 400 dollars ... that option is not a bad idea.
Of course .. the ideal situation would be to pay that off as fast as possible .. as the interest in that will pile up. |
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| EighthDwarf
Thu 9/18/2008 9:12p | AP's are like gym memberships. They want more people to buy them and less people to use them.
I, for one, am not a fan of the financing option. There are too many APers out there already. |
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| oc_dean
Thu 9/18/2008 9:20p | For instance ;) ........
when people DESCEND on the Fantasmic grounds ... to get the best spots (or even the fireworks at the hub) ... I wouldn't doubt a huge amount of them are APers.
I do agree "The Costco Madness" effect at Disneyland is not a good one. |
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| Route66
Thu 9/18/2008 9:21p | Baaa thats no fun. The best thing about having a premium AP is that you pay all at once and go anytime you want. It feels like a privilege, getting a ding on my statement every month and being reminded of how much it actually costs will take the fun out of it. |
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| oc_dean
Thu 9/18/2008 9:25p | >>AP's are like gym memberships. They want more people to buy them and less people to use them.<<
Reminds me of Ballys. I couldn't stand the rising crowds anymore, so that ended ... But 24 Hour Fitness (which I'm at now) is not much better. :( |
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| LadyKluck
Thu 9/18/2008 9:29p | OK not a happy camper that they're only doing it for Southern CA residents. Anyone wanna let me use their address so I can do this for my family?!?!?
;) |
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| dlkozy
Thu 9/18/2008 9:50p | If I am not mistaken-FL residents (not just Orange County in FL) receive benefits-specials on rooms, specials on APs etc.
If this is so, then ALL of CA should also receive benefits, IMHO. |
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| FerretAfros
Thu 9/18/2008 10:01p | California is also a much much bigger state than Florida, but with population and geography. It takes about 7 hours to drive between the furthest extents of Florida (Panhandle to keys), where you could easily spend that much time driving in California and only get halway across the state. |
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| ArchtMig
Thu 9/18/2008 10:26p | ^^^Heck, it takes about that long just to get to the west side of LA from Pasadena. |
