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Disney World and Disneyland theme parks are probably the most popular theme
parks in the world. Attractions, rides, characters, the works, lots of fun
for the children, as well as the parents. The big dream of most young
children is to go to
Disneyland or Disney World. While you
can let the spontaneity guide your Disney vacation, this vacation though can
cost you an arm and a leg.
The tickets to get in the theme parks are one of the major contributors to
it. For an example, the tickets can cost you around $250 for 4 people age
10+ for one day or little over $100 for two children ages 3-9. In fact, if
you plan your vacation, you can save tremendously on
tickets as opposed to going there
unprepared.
To compare the savings, if you plan on staying there 5 days, you don’t want
to buy theme park tickets each and every day. That will cost you around $315
per person for ages 10+ or $260 for ages 3-9. But if you buy a 5-day ticket,
you will only pay around $200 per person for ages 10+ ($115 of savings) or
$162 per person for ages 3-9 (around $100 in savings). Also, buying tickets
in advance instead of waiting to get them at the gate will offer you even
more savings.
It would be in your financial benefit to spend some time developing an
itinerary before you buy your Disney tickets. |
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It all depends on how you plan to spend your days.
There are lots of legitimate ways to get discounted Disney tickets.
Unfortunately, there are also lots of places where you can get ripped off.
So, be very careful.
Do not buy the theme park tickets from a booth on the side of the road and
outside of Disney. You would have no idea if your tickets are valid or not.
The only way you would know that you’re purchasing valid tickets is directly
from Disney or from an authorized reseller on the Internet.
The Florida Sun-Sentinel released an article about the scam artists selling
discount Disney theme park tickets. The article was talking about some scam
artists selling tickets that were not being full tickets but partially used
tickets that legally aren’t suppose to be sold. Also, some Disney tickets at
deep discounts were linked to timeshare pitches (explanation toward the end
of this article).
There are several legitimate online resellers that sell Disney tickets other
than Disney themselves (floridaorlandotickets.com, mapleleaftickets.com,
ticketmania.com). At these online stores make sure you check their shipping
charges (if any). Sometimes you will find an excellent price, but once you
add the shipping to it, it is cheaper to go elsewhere.
Also companies, such as Travelocity and Expedia, have longstanding
relationship with the world’s most popular vacation destinations including
Disney World and Disneyland.
They could afford to give you discounted
Disney theme park tickets if you book
your vacation through them.
The discounted theme park tickets are a part of the whole vacation package.
They may lose
money on the tickets by giving them
to you at a cheaper price while they buy them at the regular price, but
they’ll make up the difference from the vacation package that you’re booking
through them. So, the discounted Disney tickets could be just a lure to get
you to book your Disney vacation with them. If it fits your budget and your
vacation plan, get the benefit of cheaper tickets.
Disney tickets linked to timeshare pitches. You’ll eventually bump into
websites that will offer you a deep, deep discount on Disney theme park
tickets. You might save anywhere around $250 for a 2 or 3 day ticket and up
to $350 on a single 5-day ticket. These are valid tickets but under a
condition. You have to attend a 'no obligation, interesting and
entertaining' 90-minute or-so presentation.
If you have 'time to burn' on your Disney vacation and you’re resistant to
sales pitches, you could take advantage of this offer and actually benefit.
The 90-minute presentation actually lasts a whole lot longer. They need to
'massage' you before they 'grill' you. You’re also invited to a
complementary breakfast before the presentation begins. And the presentation
is loaded with sales pitches. They will make the money (that they will lose
by selling you the Disney tickets at deep discounts while they buy them at
the regular price) by selling you something at this 'no obligation,
interesting and entertaining' presentation.
So, if you’re easy on pulling your credit card at every sales pitch that
hits you, this may not be for you as those are the kind of people that
they’re looking for. They will make a lot more money on the back end from
the 'easy-to-sell-people' than the money that they will lose by selling you
the Disney World tickets at deep discounts.
When you think about it, the 'easy-to-sell-people' are the only ones that
will actually fall for this so-called 'presentation.' But, eventually some
hard-headed 'smart' and 'sales-pitch-resistant' people will take advantage
of this deep discount since they will benefit from this offer. The companies
that offer these discounted Disney World and Disneyland theme park tickets
attached to timeshare pitches know that the odds are in their favor. A
higher number of 'easy-to-sell-people' fall for this offer than
'hard-headed' and 'sales-pitch-resistant' people. So the money that they
will make from these 'easy-to-sell-people' at these 'presentations' will
compensate for the loss from the deep discount on the tickets and a whole
lot more. They will make a lot of profit. Otherwise, they wouldn’t offer it
if they don’t make a significant profit from it.
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