potzbie
01-01-2018, 05:20 PM
Time to do a spreadsheet on ANNUAL PASSPORT cost justification over SINGLE-DAY tickets.
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"How often" (you go to Disneyland)
will determine
"the cost of dollars-per-day"
you get out of your Annual Passport.
Q. How many visits to Disneyland must you go with your Annual Passport before you start saving money over buying ONE-DAY PARK-HOPPER (ADULT) tickets?
Advice:
You should buy the Annual Passport which represents the best PER-DAY AVERAGE, over a given life of your AP, namely 12 months.
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REVIEW OF "ANNUAL PASSPORT" PRICES
Here are the current (as of 2017 DECEMBER) Annual Passport prices:
SO CAL SELECT __ = $339.
SO CAL _________ = not avail. to public
DELUXE __________= $619.
DISNEY SIGNATURE = $849.
DISNEY SIG. PLUS = $1049.
(Let's ignore PREMIER for now.)
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TICKETS
Single-day tickets come in three "market demand" prices:
• VALUE; REGULAR; PEAK.
Single-day tickets come in two "sizes":
• ADULT and CHILD.
The most-expensive (i.e., least-bargain) ticket is the
• ONE-DAY PARK HOPPER (ADULT).
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Let's review.
Let's look at only the ADULT ticket for our comparisons.
ADULT 1-D PH = $174. (peak)
ADULT 1-D PH = $165. (regular)
ADULT 1-D PH = $157. (value)
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Let's use DL's "worst-case scenario" as our token "break even point" for our calculations. -- That is, "PEAK".
• "PEAK", ADULT, ONE-DAY PARK HOPPER ($174).
As a secondary comparision, let's use "VALUE":
• "VALUE", ADULT, ONE-DAY PARK-HOPPER ($157).
(i.e., we will ignore "REGULAR" level for our purposes.)
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AMORITIZATION
Let amortize "the cost of your ANNUAL PASSPORT" over "the number of visits."
Let's limit our spreadsheet depth to six (6) visits.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SELECT AP
(price / per visit)
$339.00 /1
$169.50 /2 (! under PEAK $174)
$113.00 /3 (! under VALUE $157)
$_84.75 /4 "
$_67.80 /5 "
$_56.50 /6 "
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DELUXE AP
(price / per visit)
$619.00 /1
$309.50 /2
$206.33 /3
$154.75 /4 (! under PEAK $174 and VALUE $157)
$123.80 /5 "
$103.17 /6 "
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DISNEY SIGNATURE
(price / per visit)
$849.00 /1
$424.50 /2
$283.00 /3
$212.25 /4 (! under PEAK $174)
$169.80 /5
$141.50 /6 (! under VALUE $157)
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DISNEY SIGATURE PLUS
(price / per visit)
$1049.00 /1
$_524.50 /2
$_349.67 /3
$_262.25 /4
$_209.80 /5
$_174.83 /6
(NOTE: Only on the 7th visit ($149.86) does the per-day breakpoint justify itself over both PEAK and VALUE.)
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There you have it:
• Six visits to Disneyland, with the price of the lowest-priced Annual Pasports amortized over the number of days, and contrasted with the ADULT ONE-DAY PARK HOPPER.
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BONUS CONSIDERATION
Annual Passport holders get DISCOUNTS off "DINING" and "MERCHANDISE".
If you will spend money on MERCHANDISE or DINING in a year's time, then you will save:
• 10% (all APs)
or
• 15% (only SIGNATURE dining; SIGNATURE PLUS dining)
or
• 20% (only SIGNATURE merchandise, SIGNATURE PLUS merchandise)
... and thus have $10 or $15 (per $100 spent) more savings toward your "break even" point.
Example:
• You hold an AP of SO. CALIF. SELECT.
• You visit DL only 2x in a calendar year.
• Your amortization works out to $169.50 per vist.
• Not bad. You beat the worse-case PEAK ticket level.
• Ah! But you buy stuff at DL. So ...
• You spent $200 this year on Disneyland souvenirs and DL dining, and used your AP to save 10% on your $200, so you have $20 more in your pocket than you would have over an ordinary (one-day) ticket.
• That drops your per-vist cost by $20, i.e., down to $159.50, which is almost reaching the "VALUE" ticket level (namely, $157)
Summary:
Buying a So. Calif. Select, and going ONLY two times this year, and buying stuff ($200), gives you the equivalent (almost! -- off by $2.50) of buying two ONE-DAY PARK-HOPPER ADULT, VALUE, tickets.
Thus, you will have (just about) broken even on the similar level of DL's least-expensive (best-bargain) ONE-DAY ADULT PARK-HOPPER ticket.
Ah! -- But you have the added perks of the average AP holder, like the DL newsletter, and all the email blasts that come with holding an AP, offering first shot at many offers.
And, needless to say, if you were to go to DL 3x per year, then your AP SO CALIF SELECT definitely beats DL's best VALUE ONE-DAY PARK-HOPPER ADULT ticket (because your $113 beats DL's $157).
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"How often" (you go to Disneyland)
will determine
"the cost of dollars-per-day"
you get out of your Annual Passport.
Q. How many visits to Disneyland must you go with your Annual Passport before you start saving money over buying ONE-DAY PARK-HOPPER (ADULT) tickets?
Advice:
You should buy the Annual Passport which represents the best PER-DAY AVERAGE, over a given life of your AP, namely 12 months.
***
REVIEW OF "ANNUAL PASSPORT" PRICES
Here are the current (as of 2017 DECEMBER) Annual Passport prices:
SO CAL SELECT __ = $339.
SO CAL _________ = not avail. to public
DELUXE __________= $619.
DISNEY SIGNATURE = $849.
DISNEY SIG. PLUS = $1049.
(Let's ignore PREMIER for now.)
***
TICKETS
Single-day tickets come in three "market demand" prices:
• VALUE; REGULAR; PEAK.
Single-day tickets come in two "sizes":
• ADULT and CHILD.
The most-expensive (i.e., least-bargain) ticket is the
• ONE-DAY PARK HOPPER (ADULT).
***
Let's review.
Let's look at only the ADULT ticket for our comparisons.
ADULT 1-D PH = $174. (peak)
ADULT 1-D PH = $165. (regular)
ADULT 1-D PH = $157. (value)
***
Let's use DL's "worst-case scenario" as our token "break even point" for our calculations. -- That is, "PEAK".
• "PEAK", ADULT, ONE-DAY PARK HOPPER ($174).
As a secondary comparision, let's use "VALUE":
• "VALUE", ADULT, ONE-DAY PARK-HOPPER ($157).
(i.e., we will ignore "REGULAR" level for our purposes.)
***
AMORITIZATION
Let amortize "the cost of your ANNUAL PASSPORT" over "the number of visits."
Let's limit our spreadsheet depth to six (6) visits.
***
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SELECT AP
(price / per visit)
$339.00 /1
$169.50 /2 (! under PEAK $174)
$113.00 /3 (! under VALUE $157)
$_84.75 /4 "
$_67.80 /5 "
$_56.50 /6 "
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DELUXE AP
(price / per visit)
$619.00 /1
$309.50 /2
$206.33 /3
$154.75 /4 (! under PEAK $174 and VALUE $157)
$123.80 /5 "
$103.17 /6 "
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DISNEY SIGNATURE
(price / per visit)
$849.00 /1
$424.50 /2
$283.00 /3
$212.25 /4 (! under PEAK $174)
$169.80 /5
$141.50 /6 (! under VALUE $157)
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DISNEY SIGATURE PLUS
(price / per visit)
$1049.00 /1
$_524.50 /2
$_349.67 /3
$_262.25 /4
$_209.80 /5
$_174.83 /6
(NOTE: Only on the 7th visit ($149.86) does the per-day breakpoint justify itself over both PEAK and VALUE.)
***
There you have it:
• Six visits to Disneyland, with the price of the lowest-priced Annual Pasports amortized over the number of days, and contrasted with the ADULT ONE-DAY PARK HOPPER.
***
BONUS CONSIDERATION
Annual Passport holders get DISCOUNTS off "DINING" and "MERCHANDISE".
If you will spend money on MERCHANDISE or DINING in a year's time, then you will save:
• 10% (all APs)
or
• 15% (only SIGNATURE dining; SIGNATURE PLUS dining)
or
• 20% (only SIGNATURE merchandise, SIGNATURE PLUS merchandise)
... and thus have $10 or $15 (per $100 spent) more savings toward your "break even" point.
Example:
• You hold an AP of SO. CALIF. SELECT.
• You visit DL only 2x in a calendar year.
• Your amortization works out to $169.50 per vist.
• Not bad. You beat the worse-case PEAK ticket level.
• Ah! But you buy stuff at DL. So ...
• You spent $200 this year on Disneyland souvenirs and DL dining, and used your AP to save 10% on your $200, so you have $20 more in your pocket than you would have over an ordinary (one-day) ticket.
• That drops your per-vist cost by $20, i.e., down to $159.50, which is almost reaching the "VALUE" ticket level (namely, $157)
Summary:
Buying a So. Calif. Select, and going ONLY two times this year, and buying stuff ($200), gives you the equivalent (almost! -- off by $2.50) of buying two ONE-DAY PARK-HOPPER ADULT, VALUE, tickets.
Thus, you will have (just about) broken even on the similar level of DL's least-expensive (best-bargain) ONE-DAY ADULT PARK-HOPPER ticket.
Ah! -- But you have the added perks of the average AP holder, like the DL newsletter, and all the email blasts that come with holding an AP, offering first shot at many offers.
And, needless to say, if you were to go to DL 3x per year, then your AP SO CALIF SELECT definitely beats DL's best VALUE ONE-DAY PARK-HOPPER ADULT ticket (because your $113 beats DL's $157).
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