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I'm trying to decide on the timing of my flight home for my next trip, and it seems I'm REALLY super pushing my AP to its limit! I know that I used it for the first time on March 2nd last year, and the words on the card are 'expires 3/2/12'. HOWEVER, i found this on allears...
My AP says it expires on 7/11/2011. Does that mean that I can use it on that day?
Yes you can. The wording on the pass is actually "valid through 7/11/2011". All new (non-renewed) AP/PAP's are actually valid for 366 days from the date you actually activate the voucher or purchase it at WDW.
so...if that is true, i can safely book the later flight out on that friday (of course that's what i want to do!) if it IS NOT true--or has changed--then i'd prefer the earlier flight. i guess what bothers me is that the wording on MY pass is not 'valid through' it is 'expired on'. though if it IS actually good for 366 days, then i'm ok.
anyone have experience with this? or am i the only insane person trying to go to the very last day?
Ha ha I have no idea but I would go crazy wondering that myself if I was in your situation! Good luck finding the answer and I hope it works out for you!
Ha ha I have no idea but I would go crazy wondering that myself if I was in your situation! Good luck finding the answer and I hope it works out for you!
The back of an Annual Pass tells you the date through which it is good -- and it's always a year and a day from the day you purchase the actual pass. So 366 days!
Did you purchase it on March 2nd, or March 1st? (It doesn't matter what day you "first used it" as APs become active the moment they're purchased, and it doesn't depend on when it went through a turnstile, like Magic Your Way tickets do.)
The back of an Annual Pass tells you the date through which it is good -- and it's always a year and a day from the day you purchase the actual pass. So 366 days!
Did you purchase it on March 2nd, or March 1st? (It doesn't matter what day you "first used it" as APs become active the moment they're purchased, and it doesn't depend on when it went through a turnstile, like Magic Your Way tickets do.)
i purchased a voucher, which i turned in on march 2nd. i also immediately used in on march 2nd. march 1st flew in to MCO, landing at 8:30 pm. i did not do anthing disney on that day!
ok--so two people telling me this makes me feel better. thanks!!!!!
I'm using up my AP down to the wire too in Jan! Our last 2 days the AP is expired, so we're going to have a nice DTD day, and a resort day We'll be at WL, so maybe hike the trail into FW, and explore there, do the lodge tour, maybe go for a round of mini golf! Take a boat ride to CR - I like the shops there and hop the monorail to Poly & GF. Lots of non park stuff to fill the day!
Totally hypothetical - Say your pass ends 3/31/12, and MK had evening EMH 11:00 PM - 2:00 AM. If you tried to enter MK at midnight or later, would your AP work? I'm thinking no, but I'm curious. I'd say if you were in that predicament, make sure to enter the gates by 11:59 PM, LOL.
I think, for ease of use, they throw in the 366 days so that on leap year, they will not have to modify the system. I don't think the intention is to give 1 year plus a day. I think the intention was to never need to adjust for leap year. Next year is leap year. So, on leap year years, you just get 1 year. The other three years you get a year plus a day. This is just my thinking though.
I think, for ease of use, they throw in the 366 days so that on leap year, they will not have to modify the system. I don't think the intention is to give 1 year plus a day. I think the intention was to never need to adjust for leap year. Next year is leap year. So, on leap year years, you just get 1 year. The other three years you get a year plus a day. This is just my thinking though.
oh dear god--this further complicates it, as it expires on MARCH 2nd--which is two days after LEAP DAY! ok, that's it--i'm calling!
(also--i just booked my flight, so i guess if it DOESN'T work on that day, i'm doing something else!)
this is me being on hold, listening to disney music...
yo ho yo ho a pirates life for me...
I know for a fact that I've used my AP on the very last day it was valid. (But, in my case, I was only there until about 3PM before DME picked me up.)
I do remember talking to a CM and they told me it would be good through midnight that day, but they weren't a ticketing specialist or anything, just a chatty CM.
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) (though i guess worst case scenario, i have a lovely day in DTD!)
We'll be at WL, so maybe hike the trail into FW, and explore there, do the lodge tour, maybe go for a round of mini golf! Take a boat ride to CR - I like the shops there 
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