Perks of the Disney Annual Pass

Ean and I have been Annual Passholders since June 2014. Being Passholders has allowed us to do Disney more times in one year than we ever imagined. Neither of us make a whole lot of money (but we aren't struggling either). Disney is such a huge passion for us that the cost of getting the annual passes isn't even a burden. It's something we save for.

Happy little Passholders.

My parents did get us the annual passes on the front end. We were going on a family vacation, and they knew we were going there for our honeymoon in December, so they upgraded our park passes to annual passes to help us out a little.

The annual passes are $696.51 each to purchase on the front end. That's almost the cost of two 3-day park tickets with the park hopper option! If you're planning on going to Disney World more than two times in one year, and you're visiting the parks for more than 3 days each time, you're going to end up saving money in the long run.

To renew the passes, it only cost $590.01 each. If you know you're going to be visiting Disney World more than two times the next year, and longer than three days each time, you're going to come out with over $100 in savings per pass in the end!

If that's not enough to make you want to get an annual pass, the amazing benefits and discounts you get as a Passholder surely will.

Disney offers Passholder discounts on a huge variety of things. One discount you get is a 10% off discount as select restaurants in the parks, at Disney Springs, and at certain resort hotels (some places at Disney Springs offer a 15-20% discount!). Some of my favorite places, such as Boma, Trail's End Restaurant, and Rainforest Cafe, are all on the list. You can view the full list here.

Not my image- belongs to worldtraveledfamily.com!

Ean and I enjoyed a lovely Passholder discount on our rooms for the two upcoming trips we have booked this month and in December. We are staying at All-Star Music both times, where the discount for Passholders was significantly greater than the Fall Discount offered to all guests. Disney offers discounts on select Walt Disney World resorts, and for certain room types at each resort. They are offered at various times throughout the year and for certain nights only. We were going to stay at the campsites in December, but the overall total price at the time of booking was only about $20 cheaper than if we just stayed at All-Star Music!

All-Star Music Resort image from VisitOrlando.com!

Passholders also receive merchandise discounts at select shops. Ean and I got a 10% discount at Darth's Mall back in May during Star Wars Weekends. You can also get discounts at different recreational and spa locations, as well as certain events and fun entertainment experiences! We are going to the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party during our next trip, and as Passholders, we got tickets for $70 rather than $74.

For a full list of places and experiences that offer discounts, you can visit the official Walt Disney World Passholder website here.

We loooooove our annual passes!

We absolutely love the flexibility the annual passes give us. We are able to visit the parks on the evening of our arrival (we usually make it to Florida around 3 or 4, and go to a park around 5 or 6), and we are able to visit the last morning for an hour or two before we leave. We have ended up saving a LOT of money with all the discounts we receive. We also get lots of free stuff! We got posters that are exclusive to Passholders at Star Wars Weekends this year. We are planning on getting exclusive Food And Wine Festival wine glasses in Epcot on our next trip. And we get a cute little Passholder slider to wear on our magic bands (and we also are able to get an extra magic band in addition to the ones we get when we book a trip)!

You can see my awesome slider on my magic band in this photo.

Walt Disney World annual passes are seriously the way to go if you're a super Disney nut like us. We plan to keep renewing our passes as long as your finances allow us to.