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Annual pass - DVC vs Florida

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I would be happy with either one. Wish they offered these deals to DVC Members......
I doubt they ever will because they use these other options to get people on site that wouldn't be otherwise not going and to increase the slower times. Neither of these benefit them with DVC in the manner planned. It hasn't been that long that the Gold pass/previous version wasn't an option.
 

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Yes now Weekday select includes parking!
 

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DVC had a fabulous special a couple of years ago. You could pay for Gold and get the Platinum Plus pass as a free upgrade.
 

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Yes now Weekday select includes parking!

I thought that it already did come with free parking. I don't think that it came with Photopass.

I have Gold, and my kids and brother have weekday select. Sometimes I stick my arm out the window at the booth, or I have the passenger do it on that side. They never said anything so I assumed that free parking was in there. They have made it more difficult, though. Now you very commonly have to show a photo ID.
 

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I’m not sure what passes we get.
We are residents and since we don’t need parking on every pass. My wife buys one with and the rest without
 

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I need to add again, I love the Epcot after 4pm.

We really don't spend that much time in the parks. We could go in Epcot two/three nights and are good. :)
 

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I am Florida resident and always get the Weekday Select, which cost half as much the gold pass.

We got our weekday passes few weeks after I retired.
Living within 2 hrs of Disney meant we could go for 6 wks in 12 mos.
Even though we were limited to weekdays, it was more than enuff.
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I need to add again, I love the Epcot after 4pm.

We really don't spend that much time in the parks. We could go in Epcot two/three nights and are good. :)
How do you buy the Epcot After 4pm pass when you live in NY?
 

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How do you buy the Epcot After 4pm pass when you live in NY?
You can't "legally" unless you qualify under their FL resident rules which are different than legal residency. The Silver pass, EPCOT after 4, Weekday select pass and water park after 2 are all for FL resident's only. The Gold pass is for FL resident's and DVC members who carry a blue card (qualify for perks). Timeshare ownership does not quality.
 

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I believe the post said they were DVC and just bought the Gold pass.
You are right. When they mentioned Epcot after 4, I thought they were referring to that pass but rather they were going to Epcot after 4.
 

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Now that we are Florida residents, it is perhaps time to start considering the type of pass. Living 2.5 hours away from Orlando, the weekday pass simply won't work. We are thinking instead, we will go for the Theme Park Select. Different blackout dates for different parks, but you can go to just about any park on any day except for peak week 51 and 52 and Easter/Spring Break. Epcot is not blacked out in the summer. They also blackout Magic Kingdom on Saturdays and I read that they blackout weekends during Food & Wine at Epcot, but the blackout calendar shows those as open.
 

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Interesting to see how Theme Park Select passholders are unable to visit Hollywood Studios at all from Sept-Dec 2019 or any Fri, Sat, or Sun through the rest of the online calendar (July 2020). The only options for visiting that park with that pass will be prior to Aug 30 this year or on a M/Tu/W/Th in late winter or spring (excluding Eastertime). That's a substantial restriction if a Florida resident is limited to school/work schedule. Wouldn't matter much to people who can easily visit midweek.
 

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Interesting to see how Theme Park Select passholders are unable to visit Hollywood Studios at all from Sept-Dec 2019 or any Fri, Sat, or Sun through the rest of the online calendar (July 2020). The only options for visiting that park with that pass will be prior to Aug 30 this year or on a M/Tu/W/Th in late winter or spring (excluding Eastertime). That's a substantial restriction if a Florida resident is limited to school/work schedule. Wouldn't matter much to people who can easily visit midweek.
They are blacking out Hollywood Studios during that time frame because that is the first several months after Star Wars Galaxies Edge is to open.
 
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