Disney' Florida Annual Pass...is it worth it? (2025)

Hello,
Just wanted to know if the pass is worth it?
Do you use it as much as you thought you were?
any info would be great...Thinking about buying one for our trip in December.

Also if we buy it in December it expires in December when we purchased it, right?

Thanks again!

Your pass will expire one year from the day you purchase it. As far as is it worth it, that depends on how many times you use it. Me personally, I have gotten way more than my money's worth of mine. I go for several weeks over the summer and then go on an average of one weekend a month, so sure, mine is well worth the money. I have the regular annual pass, no blackouts and no water parks.. just the 4 park pass.. I love it..

I live 3 hours from the parks if that helps you in deciding.. I cannot do it in a day and drive home.

How far do you live from Disney ??

I got the answer. Lol
I live in Miami...

It is worth it for us as we live about 15 mins from WDW Property! We usually visit 1-2 a week for just a few hours at a time. We really enjoy the discounts on merchandise as well as getting a discounted TIW card! We have easily paid for the TIW in savings already and probably saved close to the same in AP discounts (we buy a lot of presents for people on property though....)

It's only worth it if you are going to use it! Do you intend on spending more than 10 days at Disney in those 365 days? Then, I would say, yeah it's worth it!

We love ours, and with as crazy as this year has been, we've completely underutilized it, but it's still worth it. We live an hour away, however, so that's part of the fun.

We ran the numbers, a lot, before we bought into it. Dd and I have regular AP's (so we can go in the summer and parking is free) but my bf only has a seasonal pass. He won't ever go alone (so he doesn't have to worry about parking) and he works a lot, so he isn't able to go as often as we are. If I ever get my hw done, I was thinking about going this weekend. I love the option of going whenever I want.

I think a bonus too, if you don't want to shell out the money ahead of time, is the option of doing the monthly payment plan. I can't believe how long it took Disney to get it to ... but it's a great feature.

If you're planning 2 or more week long trips during that period, its worth it. Example: 1 adult, parkhopper, 5 day pass is $334.00. Do two trips, its pretty much paid for

I live in Canada & have the premium annual pass for dlr & wdw and its paid for itself more than twice now!

A Mickeyfan said:

Your pass will expire one year from the day you purchase it. As far as is it worth it, that depends on how many times you use it. Me personally, I have gotten way more than my money's worth of mine. I go for several weeks over the summer and then go on an average of one weekend a month, so sure, mine is well worth the money. I have the regular annual pass, no blackouts and no water parks.. just the 4 park pass.. I love it..

I live 3 hours from the parks if that helps you in deciding.. I cannot do it in a day and drive home.

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It expires one year from activation date not purchase date.

I think its worth it, me & my sister have seasonal passes. We go at least once a month, when our pass has valid dates. We live over in Clearwater. It takes us about an hour to get there. Sometimes we set out early to make rope drop & spend the whole day there. Other times we just go for half a day. Depends how we feel & what we want to do.

yolie912 said:

Hello,
Just wanted to know if the pass is worth it?
Do you use it as much as you thought you were?
any info would be great...Thinking about buying one for our trip in December.

Also if we buy it in December it expires in December when we purchased it, right?

Thanks again!

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It has been for us. We use them once or twice per week.

yolie912 said:

Great advise!
I am planning on going in December and again in May or
September. ,) it's just the drive... 3 hours really blows!

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I totally agree on that one but i usually leave at three in the morning that way DD and DH can sleep while i drive and there is not much traffic at all plus if they are sleeping i don't have to deal with my seat being kicked every two seconds and the radio being changed in the middle of a good song!!!

Brook730 said:

I totally agree on that one but i usually leave at three in the morning that way DD and DH can sleep while i drive and there is not much traffic at all plus if they are sleeping i don't have to deal with my seat being kicked every two seconds and the radio being changed in the middle of a good song!!!

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I'm on the other coast of Florida and it's also around 3.5 hours,I however have never left at 3am,it'll totally kill me for that day and I wouldn't be able to do anything,I get up around 4-4:30 and leave around 5:15-5:30.

I live very near WDW so it is very worth it for me - I often just go for a couple of hours, for fireworks, shopping, meals etc. I am sure I have been over a 100 times in the past 6 months.

That said I think it would be worth it for me even if I only went a few times a month.