In late 2006 when we were making our plans for our annual May trek to WDW, (which never happened :( ) our Platinum co-ordinator asked us if we would be interested in a new plan that they might be offering to Plat pkg travelers, a little thing called FOL passes. We could pay 300.00 and have FOL priviledges on all attractions. She said at the time we were talking to her on the phone (it was about September of 06 when we were getting all our itinerary arrangements made for the trip in May and speaking with her) that it was something that was not available at that current time, in Sept of 06, but would probably be available by the time May came and we could add it on when we arrived.pattimelt wrote:I actually had a guest on the phone the other day that asked if she paid an EXTRA $300 on her premium ap if she could have front of the line for every attraction.
And us regular people wonder why the ap's keep going up in price....
We ended up cancelling that trip a few weeks before we were due to go to WDW (due to Orion's illness :( ) and I never heard about the FOL option with the Platinum package again.
It certainly did not come up as an option to us when we were doing all our itinerary planning for our most recent trip, which we just returned from yesterday morning and I already want to be back in Florida! :(
Heck I did NOT want to come back at all!!!!!!!!! We had to come back to Hell!!! (AKA Denver)
I WANT to be in Florida right now! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! :(
On the upside, we did look at some developments where we could build a home in the area in the future AND we WILL be going back sooner than May 2009 most likely, maybe over the Winter months to look at some more areas and see The World again! :) I for one cannot wait to make the move to the lush land of Palm trees and gators, THE most popular Mouse on the Planet and the lovely sirens of the sea...Mermaids ;) (Weeki-Wachee) ;)
I digress.......
I think the FOL was something Disney was considering adding to the Platinum Package with an extra fee of 300 smackers. Of course they had to add an extra fee....(Where is the moneybags or Mr. Potter smilie?)
Anyone who can afford to pay for the Plat pkg can come up with the extra 300.00 for an FOL! There are probably about 1000 people a yr that use the Plat pkg (going on the figure given to me by the Plat coordinator who said he gets about 100-120 Plats a yr at his one resort and with with 8 Deluxe resorts, that would be about right, give or take...I really would like to know how many per yr total is average for Plat pkgs at WDW)...
Maybe some heard the same thing we did last year and just assumed it was attached to the Plat pkg. It is not in any of the descriptions in the Plat pkg brochure and I know it never materialized. They offer a LOT of perks with the pkg but that ain't one of them.
OT here...as I go from time to time... ;)
Although we did notice that they are starting to delete more and more of the nice little perks and starting to charge for some of the little niceties that used to come with the Platinum Package. We got nickeled and dimed this time on some of the things that used to come with the package. It costs a LOT for that package and Disney makes a shitload from them, if you don't use the pkg to it's full capacity and you really can't do EVERYTHING at WDW on one trip. You will get tours and other recreation out of it, but you cannot book every hour of every day to get the full value of the Plat pkg.
If you are like us and like the luxury and option of being able to have what you want added to your trip at no extra cost, should you wake up feeling like doing something that day, it is a cool pkg. You will be able to go horseback riding with same day resses or take a fireworks cruise or get VIP seating for Wishes or Illuminations or even go boating or fishing...etc...etc... when you wake up that morning and call it in... That can be a cool perk, to add an activity or not....That is nice and allows for a stress free vacation, the way I like to do WDW and Florida in general....You don't have to do the parks commando style. Some things you will NOT be able to call same day and get...Meals at some of the better restaurants must be scheduled in advance. There are some activities that will not fill up and you can get same day though and that is nice indeed.... And then you can get that end of the day massage at no extra cost!
But NOT FOL passes!
We may not use that plan again...* End of OT...for now...Muwhahahahahaaa :twisted: ......
Must post this and add more in another post, I am only allowed a certain number of characters per post........ ;)
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