The Coast Guard base in Portsmouth VA has them! Picked them up yesterday!
We are only a little over 30 days from our trip, so as expected no A&E, 7D, or any parades of fireworks.
Only 7D for our time was 7:35 pm....we leave the parks around 3. I didn't see Test Track...weird.
NovVA/D.C. people - Ft. Belvoir got the 2014-2015 vouchers in stock today. I just picked mine up
Looking for clarification...
I looked through as much of the thread as I could, but I'm still unsure on some points. Sorry if these questions have asked before. DH is active duty overseas. We're taking leave about a year from now to see family and go to WDW. It looks like the 2015 deal will be valid for our dates.
- Do the tickets need to be ordered through the base, or is it recommended that we do it that way?
You can get them at base ITT, or Shades of Green. If you buty them at Disney from Disney, you will pay sales tax
- Do I understand this correctly - the tickets you get in advance are vouchers that get turned in for magic bands at the gate? (and does that mean they give you the grey ones? I may want to order decals to tell them apart)
You will get tickets, not magic bands when you activate them
- If you want to add on days at a regular price, can you do that? If so, is the rate they use for the 1st day ($99) or the 5th ($60)?
Nope. Can't add od days.
- The official website says any room offers can't be combined with another discount - does that mean I need to choose discounted tickets OR a discounted room, if available?
No. It means you can us military or free dining (if its available). Not both. Only one roome discount at a time. Tickets have nothing to do with the room discount
- Do military discounted rooms have to be booked through a military travel office or can I go through Disney directly? I'd really hate having to go through a travel agent if we had to make changes, especially if that travel agent is on another continent. Any tips from people who've had to do this would be appreciated!
Nope. Any travel agent can do it including Disney
- Edit to add: I'll probably have to wait until six months out to actually book anything (bad, I know!) as that's when we'll know our leave dates. What are the odds that military rate rooms will still be available for Aug-Sep?
Probably pretty good especially in late August
Thank you to whomever is answering questions!
Originally Posted by strangebutspecial View Post
Looking for clarification...
Do I understand this correctly - the tickets you get in advance are vouchers that get turned in for magic bands at the gate? (and does that mean they give you the grey ones? I may want to order decals to tell them apart)
You will get tickets, not magic bands when you activate them
Good luck..
Link the vouchers to your MDE account when you get them. If you are staying onsite, then your military tickets can be added directly to those Magic Bands when you activate the vouchers.
Just make sure you make a note of who you assigned each voucher to so it will be easier to add them to the Magic Bands when the time comes.
I'm sure this has been covered, but is a family of 5 able to purchase 6 tickets to bring another family member along (grandparent)? I thought I read that you need to supply the address and names of each person for the tickets, is it a problem that the 6th person's name and address don't match the original ones?
Ok, so my family, my brother, and my in-laws are all going in May. This would be 7 adults and 2 kids. Both my father (deceased) and my father-in-law are retired. So could my father-in-law and my mother buy the AFS tickets? My mom isn't going, but could my mother-in-law activate the other tickets? I know last time we had to have everyone's name but I don't remember my dad's name on the tickets, but it's been awhile. If it's not possible, I think that's fine. I think some of us are going to need more than 4 days at WDW anyways.
That's about what I figured, but I wanted to ask before we bought them just in case. Thanks for the reply.I believe the new procedure is you have the names on the tickets and the sponsor (or ID card holder who purchased the tickets) has to be with everyone at the ticket window to activate at WDW. I would call your closest base MWR who could better answer your question and have the latest information.