Should I Join Club 33 at Disneyland?
Mar 3, 2015, 7:08 pm
#48
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Mar 4, 2015, 3:57 am
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Mar 4, 2015, 11:26 am
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Once you purchase something like this, you are going to want to get the most out of it and use all of your vacation time going to Disney Resorts instead of seeing the rest of the world. I love Disney and the parks and had a wonderful time the one time I went to Club 33, but we gave up our annual passes after many years. We found that we felt we had to go so many times to get our moneys worth and it became more of a chore than anything else.
Mar 4, 2015, 5:07 pm
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Mar 4, 2015, 7:39 pm
#56
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Obviously you don't get it. I've been to a lot of places in the USA and none of them compare to WDW and DL. But that's my opinion. I'd gladly join Club 33 and sacrifice going to other places.
Mar 4, 2015, 8:00 pm
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I suspect that the AA CK card will impress more people (and more interesting people, like well traveled adults) than a WDW Club 33 card. Trying to pick up someone with Club 33 might impress a very few kindred spirits and a lot of instand friends aka freeloaders wanting to get an invitation to check off an item in their bucket list, but I would think the odds of success with a reasonable "quality" person would be greater with a FF card for some special unpublished elite level. A simple AmEx Plat card would almost be better, although I'd worry that the Centurion card would attract gold diggers and sugar wannabees.
Mar 4, 2015, 8:10 pm
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My sister is hooked on Disney. She goes several times a year and always take several family members. She thinks the price for the club is absurd.
Mar 4, 2015, 9:06 pm
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I'd do it if I had the money.
I'm not a Disney "nut," but I do enjoy the parks. I have an annual pass and drop by once a month or so in the evening on my way home from work.
I think it's quite odd that this is a site where people think nothing of spending thousands of dollars on a first class airline seat for a 10-hour flight but are chastising the OP for considering the Club 33 membership at a comparable cost.
Just as not everyone gets the travel game we all enjoy, not everyone gets the Disney parks. Let him enjoy it if he wants to.
I'm not a Disney "nut," but I do enjoy the parks. I have an annual pass and drop by once a month or so in the evening on my way home from work.
I think it's quite odd that this is a site where people think nothing of spending thousands of dollars on a first class airline seat for a 10-hour flight but are chastising the OP for considering the Club 33 membership at a comparable cost.
Just as not everyone gets the travel game we all enjoy, not everyone gets the Disney parks. Let him enjoy it if he wants to.