When to purchase Touring Plans subscription?

[japanese maple]

If trip is in December 2024, do you not purchase until December 2023? How long do the plans last?

 

[robinb]

If trip is in December 2024, do you not purchase until December 2023? How long do the plans last?

The membership lasts for 1 year (to the day, I believe) so it will expire 366 days after you join. I would wait a couple of months longer and join in the spring. You really won’t need it until June because there is not much you can actively plan until preliminary park hours are out. Since you’re going in December, I would make note of the days of the week for the Christmas parties from this year. Touring Plans should take them into account when they create their crowd calendar.

I am pretty much a WDW expert, but I still buy touring plans for their crowd calendar and their Lines app which I use in the parks.

 

[friendoffigment]

If trip is in December 2024, do you not purchase until December 2023? How long do the plans last?

the subscription is annual. so if you purchase today it will expire next nov 3rd which you can of course renew

 

[robinb]

I just noticed your username! I named one of my Japanese Bobtail kitties “Kaede”. It means “maple” in Japanese .

 

[lentesta]

If trip is in December 2024, do you not purchase until December 2023? How long do the plans last?

I am always happy to add on a few weeks if asked. It's not like calling Comcast over here.

 

[Trinity88]

I'm pretty much always planning a trip, at least in my head. So I just keep renewing. But yeah, if you aren't travelling until next Dec, you could easily wait a while.

 

[japanese maple]

I just noticed your username! I named one of my Japanese Bobtail kitties “Kaede”. It means “maple” in Japanese .

I picked it after the beautiful Japanese Maple growing in our yard.

I'm not Japanese myself, so I hope I didn't mislead anyone ala Seinfeld ( The Chinese Woman - Donna Chang )

 

[Mle8308]

Buy now! It's good to educate yourself, plus there is some really cool stuff on there. I still have a DL subscription in addition to WDW, and I have no idea when I'll be back at DL again! It's definitely worth the price. And the renewal price is lower than the initial.

 

[soniam]

At least give yourself a few months to play around with it. It might be convenient to set up plans before you book ADRs at 60 days. I usually wait until after that, but I have been using is for over 10 years.

 

[robinb]

I picked it after the beautiful Japanese Maple growing in our yard.

I'm not Japanese myself, so I hope I didn't mislead anyone ala Seinfeld ( The Chinese Woman - Donna Chang )

No worries! The kitten came from Canada and was born on Canada Day so her litter name was "Miss Canada" or "Missy". So she was probably more Canadian than Japanese in any case. I wasn't a fan of the name so I named her after the maple leaf on the Canadian flag. "Kaede" wasn't particularly a good choice since 95% of the people mispronounced her name. It was "Kah-eh-day" but usually came out "Katie", LOL. I knew what it felt like to name a child a "weird" name.