You'll still need a friend in high places—like, steeple of Sleeping Beauty's Castle high—to snag a seat at Disney's newest members-only lounge, 1901, but getting your foot in the door at the theme park itself has gotten a smidge cheaper, if you know where to look. Costco, that bastion of buy-in-bulk everything, sells discounted park annual passes to Disney California Adventure.
The chain's selling the annual passes for $330—compared to $95 per day if you're buying them directly from The Happiest Place on Earth—but there are two major caveats: (1) You can only snag the deal at Costco stores in Southern California (or online); (2) There are 60 blackout dates when the pass won't let you into the park. Those are largely holidays and Saturdays during peak travel dates, reports the OC Register.
The pass also comes with an added benefit: 10 percent off merchandise and food. Since you're basically saving twice over, nothing can hold you back from planning how you'll eat your way through the park. (Turkey leg obsessives, you can start memorizing this guide to every spot to get those forearm-sized mallets of poultry here. You're welcome.)
Just think of the possibilities. You could eat a boule of bread in the shape of Mickey's head that's the size of your head.
Or go for carbs-on-glorious-carbs with a mess of mac & cheese served in a bread bowl.
Or even eat an ice cream sundae out of a plastic 'kitchen sink' that looks suspiciously like Mickey's bloomers.
What a time to be alive.
Oh, and the Costco deal also comes with a collector's pin for anyone who wants to wear their discount-snagging savvy on their sleeves. It's kind of like being in an exclusive, members-only club.
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