Debating buying a AP. Well upgrading our tickets after our summer trip. Would be the incredipass because we are out of state. I think we would save money by having one. Looking at the last year we had over 10 days. Is that still the break even point?
Is it the same price for kids and adults?
How does the park reservations work if we have a resort stay? Does that matter still or we wouldn’t need that?
Thanks!
I’m local so not sure about this.
3 and up yes
If you have a room onsite those days don’t count against your limit but you do still need to make park reservations most days. There are several “good to go” days throughout the year when you won’t need them.
I see so I wouldn’t have a limit but would need to reserve what my first park is. Hopefully park reservations go away soon, they seem not needed.
Thanks!
Correct. I also think they are not needed most of the time. There are a few days a year that they do run out though so if you are there on a big holiday be sure to make them early 
I think it is more nuanced than this. It depends on the make up of your 10 days. Five 2-day trips would probably make more sense than two 5-day trips.
Okay that makes sense. August will be six days… but I can see us doing two 4 days on top of that…. Long weekends.
I think it should be easy enough to do some back of the envelope math. And see if you think you’ll use AP discounts on hotels because I think that’s generally a decent savings.
I personally think that APs generally come with more expense than savings once you start trying to “maximize” the AP. 
I can totally see that. Fitting in one more trip….
Funny, I just responded to a chat thread about AP upgrades, then saw this thread. 
As others said, I believe it can be worth it for less than 10 park days of trips, depends on variations in cost etc.
I created a Google Sheet a few years ago where you can enter the tickets you plan to buy in the next year and other expenses and it will help you see if the bottom line savings makes an AP worth it.
It is admittedly a busy spreadsheet, so you can find a video that goes through an example if needed, as well as a link to the sheet in my forum thread:
Often if you are on the borderline whether worth it for multiple APs, the discounts/perks by getting just a single AP in your party can be a beneficial alternate tactic.
So much this!!!
This is great. I’ll have to play around with it!
There are variables involved, of course, which can make the advantages change for each person. But a few years ago, if you were doing two multi day trips, it could be worth it. But more recently, it really required at least three trips to end up making it worth it.
Of course it isn’t just a ticket to AP comparison, because you need to factor in other savings that an AP gets, such as discounts on merch. (This can be tricky, though, because you risk now buying more because of the discount than you otherwise would have!) And some some savings you might already get other ways… 10% off certain dining is a savings unless you already have a Disney Visa card!
You mean by booking 3 more trips than you planned because you get in the parks for free 
This is what we did. The room discounts are what made the AP cost effective.
YES
We just booked an August 2025 trip.
5 days at BWV 1BR with cash direct with Disney (with 30% discount), followed by
5 days at BWV DS with renting DVC points
Bought 10 day PH tix. Cost was ~$3K for tix. I mocked up the AP pass for out of state guests (3 adults, 1 kid), and the cost was ~$6K.
So, I figured I’d need 2 10-day stay to break even minus other perks like discounts.