Firenze Card vs Reservations for Uffizi & Acadamia

So I'm down to paying for just the Uffizi & Accademia.

If that's all you'd use the Firenze card for then it's definitely not worth the € 85.00 pp purchase. Reserved, timed-entry tickets to the Accademia are only 12 euro (per adult) through the official b-ticket website, and 24 euro for reserved, timed-entry tickets to the Uffizi through the same website so a substantial savings over the card.

http://www.b-ticket.com/b-Ticket/uffizi/default_eng.aspx

Wait times with timed-entry tickets should be negligible.

"Worth it" is a subjective phrase.
We had the same dilemma. We will be in Florence in 8 days and debated back and forth. We are planning on Uffizi, Accademia, Santa Croce, and Palazzo Vecchio.
Worth it monetarily? No
Worth it for value of time? We think YES, since:
A) Skip the line
B) I'm aware that we could make reservations, however, the flexibility to change days due to unforeseen weather, July exhaustion, etc. makes it worth it. Still debatable, but ease and flexibility won out

Thanks, that's exactly the feedback i was looking for. So the Skip the Line really does the sae thing as a reservation BUT with the ADDED flexibility. As I calculated it all out it was about the same out of pocket costs, so like you I think i will opt for the crd for the Flexibility and ease.

As I calculated it all out it was about the same out of pocket costs

OK, I'm confused? If you can get timed-entry Accademia + Uffizi tickets for 36 euro total, I'm baffled that your math works to "same OOPC" as an 85-euro Firenze Card? Yes, the card offers some flexibility but oof, that 49-euro difference is a LOT to pay for that: nearly a 100 euro loss for two. At least if you are going to go with the card, try to use it for some other museums it covers? I've no idea what else you are seeing that you purchased tours for but there are other great attractions in Florence to see to re-coup at least some of the cost. The Bargello and San Marco, for example, are both excellent.

Kathy, we are seeing a lot of other museums and sights the card does cover. What i meant was of the sights we plan on seeing, seeing that three of them are already covered by private tours, when i add up the cost of the rest it comes to 78euro, the Firenze card is 80. The only other places we plan on seeing that i bet are crowded is the Uffizi & Accademia. So the question really was does the Skip the Line aspect of the card work as well as a reservation. But as another posted, the Cards flexibility also offers a great value.

Kathy, we are seeing a lot of other museums and sights the card does
cover.

Ah, sorry if I was confused. By "So i'm down to paying for just the Uffizi & Accademia", I thought that was all you were using the card for.

With the Firenze Card, you will still have to get in line with all the other people with Firenze Cards. It's not like you get to walk to the very front of the line and enter immediately - hopefully the Firenze Card line will be shorter than the "we just showed up and want to see the Uffizi/Accademia" lines.

For us, the flexibility offered by the Firenze Card was worth it.

I really liked the flexibility the Firenze card offered. I was in Florence last June and it was hot; this caused me to want to slow down my schedule, and since I had the card I could do it. Waits to get into the Uffizi and Accademia were very short (5 minutes tops). Of course YMMV depending on crowds, time of day, etc., but Florence was pretty crowded when I was there.

Has anyone had the Firenze card, but kids with them, so needed to get into another ticket line to get their free tickets at the Uffizi and Accademia?

Thanks for asking this question because we are planning a trip to Florence next April and I was also confused by the Firenze card. I'm not totally sure if we're going to get to see more other than the Uffizi and Academia, since we will be on our way back to Venice to fly home, but from what everyone says, the convenience and flexibility it offers might be worth the extra money

If no one replies to my question, I will be able to tell you when we get back from our trip this summer.

I'm not totally sure if we're going to get to see more other than the
Uffizi and Academia, since we will be on our way back to Venice to fly
home, but from what everyone says, the convenience and flexibility it
offers might be worth the extra money

Not this "everyone". As above, if used for just those two attractions, I personally think it's a waste of money but eating 49 euros pp, just to have some flexibility, may be a bigger hit to our budget than it is for other folks so whatever works, I guess! :O)

I'm not sure where the €49 difference is.
The Accademia being 16 + Uffizi is 24 =40
Firenze card is 85...obviously, in my case, adding Santa Croce and 1 other site makes it a closer debate

The Accademia being 16 + Uffizi is 24 =40

Adult ticket prices for random Accademia dates show as € 8,00+€ 4,00 reservation fee on the b-ticket site: €12 total versus €16. It's possible you are looking at a date when the museum has a special exhibit and a bit higher ticket price? But yes, adding a few more attractions to the card - normal Santa Croce entry fees are € 8,00 per adult or €11.00 in advance, not that you need the latter - does help justify the price somewhat. :O)