Tickets and Annual Pass Questions - Please add your ticket questions to this thread

[ambgoph]

I have a 7 Day Park Hopper bought from UT in February before the price increase, the ticket does not have an expiration date listed on it. The Disney price of the ticket at the time (before the increase) was $467.54.

I would like to upgrade that ticket to an AP so the cost to upgrade should be $362.10.

$829.64 current AP price
$467.54 price of 7 Day PH before increase

Is this correct? Thank you!!

 

[Robo]

I have a 7 Day Park Hopper bought from UT in February before the price increase, the ticket does not have an expiration date listed on it. The Disney price of the ticket at the time (before the increase) was $467.54.

I would like to upgrade that ticket to an AP so the cost to upgrade should be $362.10.

$829.64 current AP price
$467.54 price of 7 Day PH before increase

Is this correct? Thank you!!

Correct.
Have fun!

 

[myyooti]

I have purchased 5 APs using our DVC discount. Does anyone know if there is a place to pick them up other than the TTC? Do they automatically become available on our MBs?

 

[ravenclawtrekkie]

I have purchased 5 APs using our DVC discount. Does anyone know if there is a place to pick them up other than the TTC? Do they automatically become available on our MBs?

Any ticket booth or Guest Relations location at any theme park's front gate, the TTC, or Disney Springs can help. Even if they are already linked to your MBs, you'll need to show your DVC card (the current version) and IDs for everyone 18+ in the party (that show that they're all members of the same household) in order to activate them.

 

[Patsfan13]

Couple of questions, I think I have a good handle based on post 5, but want to make sure before I spend any money! I currently have a Gold AP, DVC discount. My first question - can I use the value on tickets to renew my AP? That's the big question, because I don't want to spend a lot on tickets to not be able to use them, or to have to pay the non-renewal price. Second, can I use a discounted ticket still and get the current ticket price? Even if it's a discounted ticket through Disney? I know that has varied greatly lately, so trying to determine what the best/easiest way to handle this is. Thanks in advance!

 

[Robo]

I currently have a Gold AP, DVC discount. My first question -
1. can I use the value on tickets to renew my AP?
Second,
2. can I use a discounted ticket still and get the current ticket price?
3. Even if it's a discounted ticket through Disney?

1. If you have a new, unused ticket, yes. I will suggest that you go to a Guest Relations
(the Welcome Center at Disney Springs would be a good choice) to do so.
2. If it is a ticket bought from an authorized ticket reseller or a ticket bought as part of a WDW resort package.
The amount you will get depends on WHEN your ticket was printed. (Before or after Feb. 12, 2017.)
3. No. Not if it is a stand-alone ticket bought from Disney (which was not bought as part of a WDW resort package.)
If it is a stand-alone ticket bought from Disney, you will only get the amount you originally paid for that ticket in the "upgrade" transaction.

 

[Wubar]

I have read that you can always add the Park Hopper on at the gate if desired. However, do you have to do it from the first day?

For example, if I have 6 day base tickets, and have used one park per day for the first 3 days. However, if on the 4th day I decided I wanted to park hop, could I add park hopper to 1, 2, or all 3 of the remaining days of base tickets, or would I have had to make the hopping decision on day 1 and added it to all 6 days of the base tickets? Hope that makes sense....

 

[Robo]

1. I have read that you can always add the Park Hopper on at the gate if desired. However,
2. do you have to do it from the first day?
For example, if I have 6 day base tickets, and have used one park per day for the first 3 days. However, if on the 4th day I decided I wanted to park hop,
3. could I add park hopper to 1, 2, or all 3 of the remaining days of base tickets, or
4. would I have had to make the hopping decision on day 1 and added it to all 6 days of the base tickets?

1. Add it at a ticket booth or Guest Relations.
2. Nope.
3. & 4. Whenever you decide that you want to add the Hopper, it will cost ONE PRICE.
The price that it would have cost to add the Hopper to your ORIGINAL TICKET,
regardless of how many days that are "left" on the ticket at the time of the upgrade.
(In your example, it would cost the amount to add the Hopper to a 6-day ticket, even if you had only 3 days left on the ticket.)
You do not buy Hoppers "by the day."
The Hopper is a "one-price" deal, based on the number of days on the original ticket.

 

[Wubar]

1. Add it at a ticket booth or Guest Relations.
2. Nope.
3. & 4. Whenever you decide that you want to add the Hopper, it will cost ONE PRICE.
The price that it would have cost to add the Hopper to your ORIGINAL TICKET,
regardless of how many days that are "left" on the ticket at the time of the upgrade.
(In your example, it would cost the amount to add the Hopper to a 6-day ticket, even if you had only 3 days left on the ticket.)
You do not buy Hoppers "by the day."
The Hopper is a "one-price" deal, based on the number of days on the original ticket.

Thanks Robo! Got it now. Was trying to calculate the price difference and "savings", and was wondering why I kept ending up at the same price. Your last sentence explains it all.

 

[Scarlet_J]

I have 2 trips booked for next year. Both are booked at a Disney resort with park hopper tickets. The first trip is just for me with 4-day hopper tickets. The second trip will be with the family (me, husband, and 2 kids) with 3-day hopper tickets. I am thinking that getting an AP for me would save us a bit of money. Let me know if my math seems right.

When looking at the costs, it appears that my current tickets with the package come to about $805. The annual pass would be $830. With memory maker included with my AP, I'm saving over $300 (if I purchased MM for both trips). Plus, I'm getting discounts on food and merchandise.

However, do I have to change my reservation from a package to a room only with separate tickets? Would that increase my overall cost? On my first trip I can upgrade my tickets when I am in the parks, so that wouldn't change my resort costs. Can I remove my tickets from the second trip without it affecting anything?

We've never gone this frequently before so this is all new to me!

 

[Robo]

I have 2 trips booked for next year. Both are booked at a Disney resort with park hopper tickets. The first trip is just for me with 4-day hopper tickets. The second trip will be with the family (me, husband, and 2 kids) with 3-day hopper tickets. I am thinking that getting an AP for me would save us a bit of money. Let me know if my math seems right.

1. When looking at the costs, it appears that my current tickets with the package come to about $805. The annual pass would be $830. With memory maker included with my AP, I'm saving over $300 (if I purchased MM for both trips). Plus, I'm getting discounts on food and merchandise.

2. However, do I have to change my reservation from a package to a room only with separate tickets?
3. Would that increase my overall cost?
4. On my first trip I can upgrade my tickets when I am in the parks, so that wouldn't change my resort costs.
5. Can I remove my tickets from the second trip without it affecting anything?
6. We've never gone this frequently before so this is all new to me!

1. Yes. (I didn't check any actual numbers, but you are at least in the ballpark.)
2. Yes.
3. Normally, no. (Unless you are booked for "Free" Dining, or some such that requires buying minimum tickets.)
4. Yup.
5. Yes. (Unless you are booked for "Free" Dining, or some such that requires buying minimum tickets.)
6. It's a lot of fun to go multiple times per year. It can take some of the "pressure" off
of trying to do "everything" in just one trip.

 

[AngiTN]

Couple of questions, I think I have a good handle based on post 5, but want to make sure before I spend any money! I currently have a Gold AP, DVC discount. My first question - can I use the value on tickets to renew my AP? That's the big question, because I don't want to spend a lot on tickets to not be able to use them, or to have to pay the non-renewal price. Second, can I use a discounted ticket still and get the current ticket price? Even if it's a discounted ticket through Disney? I know that has varied greatly lately, so trying to determine what the best/easiest way to handle this is. Thanks in advance!

I was told twice, both in April and again in June, that I can not do this. They gave me a 1 time grace upgrade for each AP and wrote it all down for my Magic File (whatever that is, something on a white slip of paper) so that next time, I won't be able to do it. I'd think I encountered a 1 time power hungry CM if I hadn't had the same thing told to me at a different time, different location and by a different CM. When I hear the same exact info from more than 1 person I start to think it's something they've been telling them as a new procedure.
I've still got a couple of tickets on my account and I'll try to use them again next year but I'm not expecting them to allow it. I won't buy more

 

[Robo]

I was told twice, both in April and again in June, that I can not do this. They gave me a 1 time grace upgrade for each AP and wrote it all down for my Magic File (whatever that is, something on a white slip of paper) so that next time, I won't be able to do it. I'd think I encountered a 1 time power hungry CM if I hadn't had the same thing told to me at a different time, different location and by a different CM. When I hear the same exact info from more than 1 person I start to think it's something they've been telling them as a new procedure.
I've still got a couple of tickets on my account and I'll try to use them again next year but I'm not expecting them to allow it. I won't buy more

This does not make logical sense, if true.

We know that you certainly CAN use the value of a new or currently in use MYW ticket to purchase a "new" AP.

So, why would that not still be the case if a guest was renewing an AP?
(Consider that buying a "renewal" of an AP actually IS still buying a "new" AP...
but it is just being sold at a reduced price to get the guest to re-purchase.)

Also, was it the first CM (in April) who added the "one-time-only" note to your file?

 

[ravenclawtrekkie]

There is no established internal procedure for using an existing ticket to renew an AP. People have been rigging up solutions on the rare occasion guests request this, but it’s not actually something in our documentation.

Now that ticketing CMs no longer have access to the ‘level’ in our computer to manually set and fix expiration dates (semi-recent change), I can’t even do it the way I figured out how to do it semi-properly.

There is the “other” way that it’s possible, but that process doesn’t handle price bridging very well, and we technically aren’t allowed to do one of the steps anyway without a coordinator or leader approval and a Magic file.

 

[runalarm]

I have a question about ordering different tickets for different family members. We are a family of 6. We rented DVC points for our room this trip, so we didn't book a package. My husband and daughter will go to Universal one day, and the rest of us will spend an extra day at the Disney parks.

1. Since we don't have a package, am I able to order a 5 day ticket for some and a 6 day ticket for the others?
2. Am I able to choose which tickets get linked to certain Magic Bands when I link our tickets?

 

[Robo]

I have a question about ordering different tickets for different family members. We are a family of 6. We rented DVC points for our room this trip, so we didn't book a package. My husband and daughter will go to Universal one day, and the rest of us will spend an extra day at the Disney parks.

1. Since we don't have a package, am I able to order a 5 day ticket for some and a 6 day ticket for the others?
2. Am I able to choose which tickets get linked to certain Magic Bands when I link our tickets?

1. Yes.
2. Yes.

 

[runalarm]

1. Yes.
2. Yes.

Thank you!!

 

[AngiTN]

This does not make logical sense, if true.

We know that you certainly CAN use the value of a new or currently in use MYW ticket to purchase a "new" AP.

So, why would that not still be the case if a guest was renewing an AP?
(Consider that buying a "renewal" of an AP actually IS still buying a "new" AP...
but it is just being sold at a reduced price to get the guest to re-purchase.)

Also, was it the first CM (in April) who added the "one-time-only" note to your file?

I can only assume they did (first time was for DH and I, second was for DGD, so all of us have had our "one"
They had me fill out the white slip that is somehow connected to the Magic File. Second one did too
And I agree, it makes no sense at all. Only relating what happened to me, twice.
Like I said, once I tend to ignore. Twice with the same exact issue I start to think "there may be something to this"

 

[Scarlet_J]

1. Yes. (I didn't check any actual numbers, but you are at least in the ballpark.)
2. Yes.
3. Normally, no. (Unless you are booked for "Free" Dining, or some such that requires buying minimum tickets.)
4. Yup.
5. Yes. (Unless you are booked for "Free" Dining, or some such that requires buying minimum tickets.)
6. It's a lot of fun to go multiple times per year. It can take some of the "pressure" off
of trying to do "everything" in just one trip.

Thank you!

So, long story short, I canceled my original first trip and booked a room only. So, now I could just buy the AP on-line and activate it when I arrive for the first trip.

For the second trip, is it possible to just remove my tickets and leave the rest of the reservation as is? It seems that on-line, I could remove all the tickets, but not for a specific person. Is that something they could do if I called? Otherwise, I guess I could remove all the tickets, buy separate tickets for the other 3 members of the family, then link their tickets and my AP to the hotel reservation. What would be the best way to handle this?[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]

 

[Robo]

I canceled my original first trip and booked a room only.
1. So, now I could just buy the AP on-line and activate it when I arrive for the first trip.
For the second trip,
2. is it possible to just remove my tickets and leave the rest of the reservation as is?
3. It seems that on-line, I could remove all the tickets, but not for a specific person.
4. Is that something they could do if I called?
5. Otherwise, I guess I could remove all the tickets, buy separate tickets for the other 3 members of the family, then link their tickets and my AP to the hotel reservation.
6. What would be the best way to handle this?

1. Correct.
2. I don't know in what manner that you booked the trip.
3. If so, you could do that.
4. Maybe. Again, I don't know what kind of "package" you booked.
5. If you can do that, it will work fine.
6. One way is what you said.
Cancel the package, tickets and all.
Book room-only.
Order just the tickets that you want.
HOWEVER:
I would FIRST, book the NEW ROOM-ONLY.
THEN after that's done, cancel the package that you have now.