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

[Robo]

Here's a question.
I want to go at Xmas. Then I want to go following June.
Can I buy a multi day ticket and use it at Xmas (I would be buying UK ticket which people do upgrade to APs), then on the last day upgrade that ticket to Gold annual pass to use the following june.

Yes.

 

[DIS_MERI]

We were at the parks last weekend and had a lot of trouble finding a CM that was willing to give us gate price on our 5 day hoppers from UT. Ended up striking out at MK and HS before getting everything worked out at the IG. Now happily holding Gold APs. Sucks losing 2ish hours of our 2 days trying to get everything done elsewhere, but it saved a couple of hundred dollars.

We are planning a big trip in late 2020 and booked a bounceback for Sept 2019 (APs would still be valid in 2019 and we would have saved the 2019 tickets for 2020) but I'm concerned about how the tickets would work in 2020. I guess I can hold on to the bounceback and see what happens to/with expired tickets in the coming months. As long as I canceled by late July 2019 I would still get my deposit back if the tickets won't work. Disney sure knows how to keep us in a tizzy.

 

[Robo]

We were at the parks last weekend and had a lot of trouble finding a CM that was willing to give us gate price on our 5 day hoppers from UT. Ended up striking out at MK and HS before getting everything worked out at the IG. Now happily holding Gold APs. Sucks losing 2ish hours of our 2 days trying to get everything done elsewhere, but it saved a couple of hundred dollars.

We are planning a big trip in late 2020 and booked a bounceback for Sept 2019 (APs would still be valid in 2019 and we would have saved the 2019 tickets for 2020) but I'm concerned about how the tickets would work in 2020. I guess I can hold on to the bounceback and see what happens to/with expired tickets in the coming months. As long as I canceled by late July 2019 I would still get my deposit back if the tickets won't work. Disney sure knows how to keep us in a tizzy.

I have confidence that unused tickets, once expired, will retain at least what they were worth when purchased in future ticket purchases.

 

[DIS_MERI]

I have confidence that unused tickets, once expired, will retain at least what they were worth when purchased in future ticket purchases.

Since these are package tickets, there's not really a way for me to tell in advance what that value would though, is there?

 

[twinklebug]

Here's a question.
I want to go at Xmas. Then I want to go following June.
Can I buy a multi day ticket and use it at Xmas (I would be buying UK ticket which people do upgrade to APs), then on the last day upgrade that ticket to Gold annual pass to use the following june.
Of course gold annual pass has Xmas black out dates which is why I cannot buy one for the Xmas trip.
I own DVC so that is why I can get the Gold.

I'm sure Robo will help, but just to add some notes:

1) Be sure to upgrade to the AP <before> using last day of your pass (before you scan it!) or they can't upgrade it.
2) There is an excellent chance you may not be allowed to upgrade to Gold, as you pointed out. If the CM denys you the upgrade, thank them for their time and try 2 or 3 more locations. They're only trying to do their jobs.

Best of luck, let us know how it worked out.

 

[Robo]

Since these are package tickets, there's not really a way for me to tell in advance what that value would though, is there?

Yes, there is.
Package tickets have an upgrade value the same as if you had ordered tickets of the same kind directly from Disney (on the date that the resort package was booked.)

This is known as "price bridging."

 

[Wakey]

Cheers Robo and twinklebug. Robo seems to think I will be able to do it.

 

[Robo]

1) Be sure to upgrade to the AP <before> using last day of your pass (before you scan it!) or they can't upgrade it.

That's close to being correct, but not quite true.

Guests can upgrade tickets as late as close-of-business on the same day that the ticket's last asset is used.

 

[Wakey]

That's close to being correct, but not quite true.

Guests can upgrade tickets as late as close-of-business on the same day that the ticket's last asset was used.

Cheers, I know what I’ll be doing my last evening. I’ll do that and eat at Disney Springs!
Would all people have to attend?

 

[disneymagicgirl]

Not sure if this info has been shared yet but the article says new pricing range is $109-129 for 1 day.
https://apple.news/A8feA9XTpQHy-YK5Qgx_RYw

ETA: sorry, try this link
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2018/10/01/disney-world-new-ticketing-policy

 

[Iowamomof4]

Oh dear... I just had a thought. I'm planning to get 10-day ph tickets for the rest of my travel party and an AP voucher for myself.

1. I can make fastpasses with my voucher, correct?

2. How many days worth of fastpasses will I be able to make? We'll be staying onsite.

 

[Robo]

Oh dear... I just had a thought. I'm planning to get 10-day ph tickets for the rest of my travel party and an AP voucher for myself.

1. I can make fastpasses with my voucher, correct?

2. How many days worth of fastpasses will I be able to make? We'll be staying onsite.

1. Yes.
2. For your entire resort stay.

 

[Robo]

Not sure if this info has been shared yet but the article says new pricing range is $109-129 for 1 day.
ETA: sorry, try this link
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2018/10/01/disney-world-new-ticketing-policy

I have to LOVE this line from that write-up:

"Disney is streamlining prices for its Orlando parks, also.
The Magic Kingdom will now cost as much as Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom, rather than carrying a slight premium as it has in the past."

"Streamlining."

 

[Robo]

Cheers, I know what I’ll be doing my last evening. I’ll do that and eat at Disney Springs!
Would all people have to attend?

All guests 18 yrs and older need to be at the booth with legal photo ID if APs are being purchased/upgraded/activated.

 

[disneymagicgirl]

I have to LOVE this line from that write-up:

"Disney is streamlining prices for its Orlando parks, also.
The Magic Kingdom will now cost as much as Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom, rather than carrying a slight premium as it has in the past."

"Streamlining."

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Yes and also a chuckle...
The title of the article is
Walt Disney World's New Ticketing Practices Could Make It Easier to Plan a Cheap Trip

however, the lowest price range was $102 and is now $109...old higher threshold $129 stays the same. Soooooo how exactly is it easier to plan a "cheap" trip.

 

[mamathompson]

I have a split stay booked in February. I had 8 day base tickets included in my package at the first resort. Is it possible to upgrade just my ticket to AP? Could I do that ahead of time or not until I am at the parks? Thanks

 

[Robo]

I have a split stay booked in February.
1. I had 8 day base tickets included in my package at the first resort.
2. Is it possible to upgrade just my ticket to AP? Could I do that ahead of time or not until I am at the parks? Thanks

1. Since you bought PACKAGE tickets, everyone on the reservation must have the same kind of tickets before the trip.
BUT-
2. AFTER you arrive at the first resort, THEN you can treat each ticket separately.
You can upgrade just your ticket at that time.

 

[Lsdolphin]

I currently have an AP which expires on 10/27. I also have an unused 5day base ticket which was purchased from UT in May, 2017. I had a "chat" with Disney CM and was told that my 5 day base ticket will expire on Jan 14th 19.

I Am squeezing in a trip to Disney in 10 days to use my current AP one more time before it expires. and am wondering if I can take the unused 5 day base ticket and use it to purchase a new AP which I could activate in June 2019.

 

[mamathompson]

Thank you, Is this something I can do before we go to the parks? Or after I have entered?

1. Since you bought PACKAGE tickets, everyone on the reservation must have the same kind of tickets before the trip.
BUT-
2. AFTER you arrive at the first resort, THEN you can treat each ticket separately.
You can upgrade just your ticket at that time.

 

[Robo]

Thank you, Is this something I can do before we go to the parks? Or after I have entered?

You can do the upgrade at Guest Relations before or after entering a park with the tickets.

It MIGHT even be possible to do the upgrade YOURSELF using MyDisneyExperience, but that MIGHT
be only after you have entered the first park, using the ticket.
This feature may or may not be available as new changes are being made in MDX and tickets.