You can renew via the payment plan online (you will have to put a valid credit card for monthly payments AND the first month's payment will be charged within 24 hours of the transaction to that card), and pay it off anytime you like. We can accept Disney gift cards for a contract pay-off at the parks, but I don't know if they can do so over the phone. The payment plan call center is a different number and different people than the regular Disney call centers.



No interest on payment plans, but there's no way to auto-charge each month's payment to a gift card, only a credit card.

Where can I pay it off? Any guest services location? Being there in person isn't an issue. I'll have all the gift card funds this week.
 
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Where can I pay it off? Any guest services location? Being there in person isn't an issue. I'll have all the gift card funds this week.

Any ticket window or Guest Relations will be able to help. Just tell them you have an annual pass on a payment contract and you want to pay it off in full using Disney gift cards. A ticket window CM will have to call a coordinator to log into the right system, but may still have a shorter wait than Guest Relations depending on when you go.
 
This new expiration policy is going to make it more difficult for us. We often take DCL cruises out of Port Canaveral, and go to WDW before and after the cruise. For example, our next trip consists of 3 nights at WDW, a 7-night cruise, and 3 nights at WDW. We would typically get 6-day or 7-day tickets that would be good through the last day of the whole trip (i.e. 14 days).

It looks like this new expiration policy is going to force us to get 10-day tickets (and waste the unused days). Am I missing anything? Thanks!
Correct.
A 7-day ticket to a 10-day ticket...
Doing that using TODAY'S prices (which will likely up with the new ticket structure,) would be an extra $30, plus tax, per ticket.
Thanks. For our upcoming trip in May 2019, I just went ahead and bought 7-day MYW e-tickets before things change.

If I do a similar trip in the future, it looks like I'll be forced to waste some unused days on a 10-day date-specific ticket to make it last 14 days. That will be rather annoying.

Alternatively, I read here that that non-date-specific tickets will also be available that will last for 14 days, but you will likely pay peak-season prices for these (or higher). I expect the first option will probably be cheaper.

Either way, it looks like it will cost me even more to go to WDW on both ends of a DCL cruise, on top of the usual price increases. Maybe we'll just stop going to WDW on one end in the future...
 
So, I have a free dining package with 8 day tickets coming up in December. At that time I'm hoping to upgrade to an AP. When I go to upgrade will the cost be the price of the AP minus the cost I paid for the tickets, or minus the current ticket value?
 


So, I have a free dining package with 8 day tickets coming up in December. At that time I'm hoping to upgrade to an AP. When I go to upgrade will the cost be the price of the AP minus the cost I paid for the tickets, or minus the current ticket value?

Subtracting what you paid (listed Disney price) for the tickets before the Oct. 16 increase, from the (then current) AP price would be the standard procedure.
 
Subtracting what you paid (listed Disney price) for the tickets before the Oct. 16 increase, from the (then current) AP price would be the standard procedure.
Thanks, I remember reading it’s good to go in knowing what you should pay so I just wanted to be sure!
 
2. No need to use a ticket in order to upgrade it.
3. The 2010 and 2011 should, but you don't need to (or want to) use them at the gate, anyway.
4. No need to do that.
5. OK.
1. You neglected to mention how many of you is "we all." ;)

Your plan:
"You all" (at least three of you) need to go to any Guest Relations and ask that the value of each of those older tickets be applied to a separate new adult's AP.

Just wanted to say thanks, Robo! It has been a crazy time in our household right now and I just could not think straight. I don’t know what I would do without my friends here on the Dis to lean on for help. :worship:
 


Just wanted to say thanks, Robo! It has been a crazy time in our household right now and I just could not think straight. I don’t know what I would do without my friends here on the Dis to lean on for help. :worship:

You're welcome, PoohBear.
Hope things are becoming less "crazy" and getting more FUN!
Have a great trip!
 
If I get a voucher for an AP now (with no blackout dates) for a trip in May, 2019, could they change the terms and make my AP subject to blackout days between the time I purchase the voucher and when I turn it into an actual AP? What I'm really wondering is, if I buy now, activate later, will I be able to use it to get into SW:GE when it opens?
 
If I get a voucher for an AP now (with no blackout dates) for a trip in May, 2019, could they change the terms and make my AP subject to blackout days between the time I purchase the voucher and when I turn it into an actual AP? What I'm really wondering is, if I buy now, activate later, will I be able to use it to get into SW:GE when it opens?
Whatever you BUY now, SHOULD keep the same rules as spelled out NOW, regardless of when you active it.
But, nothing is ever a SURE THING.
 
UT currently has different expiration dates on mailed tickets, than electronic.

Ticket must be activated by December 31, 2019. After December 31, 2019, you must exchange this ticket at Guest Services for admission (additional gate price may apply). Please note: Physical tickets expire February 28, 2019.

If I want to apply the value of an "expired" UT physical ticket toward AP renewal, after 02/28/2019,, will the value of the ticket be bridged and treated the same, as if the ticket had not expired? The ticket value would be less than the cost of the AP renewal.
 
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If I want to apply the value of an "expired" UT physical ticket toward AP renewal, after 02/28/2019,, will the value of the ticket be bridged and treated the same, as if the ticket had not expired?
Yes. (Unless there is a rule change between now and that time, which seems unlikely.)

There is no difference in "upgrade value" of this ticket if it has expired or not.
In an upgrade situation, it will be worth the "Disney price" as posted on the date that it was created (in other words, the current posted Disney price as of the time I am posting this message.)
 
How does it work when one person in the party has an AP and then you book a package?

The holder of the AP can also book the same kind of ticket as the rest of the guests in the package.
But, that AP guest can SAVE that package ticket, unused, and then use the ticket on another trip,
or can use it to help pay for a new AP or AP renewal when the time comes.
 
Tried upgrading my UT ticket to AP over the phone & was told that it has to be done in person. I’m going to call again when I get a chance, so will let you know if I get a different answer then
 
I have an unused 5-day base ticket purchased from UT in May, 2017. Can I receive a renewal discount and also use the 5 day ticket from UT toward payment of renewed AP?
 
I have an unused 5-day base ticket purchased from UT in May, 2017. Can I receive a renewal discount and also use the 5 day ticket from UT toward payment of renewed AP?

If you are asking if you can use the value of the UT ticket to help pay for your AP renewal, then yes.
And, at least up to now, that has generally needed to be done in-person at WDW.
 
If you are asking if you can use the value of the UT ticket to help pay for your AP renewal, then yes.
And, at least up to now, that has generally needed to be done in-person at WDW.

Thanks. Do they also still offer a 15% renewal discount?
 

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