Maggie'sMom
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- Joined
- Feb 26, 2008
I haven't been on the theme park boards much recently and need some help understanding how to handle the park reservation system. I think what I want to do will work, but if those of you more versed in this system can confirm for me. Our last WDW trip was September 2019. We were supposed to be in DLR in April 2020, but that obviously didn't happen. Now, we are booked on a DCL cruise in September. I'm feeling more confident that the cruise will happen, but there's still a chance the cruise will be cancelled.
If the cruise happens, we are planning to bookend the cruise with days in WDW. If the cruise doesn't happen, then we will stay at WDW for the full week. I'm trying to set up this trip so that we are covered with resort and park reservations either way. I've booked the Dolphin with 3 separate reservations: one for days before cruise, one for days during cruise, and one for days after the cruise. If the cruise happens, just the middle resort reservation gets cancelled.
Now for park tickets. I don't know when we will know for sure if our cruise is happening or not and don't want to wait until we know for sure to make park reservations. If the cruise isn't happening, I have 6 day tickets that were leftover from a prior cancelled trip that was before they started having expiration dates on tickets, and I'll use those tickets for our week. If the cruise happens, then I'll want to purchase new tickets because we won't be doing 6 days in the parks. Unfortunately, it will have to be one ticket for the park day we will do before the cruise and another ticket for the days after the cruise, since we no longer have 14 days in which to use the tickets. ( really disliking all these ticket rules) But I don't want to buy those tickets on the chance that the cruise doesn't happen and I'll use the 6 day tickets we already have.
For those of you that are still with me on this, my question: Can I enter my 6 day tickets into the MDE account and make park reservations with those tickets, then if the cruise does happen, cancel the park reservations for the days we will be on the cruise and swap out the 6 day tickets for the two new tickets I'll be purchasing without losing my park reservations for the day before the cruise and the days after the cruise that we will be in the parks. From what I've read, this should work. I'll just have to be careful that the 6 day tickets aren't used when we enter the parks. Which I guess brings me to another question: Can I still transfer unused tickets (i.e. our 6 day tickets) to a dummy account in MDE so they won't be accidentally used when DD and I enter the park with our other tickets?
If the cruise happens, we are planning to bookend the cruise with days in WDW. If the cruise doesn't happen, then we will stay at WDW for the full week. I'm trying to set up this trip so that we are covered with resort and park reservations either way. I've booked the Dolphin with 3 separate reservations: one for days before cruise, one for days during cruise, and one for days after the cruise. If the cruise happens, just the middle resort reservation gets cancelled.
Now for park tickets. I don't know when we will know for sure if our cruise is happening or not and don't want to wait until we know for sure to make park reservations. If the cruise isn't happening, I have 6 day tickets that were leftover from a prior cancelled trip that was before they started having expiration dates on tickets, and I'll use those tickets for our week. If the cruise happens, then I'll want to purchase new tickets because we won't be doing 6 days in the parks. Unfortunately, it will have to be one ticket for the park day we will do before the cruise and another ticket for the days after the cruise, since we no longer have 14 days in which to use the tickets. ( really disliking all these ticket rules) But I don't want to buy those tickets on the chance that the cruise doesn't happen and I'll use the 6 day tickets we already have.
For those of you that are still with me on this, my question: Can I enter my 6 day tickets into the MDE account and make park reservations with those tickets, then if the cruise does happen, cancel the park reservations for the days we will be on the cruise and swap out the 6 day tickets for the two new tickets I'll be purchasing without losing my park reservations for the day before the cruise and the days after the cruise that we will be in the parks. From what I've read, this should work. I'll just have to be careful that the 6 day tickets aren't used when we enter the parks. Which I guess brings me to another question: Can I still transfer unused tickets (i.e. our 6 day tickets) to a dummy account in MDE so they won't be accidentally used when DD and I enter the park with our other tickets?