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

[DisneyFive]

Hi Robo,

Here's one for you. You've probably answered one like this before, but...

If we have 10 day tickets, plus the Hopper and Water Parks option...

And we spend 10 nights at a Disney resort and use up the park tickets, do we still have all 14 days to use the water parks?

Hypothetical example using this month's dates.

• Check in today, Tuesday March 6 and check out the following Friday March 16th (10 nights)
• We use our first "main gate" park entrance today and use the 10th entrance on Friday the 16th.
• During March 6th - 16th we only visit water parks 3 times.

Do we still have until the end of the day March 19th to use water parks since you have to use all tickets within 2 weeks? If so, we may move offsite for a few more nights and do water parks on that Fri, Sat, Sun.

Thanks!
Dan

 

[Robo]

Hi Robo,

Here's one for you. You've probably answered one like this before, but...

If we have 10 day tickets, plus the Hopper and Water Parks option...

And we spend 10 nights at a Disney resort and use up the park tickets, do we still have all 14 days to use the water parks?

Hypothetical example using this month's dates.

• Check in today, Tuesday March 6 and check out the following Friday March 16th (10 nights)
• We use our first "main gate" park entrance today and use the 10th entrance on Friday the 16th.

Do we still have until the end of the day March 19th to use water parks since you have to use all tickets within 2 weeks? If so, we may move offsite for a few more nights and do water parks on that Fri, Sat, Sun.

Thanks!
Dan

The ENTIRE ticket will be valid for 14 days starting on the day you first use it.
The order in which you choose to use the assists does not matter.

 

[DisneyFive]

The ENTIRE ticket will be valid for 14 days starting on the day you first use it.
The order of assists used does not matter.

That's fantastic. So if we've only visited the water parks, say, 3 times during those first 10 days, we still have water park entitlements for that last Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon? (16th - 19th) I just want to verify before I add some offsite hotel days at the end of our 10 night stay.

Dan

 

[Robo]

That's fantastic. So if we've only visited the water parks, say, 3 times during those first 10 days, we still have water park entitlements for that last Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon? (16th - 19th) I just want to verify before I add some offsite hotel days at the end of our 10 night stay.

Dan

Again, don't worry about which parks you choose to visit, or in which order...
You can keep going as long as you don't run out of ticket assets (Theme Parks and/or Water Parks) and it is
within the 14-day period that starts counting down on the first day you use any part of your ticket.

BTW, this is copied from my ticket info at the top of this Sticky.

Expiration of Tickets:
For most guests (non-Florida residents) once a ticket has started being used,
all MYW ticket entitlements, including Water Parks and other options, will be valid for 14 days starting on the day you first use any part of the ticket.
The order in which you choose to use the assists does not matter.
It does not matter if a ticket is first used at a Primary theme park or, if the first use is at one of the Secondary parks.

Examples:
First use- Sunday. Any unused assets will expire at end of business on second following Saturday.
First use- Monday. Any unused assets will expire at end of business on second following Sunday.
First use- Tuesday. Any unused assets will expire at end of business on second following Monday.
First use- Wednesday. Any unused assets will expire at end of business on second following Tuesday.
First use- Thursday. Any unused assets will expire at end of business on second following Wednesday.
First use- Friday. Any unused assets will expire at end of business on second following Thursday.
First use- Saturday. Any unused assets will expire at end of business on second following Friday.

 

[DisneyFive]

Thank you Robo!

Dan

 

[DisneyFaeriePrincess]

1. You don't need to read through the whole thread.
Answers to these kind of questions are explained in the first half-dozen, or so, posts.
Ticket Upgrades are specifically, HERE. (In the post called "Upgrading Tickets")
2. Everybody is.
3a. OK. More in 3b, below.
4. Nope.
5. Nope. (Ignoring the "use first" aspect. Price-bridging is now dependent on when the original ticket was minted (printed/created.)
6. Nope.
7. That's good.
8. Nope. Can only be done at a Guest Relations or Ticket Booth.
(But, is there a reason you want that to be done?)

3b. Ticket bought from an Authorized Reseller/Discounter
Created BETWEEN Feb.12,2017 & Feb.11,2018 ("2017 Prices")
To upgrade:
Find the full Disney 2017 price for the kind of ticket that you HAVE on the 2017 Price list HERE.
Subtract that 2017 price from the current 2018 full Disney price for the kind of ticket that you WANT. 2018 Price list HERE.
Pay that difference price for the upgrade.

So-
$904.19 (Platinum AP, 2018 price)
-527.18 (8-day PH, 2017 price)
=377.01 (Cost to upgrade at WDW)

(All prices include tax.)

Thank you so much!!

 

[kerstfan1]

oke im going over the 4th july i will have a 6 day base ticket if i add the price of the hopper and mm the difference between ap and my base ticket is is 224 would that be enought to do an ap to get the discounts or would u stay with the base ticket

back ground info im a solo traveler and have all star music booked right now

 

[ksibrel]

My husband and I are heading to WDW in Feb. We are currently DL Signature APs and have figured that it makes more sense financially to upgrade to the Premier. Our passes expire in July and we are planning on using our tax refund to pay for them in full. Normally we do the payment plan. Since they are no longer offering the renewal discount, is there any incentive to waiting and upgrading our passes during the renewal period vs purchasing a voucher now and activating it after our current passes expire?

 

[Robo]

My husband and I are heading to WDW in Feb. We are currently DL Signature APs and have figured that it makes more sense financially to upgrade to the Premier. Our passes expire in July and we are planning on using our tax refund to pay for them in full. Normally we do the payment plan. Since they are no longer offering the renewal discount, is there any incentive to waiting and upgrading our passes during the renewal period vs purchasing a voucher now and activating it after our current passes expire?

No reason to wait.
But, there's no reason buy earlier than need be, either.

No body knows what kind of "deal" MIGHT be announced before your first trip
using the new AP.

 

[Robo]

oke im going over the 4th july i will have a 6 day base ticket if i add the price of the hopper and mm the difference between ap and my base ticket is is 224 would that be enought to do an ap to get the discounts or would u stay with the base ticket

back ground info im a solo traveler and have all star music booked right now

I've always believed that buying an AP should be based on the "actual" (calculated) savings AND the number of trips you'll take rather than "possible" savings.

 

[ksibrel]

No reason to wait.
But, there's no reason buy earlier than need be, either.

No body knows what kind of "deal" MIGHT be announced before your first trip
using the new AP.

Good point. This is why I come here, there's always something I don't think of to consider.

Thanks, Robo!

 

[kerstfan1]

I've always believed that buying an AP should be based on at the "actual" (calculated) savings AND the number of trips you'll take rather than "possible" savings.

oke ty i will have to look into that a bit more then

 

[katallo]

I posted earlier about having a one day ticket for Value days. I'm planning on upgrading to regular when I get to Disney because there are only a few Value days in May. I'm at the 60 day mark but can't make FP's. I'm assuming it's because of the small price difference to upgrade. Does this mean I can make them?

 

[MaryAnne220]

Robo...perhaps this is a dumb question....but I purchased my 4 day hopper from UT after the 2018 cost increase, but before UT raised the price. How can I tell if my ticket was minted in 2017...or 2018? Is there a date on the ticket? Just curious, I'm going to upgrade anyway, but I would like to know the actual numbers at play here...thanks for all your hard work!
Mary Anne

 

[Robo]

Robo...perhaps this is a dumb question....but I purchased my 4 day hopper from UT after the 2018 cost increase, but before UT raised the price. How can I tell if my ticket was minted in 2017...or 2018? Is there a date on the ticket? Just curious, I'm going to upgrade anyway, but I would like to know the actual numbers at play here...thanks for all your hard work!
Mary Anne

You need to call UT and ask.
(They'll be able to tell from the number on the ticket.)

 

[Robo]

I posted earlier about having a one day ticket for Value days. I'm planning on upgrading to regular when I get to Disney because there are only a few Value days in May. I'm at the 60 day mark but can't make FP's. I'm assuming it's because of the small price difference to upgrade. Does this mean I can make them?

If the days on which you want to advance-book FPs don't "match" your ticket, you can't advance book FPs.

You might try to call
WDW TICKETING GUEST SERVICES
Outside Line: 407-566-4985 (option 5)
Hours: 8:30-16:30 ET Mon-Sat

(and have your credit card ready, just in case.)

 

[MaryAnne220]

thanks Robo!

 

[Linkura]

Before calling Disney, wondering whether or not it would be a waste of time to call...

So I had a 4-day MYW base ticket with my Disney room+ticket vacation package. Unfortunately my original flight was cancelled and the only available flight other than one several days later was 13 hours prior to my original flight. This meant I could not use the final day of my ticket. Would it be worth a shot to call Disney to see if I could get some sort of credit, whether a partial refund or application of a 1 day ticket for future use? Or do they not care? I did not purchase travel insurance from them if that would change the situation. Thanks.

 

[Robo]

Before calling Disney, wondering whether or not it would be a waste of time to call...

So I had a 4-day MYW base ticket with my Disney room+ticket vacation package. Unfortunately my original flight was cancelled and the only available flight other than one several days later was 13 hours prior to my original flight. This meant I could not use the final day of my ticket. Would it be worth a shot to call Disney to see if I could get some sort of credit, whether a partial refund or application of a 1 day ticket for future use? Or do they not care? I did not purchase travel insurance from them if that would change the situation. Thanks.

If this is a resort package ticket, you can change it before your trip.
However, if it's too close to your trip dates, it will likely incur a "change" penalty fee.

Call and ask, then you can choose... knowing your options.

 

[Linkura]

If this is a resort package ticket, you can change it before your trip.
However, if it's too close to your trip dates, it will likely incur a "change" penalty fee.

Call and ask, then you can choose... knowing your options.

My trip is already over. The flight was cancelled the day before.