Can DL Tickets be upgraded like WDW tickets can?

[Parkhopper]

If I purchase a two day park hopper ticket at DL, can I upgrade it to a 3 or possibly a 4 day ticket after first use?

 

[superlarz]

You can upgrade you ticket any time until it is expired. So anytime before the ticket office close on the last day your ticket is valid

 

[Parkhopper]

Thank you!

 

[cmwade77]

Just be aware there is no price bridging at DLR like WDW does. You will only get them amount that is printed on the ticket or that was originally paid for it as credit towards the upgrade. So if you purchased before the price increase, the upgrade cost may be more than you expect.

 

[figment_jii]

Just be aware there is no price bridging at DLR like WDW does. You will only get them amount that is printed on the ticket or that was originally paid for it as credit towards the upgrade. So if you purchased before the price increase, the upgrade cost may be more than you expect.

Just to clarify, it sounds like bridging does happen some of the times. It depends on where the original ticket was purchased from. I haven't quite figured out yet which ticket sellers result in price bridging when the ticket is upgraded, but there have been reports here on the Disboard that some people got their ticket prices bridged. Still, I would expect not to get the prices bridged and use that as the budget for how much an upgrade would cost (current gate price of ticket minus the amount paid for the ticket equals the cost to upgrade). If it's less, then that's great. If not, then at least you aren't surprised.

 

[bumbershoot]

I would consider any bridging at DLR to be pixie dust.

 

[mikedoyleblogger]

I would consider any bridging at DLR to be pixie dust.

Agreed. Last year when we upgraded discounted hoppers to Premier APs, we had to pay the difference between the discounted and non-discounted hopper pricing.

 

[figment_jii]

I only said it looks like price bridging happens sometimes based on a thread I remembered reading back in March.
http://www.htp.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3243083

It really sounds like it comes down to where your purchased the tickets and how much the re-seller paid. I don't think there has been any consistency to it, so it would be hard to say which re-sellers result in price bridging.

 

[cmwade77]

Just to clarify, it sounds like bridging does happen some of the times. It depends on where the original ticket was purchased from. I haven't quite figured out yet which ticket sellers result in price bridging when the ticket is upgraded, but there have been reports here on the Disboard that some people got their ticket prices bridged. Still, I would expect not to get the prices bridged and use that as the budget for how much an upgrade would cost (current gate price of ticket minus the amount paid for the ticket equals the cost to upgrade). If it's less, then that's great. If not, then at least you aren't surprised.

If purchased directly from Disney (not as part of a package) prior to the price increase, price bridging does not happen unless someone is being very kind.

If purchased as part of a hotel package, they give you the full current value of the ticket, even if it hasn't been used yet. (This is the one rule I am not completely sue still exists this way)

If purchased at a discount from somewhere like Vons, etc. you will get the full value of the ticket.

If purchased from an authorized third party vendor, such as Ayres Travel, you will get the greater amount of: The price printed on the ticket or the price that they paid to Disney for the ticket. If they cannot find the price that was paid to Disney, but they know the ticket is legitimate, then you would get the full current value of the ticket.

These are the official policies; however, there are times where exceptions are made, but as others have said that is simply a little pixie dust.

 

[pixiewings71]

In all the times we've upgraded we've never been bridged so I would never count on it. It would definitely be considered pixie dust if it happened with us.

 

[grnflash]

Our tickets were bridged just a week ago. We were upgrading our 4 day hoppers - purchased through AAA - to SoCal Select on the last day. We paid the difference between full gate price for the 4 day hopper and the SoCal Select price.

What's odd is that on my upgrade receipt, the itemization clearly stated "AAA ticket" but then listed the full gate price next to that. Now the AAA discount isn't much ($7) - we went that route because of the free parking that's included. I didn't ask the ticket CM anything about the price or bridging or anything, it was just done that way.

 

[starshine514]

Our tickets were bridged just a week ago. We were upgrading our 4 day hoppers - purchased through AAA - to SoCal Select on the last day. We paid the difference between full gate price for the 4 day hopper and the SoCal Select price.

What's odd is that on my upgrade receipt, the itemization clearly stated "AAA ticket" but then listed the full gate price next to that. Now the AAA discount isn't much ($7) - we went that route because of the free parking that's included. I didn't ask the ticket CM anything about the price or bridging or anything, it was just done that way.

I don't think that's what people mean by price bridging. Price bridging is when you bought pre-price increase, but got credit for the current price.

When you buy a discounted ticket from a third-party seller, you typically get credit for whatever price is printed on the ticket - basically, you usually get to keep your discount, but won't get brought up to the current price if Disney has raised their ticket prices.

At WDW, they bring tickets up to the current prices (as long as they've been activated) and let you pay the difference. They bridge the prices.

 

[figment_jii]

I don't think that's what people mean by price bridging. Price bridging is when you bought pre-price increase, but got credit for the current price.

I think bridging is used to describe any process where the ticket value is "increased" to the current gate price for upgrade purposes. I know at WDW, you can tickets sold by wholesalers (like Undercover Tourist) bridged, as well as tickets that were purchased pre-price increase.

At DLR, which tickets can be bridged seems less clear to me. I know cmwade77 listed which ticket sellers/methods will result in price-bridging upthread. It seems like there are less option at DLR and they aren't necessarily as clear.

 

[starshine514]

No, I think bridging is used to describe any process where the ticket value is "increased" to the current gate price for upgrade purposes. I know at WDW, you can tickets sold by wholesalers (like Undercover Tourist) bridged, as well as tickets that were purchased pre-price increase.

At DLR, which tickets can be bridged seems less clear to me. I know cmwade77 listed which ticket sellers/methods will result in price-bridging upthread. It seems like there are less option at DLR and they aren't necessarily as clear.

OK...then using the "bridge" terminology to mean everything - then as far as I know, Disneyland tickets bought pre-price-increase are never (or should I say, not generally) bridged to the current gate price. Disneyland tickets bought from third-party sellers for small discounts (usually about $5) are often bridged to the current gate price (as long as they were not purchased before a price increase, in which case they would only be bridged to the gate price when they were purchased, not the current gate price). If you receive any pre-price-increase bridging to current prices, then you are receiving pixie dust.

 

[grnflash]

I don't think that's what people mean by price bridging. Price bridging is when you bought pre-price increase, but got credit for the current price.

When you buy a discounted ticket from a third-party seller, you typically get credit for whatever price is printed on the ticket - basically, you usually get to keep your discount, but won't get brought up to the current price if Disney has raised their ticket prices.

At WDW, they bring tickets up to the current prices (as long as they've been activated) and let you pay the difference. They bridge the prices.

No, the term price bridging, as it is used on this forum, applies to "bridging" the price between any ticket purchased at a lower value than the current gate price. This would include bridging the price on ticket media purchased through 3rd party vendors.

This doesn't mean that Disney always does it for any and all tix. But I don't think it's pixie dust either in many, probably most, cases. In my specific case, the bridge was greater than $5 (I've never heard of anything about a $5 leniency) and since I have read of other people having their AAA tix bridged, it at least appears that this is routinely done. At least for the AAA tix. Why, I have no idea.