2000 5 day park hopper passes

[pfeifer1990]

Okay so I have a somewhat confusing question that I will try to make as clear as possible.
Let's start here:
In early 2000 I made a trip to WDW with a group of 13 family members.
1 of those family members was using a scooter and really struggling with the heat and humidity so he didn't use 2 days of his pass.
Another family member (my mother) developed severe back pain (ended up at the hospital in Celebration-Disney staff and hospital staff were awesome) so she didn't use 2 days of her pass.
Then there is me I ended up going with my mother to the hospital and missed our last day (and the fireworks) at the Magic Kingdom.
So in total I have 5 days of unused days at WDW. At the time we were told I could use these passes (There is nothing to identify whose passes these were) at our next trip but little did I know that wouldn't happen for a long time! We are planning our first trip back in 20 years (in 2020).
My questions are as follows:
Can I use these passes?
How do I use these passes?
Do I need to convert them?
If so, how do I do that?
Thank you in advance!

 

[stsomewhere]

We had some and we had to switch them at the gate/ Guest services outside the park. This was a few years ago so it may be different.

 

[Robo]

1. Can I use these passes?
2. How do I use these passes?
3. Do I need to convert them?
4. If so, how do I do that?

1. Yes.
2. Take them to a Guest Relations outside any theme park or the "Welcome Center" at Disney Springs to exchange them for new RFID plastic tickets.
3. Yes.
4. See #2.

NOTE:
You didn't say how many "days" you will be spending at WDW this trip,
or how many guests are in your party,
but how you use those tickets can be made more or less costly if you
do things "correctly."
Please give more details of your plans and ticket needs.

 

[DisneyOma]

Are all tickets from that long ago nonexpiring?

 

[Robo]

Are all tickets from that long ago nonexpiring?

Not "all," but most "regular" tickets didn't expire.

They cannot be upgraded or modified anymore, but they can be used, as-is.

 

[pfeifer1990]

1. Yes.
2. Take them to a Guest Relations outside any theme park or the "Welcome Center" at Disney Springs to exchange them for new RFID plastic tickets.
3. Yes.
4. See #2.

NOTE:
You didn't say how many "days" you will be spending at WDW this trip,
or how many guests are in your party,
but how you use those tickets can be made more or less costly if you
do things "correctly."
Please give more details of your plans and ticket needs.

There will be 5 people in our party and 5 days at WDW

 

[Robo]

There will be 5 people in our party and 5 days at WDW

OK.
I assume that you (or one person in the party) would be using all five of the old tickets, and everyone else will be buying new 5-day tickets.

While that will work, it is also "expensive" to use 3 separate tickets during one trip.
(You have the equivalent of TWO 2-day Hoppers and ONE 1-day Hopper.)

Here is the breakdown:
$291.81 Value of current 2-day Park Hopper
$291.81 Value of current 2-day Park Hopper
$195.96 Value of current 1-day Park Hopper
$779.58 Total equivalent value of all 5 days of your "old" tickets

$500.55 Cost of current 5-day Park Hopper

Just something to take into account.

(all prices include tax)

 

[courtney1188]

Not "all," but most "regular" tickets didn't expire.

They cannot be upgraded or modified anymore, but they can be used, as-is.

Maybe I’m remembering wrong, but I really think I remember having to decide if we wanted to pay extra for the non-expiring option back in 2000.

 

[EdmondD]

Maybe I’m remembering wrong, but I really think I remember having to decide if we wanted to pay extra for the non-expiring option back in 2000.

I don't think so. I say that because I remember from our trips in 2002 and 2003 buying more days than we needed and, in the pre-finger-scan days, then after our trip selling the tickets with the remaining days on ebay for decent money.

NOTE - THIS WAS AND REMAINS ILLEGAL AND I KNOW THAT I AM A TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE PERSON FOR IT AND AM LIKELY GOING TO H - E - DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS, SO HOLD YOUR FLAMING SINCE I ALREADY HAVE IT COMING.

Anyway, we didn't pay for non-expiration at that time...otherwise, it wouldn't have made it worth it.

Looks like it started in 2004 - see here @pfeifer1990 for an answer from Disney https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/tickets/converting-old-tickets/

 

[PSUGuy]

Not "all," but most "regular" tickets didn't expire.

Them were the good old days.

I don't think so. I say that because I remember from our trips in 2002 and 2003 buying more days than we needed and, in the pre-finger-scan days, then after our trip selling the tickets with the remaining days on ebay for decent money.

We'll we never sold ours but we did keep the Plus options from ours and our kid's Hoppers and used them on subsequent trips. Once I gave 4 Plusses to a DISer. Couldn't get enough of the Adventurer's Club.

Bill From PA

 

[Bob Dolewhip]

I am thinking that I should have gotten in on the ground floor of investing in Disney park hoppers.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I don't think so. I say that because I remember from our trips in 2002 and 2003 buying more days than we needed and, in the pre-finger-scan days, then after our trip selling the tickets with the remaining days on ebay for decent money.

NOTE - THIS WAS AND REMAINS ILLEGAL AND I KNOW THAT I AM A TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE PERSON FOR IT AND AM LIKELY GOING TO H - E - DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS, SO HOLD YOUR FLAMING SINCE I ALREADY HAVE IT COMING.

This was and remains illegal and you are a terrible, horrible person for it and don't worry about that fate. I'll be there first and gladly lie for you

 

[richmo]

As I recall, tickets back then didn't expire.

I still have a 2001 5 day park hopper that has a day left on it. As many times as I've been back, there just hasn't been a good opportunity to use it. On a 3 day or less trip, it might be useful. But my trips have usually been of the 5 day+ variety, so the cost of using a 5 day ticket and the 2001 ticket for a 6th day vs. a 6 day park hopper is only about a $20 difference.

I think this has been alluded to in some of the responses, but I don't think they'd let you take your four or so tickets totalling about 5 days and convert them into a single 5 day ticket or 5 days applied to a single ticket. Because Disney has always officially had the concept of making tickets non-transferable, I would think they'd only allow one ticket to be applied to a new ticket...especially if those older tickets were purchased at the same time.

 

[arminnie]

I had 3 park hoppers that each had 3 days on them from 2004. I probably would have used them years ago, but I kept losing them every time I made a move.

I activated one of them and gave it to my DH to use. I had an annual pass and 3 days were more than enough for him. I went to GR and converted it. I haven't converted the other two because I am concerned that the new ones might expire.

I have a current AP plus an unused AP voucher. I am planning a pretty big gap between my APs so I have these in reserve should I need a day or two.

 

[cigar95]

. . . . . . THIS WAS AND REMAINS ILLEGAL . . . . .

Only if the transaction took place in Florida.

 

[EdmondD]

Only if the transaction took place in Florida.

Oh, is that right? Didn't know that. I'll stop kayaking into international waters to make these sales.