2010 Armed Forces Salute

[wtccheermom]

So are you saying that one person CAN'T USE 2 tickets. My dd and I are going to get DVC AP's but my husband and two sons are going to get the 6 tickets. They were going to each use two for our July trip because they are going to the water parks and Disney Quests. Plus our one son will probably NOT go back next summer so we didn't want to get AP's for them. The guys love the water parks so they will do those when we use our AP's. My dd and I felt like 4 parks days would not be enough. However...I wonder if the guys will haev problems getting 2 each. My husband bought the voucher cards last year.....and then we activated them at DTD. We only got 5 last year. Any advice for those that have tried using more than one. I mean what if a couple got 2 and went in May, then bought 2 more for July and then bought 2 more for Sept.

Correct me if I am wrong but if you bought 2 AF S tickets and added the PH and WP options it would cost 298.00 and a 8 day Stars and Stripes ticket is only 319.00 and I think instead going through all the hassle I would just pay the 21.00 difference. I went to our local ITR to inquire about tickets and doing that and I swear I left there feeling so bad about myself the ITR agent basically told me that it is illegal and if I did I would be stealing and I was not even trying to purchase the tickets yet just trying to get info and prices to decide. It was horrible I had never been so embarrassed before!!!

 

[Cheshire Figment]

I promise that I read all 27 pages and did a lot of google-ing before posting. We are thinking about going back to Disney soon (ok, I am always thinking about it!). My dad now lives with us and would be traveling with us. He served in the military and obtains services through the VA. He has a DD-214. Does the DD-214 qualify him to purchase the discounted Armed Forces Salute tickets? He has an honorable discharge but wasn't a career military person (served 6 years). I was just wondering because I am having a hard time figuring out the difference between retired and veteran. I only hang out with him at the VA for his appointments and am a mere civilian Thanks in advance!

He has to have an actual DOD-issued ID card to activate the tickets. This is an Active Duty or Retired card. Only veterans with an ID indicating "DAVPRM" are eligible.

 

[edk35]

Correct me if I am wrong but if you bought 2 AF S tickets and added the PH and WP options it would cost 298.00 and a 8 day Stars and Stripes ticket is only 319.00 and I think instead going through all the hassle I would just pay the 21.00 difference. I went to our local ITR to inquire about tickets and doing that and I swear I left there feeling so bad about myself the ITR agent basically told me that it is illegal and if I did I would be stealing and I was not even trying to purchase the tickets yet just trying to get info and prices to decide. It was horrible I had never been so embarrassed before!!!

Let me check that out. See I never thought about looking at Stars and Stripes. We have not used those in years. Hmmmmm going to check those prices now. You are right about feeling guilty...we were planning on IF LEGAL....getting the three guys (hubby and two sons) ONE 99 pass and one with hopping/wpm. SO 248 each. The other option is to get NO hopping and just keep track of the pass that they hop with. They would get 8 park days and they would only use about 5 or 6 park days. So we would probably hop a couple of times. Then it would cost 223. The stars and stripes are 316 for 8 days.

 

[edk35]

Also, you can get a MYW ticket at SOG for 8 days with water parks and more for 285 you just don't get hopping. SO you save 31 over the price of the stars and stripes.

 

[edk35]

Hey can someone refresh my memory. Does the CM enter names into the system for who gets a ticket. SO if 6 people are getting tickets they actually list the 6 names in the computer?? We got these passes last year and we bought them on base here in MD, but activated them at DTD. I can't remember what they did. My husband went up to the window.

I mean when you go through the ticket turnstiles....it is not like we have to show ID to match the names on the tickets if they are put on them so to speak in the computer system. I know we wrote our names on them so we knew whose was whose since they match with the one you first use with the finger scanner.

So if John, (military member), Mary, (spouse), Johnny, Michael and Suzi (the kids) got tickets...do they put those names in the system??

 

[wtccheermom]

Hey can someone refresh my memory. Does the CM enter names into the system for who gets a ticket. SO if 6 people are getting tickets they actually list the 6 names in the computer?? We got these passes last year and we bought them on base here in MD, but activated them at DTD. I can't remember what they did. My husband went up to the window.

I mean when you go through the ticket turnstiles....it is not like we have to show ID to match the names on the tickets if they are put on them so to speak in the computer system. I know we wrote our names on them so we knew whose was whose since they match with the one you first use with the finger scanner.

So if John, (military member), Mary, (spouse), Johnny, Michael and Suzi (the kids) got tickets...do they put those names in the system??

I really do not think they have the capability to do that and I think that the ITR agent I dealt with was just trying scare me into not doing it. If it saves a good bit of money just do it and if they say anything play stupid. I am just a big chicken and after the tongue lashing I got I was a little bit gun shy. Good Luck!!!

 

[appleorchard]

Well, if she wasn't entering the names, addresses and birth dates of everyone in our case, she made a very good show of it. I would say yes, they put the information,including all of the above, in the computers.

 

[idofabric]

Yep, last year they did enter everyones names, and stuff, and our tickets were issued with our names on them. And they used the Service Members SS# also. BUT when it came time to use the tickets no one at any gate checked to see if the person entering the gate was the person whos name ws on the ticket...
And my DSIL got the max number of tickets and used 4 of them for her and DN so they could go 2xs as much. The CM that activated her tickets did not have a problem putting her and the nieces name on 2 tickets each... Which we had been told would not be allowed.
I think that a lot depends on which CM you get, and what they know. And Disney drills CMs to make sure guests are happy... so my DSIL got lucky.

 

[dd50]

I don't think they asked for names last year except for the service person or spouse. We didn't have our names on the tickets and didn't think about it until day 2 so we had to use each one until our finger matched. We then wrote our names on them.

 

[phorsenuf]

He has to have an actual DOD-issued ID card to activate the tickets. This is an Active Duty or Retired card. Only veterans with an ID indicating "DAVPRM" are eligible.

Are disabled veterans eligible for this promotion? For some reason I thought I read that somewhere.

 

[hopey1kenobi]

I have a silly question that may have already been answered. If so, i'm sorry for asking again.

Since you can't upgrade these tickets to add extra days, is it possible to by 2 of these tickets for each person and activate them both (cheaper than buying the $99 Salute ticket and a 2 or 3 day base ticket). We are going for 8 days & will need more than the 4days the tickets offer.

We have 6 ppl in our party. My DH can only purchase 6 tickets, but he isn't going on the trip. A friend of his is willing to purchase the other 6 tickets from ITT for us to use. Do you think we will run into any problems with activating all 12 tickets w/ DH not being present? I'll have my Mil ID as will DD.

We used the Salute Tickets last year and didn't have any problems and no one asked for anything other than a Military ID when activating them. One of those tickets was specifically for DH (active duty) but I believe that was because his ticket was free.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[LadyZolt]

We have 6 ppl in our party. My DH can only purchase 6 tickets, but he isn't going on the trip. A friend of his is willing to purchase the other 6 tickets from ITT for us to use. Do you think we will run into any problems with activating all 12 tickets w/ DH not being present? I'll have my Mil ID as will DD.

You will only be able to activate five tickets if your DH does not go. He could activate six -- one for him and then five others. You would need your DH's friend to activate the tickets he buys. Your military ID indicates "spouse" which is what is required to activate them (or being the military member), so your DD cannot activate any tickets as her ID does not indicate she is a spouse. Sorry!

-Dorothy

 

[Cheshire Figment]

We have 6 ppl in our party. My DH can only purchase 6 tickets, but he isn't going on the trip. A friend of his is willing to purchase the other 6 tickets from ITT for us to use. Do you think we will run into any problems with activating all 12 tickets w/ DH not being present? I'll have my Mil ID as will DD.

You will have multiple problems.

If the Service Member is not present, the only person who can activate the tickets is a person whose DD1173 either indicates "Spouse" or "Unremarried Widow", do your daughter, even with a DD1173, cannot do the activation.

The other is that we look into the system for the Service Member's name (and other information). We cannot activate more than six tickets under any one Service Member's name (unless there is proof that all people present are dependents).

 

[marie1203]

I have a silly question that may have already been answered. If so, i'm sorry for asking again.

Since you can't upgrade these tickets to add extra days, is it possible to by 2 of these tickets for each person and activate them both (cheaper than buying the $99 Salute ticket and a 2 or 3 day base ticket). We are going for 8 days & will need more than the 4days the tickets offer.

We have 6 ppl in our party. My DH can only purchase 6 tickets, but he isn't going on the trip. A friend of his is willing to purchase the other 6 tickets from ITT for us to use. Do you think we will run into any problems with activating all 12 tickets w/ DH not being present? I'll have my Mil ID as will DD.

We used the Salute Tickets last year and didn't have any problems and no one asked for anything other than a Military ID when activating them. One of those tickets was specifically for DH (active duty) but I believe that was because his ticket was free.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

We used all our tickets last year just the two of us so yes you can 2 tickets or even 3 for one person but as it was said already because you already have 6 people it will be a problem.

 

[CandleontheWater]

So let me get this straight, my DH bought 6 tickets, and then his friend bought us two more because there 8 people in our party. DH and I both have military IDs, him as active duty me as spouse. The individual at MWR who sold us the tickets told us that this was perfectly fine because both DH and I have IDs so we could activate the 8 tickets. Is this wrong? Are we going to get down to Disney and have a problem?

 

[appleorchard]

Yes, I think you'll have trouble. You and your spouse can only activate 6 tickets total, since you can only activate tickets under your spouse's name. You can't activate more than 6 tickets under one military member's ID, and you can't activate someone else's because you don't have ID saying you're the other person's spouse. Six per military ID is it. Now, if your friend came and activagted them, he could give them to you. But you can't activate his plus your own 6.

 

[edk35]

So let me get this straight, my DH bought 6 tickets, and then his friend bought us two more because there 8 people in our party. DH and I both have military IDs, him as active duty me as spouse. The individual at MWR who sold us the tickets told us that this was perfectly fine because both DH and I have IDs so we could activate the 8 tickets. Is this wrong? Are we going to get down to Disney and have a problem?

I hope you can return the other guy's tickets. Looks like you will not be able to use those two.

I think the Stars and Stripes ticket at SOG is a good deal. Our plan is to get all 6 tickets but let my dh, two sons use those....2 per person. Then my dd and I will get stars and stripes probably.

 

[edk35]

So let me get this straight, my DH bought 6 tickets, and then his friend bought us two more because there 8 people in our party. DH and I both have military IDs, him as active duty me as spouse. The individual at MWR who sold us the tickets told us that this was perfectly fine because both DH and I have IDs so we could activate the 8 tickets. Is this wrong? Are we going to get down to Disney and have a problem?

Read this thread.
Maybe you can post on that thread too.



http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=36719425#post36719425

 

[phorsenuf]

Are disabled veterans eligible for this promotion? For some reason I thought I read that somewhere.

Does anyone know the answer to this? Thanks.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

So let me get this straight, my DH bought 6 tickets, and then his friend bought us two more because there 8 people in our party. DH and I both have military IDs, him as active duty me as spouse. The individual at MWR who sold us the tickets told us that this was perfectly fine because both DH and I have IDs so we could activate the 8 tickets. Is this wrong? Are we going to get down to Disney and have a problem?

This is correct. You will have a problem.

When we look up the Service Member, if there is no entry we will add one. But if the service member is already listed we will see how many tickets have been activated. We are not permitted to activate more than six tickets under a service member's name. And for a Spouse who is is activating tickets, we look for the sponsor's name on the DD1173. And it is always the service member's name that is put in the system, not the spouse's.

The only time we will activate more than six tickets for one service member is if the entire party is there and all members of the party are dependents of the service member (each child ten or older needs a DD1173) with proof.