Activating tickets

[SusieBea]

When activating our Gold Pass renewals at Guest Services, can I also activate my adult daughter's 5 day passes which her family will begin using the following day? Or does she need to be present? Thanks much.

 

[erionm]

When activating our Gold Pass renewals at Guest Services, can I also activate my adult daughter's 5 day passes which her family will begin using the following day? Or does she need to be present? Thanks much.

Are they regular 5-day tickets? If they are, they self activate upon first use.

 

[CarolynFH]

When activating our Gold Pass renewals at Guest Services, can I also activate my adult daughter's 5 day passes which her family will begin using the following day? Or does she need to be present? Thanks much.

Sorry. I should read more carefully. Michael is correct.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

When activating our Gold Pass renewals at Guest Services, can I also activate my adult daughter's 5 day passes which her family will begin using the following day? Or does she need to be present? Thanks much.

To point out - an “activated” tickets means that a day has been used. Your daughter just goes to the turnstile and scans for entry. It will check that she has a ticket and let her in. And the count down to use the rest of the days begins at that point.

 

[Duchie]

Sort of a follow-up question - I have two Gold APs purchased at the same time, one for me and one for DH. I'm assuming you have to be present to activate them (because a photo ID is required). I may have a business trip next month that takes me close enough to consider activating mine. Since he won't be with me, I'd only be activating mine, and then activating his when we visit together later. Is there any problem doing that since they're both on the same voucher?

 

[maburke]

Sort of a follow-up question - I have two Gold APs purchased at the same time, one for me and one for DH. I'm assuming you have to be present to activate them (because a photo ID is required). I may have a business trip next month that takes me close enough to consider activating mine. Since he won't be with me, I'd only be activating mine, and then activating his when we visit together later. Is there any problem doing that since they're both on the same voucher?

Would you be going into the park that day? I don’t think you want to activate before you go in, since your pass will expire earlier.

 

[Spartan86]

Would you be going into the park that day? I don’t think you want to activate before you go in, since your pass will expire earlier.

Or are they renewals? Then it doesn’t matter.

 

[Duchie]

Would you be going into the park that day? I don’t think you want to activate before you go in, since your pass will expire earlier.

Right now I don't know if I'm going to have spare time to spend in the parks. But I would only activate it if I do. Mine is going to expire before his anyway because I have another trip down there before he and I are going together.

Also I read on the ticket sticky thread (under the Theme Parks Attractions and Strategies board) that there's a new policy that you can activate them, but the year doesn't start until you actually use it to enter the parks. Is that still true or is that old info?

Or are they renewals? Then it doesn’t matter.

Nope. not renewals. Shiny new passes

 

[maburke]

Also I read on the ticket sticky thread (under the Theme Parks Attractions and Strategies board) that there's a new policy that you can activate them, but the year doesn't start until you actually use it to enter the parks. Is that still true or is that old info?

So what does it mean to activate them?

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

So what does it mean to activate them?

This is only a guess but it probably means permanently assigning it to you. No transfers allowed after that is done as it would have included verifying who you are and if it was a discounted pass that you qualified for the discount.

 

[erionm]

Would you be going into the park that day? I don’t think you want to activate before you go in, since your pass will expire earlier.

Under most circumstances, the process of activating a new annual pass does not start the clock on expiration. A year or so ago, Disney made a change to the activation process for new annual passes. You still have to stop at either a park ticket window or guest relations location to have the pass activated, but now the actual expiration date is set when you actually use the pass to enter a park.

 

[Duchie]

Under most circumstances, the process of activating a new annual pass does not start the clock on expiration. A year or so ago, Disney made a change to the activation process for new annual passes. You still have to stop at either a park ticket window or guest relations location to have the pass activated, but now the actual expiration date is set when you actually use the pass to enter a park.

So back to my original question. If both APs are on the same voucher, how difficult is it to activate only one? Or would I be able to activate DH's if he isn't there?

 

[Best Aunt]

So what does it mean to activate them?

I bought an AP online prior to my trip. First time, not renewal. I had to go to a Guest Relations or Ticket Window at Disney World to get a physical Annual Pass card. You need the card to get discounts.

When you purchase an AP, you are entitled to a Magic Band. When I went to the Ticket Window, they did not mention to me that they could give me a Magic Band on the spot. I thought I had to go online, go into my MDE account, and "customize" the Magic Band (choose color and inscription) and have it delivered to my house. I did it after I got home. Someone on a different board said that they have Magic Bands at the windows and can give you one.

 

[Chuck S]

So back to my original question. If both APs are on the same voucher, how difficult is it to activate only one? Or would I be able to activate DH's if he isn't there?

Shouldn't the annual passes have separate ticket numbers, like regular passes? Are the passes already assigned to each person in My Disney Experience? If so, just take one of your old magic bands (or your new magic bands, if you area resort guest) for each person to a ticket window or guest services. They can scan the persons magic bands and activate the passes, The same for military passes, as long as the person that purchased them is the one that activates them, and they have their military ID.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

So back to my original question. If both APs are on the same voucher, how difficult is it to activate only one? Or would I be able to activate DH's if he isn't there?

You should link the voucher to your MDE account and it will ask who you want to assign the APs to. You can activate yours without activating the other.

 

[Duchie]

Shouldn't the annual passes have separate ticket numbers, like regular passes? Are the passes already assigned to each person in My Disney Experience? If so, just take one of your old magic bands (or your new magic bands, if you area resort guest) for each person to a ticket window or guest services. They can scan the persons magic bands and activate the passes, The same for military passes, as long as the person that purchased them is the one that activates them, and they have their military ID.

You should link the voucher to your MDE account and it will ask who you want to assign the APs to. You can activate yours without activating the other.

Yep, APs are linked to me and DH in MDE, and we're using the MBs from our trip last year. I thought I had to take the voucher plus an ID to guest services to have them activated, so this sounds much easier than I thought it was going to be.

Thanks all!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Yep, APs are linked to me and DH in MDE, and we're using the MBs from our trip last year. I thought I had to take the voucher plus an ID to guest services to have them activated, so this sounds much easier than I thought it was going to be.

Thanks all!

No, the voucher isn’t needed since you’ve linked them. They can scan your MB and will need your ID.