Annual Pass — Can I visit and leave it inactive?

[emindc]

Hello —

In the before times, I bought an annual pass because I was planning two trips within a few months and it seemed most cost effective. Then, COVID hit and all my plans were canceled. So I still have an inactivated annual pass, still linked to my MDE account.

I’m planning to make a short (3 day) visit to DW in January 2022, but don’t see getting back again in 2022. Can I purchase tickets, link them to my MDE account and visit the parks without activating the still inactive annual pass? I kind of want to save that for 2023, when I will be able to plan multiple visits.

Thanks for any advice! Also, if you see a reason NOT to do it this way, I’m all ears.

Liz

 

[soniam]

What's the expiration date on the voucher/inactivated AP? The newer ones are expiring within a few months of being issued. For instance, my husband's incredipass voucher was issued in October 2021, and it expires in January 2022. It will say in MDE.

 

[emindc]

It says it expires 12/31/2030.

Thanks.

 

[Robbie Cottam]

You question may be best served with Disney.
Sounds like you have a voucher for an annual pass they no longer offer.
They may let you use it as a credit towards the new pass, or they may honor it at face value.....
Either way you would want to ask them

 

[Welsh_Dragon]

You can buy a three day ticket and add it to MDE. You just need to make sure when you visit the parks that they use the day tickets and not the AP. It will probably need a visit to Guest services. Another, perhaps easier, option is to set up a second MDE account and attach any new day tickets to that.

 

[DavidNYC]

You question may be best served with Disney.
Sounds like you have a voucher for an annual pass they no longer offer.
They may let you use it as a credit towards the new pass, or they may honor it at face value.....
Either way you would want to ask them

The pass will be honored. It may activated as one of the newer passes but they have to honor the pass. But seconding the person above who said visit guest services first to make sure they prioritize the single ticket. It most likely would work that way anyway if you didn't activate your pass at guest services but better safe than sorry.

 

[Nice Work Pal]

If your question is can you activate it, use it for a few days, then put a pause on it the answer is no.

 

[DavidNYC]

If your question is can you activate it, use it for a few days, then put a pause on it the answer is no.

That wasn't the question - it was whether if he has both a regular dated ticket and an AP in his MDE account, can he enter the park using the regular ticket and NOT the AP (which he wants to save for another time).

 

[Nice Work Pal]

That wasn't the question - it was whether if he has both a regular dated ticket and an AP in his MDE account, can he enter the park using the regular ticket and NOT the AP (which he wants to save for another time).

Nice Work Pal

 

[emindc]

Thank you all for your help. I contacted an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner I have used in the past (the Disney switchboard promised a 40 minute wait) and was told I could purchase a three day ticket and save the annual pass for later. I'll probably stop by guest services before I enter a park just to be on the safe side. Thanks!

Liz

 

[lanejudy]

I'll probably stop by guest services before I enter a park just to be on the safe side.

Definitely do this. It's a whole lot easier to get the regular ticket prioritized than getting the AP voucher back to inactive status.

 

[cakebaker]

Thank you all for your help. I contacted an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner I have used in the past (the Disney switchboard promised a 40 minute wait) and was told I could purchase a three day ticket and save the annual pass for later. I'll probably stop by guest services before I enter a park just to be on the safe side. Thanks!

Liz

I went in July. I have a AP voucher but did not plan on returning again until things are more back to normal. No problem at all. I read long ago that your AP voucher will be honored with the perks that were available at the time you purchased it as well.

 

[gatorlisa]

My suggestion...create another fake person in your existing MDE account. Move the unused AP to that fake person. Unused tickets and passes can be reassigned as much as you like. Keep the 3 day ticket tied to you. Then there's no need to worry about priority on things and there's no chance it will try and use the AP. This is what we have done with ours. For example, in my MDE account, I have me, Gatorlisa, who had an active AP, and another fake me, Gatorlisa APHold, who holds the inactive AP. Now the real me has a 4 day ticket for our next trip, since we aren't yet ready to activate our last APs. That inactive AP has remained safely untouched using this method for almost 3 years now.

 

[gharter]

Thank you all for your help. I contacted an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner I have used in the past (the Disney switchboard promised a 40 minute wait) and was told I could purchase a three day ticket and save the annual pass for later. I'll probably stop by guest services before I enter a park just to be on the safe side. Thanks!

Liz

This is what I would have expected.
We had renewed our Gold passes before everything changed. When we activated them, they became Sorcerer passes, but we still had the free memory maker with it as that was part of our previous AP. When you activate yours, it also will be converted into the equivalent new AP, but should keep any others perks that your old AP had.

 

[StageTek]

Thank you all for your help. I contacted an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner I have used in the past (the Disney switchboard promised a 40 minute wait) and was told I could purchase a three day ticket and save the annual pass for later. I'll probably stop by guest services before I enter a park just to be on the safe side. Thanks!

Liz

Sorry I didn't get to this before you had to wait on hold.

I did exactly that recently - bought an AP Feb 2019. I went to The World in September 2019 for 8 days and purchased tickets. Didn't stop by Guest Services, didn't create another fake person in my existing MDE account. I just used the tickets I bought.

When I returned to The World Sept 2020 I activated the AP i purchased in early 2019.

No problems at all.