Another 1 day ticket ?

[hegs65]

We are a family of 5 taking advantage of the free dining in August. 4 of us have park tickets already left over from a previous trip, one has nothing left. Is it possible that she use the 5, 1-day base tickets that we receive with our package or do we have to buy her an additional park pass? I am not trying to cheat the system, especially with the free dining, but it seems so silly to have to purchase an additional ticket. Any advice? Patty

 

[seashoreCM]

Using the five one-days one day at a time on this vacation is wasteful. A new 5 day ticket will cost less than the total you paid for those one-days.

The normal rule has been that a totally unused ticket may be used by any person who then uses up everything on that ticket. Disney may ask questions if the family member uses one of those tickets with someone else's name printed on it and one of the turnstiles misfires.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/dispass.htm

 

[hegs65]

I don't think I am following. How is it wasteful? I had to purchase a 1 day base ticket for each person in my party in order to get the free dining. I have no other disney vacations planned for the future as this will be our third trip in a year and a half which is why I am asking about using up what we have. I have read that some who have AP's have given their 1 day passes to charities which is why I wasn't clear on the rules of the tickets.

 

[GoldenOldie]

I think seashoreCM was referring to the overall economics of it.

5 one day base tickets (5 x $63) = $315 plus tax while a single 5 day base ticket will cost $199 plus tax. Your 5 admissions would cost you over $100 more using the single tickets than buying a 5 day. And if you were to upgrade one ticket to a 5 day, it would cost $136 plus tax.

Even if you do not currently have another trip planned, the one day tickets will not expire until used so they would still be available for admission or upgrade on your next WDW visit whenever that may be.

It's really your choice to make as to whether you value the long term savings vs. short term ease.