Bridging/Upgrading ticket to DVC AP

[vicki_c]

Ok i have a similar question.
I bought a regular annual pass atfull prce in Dec 11. So its good untill Dec 12.
I became a dvc member inJan of this year. Can I upgrade my pass to the premium AP (where I can get into the water parks) and now get the $100 discount?

I have never done this, but yes, I know you can renew a non-DVC AP to a DVC AP at the DVC renewal price.

 

[gmi3804]

Ok i have a similar question.
I bought a regular annual pass atfull prce in Dec 11. So its good untill Dec 12.
I became a dvc member inJan of this year. Can I upgrade my pass to the premium AP (where I can get into the water parks) and now get the $100 discount?

I have never done this, but yes, I know you can renew a non-DVC AP to a DVC AP at the DVC renewal price.

I would add that the expiration date of the new DVC Premium Pass will still expire on Dec 12.

 

[disynut]

Thanks to those who answered my question too! I have actually done this a few years ago, but my memory had failed me--I remembered some kind of restriction on the type of pass(but I think it was if you bought one of the WPFM, if you use the Water Park option there was some question as to whether you would have to upgrade to a PAP. I read throught that great ticket thread and that's all I could remember, but wanted to make sure before plopping down well over $1000 for all of our tickets.

And we did have problems before when we went to upgrade. I can't remember(my memory really stinks) which park we were at but I think it was outside of EPCOT when we tried to upgrade and they didn't do it right. I walked away after being charged, not really knowing how to argue my point, but went later to DD and they fixed it for me, refunding my card the difference. This time I'm going to try and do it at MK or back to DD. I bought the 6 day PH, if anyone is wondering--that is the one that it looked like to me was closest with the best discount.

 

[bumbershoot]

Thanks to those who answered my question too! I have actually done this a few years ago, but my memory had failed me--I remembered some kind of restriction on the type of pass(but I think it was if you bought one of the WPFM, if you use the Water Park option there was some question as to whether you would have to upgrade to a PAP.

IF you have a WaterParksandMore ticket and you USE an entry to waterparksormore, you then must upgrade to a Premium AP. Not sure if it was still a question you had, but I figured I'd answer all the same.



Some are saying to avoid AK...AK is where we had a *perfect* upgrade experience. There's one person on the boards who had a really hard time upgrading a UCT ticket to a renewal AP, and she had that hard time one month after my perfect experience, and she had it at AK. So you just never know.

What I DO know is that you should write down the current, with tax, ticket price for the day you'll be upgrading. Take the current, with tax, DVC AP price for the day you'll be upgrading.

Know, and write down, the difference. I wrote down the difference for each person, and the total. I brought that piece of paper with me (er, notebook).

That way, I could know EXACTLY if the CM was doing it right. During the transaction, I even said "and are you bridging the price to the current one?" and she smiled and said "yes". And the cost was exactly what it should have been.

Writing it down, IMO, is key. That way you don't have to rely on memory at all. When we upgraded it was very very cold. When you upgrade it will almost certainly be very very hot. Both will sap your brainpower and make it hard to think. So write it down and carry that with you.

If the CM gives you a different number, stop the transaction, walk away with your tickets, try again elsewhere.


The difficult upgrade situation I mentioned above resulted in the higher-ups at WDW and at UCT communicating and making SURE that the upgrade situations were the way we say they are on the Dis. The CMs helping her were totally wrong, and almost certainly know it. It's the procedure, the written procedure, to bridge the price (according to Cheshire_Figment who is a ticketing CM whose bosses know he gives us the scoop), and someone NOT doing it is doing it *wrong*.

 

[vicki_c]

You're totally right Molly - my good experiences at MK and someone's horrendous experience at AK is not indicative of what might happen to someone else, since it's all about the individual CMs.

It's best to know in advance what everything should be for yourself.

 

[tperkins71]

I have a really stupid question in lines with this thread. If you are going to buy tickets from UCT with the end result upgrading to a DVC Annual Pass- do you buy the tickets from UCT as MYW or do you buy a park hopper?

I was thinking just MYW as the AP is a park hopper- but wanted to check with the experts first..

TIA!

 

[vicki_c]

I have a really stupid question in lines with this thread. If you are going to buy tickets from UCT with the end result upgrading to a DVC Annual Pass- do you buy the tickets from UCT as MYW or do you buy a park hopper?

I was thinking just MYW as the AP is a park hopper- but wanted to check with the experts first..

TIA!

You buy whatever ticket has the biggest discount from the gate price without costing more than the AP you are purchasing - that could be anything - a base ticket, a hopper, non-expiration, watermarks, etc. You have to look and see what the current UT prices are.

BTW, all of the tickets are MYW tickets. But then there are options:
MYW base ticket
MYW + park hopper
MYW + non-expiration
MYW + plus options
or combinations thereof.