Can I pick up my park tickets early?

[kazfloyd]

I thought I read on here before but I can not find the thread, that I would be able to pick up my park tickets at my resort the day before my package reservation starts. Is that still the case? The CM's at central reservation state you can not.

We have a 1 night room only reservation checking in on the 24th at POR and would like to go to the parks that day and take advantage of the evening EMH's. Our package with free dining starts on 25th at POR.

Thanks in advance.

 

[dansdad]

Yes you can. The below is from Chesire Figments "Everything About WDW Tickets" sticky.

I. Picking up Package Tickets Prior To Start Of Package

In cases where Walt Disney World Resort Guests would like to begin using their Package Tickets prior to the day of check-in (up to three days in advance), the Guests will be directed to visit any Theme Park or DTD Guest Relations location and request Early Ticket Pick-Up. (Note this cannot be done at a water park.)

It is only valid for people with packages at a Walt Disney World owned and operated Resort. You can be staying off-property at the time you pick up the tickets. Note that if you have a package which includes Dining, although you can pick up your tickets early you cannot get access to the Dining until you have actually checked in to your Resort.

Note that since August 2011 the Call Centers have been telling Guests this cannot be done. However it is still a valid procedure and can be done with no problem at Park Guest Relations Windows.

There is a possibility that if your package and the stay prior to the package are at the same Resort that you will be able to get the tickets at the Resort and not have to go to a Park Guest Relations Office.

And the tickets issued will be valid for the entire stay; they will not receive valid tickets when they actually check-in to their resort. There is a strong possibility that the tickets you have received prior to check-in cannot be added to your KTTW on or after check-in.

I would suggest you copy down the following information if you are planning to upgrade promotional tickets. If the person in the window is hesitant to upgrade these promotional tickets, ask them go go into The Hub >> WDW >> Work >> Ticketing >> Processes & Business Rules >> Early Ticket Pickup For Resort Packages where they will see the procedure.

The sticky is located here if you want to read the whole thing.

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1452684

 

[kazfloyd]

Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks so much!!

 

[CanadianPaco]

There is a possibility that if your package and the stay prior to the package are at the same Resort that you will be able to get the tickets at the Resort and not have to go to a Park Guest Relations Office.

Does anyone have any first hand experience that this can happen? I would love to just get them at my resort.

 

[Anniefrances]

Yes, we were able to do so. Arrived on 8/12--split stay with park tix linked to second resort but were able to pick up tix at the concierge desk at the first resort. No need to pick them up at the park.

 

[CanadianPaco]

Thanks!

 

[Amy&Dan]

We were able to easily do this CBR in March.

One thing you cannot do is upgrade your tickets when you do the early pick up. I had base tix for our pkg but was unable to add the hopper and waterparks until our package officially started. Just an fyi!


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[Masonmj84]

One thing you cannot do is upgrade your tickets when you do the early pick up. I had base tix for our pkg but was unable to add the hopper and waterparks until our package officially started. Just an fyi!
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I didn't realize you couldn't do this.

I'd always assumed you could do the following:

You want to visit WDW from Dec. 8-16 but FD doesn't start until the 10th.

However, an AP discount is available for Dec. 8-9 (and, perhaps, you plan to visit WDW at least 1 more time within that year).

So you buy a package with FD from Dec. 10-16, then buy an AP ticketless package for Dec. 8-9.

Upon arrival at WDW, you go to guest relations to pick up the tickets associatd with your FD package.

At the same time, you upgrade one of those tickets to an AP.

It sounds like the last step is a no-go.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Not sure about the AP thing, but we were not able to add the hopper and waterpark option. It wasn't a big deal for us since we only had one day before our package started.

 

[donnaf516]

We have 2 days base tickets as part of our package and were planning on picking them up early and adding additional days. Are you saying we can't do this? Can we add days after the 2 days have been used?