Can we use a different day on our ticket to park hop?

[yellownovawife]

We are going for 4 days but have 5 day base tickets due to the promotion. Can we hop to a different park halfway through one day and use a different day on our ticket to do this?

 

[Virtucomp]

This is a common question but no. They don't allow that or no one would buy the park hopper.

 

[Allison]

Nope. It doesn't work that way.

 

[maxiesmom]

Nope. Once you use a day, the other park computers know that, and they know you are still on the same day if you try to park hop. You won't be allowed in. If you want to park hop you gotta have a park hopper.

 

[Minnesota!]

Nope.

 

[disney world dreamer]

no.
the system will recognize that you have a base ticket and already entered a park that day and will deny you entry to any park other than the one you were already in.

disney realizes that its cheaper to do what you are suggesting so they don't allow it to work.

now if you had a 4 day base ticket and a 1 day base ticket you could use the 4 day base ticket to enter the first park and then the 1 day base ticket to enter the second park.

 

[yellownovawife]

Thanks!

 

[marchingstar]

ah no! I clicked on this thread expecting it to confirm what I "knew"--that I could use one non-hopper day for an Epcot morning and another for a HS afternoon on the same day. I was so certain this would work. I guess I'll be calling Disney early next week to reduce my ticket length and add hoppers...

on a related note, anyone know if I'll have troubles making changes to my tickets? we're under 30 days and have paid off the balance of our package already.

 

[Robo]

Adding the Hopper option costs more than dropping a "day."
If the making of changes leads to an increase in payment, they will often waive the penalty fee.

 

[MichiganScott]

I'm seeing a lot of definitive no's up there, but I was talking with two separate reps that said yes, this is 100% legit. E.g. visit MK in the morning then visit Epcot in the night and it'll deduct two days worth of tickets.

I'm not saying I'm right, or anyone else is right either. I think you should call and ask the question directly yourself from the Disney reps, explaining exactly what you're trying to do.

 

[mesaboy2]

I'm seeing a lot of definitive no's up there, but I was talking with two separate reps that said yes, this is 100% legit. E.g. visit MK in the morning then visit Epcot in the night and it'll deduct two days worth of tickets.

I'm not saying I'm right, or anyone else is right either. I think you should call and ask the question directly yourself from the Disney reps, explaining exactly what you're trying to do.

Sorry, emphatic no. Relying on Disney phone CMs for accurate data regarding park operations is a bad idea, and will often lead to disappointment. In this case, I am 100% confident this will not work. And those who know me here can tell you I almost never guarantee my answers.

 

[siskaren]

I'm seeing a lot of definitive no's up there, but I was talking with two separate reps that said yes, this is 100% legit. E.g. visit MK in the morning then visit Epcot in the night and it'll deduct two days worth of tickets.

I'm not saying I'm right, or anyone else is right either. I think you should call and ask the question directly yourself from the Disney reps, explaining exactly what you're trying to do.

It really doesn't make sense that you would be able to do it. Park hopping means going to more than one park in one day, so why should it be possible to do that without a park hopper ticket?

 

[maxiesmom]

I'm seeing a lot of definitive no's up there, but I was talking with two separate reps that said yes, this is 100% legit. E.g. visit MK in the morning then visit Epcot in the night and it'll deduct two days worth of tickets.

I'm not saying I'm right, or anyone else is right either. I think you should call and ask the question directly yourself from the Disney reps, explaining exactly what you're trying to do.

This is a definite NO. The two separate reps you spoke with were very very wrong. And unfortunately that won't be the last time someone gets bad info over the phone that could ruin a vacation.

 

[goofy4tink]

I'm seeing a lot of definitive no's up there, but I was talking with two separate reps that said yes, this is 100% legit. E.g. visit MK in the morning then visit Epcot in the night and it'll deduct two days worth of tickets.

I'm not saying I'm right, or anyone else is right either. I think you should call and ask the question directly yourself from the Disney reps, explaining exactly what you're trying to do.

Wow, so much bad info being given out. It's 100% non-doable. If you go to MK in the morning, and then head to Epcot later in the day? Won't work...the system will kick it out. If this was, in fact, doable? Do you think anyone would add hopping to their tickets?

 

[Alesia]

I'm seeing a lot of definitive no's up there, but I was talking with two separate reps that said yes, this is 100% legit. E.g. visit MK in the morning then visit Epcot in the night and it'll deduct two days worth of tickets.

I'm not saying I'm right, or anyone else is right either. I think you should call and ask the question directly yourself from the Disney reps, explaining exactly what you're trying to do.

Never, ever believe anything a phone CM tells you - they are wrong more often than they are right.

The 2 CMs you talked to were absolutely, completely, 100% wrong.

 

[aaarcher86]

I'm seeing a lot of definitive no's up there, but I was talking with two separate reps that said yes, this is 100% legit. E.g. visit MK in the morning then visit Epcot in the night and it'll deduct two days worth of tickets.

I'm not saying I'm right, or anyone else is right either. I think you should call and ask the question directly yourself from the Disney reps, explaining exactly what you're trying to do.

Your ticket straight up says "one park per DAY." Not one park per TICKET. You have one 5 DAY ticket, not 5 one day tickets. If you had two separate one day tickets you could do this, but it cost more than a park hopper.

I'm sorry you got bad info. It's the norm. But the turn styles will not allow you to go through into a second park, the CM will see why, and you'll be directed to GR to add park hopper. Telling them a phone CM told you it would be okay will get you a "sorry, they were wrong," a smile, and wave as you walk away disappointed.

 

[MisterPat]

This is a definite NO. We learned this the hard way. We were denied admission for 1 person in our party since she did not have park hopper tickets while the rest of us did. We pointed out that she had an extra day on hers, as she had not gone a day earlier in the week as she had planned. We asked them to use that day. That's when we were sent to guest services and the policy was explained to us. So, we called her parents to come to the front of the park (they were already there from the morning). They ended up buying an extra one day ticket to get her in and wasting the last day on her ticket.

 

[Robo]

This is a definite NO. We learned this the hard way. We were denied admission for 1 person in our party since she did not have park hopper tickets while the rest of us did. We pointed out that she had an extra day on hers, as she had not gone a day earlier in the week as she had planned. We asked them to use that day. That's when we were sent to guest services and the policy was explained to us. So, we called her parents to come to the front of the park (they were already there from the morning).
They ended up buying an extra one day ticket to get her in and wasting the last day on her ticket.

If (IF) her ticket was new for that trip, and she had only used some of the "days" on it during that same trip, then they could have simply added the Hopper option to her multi-day ticket.
That is much cheaper than buying an additional one-day ticket.

 

[siskaren]

This is a definite NO. We learned this the hard way. We were denied admission for 1 person in our party since she did not have park hopper tickets while the rest of us did. We pointed out that she had an extra day on hers, as she had not gone a day earlier in the week as she had planned. We asked them to use that day. That's when we were sent to guest services and the policy was explained to us. So, we called her parents to come to the front of the park (they were already there from the morning). They ended up buying an extra one day ticket to get her in and wasting the last day on her ticket.

Unless I'm missing something, they shouldn't have had to buy her a one day ticket - they just needed to add the park hopper, which would've been cheaper.

 

[RedAngie]

This is a definite NO. We learned this the hard way. We were denied admission for 1 person in our party since she did not have park hopper tickets while the rest of us did. We pointed out that she had an extra day on hers, as she had not gone a day earlier in the week as she had planned. We asked them to use that day. That's when we were sent to guest services and the policy was explained to us. So, we called her parents to come to the front of the park (they were already there from the morning). They ended up buying an extra one day ticket to get her in and wasting the last day on her ticket.

I suppose they didn't realize it would have been cheaper just to add the park hopper to her existing ticket.