Changing Date Based Ticket Then Upgrade to AP???

[DavidNYC]

These date based tickets are really messing with my former knowledge of best procedure for upgrading tickets . .

So have an 8-day hopper for November purchased before the last round of price changes. Was planning on upgrading to FL Annual Pass when we got there after using the ticket, getting price bridged . . . yada yada yada.

So one of our party is going to make an extra trip in October before our tickets are valid. So she'll need to change her ticket date to even get into the park the first time I assume which I would think mean we either have to (a) upgrade her to the AP prior to entering the park for the first time or (b) change the date on the ticket (which if we did it on the WDW website would cost $48), use it to enter the park, and then upgrade.

Is one of these methods a better way to do it?

 

[Turksmom]

My daughter did the same thing. I offered to change the date before she went so she could book fast passes, but she didn't really care about them. She was able to use her future (unchanged date) ticket to bridge to AP with no problems.
So, if you want to pre book FP for that trip, change date. If not, save the $48.

 

[DavidNYC]

My daughter did the same thing. I offered to change the date before she went so she could book fast passes, but she didn't really care about them. She was able to use her future (unchanged date) ticket to bridge to AP with no problems.
So, if you want to pre book FP for that trip, change date. If not, save the $48.

Completely forgot about the FP booking issue! I guess that answers my question! I guess next question is if you pay change fee what is the value of the ticket towards the AP since it was purchased from UT at a discount but then changed directly with Disney.

 

[lanejudy]

Completely forgot about the FP booking issue! I guess that answers my question! I guess next question is if you pay change fee what is the value of the ticket towards the AP since it was purchased from UT at a discount but then changed directly with Disney.

When you pay to change the date, I believe that brings the “value” to current pricing. So the value to go towards an AP upgrade will be the same as the price to buy a new 8-day ticket starting in October as of the date you make that change.

Enjoy your vacation!

 

[Robo]

When you pay to change the date, I believe that brings the “value” to current pricing. So the value to go towards an AP upgrade will be the same as the price to buy a new 8-day ticket starting in October as of the date you make that change.

Enjoy your vacation!

Agree.