Checking Unused tickets/passes

[csc070700]

Does anyone have tips on how to check old passes/tickets from previous trips to see if any time if left on them. I have several length of stay park hopper passes and would like to check before ordering new passes for the next trip...thanks!

 

[safetymom]

You can only check them when you get to the parks or a WDW resort. No way to tell in Boston.

 

[seashoreCM]

Length of stay passes expire when the parks close for your check out day.

I belive that, although it is not the policy, that occasionally a plain hopper pass or hopper plus pass (that does not expire) has been encoded on a room key making it look like a lenth of stay (unlimited magic ) pass. So don't throw the passes away just becuse they look like room keys. Have the Guest Services (at the hotel) or Guest relations (at a park) scan them an yway and ask for both the dollar trade up value and the number of days/plusses remaining.

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

 

[Simba's Mom]

Although this won't help you with these tickets from previous trips, here's a tip for the future. Whenever we go to WDW, on the last day in the parks, we go to guest services, armed with a pen and white tape. We find out how many days we have left on our pass(es) and write that # down on the pass. It's something we've done for years.

 

[GrannyEv]

In 1990 we took our kids to DisneyWorld. We still have two childs tickets with two days each on them. In September I am taking my DD and my DGS and DGD. Can I exchange the unused ticket towards an adult ticket for my daughter, or towards childs tickets for my grandkids.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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GrannyEv

 

[Simba's Mom]

Although I'm not sure what the policy is now, we had this situation in 2003. We found a child's ticket from 1989 from DS. He used it that year (obviously not a child-20 yo) at MGM with no problem. However, MK said he would have to go to guest relations and exchange it. There would be no extra charge, and although I brought proof (our hotel reservation slip) from 1989, no one asked for anything.

 

[GrannyEv]

I have read on a number of sites that you can exchange them for adult tickets as long as you have your adult child with you and that they look the age they would be if they were a child back in 1990. I also read that you can change it in towards childrens tickets, so I could use it on my grandkids. I'm just trying the figure out the most cost effective. Perhaps I should just wait until I get down there and then buy the tickets for them,

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Granny Ev

 

[BostonRob]

In 1990 we took our kids to DisneyWorld. We still have two childs tickets with two days each on them. In September I am taking my DD and my DGS and DGD. Can I exchange the unused ticket towards an adult ticket for my daughter, or towards childs tickets for my grandkids.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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GrannyEv

Technically, you can exchange one of the tickets towards a new ticket for your daughter. Unless you bring your son, the other cannot be used. See the problem with this is that tickets have always been NON-TRANSFERABLE. It's not a problem with adult tickets from 1990 because, since there's no name printed on them, anybody can say the tickets were theirs. But with child tickets, well obviously whomever was a child in 1990 is no longer a child now. So, according to Disney's policy, the only thing they're obligated to do is to give your children the pro-rated value of those tickets towards new adult tickets for themselves. And since this can only be done in person, you'd have to show up with 2 twenty-somethings.

It may not be worth the trouble. To find out exactly how much those tickets are worth towards an upgrade, you need to know what you originally paid for them. Then you divide that by how many days they were originally worth, then multiply that by how many days remain. I'm guessing they're probably worth about $20 per day or $40 apiece.

 

[GrannyEv]

Well the two tickets are from two of my daughters, both of who are grown now. I thought I would take both tickets along, and just use them one at a time. buy a two or three day ticket at one time, and then whatever I need the next time. We will be at the theme parks for five days. So I will turn them in and just pay the difference. It will save me at least a little bit on the tickets. And any saving, as far as disney is concerned is a bonus.
Thanks for your tips.

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GrannyEv

 

[BostonRob]

Well the two tickets are from two of my daughters, both of who are grown now. I thought I would take both tickets along, and just use them one at a time. buy a two or three day ticket at one time, and then whatever I need the next time. We will be at the theme parks for five days. So I will turn them in and just pay the difference. It will save me at least a little bit on the tickets. And any saving, as far as disney is concerned is a bonus.
Thanks for your tips.

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GrannyEv

Yeah, if you do it that way, I don't see why it wouldn't work. Upgrade one ticket to a 2 day adult ticket and let her use that, then, two days later do the same thing with the other ticket. That makes sense.