Converting park tickets to APs

[bluespiano42]

We are going to WDW in 2 weeks and have the 6 day park hopper passes. Since it is Free Dining, we obviously paid full price. I am seriously considering converting them to Annual Passes when we get there. How do you figure out how much you will have to pay to convert them? I went to the site, put in the passes and got the price, then took the AP rice and subtracted it. Am I doing it correctly?

My numbers are: 2 adults, one 7 year old - park passes $922 + $180 for PH option = 1102. APs are $634 apiece, 3 X 634 = 1902. $1902 - 1102 = $800. So I will have to pay $800 while I am there to convert them? Am I figuring this correctly? Any hidden fees I should know about? TIA!

 

[DVCkidsMOM]

I don't remember any fees when we did this. They just ring up the cost of the APs and then credit to that cost the cost of your still-valid 6d hoppers. I didn't verify your numbers, but shouldn't your 7yo have a child's AP if she is converting a child's 6d hopper? Make sure that both prices already include taxes.
Caveats: I don't know what got messed up or how but our APs ended up with the wrong expiration date which we had to fix next trip. It wasn't a date that would have matched when we bought the 6d hoppers or when we attached them to MDE or anything logical, but we kept our receipts so it was fixable. So before you leave Guest Services where you upgrade your passes, check that the expiration of your APs is one year from your FIRST USE of the 6d tix you are upgrading. Also check that adults have adult passes, child has child pass, and that they all look the same. We also had a glitch where one of our passes had a different color stripe - we didn't think anything of it, but when correcting the date were told that I'd been issued a resident (or something odd, don't remember) card with blackout dates rather than the full AP card. Glad that didn't bite me in the butt before it was fixed.

 

[Robo]

We are going to WDW in 2 weeks and have the 6 day park hopper passes. Since it is Free Dining, we obviously paid full price. I am seriously considering converting them to Annual Passes when we get there.

1. How do you figure out how much you will have to pay to convert them? I went to the site, put in the passes and got the price, then took the AP rice and subtracted it. Am I doing it correctly?

My numbers are: 2 adults, one 7 year old - park passes $922 + $180 for PH option = 1102. APs are $634 apiece, 3 X 634 = 1902. $1902 - 1102 = $800. So I will have to pay $800 while I am there to convert them?

2. Am I figuring this correctly?

3. Any hidden fees I should know about? TIA!

1. Subtract the price for a 6-day Hopper from the price of an AP.
Pay that difference price for the upgrade (plus tax on the difference price.)

2. Make sure you figure the tax.

3. No fees.

Be sure to do the upgrade only AFTER you have USED your tickets to go into a theme park
at least one time.
Yes, use the original tickets at least one time BEFORE doing the upgrade.

 

[bluespiano42]

Thanks - I knew I would have to pay the tax - was trying to keep it simple. As for the 7 yo, the prices on the APs are the same - I was just looking at it from a pure numbers standpoint. Great advice - I will be sure to doublecheck the passes before leaving - don't want a future problem.

 

[POOHsie]

We are going to WDW in 2 weeks and have the 6 day park hopper passes. Since it is Free Dining, we obviously paid full price. I am seriously considering converting them to Annual Passes when we get there. How do you figure out how much you will have to pay to convert them? I went to the site, put in the passes and got the price, then took the AP rice and subtracted it. Am I doing it correctly?

My numbers are: 2 adults, one 7 year old - park passes $922 + $180 for PH option = 1102. APs are $634 apiece, 3 X 634 = 1902. $1902 - 1102 = $800. So I will have to pay $800 while I am there to convert them? Am I figuring this correctly? Any hidden fees I should know about? TIA!

OP -- Your calculations are correct, except you didn't include tax. There are no hidden fees. Disney prices are the same at the parks as they are when you buy online or book tickets with a resort stay package. Your new APs will be dated to the first day you used your 6-day PH tickets. If your 6-day PH tickets are unused, APs will begin on the day you do the upgrade. All prices below include tax.

2 Adult 6-day PH $796.62
1 Child 6-day PH $377.01
Total $1173.63

2 Adult AP, 1 Child AP $675.21 each
(same price for each)
Total $2025.63

Total you owe for upgrade:
$2025.63 - $1173.63 = $852

 

[DVCkidsMOM]

Wow, I though we paid a cheaper price for APs when my children were still children price. Maybe I just put that expense out of my mind - didn't mean to mislead anyone.

 

[CaryHaven]

1. Subtract the price for a 6-day Hopper from the price of an AP.
Pay that difference price for the upgrade (plus tax on the difference price.)

2. Make sure you figure the tax.

3. No fees.

Be sure to do the upgrade only AFTER you have USED your tickets to go into a theme park
at least one time.
Yes, use the original tickets at least one time BEFORE doing the upgrade.

Robo - I thought you only had to use the ticket once if A) You bought from a different retailer (discounted) or B) Prices had gone up since you bought your ticket. If this isn't right, please let me know, because I'm upgrading as well, but had planned to do it before we used a day.

 

[POOHsie]

Robo - I thought you only had to use the ticket once if A) You bought from a different retailer (discounted) or B) Prices had gone up since you bought your ticket. If this isn't right, please let me know, because I'm upgrading as well, but had planned to do it before we used a day.

CaryHaven -- also tickets bought with Disney resort packages and tickets purchased from The Disney Store are eligible for price-bridging and (generally) should be used first before upgrading.

Your comment is technically correct. But it's apparent that you have an understanding of Disney ticket rules. Most posters here don't. The blanket reply by Robo and others -- to use your tickets FIRST before upgrading, blanket-covers a lot of ticket situations (to the benefit of the poster) without explaining the complicated ifs, ands, & buts of upgrading Disney tickets.

 

[CaryHaven]

CaryHaven -- also tickets bought with Disney resort packages and tickets purchased from The Disney Store are eligible for price-bridging and (generally) should be used first before upgrading.

Your comment is technically correct. But it's apparent that you have an understanding of Disney ticket rules. Most posters here don't. The blanket reply by Robo and others -- to use your tickets FIRST before upgrading, blanket-covers a lot of ticket situations (to the benefit of the poster) without explaining the complicated ifs, ands, & buts of upgrading Disney tickets.

I thought that May have been what he was doing. But you bring up something I've not heard before....when you say "Disney resort packages", are you meaning like the free dining promo? I don't think the tickets are discounted with that; correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Robo]

I thought that May have been what he was doing. But you bring up something I've not heard before....when you say "Disney resort packages", are you meaning like the free dining promo? I don't think the tickets are discounted with that; correct me if I'm wrong.

All WDW park tickets sold in conjunction with a WDW Resort stay are considered "discounted" tickets, as they are "sold internally"
by the WDW Parks to the WDW Resorts... at a "discount" from the full gate price.
The GUEST doesn't "see" the discount, but it is there, internally to the resort.

"Disney resort packages" means any time you make a resort reservation AND buy park tickets in conjunction with that stay.
This does include the "Free Dining" (and similar type) packages.

These package tickets CAN be price-bridged. (Unlike buying tickets from Disney without a resort stay.)