Could this possibly be true?

[Kat&Dom]

"Hi! We have a vacation planned for October/November 2010. My travel agent told me to book the 8-day tickets instead of the 5-day tickets. She said we could use the extra days to enter more than one park per day. Is that true?
- Asked by Brooke from MD on 3/5/2010Answered by
Maribel Z., PR Category
General Options & Prices

Hi Brooke!
I think your travel agent is right. When you have an 8-day Magic Your Way Base ticket you can enter one theme park per day. But, if you're going to visit WDW for 5 days, you can use the 3 extra days to enter two theme parks in one day. However, keep in mind that every park you enter in one day will mean you have used one day for every different park. For example, if you go to Magic Kingdom in the morning and Disney's Hollywood Studios in the evening, you will have used two days of your Magic Your Way ticket.
Have a Magical vacation!"



I just found this on the Mom's Panel on the Disney Site. Wouldn't this kind of nullify the whole PH concept? Anyway, I wanted to check to see if the wise Dis'ers know anything about this and if it could possibly be true?

 

[disney*mom*82]

Unless you have a park hopper your tickets are only good for one park per day. That is it, doesnt matter if you bought extra days or not. We always buy extra days and add no expire and save them for a different trip.

 

[Mousecat]

That would not be correct. If you guy a 5-day ticket you get one entry to one park per day for 5 days. If you buy a 8-day ticket you get one entry to one park per day for 8 days. The only way to enter more than one park during one day is when you have purchased the parkhopper option. The reason the price of the 5-day ticket and 8-day ticket are so close is they want to stay at WDW longer. Hope this helps.

Sam
www.samlanddisney.blogspot.com

 

[CarKey]

Holy cow, Brooke needs a better travel agent! You cannot do this.

 

[summerlvr]

Sorry, but no, you can't do that. One park per day unless you have the park hopper option.

 

[maj42169]

"Hi! We have a vacation planned for October/November 2010. My travel agent told me to book the 8-day tickets instead of the 5-day tickets. She said we could use the extra days to enter more than one park per day. Is that true?
- Asked by Brooke from MD on 3/5/2010Answered by
Maribel Z., PR Category
General Options & Prices

Hi Brooke!
I think your travel agent is right. When you have an 8-day Magic Your Way Base ticket you can enter one theme park per day. But, if you're going to visit WDW for 5 days, you can use the 3 extra days to enter two theme parks in one day. However, keep in mind that every park you enter in one day will mean you have used one day for every different park. For example, if you go to Magic Kingdom in the morning and Disney's Hollywood Studios in the evening, you will have used two days of your Magic Your Way ticket.
Have a Magical vacation!"



I just found this on the Mom's Panel on the Disney Site. Wouldn't this kind of nullify the whole PH concept? Anyway, I wanted to check to see if the wise Dis'ers know anything about this and if it could possibly be true?

I am sorry, but that information IS NOT correct. You can NOT enter more than one park per day with a base ticket that doesn't have a hopper added to it. The ticket will be "marked" as to which park you had entered, and then when you go to try and enter another park with that ticket, it will not "use" another day, but instead will come up as an invalid entry.

You CAN go back into the park that you had already entered, but you can NOT use the extra days to enter more parks. Sorry.

 

[ShannonMB]

Holy cow, Brooke needs a better travel agent! You cannot do this.

I'm more surprised this incorrect info was on the "Mom's panel".

 

[larryz]

Someone needs to point Maribel Z to Cheshire Figment's sticky on tickets!

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Wow, her travel agent is either stupid or is trying to rip you off.

She should get a new travel agent.

 

[Golf4food]

That travel agent needs to be fired and the responding mom needs to be politely tapped over the head with a panel...

 

[Kat&Dom]

I'm more surprised this incorrect info was on the "Mom's panel".

Me too - you would think that a person could trust what is on the Disney site. I was so shocked by it - I had to post it.

I am so glad that I stumbled on the Disboards and am able to get accurate and up-to-date information.

 

[design_mom]

I'm more surprised this incorrect info was on the "Mom's panel".

I think the Mom's Panel is, quite possible, the *worst* thing I've ever seen Disney do. I have seen several questions that have wrong answers.

For questions that involve facts (can I bring __ into the park? will my room include __? Can I use the tickets this way?) they really need to have someone at Disney checking their answers before they're posted. Since the Mom's Panel is on Disney's official web site, the information ought to be correct!

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

I'm more surprised this incorrect info was on the "Mom's panel".

That's what I was thinking. I wasn't picked for the panel but even I knew the answer to that!

 

[branv]

I'm appalled that this was on a disney sponsored site as well. Yes, I know the people answering are just "mom's" but where's the oversight?! I'd be completely hocked off if I were that submitter. Plus, time for a new TA.

 

[chartle]

I'm appalled that this was on a disney sponsored site as well. Yes, I know the people answering are just "mom's" but where's the oversight?! I'd be completely hocked off if I were that submitter. Plus, time for a new TA.

I have read that some CM's that answer the general info line also have given out this same info.

Its sad that some people will use bad info like this and plan their trip around it. Such as not getting PH's and making ADR's in two different parks in the same day.

Oh and the page is still there. Its at the top.

http://disneyworldforum.disney.go.com/questions.aspx?sort=&page=&qid=77962&pid=120&cid=126

 

[twokids0204]

Absolutley NOT true...

Without Park Hopper... you can only enter 1 park per day, irregardless of how many days remain on the ticket.

The Travel Agent needs further training.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

A base ticket is one major (theme) park per day. You are allowed to re-enter the same park if you leave it on one day, but it can only be used at the one park.

Note that the ticket will state on it either "Not Valid For Park Hopping" or "One Theme Park Per Day". That should be a hint.

If you put the ticket in the turnstile of another park the display on the Guest side of the turnstile will be "ACCESS DENIED". The top line of the display on the Greeter side will give information about the ticket, and the second line of the display will say "CROSSOVER NOT PERMITTED". The turnstile will not unlock.

This is because Disney charges $3.00 per day over four days on a ticket, but charges $52 to allow hopping. It does not make economic sense for Disney to allow this.

If you actually have multiple tickets (more than one physical ticket per person) as opposed to multiple day tickets, you can use these tickets for multiple entries. But it makes absolutely no economic sense as a separate ticket costs a lot more than adding hopping to a ticket.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Funny how we all know it's wrong. More of us DISers should be on the Mom's Panel. I am trying! I'm 0 for 3.

 

[ShannonMB]

Funny ow we all know it's wrng. More of us DISers should be on the Mom's Panel. I am trying! I'm 0 for 3.

I remember when they were interviewing for new members last year and tons of DISers like you were trying. I'm NOT happy that this ill-informed Maribel chick got the "job" when missing this question has GOT to be Disney ticket info 101!!!! I doubt one of my fellow DISers would make such an amateur mistake! Best of luck next time. BTW, good eye, OP!

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I wish there was a way to comment on the "mom"'s answers.

Also, anyone find this insulting? There are at least two men who answer questions. I hate this. This happens when I used to go to dance meetings or PTA meetings. "OK moms!' "OK ladies!" Hello... THERE'S A GUY PRESENT!

Sorry that was....