Dining package question about 1 member of party already with a ticket.

[ks12066]

My son was given a 10 day park hopper with no ex. by his parents last summer. We were trying to book a WDW vacation for Sept. with the free dining, but the reservationist said that we all had to have the same package. Is there any way around this? We do not want to buy him another ticket. I knew that we could not buy the dining package for him without purchasing a ticket, but I know he needs a resort ID for EMH. What suggestions do you have? Thanks!!

 

[Anc96]

My son was given a 10 day park hopper with no ex. by his parents last summer. We were trying to book a WDW vacation for Sept. with the free dining, but the reservationist said that we all had to have the same package. Is there any way around this? We do not want to buy him another ticket. I knew that we could not buy the dining package for him without purchasing a ticket, but I know he needs a resort ID for EMH. What suggestions do you have? Thanks!!

How long are you staying...

In order to have the dining package you MUST purchase park tickets for everyone in the room.. and everyone MUST have the same type of park tickets (7 day MWY or whatever).
No way around it...

So you can do this.. it may come out to be a bit more.. but shouldn't be more than the price of your son's one day pass ($60 ish).

Book your room with dining and ONE day base passes for everyone... the dining is good for every night of your stay.. the number of days on your tickets doesn't count.

Now.. you check in .. everyone gets their one day pass.... don't activate any of them. Go to customer relations and upgrade yours and hubbys pass to whatever other pass you want. Your son will still have his one day pass.. that will not expire as long as you don't activate it (don't use his room key/card to get into the parks), and he can use his 10 day pass to enter the parks. Then some time in the future you can upgrade that one day base pass for another ticket.. or use it as is.

Good luck.. have fun!

 

[ks12066]

We are staying for 6 nights and want a 4 day hopper pass. Thanks!

 

[jcemom]

I had an AP when we booked with free dining last year. We did as suggested, booked our package with 1 day base tickets, and then upgraded as necessary. When you upgrade the passes for you and DH, ask them to pull your DSs one day pass from his room key. They can put it on a separate card for you to save, so there will be no danger of DS accidentally using it. (I still have mine from last year. We'll upgrade it in October for our next trip.)