Disney UK -ticket upgrade question

[mattnkatsmum]

We are DVC owners and have annual passes, but I'm almost out of points, so am considering booking a free dining trip in August.

I did free dining a few years back, but booked through US Disney and just bought one day tickets which I then offset against the cost of our APs.

I believe that if I book a free dining UK package, I also have to add on the fourteen day tickets. Am I correct?

If so, does anyone know if either:
a: I can upgrade these tickets subsequently to APs or, if not,
b: If I can save these tickets and use them for a future trip.

I'm thinking that US Disney might be a better way to go for us, but would like to weigh up our options first.

 

[orangetiggs]

not sure about upgrading them but I have read theat the tickets are valind till the end of this year and expire 14 days after first use

 

[Elise79]

I don't believe you can upgrade them and they will need to be first used by 31 December 2009.

Here is a link to a thread written by a CM on tickets - it answers pretty much all your questions!

 

[wideeyes]

you can't upgrade the 14 day ulitimate tickets as you can only get them in the UK however you can upgrade the 5 or 7 day premium tickets. I don't know if you can get these with the 14 day DDP though.

 

[Shooby doo]

I would call about this because at the minute you are being "upgraded" to a 14 Day Ultimate for the price of the 7 day premium & as one of the others stated you would be able to upgrade the 7 day.As far as I recall the only stipulation on Free Dining was that it was all bought as a package & there was no need to have a pass for the duration of your stay.I have just entered dates for next year & it gives you free dining with either option.
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[Portugal1000]

I would like to know about this too. I booked the free dining last August for this August. I had to buy the tickets but I had already bought an annual pass which I used for the our December holiday and will therefore still be valid this August. I spoke to a couple of CM's about this and neither were really sure about the ticket and whether it could be extended. I also sent 2 emails to Disney Customer Services and didn't get back a response to either. When I spoke to the CM's they did say that the tickets should definitely be valid until 31st December but I have since read threads on here that say they are only valid for the lenght of your stay. Even with buying the tickets, the free dining offer was a great deal but I will be upset if these tickets go to waste. Seems crazy that you can't pay extra to extend the tickets or put them towards an annual pass, both options I would be happy with. I htink there should be some concession for an annual passholder. After all, the only way to get the free dining was to buy a ticket aswell.

 

[Shooby doo]

Portugal sounds like your CM was confused,yes they are valid until 31st Dec but this is only if you don't use them,therefore you are still stuck with the 14/21 days from first use. I know that we are always told that the Ultimate/premium passes are such a great deal & are so much better than what the rest of the world gets but in the cae of DDP the AP holders elsewhere only need to buy a 1 Day pass & they have the option of the MYW pass upgrade to either non-expiry or AP.Because we were on-site last year we bought Ultimate passes & yes it was good to have them but really we hardly used it any more than what we normally do with our MYW-which I might add we still have days on from a previous trip!
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