Disneyland Reservation for Add-on Day

[KatieBee14]

Hey everyone! Question about adding a day to our park trip next month…we have a flight booked arriving at SNA Sunday night and then had planned to do the parks Tuesday-Thursday with our 3 day park hoppers before flying out Friday. We have Monday as a buffer day in case our flight is delayed or canceled but we would love to do Disney that day if we are able to. My question is, how do we do this and how should I make our park reservations? Should I make them for our definite Tuesday-Thursday park days and then hope we can add Monday on? Or should I do Monday-Wednesday and then hope we can add Thursday if Monday is the more difficult day to get a reservation for? I very much appreciate any help!! Thank you so much!

 

[ComeToSocialize]

If you already bought 3 day park hoppers, I think to upgrade to a 4 day ticket you have to either go to the ticket booth or call in.

It's very unlikely that a Thursday will be out of reservations as of the preceding Monday... maybe DL as starting park might be sold out, but I think even that is unlikely unless it's a super busy week.

So what I'd do is change your 3 day hopper to have reservations for Monday-Wednesday, then once you know you're going to actually go on Monday, call or visit ticket booth to upgrade to a 4 day hopper, and then make your reservation for Thursday. If you end up not going on Monday, you can just cancel your Monday reservation and rebook for Thursday.

That'll all be easier than showing up on Sunday or Monday morning without a Monday reservation and trying to sort that out.

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

Yeah, it would be great if it worked the way previous poster says but unless I have missed a policy change, then reservations from the ticket you are upgrading from do not carry over to your new ticket. So you actually need all the dates you plan to visit to still be available at the time of upgrade because you will have to rebook all your reservations when you upgrade the ticket.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

Counting on reservations being available for days so close to the visit is so risky these days. There have been random days that I never would have expected to be “sold out” that just were unavailable for whatever reason. And day tickets do seem to become sold out within about five days previous lately.

 

[ComeToSocialize]

Yeah, it would be great if it worked the way previous poster says but unless I have missed a policy change, then reservations from the ticket you are upgrading from do not carry over to your new ticket. So you actually need all the dates you plan to visit to still be available at the time of upgrade because you will have to rebook all your reservations when you upgrade the ticket.

You're right! I forgot that it stupidly works that way where if you take a 3 day and on day 1 upgrade it to a 4 day, it wipes all your reservations. Very dumb.

Not really sure what the solution is then. It'll be more expensive but maybe you have to buy 1 day tickets for Monday separately. If you don't make it, you can just cancel the reservation and save the 1 day tickets for a future trip. You can mitigate some of the cost increase by not buying hoppers for that 1 day.

Only other option would be just committing to a 4 day now, and calling to upgrade? I doubt your flight will be cancelled/delayed to extent that you miss an entire day.

 

[senoragilbert]

You're right! I forgot that it stupidly works that way where if you take a 3 day and on day 1 upgrade it to a 4 day, it wipes all your reservations. Very dumb.

Wow, this is not at all how it worked last February at the ticket booth (upgraded from 2 to 3 days, and added park hopper). I'm sad to hear that upgrading wipes your reservations, that's crazy!

 

[KatieBee14]

Thank you so much for all the input! We also purchased our tickets through Undercover Tourist so I’m not sure if that could complicate adding the day on. I’m going to see if it’s possible to add the day on in advance and then if we are able to, we aren’t risking losing our reservations or gambling on availability.

 

[senoragilbert]

Thank you so much for all the input! We also purchased our tickets through Undercover Tourist so I’m not sure if that could complicate adding the day on. I’m going to see if it’s possible to add the day on in advance and then if we are able to, we aren’t risking losing our reservations or gambling on availability.

That's exactly the situation we had last year, and I called them and they were willing to refund my tickets and allow me to purchase the new ones. Stupid me, I thought I'd do better upgrading at the ticket booth, and we absolutely DID NOT. Instead, they charged me the full difference between the 2-day 1-park from BEFORE the price increase (which was the whole reason I was trying to keep those tickets) to the 3-day hoppers, so we ended up paying as if we'd walked up. Luckily I didn't have to re-book park reservations, but it was the most expensive possible way of doing things, so I highly recommend calling UT and getting your tickets changed ahead of time!

 

[KatieBee14]

That's exactly the situation we had last year, and I called them and they were willing to refund my tickets and allow me to purchase the new ones. Stupid me, I thought I'd do better upgrading at the ticket booth, and we absolutely DID NOT. Instead, they charged me the full difference between the 2-day 1-park from BEFORE the price increase (which was the whole reason I was trying to keep those tickets) to the 3-day hoppers, so we ended up paying as if we'd walked up. Luckily I didn't have to re-book park reservations, but it was the most expensive possible way of doing things, so I highly recommend calling UT and getting your tickets changed ahead of time!

Oh my gosh, that sounds terrible! Thank you so much for sharing your experience and giving feedback! I’m sorry that was your experience! It seems like it should be so simple but it sure isn’t!

 

[senoragilbert]

Oh my gosh, that sounds terrible! Thank you so much for sharing your experience and giving feedback! I’m sorry that was your experience! It seems like it should be so simple but it sure isn’t!

Live and learn. Just glad you will avoid the same mistake!

 

[Kerr84]

My tickets from UT say:

“The Undercover Tourist refund policy below is applicable for your purchase and precedes the Disney refund policy stated on your E-Ticket. Therefore, please contact Undercover Tourist if you need to process a refund on qualifying tickets.
E-Ticket: Refundable for 365 days from the date of purchase. E-Ticket must not be used, expired, or modified or exchanged. Once verified with the vendor that they are unused, 95% of the item(s) total will be refunded. Yup, we are friendly frogs. The 5% fee will cover the delivery, handling and the processing fees associated with accepting payment and fulfilling the order. Expired E-tickets, used E-tickets in full or in part, modified E-tickets or any E-tickets not currently sold on this site are non-refundable.”

I’m sure they would waive the 5% fee if you are upgrading, but I would go through UT first before trying to do it at the park.