DVC AP price increase??

[Rileygirl]

Hi - a complicated question here.

It looks like AP prices are going up Aug 2. We are going to purchase 4 on our upcoming trip. I planned to get the DVC discount, but I also have 4 old oneday tickets I also wanted to apply to the cost of our AP's.

Here is the question - if I buy the AP online with the DVC discount now before the price increase, can I go to guest services in mid august, and upgrade our AP to the premium ap by using our single day tickets??

Part b of the question - will I be charged the difference on the new ticket prices if I do that, or only the difference between the ap and the PAP?? I am trying to figure out if its cheaper to by the ap now at the lower price, or just wait, take the sting of the price increase, and do it all at guest services.

I am assuming that there will be a price increase for our dvc ap's, as tourist ap's have gone up

TIA

 

[Rileygirl]

anyone?

 

[Tara]

Hi - a complicated question here.

It looks like AP prices are going up Aug 2. We are going to purchase 4 on our upcoming trip. I planned to get the DVC discount, but I also have 4 old oneday tickets I also wanted to apply to the cost of our AP's.

Here is the question - if I buy the AP online with the DVC discount now before the price increase, can I go to guest services in mid august, and upgrade our AP to the premium ap by using our single day tickets??

Part b of the question - will I be charged the difference on the new ticket prices if I do that, or only the difference between the ap and the PAP?? I am trying to figure out if its cheaper to by the ap now at the lower price, or just wait, take the sting of the price increase, and do it all at guest services.

I am assuming that there will be a price increase for our dvc ap's, as tourist ap's have gone up

TIA

I'm pretty sure the scenario you describe isn't possible because you can't combine 2 ticket media. You could apply the AP OR the 1-day MYW to a PAP, but not BOTH.

If you buy now, you'll save $20 each but you'll have the 1-day passes to hold on to and you'll be unable to apply them to this ticket purchase either before or after the fact.

If you wait, you'll be able to apply the 1-day ticket toward your AP - that's about $75, right? Actually, it'll be $79.

 

[silmarg]

I'm pretty sure the scenario you describe isn't possible because you can't combine 2 ticket media. You could apply the AP OR the 1-day MYW to a PAP, but not BOTH.

If you buy now, you'll save $20 each but you'll have the 1-day passes to hold on to and you'll be unable to apply them to this ticket purchase either before or after the fact.

If you wait, you'll be able to apply the 1-day ticket toward your AP - that's about $75, right? Actually, it'll be $79.

I am pretty sure Tara is correct about the 2 tickets into one. That wont work.

I always thought to get the current value ($79 for 1 day pass) of a ticket in a trade in (vs what you paid for it - $75 or less depending on when you got them) you had to at least use it... then upgrade it. So you'd need to go to the park and use the ticket, then upgrade it. If the ticket was unused you only get what you paid for it (but maybe this rule only applies to discounted tickets - I work for Chase and this is how upgrading works for tickets I get from work).

If you want to get the right answer.... post on the Theme Park Boards, and you will get a response from Cheshire Figment. Is a Disney CM who sell theme park tickets at the Parks... so he is THE expert.

Read his post here:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1452684

 

[goofy4tink]

NO....don't use that one day, one park ticket. It will then be worth nothing!!! It has to be unused in order to put it towards another ticket....AP in this case. I've done just this thing several times....CMs always tell me to be very careful and not put those one day, one park passes into a turnstyle..to just leave them in our room!! Once you use them, they are no good.
It's the multi-day passes that have to be used once before being able to upgrade! Unless something has changed.

 

[silmarg]

from Cheshire Figment's main thread:

Upgrading Tickets to Annual Passes
An upgrade to an Annual Pass or Premium Annual Pass follows basically the same rules as any other upgrade of MYW tickets.

Note that any upgrade requires a cash (or cash equivalent) payment and can only be done on a one to one basis. You cannot combine the value of more than one ticket. In other words, if you had a six day base ticket and a one day base, you could not add the value of both to end up with an AP, even with additional payment. If, however, you have three tickets and are paying to upgrade each of them, this can be done on one transaction.

Any upgrade must be done at WDW at a location with access to the Automated Ticketing System (ATS). Basically this is any park (including water park) ticket window or Guest Services location, or one of the Downtown Disney Guest Services locations. The Lobby Concierge staff at the Resorts are not able to handle any AP transactions.

Guests are able to upgrade or modify their MYW tickets any time within 14 days of first use, regardless of whether the No Expiration Option is purchased. After 14 days no ticket modifications or upgrades may take place.

If you purchased your MYW ticket at a price less than the current gate selling price for that ticket (such as from a discounter/broker or Advance Purchase) and you wish to do any upgrade, Disney will not penalize you for the discount provided the ticket has been used. We will make an "intermediate" ticket at the current gate price, charging the difference between your old ticket and the intermediate one to an internal voucher account. Then we will take the intermediate ticket, which is at the current gate price, and upgrade it with the additional days and/or options you want, and you will only be charged for the differences in the current gate price plus tax. Note if you had paid full current gate price for your old ticket the intermediate step is not done.

If you purchased your ticket at less than the current gate price, and your ticket has not been used, you will have to pay the difference between what Disney actually sold the ticket for and the current gate price of the ticket you are upgrading to. It is always best to use one day from the old pass prior to taking it for an upgrade; you will then have locked in the current gate price as the value of the old pass.

If you have been a Passholder (SP, AP or PAP) and you are renewing your Pass within the renewal window you may upgrade a MYW ticket to the Pass using the renewal rate. All other upgrade rules apply, except the expiration date will be one year from the expiration date of the old pass.

If the MYW ticket has been used, the expiration date of the AP will be set to one year from the date of first use of the ticket being upgraded. If the ticket has not been used, the expiration date will be one year from the date of the upgrade.

When upgrading to Annual Pass, if the Guest's original ticket included Water Park Fun & More Option, and any part of that option was used, then the Guest may only upgrade to the Premium Annual Pass. If none of the WPF&M options were used then upgrading may be done to a regular AP.

A Florida Resident who is upgrading a "Play Three" or "Play Four" ticket may do the upgrade any time within six months of the date of first use. The Florida Resident will also have the option of a Seasonal Pass, as well as an AP or PAP.

 

[Rileygirl]

Thanks guys!