Florida Resident Ticket Question

[LJC1861]

Hi Everyone,

I am taking my 4 nieces to WDW in June....High School graduation gift. One of the girls lives in Florida and therefore will qualify for a Florida Resident discount. I have been searching but cannot find info on 6 day park hopper tickets for Florida residents.

I can find all sorts of special tickets, but none of them are what I want. I need a 6 day park hopper. Do they offer these for Florida residents?

Thanks in advance.

Linda

 

[Robo]

I have been searching but cannot find info on 6 day park hopper tickets for Florida residents.

I need a 6 day park hopper. Do they offer these for Florida residents?

Yes.

6- Day MYW $232.00 + $27.50 for the Hopper upgrade.

Price list from the DIS' tickets Sticky HERE.

(All prices, plus tax.)

 

[LJC1861]

Thanks!!

 

[Cheshire Figment]

However, she has to have proof of Florida Residency since you do not.

These are the official rules:

Florida Resident tickets are only available to actual Florida Residents and cannot be purchased for out-of-state family or friends.

An adult Florida Resident may purchase Florida Resident media for more than one Florida Resident from any location that provides an exchange certificate and not an actual ticket.

Children under the age of 18 are not required to provide proof of Florida residency if they are accompanied by an adult with valid proof of Florida residency

If the Guest has an exchange certificate, a valid form of Florida ID will be required when the exchange certificate is redeemed for the actual pass

One ticket only per valid proof of Florida residence (a Florida resident may buy tickets for minors in the party)

Exchange Certificates may say:

"After sale..., may not be transferred except as a gift." This means that the certificate may be given as a gift, so long as the recipient meets the defined Florida residency criteria.

"Purchase and redemption of this exchange certificate requires proof of Florida Residency."

The following items are the only documents accepted as proof of Florida Residency:
* Valid Florida State Drivers License
* Valid Florida State issued ID Card with Florida Address
* Valid Military ID stationed at one of the Florida Military Bases listed below:
(List of bases removed as unneeded)

As of August 20, 2010, Voter Registration Card is no longer an allowed ID
As of August 20, 2010, Florida University/College Student ID is no longer allowed

For Part-Year Residents the following original documents are acceptable.

Note that fax and photocopies are not acceptable, that bills and mail cannot be more than two months old, that PO Box addresses are not allowed, and items related to Time Shares are not permitted.

Must have a driver's license or state photo ID card from another state, or a non-US Passport and at least one of the following items which does show a Florida address:
* Monthly mortgage statement
* Current homeowner's insurance policy or bill, current automobile registration, insurance policy or bill or current utility bill (Power/Phone/Cable/Water).
* Statement from a financial institution showing checking, savings or investment information or mail from a Federal or Florida State, County or City government agency.

Effective August 20, 2010 Proof of Rent, Mortgage or Ownership such as a Deed, mortgage payment booklet or residential lease are no longer allowed.

 

[PrincessMamma4]

We are going to WDW in October. I have 3 children under 9 who require child tickets. My aunt lives in Florida. Can she purchase their tickets with the resident rate even though she will not be visiting the parks with us?

 

[Robo]

We are going to WDW in October. I have 3 children under 9 who require child tickets. My aunt lives in Florida. Can she purchase their tickets with the resident rate even though she will not be visiting the parks with us?

The adult Florida resident usually needs to be at the gate at least the first time the tickets get used.

 

[PrincessMamma4]

So do you think they'll ask for i.d.?

 

[DarkPaw]

They might... do you want to risk it?

 

[PrincessMamma4]

Well...when you show up with 4 little kids at the gate and then they tell you that they can't get in and then you have to take the 1 hour trip back and forth to ticket area...I guess the answer would be no...not worth it

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Plus, if you aunt were to get caught... Well I'm not sure what would happen. I guess it's possible she could lose her resident discount privlidges.

MG

 

[Robo]

Plus, if you aunt were to get caught... Well I'm not sure what would happen. I guess it's possible she could lose her resident discount privlidges.

To be clear about these things, if the aunt were to buy the kids' tickets AND come along to take them into the parks, everything would be fine.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

To be clear about these things, if the Aunt were to buy the kids' tickets AND take them to the parks, everything would be fine and legal.

Didn't know that. I thought it was the honor system that the kids lived in Florida.

MG

 

[Robo]

Didn't know that. I thought it was the honor system that the kids lived in Florida.

Disney has always said it was OK for grandparents/uncles/aunts who are FL residents to buy out-of-state family kids FL resident discounted tickets for when the kids come to visit.

The problem with THIS case (this thread) is that w/o the FL resident aunt being there with
her ID, there could be a problem at the entrance the first time the kids tried to enter the parks.

 

[ravenclawtrekkie]

There's a difference between activating the tickets and entering the parks.

Aunt does not have to enter the parks with the kids. Aunt is more than welcome to walk up to a ticket booth or Guest Relations window, present her FL ID and the kids, get their activated tickets, pass out said tickets to said kids, and then get into her car and go home while the kids go to the parks (presumably accompanied by some other adult who has their own ticket).

What Aunt can't do is buy the kids' tickets online and send the kids with a non-FL-resident adult and a will call number and a picture of her ID she texted to their phone while she takes a nap at home in Fort Lauderdale. (I get this more often than you'd imagine.)

 

[PrincessMamma4]

I think my situation falls somewhere in between all these scenarios. My aunt lives in Daytona Beach. Everytime we've been to Disney we visit her and she hosts us for a day or two at her beach house. This time we're coming and she'll be out of country so she wanted to do something nice for me and buy my kids' park tickets. She won't be present when we enter the gate for the first time. So...from hearing everyone's response...I don't think this would work since it would look like she just bought us the tickets. The last thing I would want is to get rejected at the gate.

 

[Accident]

Did you happen to ask if the person your taking from florida has an annual pass already? they may not even need a ticket. if they do, find out if it has blockout dates and make sure that won't become an issue with your dates.

 

[Nayan]

If she won't be there then no it won't work because she will need to show proof of being a resident when activating the tickets.

 

[marciemi]

Can you "activate" the tickets in advance? I guess I'm trying to figure out what that exactly means. I live in FL, bought a ticket for my 12yo niece and picked it up in advance at a MK ticket booth, showing my FL ID (trying to save time at RD). When she came a couple weeks later and we went to the park, her ticket made the tapstyle scan blue and we had to go to a ticket window then and get it activated, which I thought they'd already done. Is this something you need to specifically request or does it have to be day of? In my experience at least, it wouldn't have worked if I wasn't there.

 

[ravenclawtrekkie]

Can you "activate" the tickets in advance? I guess I'm trying to figure out what that exactly means. I live in FL, bought a ticket for my 12yo niece and picked it up in advance at a MK ticket booth, showing my FL ID (trying to save time at RD). When she came a couple weeks later and we went to the park, her ticket made the tapstyle scan blue and we had to go to a ticket window then and get it activated, which I thought they'd already done. Is this something you need to specifically request or does it have to be day of? In my experience at least, it wouldn't have worked if I wasn't there.

The person the ticket is for has to be present for a ticket to be activated. (At least if the CM is following their business rules.) What you picked up was a certificate, or an inactive ticket. The MK CM should have explained that to you, but I'm not shocked they didn't.

You can activate a ticket in advance of it being used as long as the minor child who will use the ticket AND the adult with the FL ID are both present. The 6 months expiration period still doesn't start until the ticket enters a park.