How do you get a 7 day parkhopper?

[ballarinamom]

We have freinds who want to do the park for 7 days. Have only seen the 6 day park hopper. Anyone know what to do?
Thanks!

 

[blackjackdelta]

Disney does not sell 7 PH's anymore inside the US, and AP would be the next best thing.

Jack

 

[Tino]

Thats not true. Call Disney ticketing and speak to Stacy. You need to buy 6 day park hopper on line. Then get put in exception book Stacy will put you in and then you can buy an extra day for 5 dollars a person. 8th day is free if you want it. I just did this coming from NY. The day you arrive go with printed out tickets and tell them you are in exception book. You pay difference and you get 7 or 8 day park hoppers. Disney does not advertise this.

 

[colin25]

Or you can go to flightcentre.ca and get them there, and they're cheaper than buying through Disney.

 

[taaren]

Flightcentre.ca is something I tried and they said they could not sell to Americans (at least not mailing ... did ask them about picking one up when we go to Vancouver for our DCL cruise; decided it was too much trouble on our vacation). I did speak to a CM about upgrading a 6 day to an 8 day since we'll be going for that long this time and it was fairly painless to get put on the exception list; just call ticketing and explain why you're coming for a week but don't want an AP!
We ended up just buying AP's since before the price change in June they were the same price as upgrading a new priced 6-day ticket would have been at the time of our trip. You cannot add the extra days til you get to the park and it will be from whatever value your ticket has printed on it, so if you got a discount ticket you'll have to bridge to the price of the 7 day, but if you got a regular ticket from disneyland.com the charge is negligible.
HTH. Enjoy your week in Disneyland!

 

[rune_74]

Flightcentre.ca is something I tried and they said they could not sell to Americans (at least not mailing ... did ask them about picking one up when we go to Vancouver for our DCL cruise; decided it was too much trouble on our vacation). I did speak to a CM about upgrading a 6 day to an 8 day since we'll be going for that long this time and it was fairly painless to get put on the exception list; just call ticketing and explain why you're coming for a week but don't want an AP!
We ended up just buying AP's since before the price change in June they were the same price as upgrading a new priced 6-day ticket would have been at the time of our trip. You cannot add the extra days til you get to the park and it will be from whatever value your ticket has printed on it, so if you got a discount ticket you'll have to bridge to the price of the 7 day, but if you got a regular ticket from disneyland.com the charge is negligible.
HTH. Enjoy your week in Disneyland!

I'm curious why you could not get them to email you t he tickets? It worked for other users, matter of fact my tickets I bought from the actual store were emailed to me. No need to get anything mailed at all, it's not like they care it's an american email.

 

[It'sKim]

I'm curious why you could not get them to email you t he tickets? It worked for other users, matter of fact my tickets I bought from the actual store were emailed to me. No need to get anything mailed at all, it's not like they care it's an american email.

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I think it depends on who you talk to. My in-laws are American and I am Canadian. When we went on our last trip they didn't have tickets yet so we suggested flight centre as they had a great deal. When they talked to the agent on the phone, they said they couldn't do it unless they were Canadian. They wouldn't even ship them to our Canadian address or email them or anything. They were told though they could get us to order the tickets and have them sent to us, then we would just give it to them. It seemed like a hassle so they just passed it up.

 

[I❤MICKEY]

Thats not true. Call Disney ticketing and speak to Stacy. You need to buy 6 day park hopper on line. Then get put in exception book Stacy will put you in and then you can buy an extra day for 5 dollars a person. 8th day is free if you want it. I just did this coming from NY. The day you arrive go with printed out tickets and tell them you are in exception book. You pay difference and you get 7 or 8 day park hoppers. Disney does not advertise this.

Do you know if you can call Disney ticketing and make this arrangement even if you didn't book directly through Disneyland.com? I'm considering either getawaytoday or AAA in order to book my trip. I've read that Costco and AAA are actually DL agents but not sure how that works. Any insight you can provide is appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

 

[taaren]

Do you know if you can call Disney ticketing and make this arrangement even if you didn't book directly through Disneyland.com? I'm considering either getawaytoday or AAA in order to book my trip. I've read that Costco and AAA are actually DL agents but not sure how that works. Any insight you can provide is appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

If you just call the ticketing office and explain that you have a 6 day hopper, would like an 8 day hopper, they will put your name on a exception list. When you arrive there with your tickets in hand, you will pay the price to bridge from whatever the amount you paid for the ticket is printed to the price of a 7 or 8 day hopper. I don't think it matters where you bought the ticket from but the amount you paid printed on the ticket does matter for bridging the cost, so if you get a discount the discount you'll haev to pay for it then ... however if you get something like free parking with AAA you should be able to keep that. Might want to call and ask just to double check since this was my understanding of how it works when ticketing explained it to me.

 

[TigerlilyAJ]

I have dual US-Cdn citizenship and do a fair bit of shopping and e-shopping on both sides of the border. If possible, my suggestion would be to not reveal that you are from The Other Country because sometimes there are deals that are intended by companies to be for only one nation, a specific market. This was more dramatic with Disney a few years ago when the Cdn dollar was relatively low and Disney offered Canadians special "parity" rates to visit WDW, which is to say, basically offered the hotels at a third off.
If it's something they can email, don't mention that you might be from somewhere else. If possible, do be prepared with an in-country address of a friend or relative.
The biggest snag is if you are paying by credit card online and they want the billing address.

GL! It's exciting to know there are 7- and 8-day options out there! We're coming 2500 miles for our one and only DLR trip, so we want plenty of time to do it right.

AJ

 

[QueenDoOver]

My girlfriend was just at the parks in early July. She had purchased 6 day hoppers. They decided to add one more day. She went to the ticket window and they added it for $5. She was not on any sort of exception list and it was no problem.

 

[koyuk]

I am interested in getting extra days while we are there and I called ticketing they said just to go to the booth, no exception list was mentioned.

Taaren & Tino - How did you get on the list?

 

[kmedina]

My girlfriend was just at the parks in early July. She had purchased 6 day hoppers. They decided to add one more day. She went to the ticket window and they added it for $5. She was not on any sort of exception list and it was no problem.

This is correct. As long as you are within 14 days of your first use and have at least one day (new rule as of 08-03-11) left from your original ticket, you can add the day at a ticket booth for $5 once there. I always suggest doing it this way, because you may not use all the days (hanging out at the pool, Downtown Disney, staying in your room, etc). This way you can renew before you enter on your last ticket day. Relaxtion days are great on longer trips. Have fun.

 

[taaren]

I am interested in getting extra days while we are there and I called ticketing they said just to go to the booth, no exception list was mentioned.

Taaren & Tino - How did you get on the list?

That's weird. When I asked in late June they told me I had to be on the list. Maybe they stopped doing that? Or maybe different CMs tell people different things. I probably called the same line as you: DLR ticketing. Wouldn't stress over it - the main purpose of an exception list would be to prevent ticket sharing, which they are counteracting by printing names on tickets now, which might be one reason they'd stop bothering with an exception list for longer stays.

 

[bumbershoot]

This is correct. As long as you are within 14 days of your first use and have at least one day (new rule as of 08-03-11) ...

With DisneyLAND you've always (at least since '07) had to have an entry on your ticket. It's always been a HUGE exception to add to an all-used-up ticket even within the 14 days. The change was to WDW tickets.

Or maybe different CMs tell people different things.

Constantly.

 

[I❤MICKEY]

That's weird. When I asked in late June they told me I had to be on the list. Maybe they stopped doing that? Or maybe different CMs tell people different things. I probably called the same line as you: DLR ticketing. Wouldn't stress over it - the main purpose of an exception list would be to prevent ticket sharing, which they are counteracting by printing names on tickets now, which might be one reason they'd stop bothering with an exception list for longer stays.

When did they start printing names on tickets? We were there in June and made our reservation through disneyland.com but our tickets didn't have our names on them.

 

[ktkerber]

Tino or Taaren-Do you have the phone number for DLR ticketing where Stacy works?

We would like to add a day to our 6 day parkhopper and was told via email from Disney that we would have to buy a 1 day park hopper ticket for $105 ea times 4 people=$420 just to visit the parks for the 7th day. I thought that was ridiculous. I am staying 7 nights at PP. Why can't I have a park hopper for as many days?

Thank you so much in advance!

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Thank you for finding this thread and posting - Others have been trying to find it!

 

[Malcon10t]

When did they start printing names on tickets? We were there in June and made our reservation through disneyland.com but our tickets didn't have our names on them.

In AUg and Sept we saw them stop several people and had them put their names on their tickets.

 

[ricardol]

Thanks for the information, I'm also looking to Extend my Park hopper to 7 days, i might even do 8 days and will go there the afternoon we arrive.