How to check balance of old Park Hopper pass?

[fis]

Planning a trip to WDW. Haven't been there in 3 years. Have some old Park Hopper passes that I think have some time left on them. How do I check the balance before buying new passes?

THANKS!

 

[Robo]

Go to GUEST SERVICES (or Guest Relations) just outside of any of the four theme parks or there is also one that can do this check for you at Downtown Disney.

 

[fis]

Bummer... So no way to do this until I get to Orlando, huh? I guess I can't buy my park tickets in advance. If our first day there is extra magic hours, I'll have to show up VERRRRY early just to check balances & buy passes...

 

[ryley26]

some hotel have guest relation stations got our checked there in the summer

 

[fis]

Good to know. Thanks. We are deciding between polynesian and contemporary. I would imagine these hotels would have that capability. Can anybody confirm?

Also, is there any reason NOT to wait to buy passes?

 

[seashoreCM]

Bummer... So no way to do this until I get to Orlando, huh? I guess I can't buy my park tickets in advance. :

If you are sure the old pass(es) don't have enough days to cover your entire vacation you might as well buy new passes (in advance if you want) to cover it all and perhaps more days and non-expiration. Bring the old passes to check their balances and then set them aside for a time you can get by on on leftovers only.

Example: Your vacation will have six days in the theme parks. Two leftover days will shave only twelve dollars off of your ticket budget when you buy a new four day pass instead. Meanwhile two leftover days will save you $127. (more if you need park hopping) on a later weekend only trip.

Of course if you think you will never go to WDW again you may as well use up all the old tickets as quickly as you can.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/dispass.htm

 

[hockeygirl]

I had my old passes checked at the Guest Services desk in the Boardwalk Resort last week. And, a member of my family checked them at Coronado Springs awhile back, so you can have them checked at the resorts.

 

[OceanAnnie]

If you are sure the old pass(es) don't have enough days to cover your entire vacation you might as well buy new passes (in advance if you want) to cover it all and perhaps more days and non-expiration. Bring the old passes to check their balances and then set them aside for a time you can get by on on leftovers only.

Example: Your vacation will have six days in the theme parks. Two leftover days will shave only twelve dollars off of your ticket budget when you buy a new four day pass instead. Meanwhile two leftover days will save you $127. (more if you need park hopping) on a later weekend only trip.

Of course if you think you will never go to WDW again you may as well use up all the old tickets as quickly as you can.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/dispass.htm

That's good advice!

We always get our passes to cover the trip minus the first day and the last day. We usually go to DTD or hang out at the resort on those days, taking a leisurely approach to our trip. If we had a few "leftover" passes, we'd use them as an option of going to the parks then.

 

[seashoreCM]

We always get our passes to cover the trip minus the first day and the last day. .

After you get there you can add more days to Magic Your Way tickets (within 14 days of first usage) at Guest Relations, paying the difference you figure from the prices posted at the ticket booths. For example a fifth expiring day costs $9., a sixth expiring day costs $3. regardless of what you paid for the ticket.

 

[TSR6]

Bummer... So no way to do this until I get to Orlando, huh? I guess I can't buy my park tickets in advance. If our first day there is extra magic hours, I'll have to show up VERRRRY early just to check balances & buy passes...

fis - No. They will not, and cannot release ticket information over the phone. Without a Ticketing CM there in your kitchen to look at the tickets and know the ticket codes, there is to great of a chance for error. This way the CM can check Exp. Date, use and restrictions all at once.

You can have your passes checked at DTD Guest Relations if you arrive the night before. If you arrive after DTD Guest Relations closes, You MIGHT be able to have them checked at the Pleasure Island ticket booths too. At Pleasure Island, they are really only "supposed" to tell you if the tickets work or are good at the Pleasure Island clubs, but if you can verify that the tickets are yours via the questions the CM may ask you, it shouldn't be a problem.

 

[fis]

After you get there you can add more days to Magic Your Way tickets (within 14 days of first usage) at Guest Relations, paying the difference you figure from the prices posted at the ticket booths. For example a fifth expiring day costs $9., a sixth expiring day costs $3. regardless of what you paid for the ticket.

This is huge. So let me make sure I understand you correctly: We need 4-day passes. I can buy all of us 3-day Magic Your Way passes in advance, then check when I arrive at the resort to see if any of my old Park Hoppers have days on them. If I need to add one more day to any of them, I can do so at the resort and pay no more than if I had purchased 4-day passes in the first place.

PS - Thank you all. I am new to this forum and it's terrific.

 

[TSR6]

Exactly.

They take the balance of your current ticket and put it towards the value of the ticket with one extra day, thus adding a day only costs the difference between the two ticket prices. This only applies from 14 days from the first use though.