Need help with Annual Passes

[ML_LovesDisney]

Hi all! I have never had an annual pass, but this year we may get one. I hear people talking about "upgrading" their annual pass from a ticket. We currently have 7 days of no expiration tickets. Can we "upgrade" those to an annual pass?? I'm confused as to how the whole thing works. We are DVC members. TIA

 

[vicki_c]

You can upgrade your tickets within 14 days of first use by taking them to any Guest Relations window. Take your ID and DVC blue member card as well. You will pay the difference between the value of your tickets and the price of the AP you are buying. The start date of your AP will be the date you first used the tickets to enter a park.

 

[MELSMICE]

Not sure if they still do this, but in the past we have applied the remaining "balance" of our park hoppers to our AP's.

Example: A 10-day hopper has 4 days left on it. The value of each day is $50 (just throwing a number out there). They apply $200 towards the AP.

Depending on when the hopper was purchased dictates the amount each day is worth, as prices increase every year or so.

 

[ML_LovesDisney]

OK question though: We used them in August 2010 but still have 7 days left (we bought 10 day park hopper no exp. from undercover tourist). Would it be 1 year from August 2010 then if I upgraded them?

 

[vicki_c]

Not sure if they still do this, but in the past we have applied the remaining "balance" of our park hoppers to our AP's.

Example: A 10-day hopper has 4 days left on it. The value of each day is $50 (just throwing a number out there). They apply $200 towards the AP.

Depending on when the hopper was purchased dictates the amount each day is worth, as prices increase every year or so.

No wrong - you get the entire value of the ticket you were holding but the AP start date is backdated to when you first use it.

And when you bought it does NOT dictate the credit they give for the upgrade. As long as you use the ticket at least once for park entry, its value is the CURRENT gate price of that ticket on the day you are doing the upgrade. But not really relevant since you can only upgrade within the first 14 days of using it, so a years-old partially used ticket can't be upgraded anyway.

OK question though: We used them in August 2010 but still have 7 days left (we bought 10 day park hopper no exp. from undercover tourist). Would it be 1 year from August 2010 then if I upgraded them?

No you cannot do this. Tickets can only be modified or upgraded within 14 days of their first use - even nonexpiring tickets. The tickets you are describing cannot be upgraded in anyway - only used as is. By your first post, I thought you had an unused ticket, not a partially used ticket.

 

[Sandisw]

OK question though: We used them in August 2010 but still have 7 days left (we bought 10 day park hopper no exp. from undercover tourist). Would it be 1 year from August 2010 then if I upgraded them?

You can no longer upgrade them. You have to do it within 14 days after it is first used, even though you have the No expiration option.

 

[MELSMICE]

No wrong - you get the entire value of the ticket you were holding but the AP start date is backdated to when you first use it.

And when you bought it does NOT dictate the credit they give for the upgrade. As long as you use the ticket at least once for park entry, its value is the CURRENT gate price of that ticket on the day you are doing the upgrade. But not really relevant since you can only upgrade within the first 14 days of using it, so a years-old partially used ticket can't be upgraded anyway.



No you cannot do this. Tickets can only be modified or upgraded within 14 days of their first use - even nonexpiring tickets. The tickets you are describing cannot be upgraded in anyway - only used as is. By your first post, I thought you had an unused ticket, not a partially used ticket.

My scenario really wasn't an "upgrade" but applying funds to a new ticket. The amount applied was dictated by how much the cost of the ticket was when originally purchased. Some of the tickets were a few years old so they did not give us credit for the remaining days at the current prices.

We have done this previously on more than one occasion. The last time was probably 2 1/2 years ago. That is why I said it may have changed.

OP - The best thing to do for the most accurate info is to go straight to the ticket windows when you arrive for your trip. Ask them what your best option is if you want to get an AP. You do get a DVC discount on AP's.

 

[vicki_c]

My scenario really wasn't an "upgrade" but applying funds to a new ticket. The amount applied was dictated by how much the cost of the ticket was when originally purchased. Some of the tickets were a few years old so they did not give us credit for the remaining days at the current prices.

We have done this previously on more than one occasion. The last time was probably 2 1/2 years ago. That is why I said it may have changed.

If that is what happened to you, even 2.5 years ago - you were charged incorrectly. Which happens. Way too often.

The best thing to do is to really carefully read Cheshire Figment's ticket sticky over on the Theme Parks board and be prepared when doing the upgrade as to what it should cost you. (If you want to really make your head spin - read the current screwed up AP upgrade thread going on over there called something like "Animal Kingdom ruined my tickets").

Asking at the ticket window is a total crapshoot in many cases and will not get you the correct answer, unfortunately.

 

[ML_LovesDisney]

Thanks for clarifiying all!