Old, old, old passes

[laguna]

I have some very old unused passes into the Themeparks, so old that they are called "5 Day Plus Super Pass" and they were purchased in 1990! They are from a family trip many moons ago, and only four of the five days were used. Will I have any problems using them when I visit next week?

 

[Robo]

I have some very old unused passes into the Themeparks, so old that they are called "5 Day Plus Super Pass" and they were purchased in 1990! They are from a family trip many moons ago, and only four of the five days were used. Will I have any problems using them when I visit next week?

If an old pass has one day left on it, it will be good for one day's admission.
If an old pass has two days left on it, it will be good for two days' admission.
If an old pass has three days left on it, it will be good for three days' admission.
(etc.)

If the pass can't be "read" by the ticket scanner, you can get a "new" card at Guest Relations outside any theme park or DTD that WILL work in the scanners.

 

[arkansas mom]

In 2002 we used the leftover days on our 1991 passes. No problem. We just went to the ticket window at the gate, and they gave us passes that were scanned at the turnstile. It was cool; they filpped through a 3 ring binder with laminated pages full of passes from years gone by. Rather low-tech!
And all those years I thought I was hanging on to those passes as honeymoon souveniers! I didn't know til I started reading the DIS that I could actually use them!

 

[Ellester]

In 2003 we used VERY old passes. One was an old junior pass, from 1981, when there was only MK. It had one day left on it (two day pass for $18). The other was a MK/EPCOT ticket from 1985 with one day left. We had to go to guest services, but had no problem exchanging them. They gave me a one day/one park ticket for the MK only pass (adult, since it was my pass and I wasn't 12 anymore!) and a one day hopper for the two day pass. I even got to keep the originals for the scrapbook after I asked (they did write the new ticket numbers on them so I couldn't reuse them). We got quite a few "wow"s when we turned them in.

 

[arkansas mom]

In 2003 we used VERY old passes. One was an old junior pass, from 1981, when there was only MK. It had one day left on it (two day pass for $18).

Hmmmm.
Given the rate of increase on passes, I could stash a drawer full of 2006 passes and bring them out in 2026 and avoid the $300 per day prices! Kinda like locking in your price for future visits! Hmmm.

No. Just kidding. I would never have the heart to cheat Mickey like that.

 

[kldmom2000]

They're fine to use, but they won't admit you into Animal Kingdom since that park opened after 1990.... MGM did open in 1989, so you should be ok with admission to MGM, Magic Kingdom, and Epcot

 

[sajetto]

They should definitely get you in. We were behind a couple a while back that were turning in passes that were practically antiques! They probably would have been better off selling them on ebay for some serious cash rather than redeeming them.

 

[Robo]

They're fine to use, but they won't admit you into Animal Kingdom since that park opened after 1990.... MGM did open in 1989, so you should be ok with admission to MGM, Magic Kingdom, and Epcot

That was only for a limited time period.

AK is fine with old passes now.

 

[byoung]

Use them , don't try to trade them in only get the value you paid for them.

 

[POB14]

Hmmmm.
Given the rate of increase on passes, I could stash a drawer full of 2006 passes and bring them out in 2026 and avoid the $300 per day prices! Kinda like locking in your price for future visits! Hmmm.

No. Just kidding. I would never have the heart to cheat Mickey like that.

Yeah, I'm sure Mickey would be real disappointed in getting the use of your money for the next twenty years!

I have nothing of value to contribute to this thread; I just wanted to comment that you're making me feel old here by calling passes from 1990 "really old"! <--- me, trying not to look old.