Old Ticket Question

[decker96]

I've got an old child park hopper that I bought in 2007 with no expiration. I am 99% sure that there is one day remaining on it, but I no longer have child-age kids so I've never had it verified for sure. My sister has decided to take a quick trip to visit our parents in FL in Nov. and is thinking of going to MK for one day so I was going to give it to her to use for my niece. Would she just take it to Guest Relations to have them check it and then do they transfer it over to a Magic Band or new ticket media?

 

[Robo]

That's a gray area.
The "simple" answer is yes.
But, since that would be a "transfer" of a ticket, it might be a bit more complex.

 

[Disneyholic]

That's a gray area.
The "simple" answer is yes.
But, since that would be a "transfer" of a ticket, it might be a bit more complex.

I thought you couldn't do a transfer of a ticket. How old was this girl in 2007? If she was under 3 at that date she wouldn't have even needed a ticket and so they would know that she hadn't used the original ticket.

At Disney kids don't grow up, so if that ticket was originally used by one of your children, then they should be able to use that 1 day. You would still need to go to the ticket center to have it exchanged for an adult ticket for them, but there should be no charge.

 

[Robo]

That's why this is a "gray area" of ticket use.

CAN the OP give this ticket to someone else and the person use it?
The simple answer is, yes.

But, there might be a bit of a complexity (even though unlikely.)

 

[cvjw]

According to multiple ticketing CM's, once you convert an old "paper" ticket to the new plastic RFID ticket, the new ticket can be used by anyone. Per the ticket CM's, the fingerprint assigned to the old paper ticket does not transfer to the new plastic RFID ticket.

She should be able to convert the ticket at guest services and then give to her niece to use.

I am not trying to circumvent any rules, this is simply what I have been told. It seems that Disney made the policy to not transfer the finger print from the old tickets to the new ones

 

[decker96]

Oh, I didn't know that my kids could use it even though they were no longer "kids". But as I've already bought them hoppers for our upcoming trip, we won't need this one, so I might as well give it to my niece.

Also, when my daughter used it, they weren't making kids do the fingerprint scan, they just slid the ticket in the machine and took them through so that wouldn't be an issue. And my niece was not even born in 2007, she's only 4.

However, I won't be the one converting the ticket as my sister is not going to be there as the same time I am. There is no name on the ticket, no one ever signed it so can she still convert it?

Thanks for all the replies!

 

[Robo]

Oh, I didn't know that my kids could use it even though they were no longer "kids". But as I've already bought them hoppers for our upcoming trip, we won't need this one, so I might as well give it to my niece.


1. Also, when my daughter used it, they weren't making kids do the fingerprint scan, they just slid the ticket in the machine and took them through so that wouldn't be an issue.

2. And my niece was not even born in 2007, she's only 4.

However, I won't be the one converting the ticket as my sister is not going to be there as the same time I am.
3. There is no name on the ticket, no one ever signed it so can she still convert it?

Thanks for all the replies!

1. They never did require that for kid tickets.
2. Yes, but THAT IS the issue.
You see, the last time the ticket was used, this "new" child was not yet born.
3. Signing of the back of tickets is not the issue.

The Disney rules (and Florida state laws) state that activated tickets cannot be transferred from one guest to another.
In this case, it is obvious that you are trying to transfer the ticket...
BECAUSE when the ticket was last used,
this current child could not have been the guest who originally used it
(signed ticket or not.)

Now, the reason that this is (again) a "gray area" is that it MIGHT be the case (likely)
that there will be no problems.
But, if there ARE, technically, they don't have to honor it.
(They very well might, but you never know which CMs you will encounter.)

 

[decker96]

All right, thanks for the info. She does know that it might not work and she will just have to buy her another ticket if that's the case. I appreciate the replies!

 

[chachabingo]

My family had leftover tickets from our visit in 2000 - dad busted his back, and we had one day admission remaining on our 4 tickets. We went back in 2014, and had no issue exchanging 3 of those tickets for the new, RFID enabled cards - the CM at the ticket counter didn't even blink. I used the remaining one a few months later in 2014, and again, had no issues, even though the one I was exchanging was a child's ticket, under my brother's name. The CM that time asked a question or two, but was happy to exchange the old ticket for a new one.


Your best bet is to tell your sister to go to a ticket booth, as opposed to guest relations. We waited in a long line at guest relations the first time we exchanged these tickets, and they sent us over to the ticket booths at Hollywood Studios. I went to the TTC the second time I did this, and they were able to exchange things fine.