Old Tickets?

[CamColt]

I know Ive heard that old days on hopper passes are good forever, but do you have to pay to upgrade them. My mother has one from 1990 and shes worried that she wont be able to use it when we go next summer. She shouldnt have any problem, should she?

 

[katerkat]

I don't think she'll be able to use the days on that ticket for the Animal Kingdom - there's some weird rule about that.

As for the rest of the parks, it should be fine. She might want to take it to Guest Services and see exactly how many days are left. (Unless she's like my dad, who attaches a post-it note with the info on every ticket.)

The paying is if you want to upgrade/add those days onto another ticket. Like, say you have two old hoppers with 4 days total left. You want to combine those two and get a 5-day hopper. Guest Services would credit you for the four days (at the price you paid for the original tickets, I believe) and you would pay the difference for the fifth day. That way you wouldn't be carrying around two old tickets and one new one. Convinent for some people, especially if you have several old tickets.

 

[GoldenOldie]

Originally posted by CamColt
I know Ive heard that old days on hopper passes are good forever, but do you have to pay to upgrade them. My mother has one from 1990 and shes worried that she wont be able to use it when we go next summer. She shouldnt have any problem, should she?

No problem at all. Her best bet is to take it to Guest Relations prior to going to a park. They will exchange that old ticket for a magnetic strip ticket with the same number of park admissions remaining on it. The new ticket she gets in the exchange can be used at any of the four theme parks. There is no charge for the exchange.

Tell her under no circumstances should she be talked into upgrading that ticket. Just exchange it and use the leftover days for the 1990 admission price.

 

[Simba's Mom]

In May we used some tickets from late 80s, early 90s that we'd found from old trips with one day on them. We didn't want to be bothered going to Guest Relations (saw these as "found" money) so we went straight to the park gate. MGM didn't question at all, go right in. Epcot was going to take ticket to be upgraded only to use it in FP, but we weren't planning to use FP so they just let us through. Only the MK told us we'd have to go to Guest Relations before we entered, to exchange these for new tickets. I remember Safari Steve said all the parks are supposed to make you go to Guest Relations, but only MK told us to.

 

[seashoreCM]

>>> You want to combine those two and get a 5-day hopper.

You will pay dearly for that convenience. The exchange rate is very bad when you combine or use old hopper passes towards purchase of newer ones. In your case, the two four day passes would contribute only yesteryear's purchase price and will net you fewer than eight days worth of new passes.

Modernizing (free exchanging without upgrading) an old pass (or using it as-is if it fits in the turnstiles) is better on your pocketbook because that preserves the number of days the passes are worth.

Usually you can get fastpasses from the nearby cast member if your old hopper pass won't fit in the machines, but sometimes s/he is busy or there is nobody there to help. This is why it is suggested that you go to Guest Relations to do a free exchange. Ask for the old pass (will be stamped "void") badck as a souvenir.

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