Old Tickets??

[littledreamer7]

I know this has probably been asked before but I can't find it anywhere. I have old tickets from 1989 that have a few days left on them. Can we use these to enter the park? And how do we go about doing that?'

Thanks,

angie

 

[WDSearcher]

Yes, you can. Depending on what types of tickets they are, you may need to go to Guest Relations and have them transferred onto the type of ticket media that can be used in the Fast Pass machines. But other than that, you can use as is.

 

[recorder755]

I'm planning on using tickets from 2000. Will I have to exchange these for newer fast-pass type ticket and will it cost extra? Thanks, Leaving Friday!

 

[WDSearcher]

You might have to exchange them -- it will depend on what they look like.

There is no cost involved -- just go to Guest Relations and they will exchange them for current ticket media, one-for-one, at no cost.

Enjoy!

 

[littledreamer7]

Thanks!!

 

[recorder755]

Also, Thanks! They are durable, flexible paper?,plastic?, have a magnetic strip on the back and "2000" with character pics on the front. Thanks for advice.

 

[seashoreCM]

I'm planning on using tickets from 2000. Will I have to exchange these for newer fast-pass type ticket and will it cost extra? !

You do not need to exchange these tickets unless they are so worn that the turnstiles and fastpass machines cannot read them.

Price out your ticket budget both with and without using up the old tickets. In some cases (especially 5 to 10 day vacations) you may find it better to save the old tickets even longer for a day tripper or weekend jaunt.

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

 

[GoldenOldie]

littledreamer7 will have to exchange the tickets at Guest Relations as the 1989 tickets pre-date the ATS ticketing system. There is no charge for doing this. You will get back a current ticket with exactly the same unused park admissions as your original ticket had. This new ticket will be good at all four theme parks.

recorder755 can use their 2000 tickets as is. No exchanging is necessary.

 

[mom2cinderella]

This is from allearsnet.com:

I have a 5 day pass but only use 2 days. What happens to the other days?

It depends on what ticket you have. If you are using one of the old Park Hopper or Park Hopper Plus tickets, your unused WDW days remain valid. You can use the unused portion on your next trip or upgrade your ticket as described in the Upgrade section below. The unused PLUS options on the Park Hopper Plus passes also do not expire.

If you are using one of the MYW tickets, your unused days will expire 14 days after first use of the ticket unless you purchase the No Expiration add on. The No Expiration option can be added to any MYW ticket prior to the 14 day window expiring. It is a flat fee based on the original length of the ticket, not a per day cost. Once you add the No Expiration option, your ticket and any unused park admission (or plus options if applicable) will never expire.

I bought a child's ticket for my son/daughter last time I was at Walt Disney World. There are still unused park admissions on that child's ticket but my child is now well past the 10 year old adult ticket level. Can I do anything about these days?

See the EXCHANGING OLD CHILDREN'S TICKETS section in the Upgrading WDW Ticket section for complete information.

How do I go about using the left over day on a really old 1980's five day park hopper? I know I have to transfer it to the currently used media form. My question is can I apply it to another park hopper and get a discount? Or would it be easier just to use the day as is and buy another pass?

You are right that you literally have two options right off the bat: 1) ticket media conversion for old pre-1996 passes or 2) ticket upgrade.

TICKET MEDIA CONVERSION - By converting your tickets to the current magnetic strip ticket media, you pay nothing and allow for the ease of use with the new magnetic strip reading turnstiles. Your magnetic strip passes can also be used in the FastPass machines. This allows everyone with any days left on their old WDW tickets to use them. You can convert these passes at any major park ticket booth or Guest Relations window at no charge. Once converted, the new tickets you get will be good at all four Disney Theme Parks.

TICKET DOLLAR CREDIT - You can apply the prorated dollar value of the old ticket towards the current purchase price of a new ticket. Guest Relations will apply to your current purchase of tickets a credit equal to the ratio of days remaining over days originally bought times the *cost* of the original ticket. ***Remember this credit will be worth less to you in the form of a credit then what it is worth to you as an admission medium***. The per day credit will be less than the per day cost of the new ticket.

Now, the question as to which you really should do. Yes, you can apply the credit towards the purchase of a new passport. But, in reality, if you will use up all the days on your existing ticket and the new passport with basically no trouble, then it would be worth more to you to do a media conversion and buy another passport when you need to. Only if you were never planning on coming back to WDW (or not for a long while) or if finances were a major concern, should you use the credit. If the ticket was a fairly recent one (within the past 2 years) then the per day credit would actually be close to the current rates and that would make it easier to decide to apply the value towards a new ticket.

I have some old passes with leftover days that say they are only valid for entry to the Magic Kingdom and Epcot. Are those still good?

Yes. Have them converted to the magnetic strip ticket and you can still use them. Oh by the way, once you do the conversion your days can be used at any of the four major parks now.

I still have some of the old lettered tickets at home. Are they any good?

You can still turn in for credit the old E, D, C, B, A tickets from the 70's. They will only be worth what their value was back then...e.g. 50 cents, 25 cents, etc. You may want to hold onto these lettered tickets for a souvenir. They are probably worth more to Disney memorabilia collectors.

I have a 5 day park hopper with three days left on it. Can I add two more days to it so it will be a five day hopper again?

No you can't. You can apply the current dollar value of the ticket to a new MYW ticket but you cannot "add days" to an old pass.

I have some tickets left over from my last trip to WDW and I think they have some park days left on them. How can I check what's left on these before I go so I can figure out how many days I still need to buy tickets for?

The only way that you can find out what is left on old tickets is in person at WDW. Any resort front desk, Guest Services, or Guest Relations window can scan them and tell you what remains unused on them. The Disney Stores cannot tell you nor can you find out over the telephone.

I have two PHP tickets left with a total of 5 unused plus options between them. There are three of us going down to WDW this time. Can I use three of my plus options to get us all in?

No you can't. WDW requires each person to have their own admission ticket to enter any park or gated attraction. You can use your two tickets for two of the people but the third will have to get their own ticket.

THINK HARD ABOUT YOUR OLD ADULT TICKETS

Disney allows you to apply any ticket with unused major theme park days remaining for the equivalent dollar credit based on the original price you paid for the ticket when you bought it. But doing this is not always the best thing to do from a dollar and cents point of view. You can have park tickets from the 1980's or 1990's and still be able to apply the value of them to a new ticket or an AP although I can't imagine why anyone would want to do that since those tickets never expire and are good for park admission even today. You probably paid $20 or $30 per day for those tickets back then and will only get that amount for a dollar credit now. But the old ticket is worth a day's admission to the parks which now goes for over $60. That means you are exchanging a paid-for park admission at yesterday's prices back to Disney who will now turn around and charge you todays prices for the same admission. Tickets that are that old are almost always a better value to you when used for park admission rather than when exchanged for credit.

Another thing to think about is your unused plus options that are still on the ticket you are upgrading or exchanging for dollar credit. Any unused plus options will be lost when upgrading to a new MYW ticket or an AP. Example: You cannot turn in an old PHP ticket with three unused plus admissions and have them added to a new 4 day Magic Your Way ticket you want to buy.

Now this may not sound like a bad thing if you'll be getting an AP for a whole year's admissions but what should give you pause to think is that turning in two, three or four unused plus options means that you will have to now pay over $30.00 for each water park admission you do. That alone could mean you'd be paying another $60, $90, or $120 for water park admissions during the year that you gave away for free when you exchanged the original ticket(s).

CAREFUL, NOT ALL OLD PASSES WERE PARK HOPPERS

For example, the Value Pass sold between 1993 and 1998 was not a park hopping ticket. It was a one park per day ticket. You could go to MK on one day, Epcot on another, MGM on the third day, and the fourth was your choice. While you can still use the left over day(s) today, the Guest Relations CM exchanging it should issue you a one day/one park ticket good for any of the current four theme parks in exchange for that day. However we all know that not every CM does things the way they should be done. Expect this and if you get a CM who gives you more (a park hopper ticket) consider it an unexpected surprise.

Probably information overload but maybe it will help someone!

Michele

 

[littledreamer7]

One more question? How can you tell if they were park hopper tickets are not - I have 3 different tickets one has stamps on it from MK and EC the same day so I know it is but the other 2 don't and it doesn't really say or where they all park hoppers. We bought the MYW ticket in our package but our brother is coming to meet us for 2 or 3 days and i thought - hey might as well use these up instead of buying new ones.

angie

 

[GoldenOldie]

In 1989, they were all park hoppers except for the One Day One Park tickets. If you see more than one space for the date to be stamped on a single ticket, you have a park hopper ticket.