Old WDW ticket question

[kimbamickey]

A friend found 4 Disney Passporter tickets from 1991 with one day left on each of them. I am heading down for New Year's soon, and I was wondering if we could still use them. I know the park hoppers do not expire, but I wanted to check with the experts on here regarding these "passporter" tickets. Thanks in advance!

 

[Simba's Mom]

Wasn't this the old name for the tickets? In 1987 (I just looked at our tickets from that year) they were called "Worldpassport". If so, yes, you can definitely use them. The oldest ticket we've used was from 1989, used in 2003. What was most amazing was it was for our then 6 yo DS, who was then 20 yo, so it was a child's ticket. Got him into MGM without question, no trading in ticket, no problem at all. A few years ago, I used a ticket I found (it helps to save everything!) from 1987 to get in to MK. At the FP machine, show the CM that you've got an old ticket and at that time, at least, they'd just print out a FP.

 

[DrTomorrow]

Were the tickets non-transferable back then?

 

[kimbamickey]

It says that they are non-transferable, but how will they know who bought them?

 

[LibertyBelle]

You can still use the ticket, you just have to stop at guest relations at the theme park as they now require the ticket be traded in for a magnetic strip ticket. They will not charge you unless you are using it to upgrade to a different ticket, they will just reissue you a ticket that can be used in the turnstiles and fastpass machines. As was stated they have no way of verifying who purchased that ticket even though it states it is not transferable. One thing to remember though is you can not go to Animal Kingdom with that ticket as it was not open when the ticket was purchased

 

[seashoreCM]

Exchange them one at a time as-is to get a full day's admission from each. Don't do upgrades or apply their value or try to combine, you get far less than a day's admission that way.

Actually the modern ticket you get nowadays is good at Animal Kingdom, unless Disney changed their policies again this past year.

Be careful, do not let children just take and use old adult tickets. That would arouse suspicion regarding non-transferability since the person's age and the ticket usage dates (over 9 years old as of 1991 for an adult pass) have to make sense. But your child can himself exchange his old child ticket from way back when at no cost for an adult ticket today.

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[eeyore0062]

"One thing to remember though is you can not go to Animal Kingdom with that ticket as it was not open when the ticket was purchased "

What happens is they upgrade to whatever is closest to the equivilent of the ticket you have that they have in the system-- in this case, it MIGHT be the 4 day hopper. Then they apply the usage of the paper ticket, leaving only the days you still have available on the new ticket with the magnetic strip. If the equivilent of the ticket you have includes AK, then you will be able to use it to go to DAK, if not, then you won't--- just ask to make sure.

 

[dj2]

i've heard that it might be worth more to you in the long run saving really old tickets. we traded in several old "d" and "a" ride tickets (i think that's what they were) about 15 years ago and now i wish we hadn't. they weren't worth much toward the new price, and i'll bet a collector might have wanted them.

 

[eeyore0062]

Unless you upgrade or apply old tickets to new ones within the same year (depending on when prices go up), you will loose money. Take the day they give you on the separate tickets as you may not get much at all per day for those old ones if you try to apply their worth to another ticket. It is definitely worth more as an individual ticket!!!!

 

[seashoreCM]

When trading in really old tickets, ask for the old ticket back as a souvenir, they will stamp "void" across it.

I was told that individual ride coupons from before 1982, before Disney went to the pay one price ride all you can system used now, are worth only 15 to 25 cents towards a new hopper pass. But a complete unused ticket book with ride coupons intact, purchased for perhaps $8. back then, is worth a whole day today when exchanged (but probably more on eBay).

If the same person tries to exchange two old tickets that have the same usage days (stamped on the front in the case of really old tickets) that too will arouse suspicion about non-transferability.