Option for tickets to last longer than 14 days?

[DisneyMommy77]

Hello,
Due to work issues we have to alter our dates of our planned trip. Previously we were going to spend 11 days at WDW (8 day tickets) and then go on 5 day DCL cruise. With the new dates we will be in WDW 11 days before cruise still, but will also now possibly have 3 days to stay at WDW after the cruise. If we purchase 10 day tickets I think they will expire when we are on our cruise, is this correct? Are there any options I am not thinking of where we could visit the parks both before and after cruise?

Thanks.

 

[mummabear]

None that I know of but I wish you could. I think if a 2 day ticket can be used in 14 days then a 10 day ticket should last 21.

 

[coolbrook]

How about an annual pass?

 

[nherbert]

Hi,
I don't know how they did it but last year I had a friend go to Disney for 4 days and then go on a 7 day cruise and then go to Univeral for 3 days and then Come back to Disney for another 3 days. They went to guest relations when they got their tickets and they extended their tickets to last for the full time. So it was longer than 14 days. So it can be done, but I don't know the specifics of how. You will need to ask Disney and it maybe something that can only be confirmed at guest relations when you arrive and may depend on your luck with an agreeable cast member.

 

[lawboysam]

I asked this same question a few weeks ago (because I'm basically in the exact same boat, with a Disney cruise in the middle and everything) and was told by several people on the forums it's not possible, full stop. However, I agree that it's worth stopping by guest relations at the park. I've tried calling the regular phone CM's and e-mailing guest relations to no avail so far, so I plan on at least asking the guest relations at the park.

Good luck!

 

[Alesia]

Hi,
I don't know how they did it but last year I had a friend go to Disney for 4 days and then go on a 7 day cruise and then go to Univeral for 3 days and then Come back to Disney for another 3 days. They went to guest relations when they got their tickets and they extended their tickets to last for the full time. So it was longer than 14 days. So it can be done, but I don't know the specifics of how. You will need to ask Disney and it maybe something that can only be confirmed at guest relations when you arrive and may depend on your luck with an agreeable cast member.

That is some major, major pixie dust. I've been around a long time and I have never heard of that happening. The OP should not count on it happening.

 

[Robo]

It's a problem.

 

[plainoldt]

They could have purchased the now defunct "No Expiration" option. Disney just stopped it i n February of this year. Now, there isnt an option.

 

[POOHsie]

Hi,
I don't know how they did it but last year I had a friend go to Disney for 4 days and then go on a 7 day cruise and then go to Univeral for 3 days and then Come back to Disney for another 3 days. They went to guest relations when they got their tickets and they extended their tickets to last for the full time. So it was longer than 14 days. So it can be done, but I don't know the specifics of how. You will need to ask Disney and it maybe something that can only be confirmed at guest relations when you arrive and may depend on your luck with an agreeable cast member.

I don't know how your friends did what they did, except with non-expiring tickets. In all the time I've lurked on these Boards, and then joined these Boards, I never once -- ever -- heard of Disney extending tickets. Except in the case of a medical/family emergency at WDW, where emergency circumstances were met with special accommodations from Disney.

OP has two choices: 8- to 10-day tickets plus 3-day tickets, or an Annual Pass.

 

[ravenclawtrekkie]

It can't hurt to ask at GR, but be prepared for the answer to be 'no.'

 

[nherbert]

Hi,
These were tickets purchased late 2014 so were normal tickets with the 14 day rule. Might have something to do with the fact we are Australian and thus in country for limited time and so they were pixie dusted as a previous poster says. I am seeing them next week so I will check my facts and see if I can get more details. I will say that when they told me what they were going to do I said pretty much what the others have said here "that it can't be done", never read about it being possible etc. but when he got back he said it worked and they were allowed. I will report back later.

 

[bumbershoot]

Hi,
I don't know how they did it but last year I had a friend go to Disney for 4 days and then go on a 7 day cruise and then go to Univeral for 3 days and then Come back to Disney for another 3 days. They went to guest relations when they got their tickets and they extended their tickets to last for the full time. So it was longer than 14 days. So it can be done, but I don't know the specifics of how. You will need to ask Disney and it maybe something that can only be confirmed at guest relations when you arrive and may depend on your luck with an agreeable cast member.

They might have turned them into non-expiring tickets. Or perhaps they were able to bump them to the 21 day tickets I see are available to some overseas guests?

Or, and this is info I can't find, do the 14 day tickets that some overseas guests can buy expire at 14 days, or do they go longer than that (like our 10 day tickets can be used in 14 days)?

 

[HopperFan]

They might have turned them into non-expiring tickets. Or perhaps they were able to bump them to the 21 day tickets I see are available to some overseas guests?

Or, and this is info I can't find, do the 14 day tickets that some overseas guests can buy expire at 14 days, or do they go longer than that (like our 10 day tickets can be used in 14 days)?

I believe both the 7 and 14 day expire in 14 but the 21 days expires in 21. There is a minimal difference in price so they probably just upgraded to the 21. It would have been worth it to go back for 3 more days.

But agree with the folks above, never seen any waiving of this. At some point they have to draw the line and they say 14 days and folks plan around it. You can either buy 8 day and 3 day tickets, which is a lot of money / buy annual passes and plan a return trip in the window / or do other parks such as Universal, Busch Gardens, Discovery Cove etc on those days. To me it would be the perfect trip to visit other places.

 

[hakepb]

It appears Undercover Tourist still has a few old Non-expiring tickets, but the only 10 day tickets are child-only and I'm not sure if any of the smaller NE tickets would make sense.

 

[sharona]

There are so many other things to do in FL that I'm sure you could find something else to do with your last 3 days. Your kids are a little young for Universal, IMO, but there is Sea World, Aquatica, beaches, NASA, Everglades, DTD...

Or do DTD and resort hopping/exploring the first day, a waterpark the next and something similar on property the last... Not sure how the waterpark tickets work... does that start the clock on the 14 days?

 

[Robo]

Not sure how the waterpark tickets work... does that start the clock on the 14 days?

If they are part of the original ticket (Water Park Fun and More option,) then those Water Park tickets will expire at the same time as the theme park tickets.

Any use (in any order) of the MagicYour Way tickets will start the 14-day clock.

 

[phillymummer]

So. Wait. If you buy a 10-day ticket with the WP&M option you're expected to use 20 entitlements in 14 days?! That seems crazy and unrealistic. But i think i just took this thread off- topic. But i'm still boggled by the idea of that.

 

[Robo]

So. Wait. If you buy a 10-day ticket with the WP&M option you're expected to use 20 entitlements in 14 days?! That seems crazy and unrealistic. But i think i just took this thread off- topic. But i'm still boggled by the idea of that.

Lots of guests go to a theme park AND a Water Park on the same day.
Also, guests can play golf and visit Disney Quest on the same day using 2 assets.
And various other combinations of uses.

It's not unrealistic to burn off many/most of the assets within 14 days.

Besides, it simply doesn't cost a penny extra to have, say, 5 WPF&M assets or to have 10 WPF&M assets.

And... the guest is only paying $10 per day to get full theme park access and WPF&M access after the first 4 days of a multi-day ticket. It's a bargain, at that.

What's more, if a guest already has the Park Hopper option on his 10-day ticket,
if only costs a total of $26 to get all ten WPF&M assets added to that ticket.
10 WPF&M entrances for just $26... so if not all of them are used, it is no monetary loss.

 

[nherbert]

Ok, I contacted my friend to find out and bumbershoot was right, they converted them to non-expiring tickets. And looking at how much they paid doesn't seem like a great deal but still cheaper than two sets of tickets. They had a 5 day pass then paid a bit extra to make it not expire.

Their first day in a park was the dec 24th 2014, the last was 10th Jan, (18 days) - split into two days near start and 3 days near end.
They spoke to Disney on the phone to work out the most cost effective solution.
The non-expiry option cost an extra $600 for 4 tickets for 5 days (1 child). But cheaper than a 2 day ticket and a 3 day ticket.

 

[Robo]

Ok, I contacted my friend to find out and bumbershoot was right, they converted them to non-expiring tickets.

Yup.
With that kind of ticket now not available, the options have dwindled.