Paper passes too old to verify?

[Crispymom]

Has anyone ever had the Disney ticket usage team (email) tell them that their old paper passes were too old to verify via email or phone? They say we need to bring them with us onsite. I simply need to know if the tickets were already used in someone else's name or if they are unused.

 

[Shanti]

Has anyone ever had the Disney ticket usage team (email) tell them that their old paper passes were too old to verify via email or phone? They say we need to bring them with us onsite. I simply need to know if the tickets were already used in someone else's name or if they are unused.

Where did you get them? It sounds reasonable that if they're quite old, they might not be researchable over the phone.

 

[Crispymom]

They are 4 day Park Hopper passes from the 90s. Oddlt enough, they have no date stamps, no holes punched, and have no ones name or photo. We can't remember if these are ours or my sister in laws. And sadly we're told we need to bring them onsite to verify.
I ask because I know a lot of people emailed and were able to verify via email. It makes it harder to plan ahead this way. If we can't use them, I'd rather add new tickets to our room package now and take advantage of the FP system.

 

[Alesia]

Those tickets are too old. The only option is to take them to guest services in person.

 

[DisneyMom93]

Has anyone ever had the Disney ticket usage team (email) tell them that their old paper passes were too old to verify via email or phone? They say we need to bring them with us onsite. I simply need to know if the tickets were already used in someone else's name or if they are unused.

You can't add the ticket numbers to your MDE?

 

[Alesia]

You can't add the ticket numbers to your MDE?

They're too old.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

They are 4 day Park Hopper passes from the 90s. Oddlt enough, they have no date stamps, no holes punched, and have no ones name or photo. We can't remember if these are ours or my sister in laws. And sadly we're told we need to bring them onsite to verify.
I ask because I know a lot of people emailed and were able to verify via email. It makes it harder to plan ahead this way. If we can't use them, I'd rather add new tickets to our room package now and take advantage of the FP system.

We were able to add ours, but they were from 2006. There was a record of them somewhere and a cast member was able to locate it.

But from the 90's. Like others have said, that is too old.

 

[Robo]

If we can't use them, I'd rather add new tickets to our room package now and take advantage of the FP system.

You will be able to use the tickets, as long as they are valid tickets.
(It doesn't matter who bought them originally.)

However, you won't be able to make advance FP+ until they can be authenticated by Disney and put
into your MDX account.

So, if you want to book FP+ in advance for this trip, go ahead and buy new tickets for this trip.
(I would not "add them to your room package." Just buy new, stand-alone tickets.)

Then, take the old tickets with you and, when you're at WDW, have Disney validate your old tickets and re-issue them on new
plastic ticket cards. Then, hold those plastic tickets until a future trip when you can use them.

(You'll be able to add those new plastic ticket numbers to your MDX account and book advance FP+ when you're ready to
use them in the future.)

 

[Crispymom]

Thanks for the replies. We are going to simply wait until we get there to verify and then purchase new tickets if needed. And as for adding to our package, we had to book it all for a soccer tournament. It will only be my daughter and I.

 

[DopeyDame]

They are 4 day Park Hopper passes from the 90s. Oddlt enough, they have no date stamps, no holes punched, and have no ones name or photo. We can't remember if these are ours or my sister in laws. And sadly we're told we need to bring them onsite to verify.
I ask because I know a lot of people emailed and were able to verify via email. It makes it harder to plan ahead this way. If we can't use them, I'd rather add new tickets to our room package now and take advantage of the FP system.

Why do you think you can't use them? Are you unsure of how many days are left on them? Regardless of who bought them in the 90s, you can use them now as long as there are days left.

 

[wookiebeck]

Then, take the old tickets with you and, when you're at WDW, have Disney validate your old tickets and re-issue them on new
plastic ticket cards. Then, hold those plastic tickets until a future trip when you can use them.

Don't new plastic tickets have expiration dates on them? How does that work for long-term waiting until next trip? Are they grandfathered?

 

[bumbershoot]

Thanks for the replies. We are going to simply wait until we get there to verify and then purchase new tickets if needed. And as for adding to our package, we had to book it all for a soccer tournament. It will only be my daughter and I.

He means to just get tickets a la carte. Not as part of a package. Makes it easier to keep them for the future.

 

[Crispymom]

Why do you think you can't use them? Are you unsure of how many days are left on them? Regardless of who bought them in the 90s, you can use them now as long as there are days left.

Because I don't know if they are mine or my inlaws. And even though they look like they have never been used, I wanted to verify it prior to the trip for planning purposes.

 

[DopeyDame]

Because I don't know if they are mine or my inlaws. And even though they look like they have never been used, I wanted to verify it prior to the trip for planning purposes.

If they are the type of ticket I am thinking about, there is nothing on them or in any system to verify who bought them or, if they were used for a day or two, who used them. I appreciate your wanting to honor the "non-transferable" rule, but this is taking it a little too far.
So obviously you need to know if they've been used, but it doesn't matter at all if they are your or your inlaws.
Are the old enough to have the blank lines for the date stamps? If so, and if the date stamps are empty, you can be sure they are unused.

 

[amylevan]

Because I don't know if they are mine or my inlaws. And even though they look like they have never been used, I wanted to verify it prior to the trip for planning purposes.

They won't be able to tell you whose they were. So while they are technically non-transferrable, there is nothing to know if they have been. They'll be able to tell you if they've been used and how many days are left on them (the 90s tickets were non-expiration, so someone may have used some of the days but there may still be days left that you can use).

 

[Crispymom]

If they are the type of ticket I am thinking about, there is nothing on them or in any system to verify who bought them or, if they were used for a day or two, who used them. I appreciate your wanting to honor the "non-transferable" rule, but this is taking it a little too far.
So obviously you need to know if they've been used, but it doesn't matter at all if they are your or your inlaws.
Are the old enough to have the blank lines for the date stamps? If so, and if the date stamps are empty, you can be sure they are unused.

Since there are no days used hole punched, and all of the date lines have no date stamps, I can assume they are both good for 4 day Park Hoppers?

 

[Crispymom]

They won't be able to tell you whose they were. So while they are technically non-transferrable, there is nothing to know if they have been. They'll be able to tell you if they've been used and how many days are left on them (the 90s tickets were non-expiration, so someone may have used some of the days but there may still be days left that you can use).

They look like they were unused. Vertical paper 4 Day Park Hoppers. No stamps, no names, no pics printed on them.

 

[Robo]

They look like they were unused. Vertical paper 4 Day Park Hoppers. No stamps, no names, no pics printed on them.

Again, I would order new tickets for this trip as soon as possible,
so that you can make FP+ reservations in advance.
No need to make the new tickets a part of your resort reservation.
Just purchase the new stand-alone tickets that you need for this trip.

And as has been discussed, it does not matter who originally bought the "old" tickets that you have now.
As long as there are any unused assets on those old tickets, you (or anyone) will be able to
use them (after the tickets have been verified by Disney.)