Planning for October - unexpired tickets

[srauseo]

My sister and I are planning a quick trip this October. Originally, we were not planning to buy tickets in advance because we have some old, unexpired Four Day Value Passes that still have days on them. The passes were purchased back in 1996 when my grandparents lived in Florida and we used to go down to see them regularly and go to the parks. We found them a few years ago and I already converted one on a previous trip.

So, we were planning to do MNSSHP one day to see MK, uses the passes to see EPCOT and Studios on the following days, and maybe buy a ticket for AK for our last day. Giving the possibility of limited capacities, I'm now wondering if this is still a good strategy. Meaning, if people now buy park tickets for a particular day, will they be given preference in admission over us if we show up at guest services to convert our old passes that day (my understanding is this still has to happen in person at park customer service). Since these passes don't expire we could still use them on a future trip. I just don't want to get to WDW and get shut out.

I'm guess I'm looking for insight on how capacity is managed given that people now buy passes that start on a particular day.

 

[wilkydelts]

At this point Disney has given no information regarding opening parks and its procedures. It is best not to speculate. Disney is presenting to the Florida Task Force today so hopefully we will see more answers shortly.

 

[srauseo]

At this point Disney has given no information regarding opening parks and its procedures. It is best not to speculate. Disney is presenting to the Florida Task Force today so hopefully we will see more answers shortly.

I totally get that. But let me still ask the historical question. If you bought a ticket for a particular day, and the park reached capacity before you arrived (like on Christmas or some other really busy day), would they still let you in? Did they make any attempt to monitor how many one day tickets they had sold for a particular day and leave room for those folks when reaching capacity or was it first come first served?

 

[sponica]

I totally get that. But let me still ask the historical question. If you bought a ticket for a particular day, and the park reached capacity before you arrived (like on Christmas or some other really busy day), would they still let you in? Did they make any attempt to monitor how many one day tickets they had sold for a particular day and leave room for those folks when reaching capacity or was it first come first served?

If you're staying on site, you're pretty much allowed in until it reaches a phase 4 closure. Under normal operating pre pandemic procedures

 

[lanejudy]

let me still ask the historical question

Park capacity closures are phased. I believe 1-day tickets are usually the first to be blocked entry. Closures have rarely lasted more than a few hours at most, so those folks may well have eventually entered the park after waiting. That said, who knows what procedures will be in place as WDW opens and for how long. Hopefully more will be known by this afternoon.