Question about no expiration option?????

[aheape1979]

We will have 10-day park hopper passes for our September trip. One of our days we will have MNSSHP tickets, and will not be using that day on our park hopper. Before I leave, can I add the "no expiration" option to the one day I have left, or do I have to add it to all 10?

 

[shafke]

The no expiration option is based on the number of days for the ticket not the number of days left so you would have to pay the full 10 day no expiration price. Considering the 10th day is only adding a couple of dollars onto the 9 day price getting the no expiration is to going to pay.

 

[Robo]

Considering the 10th day is only adding a couple of dollars onto the 9 day price getting the no expiration is to going to pay.

I'm not sure I understand that statement,
but adding the Non-Expiration option with only one day "left"
would be a very poor decision, money-wise.

 

[Alesia]

Don't add the no expire option. You would have to pay for the entire 10 days, leaving you with what are essentially 1 day tickets that cost you $200 each.

 

[CleveRocks]

We will have 10-day park hopper passes for our September trip. One of our days we will have MNSSHP tickets, and will not be using that day on our park hopper. Before I leave, can I add the "no expiration" option to the one day I have left, or do I have to add it to all 10?

Two reasons why you DON'T want to ad the No Expiration feature to your ticket. One of the reasons has already been mentioned ... the NE feature on a 10-day ticket costs $200. OUCH! You don't want to pay $200 to save a one-day admission that cost you only three dollars on the original ticket. [A 10-day ticket costs only $3 more than a 9-day ticket.]

Even looking to the future, if you needed a 1-day ticket, rather than having spent $200 on that leftover day, you should just plan to buy a 1-day ticket for $75.

But the other reason has to do with the math and the use of the No Expiration feature at all. When it comes to a 10-day ticket, the No Expiration feature makes financial sense ONLY when the leftover park days will COMPLETELY SATISFY your park ticket needs for at least one more trip. Let me explain with a quick example:

Let's say you will use 7 park days for this trip and you know for sure you'll use 7 park days for the next trip ...

NO EXPIRATION option:
The 10-day No Expiration base ticket will cost $437. You'll use 7 days and have 3 leftover. This means you'll need to buy a 4-day base ticket for your next trip. The 4-day ticket (base ticket, WITHOUT the No Expiration feature) will cost $219.
This means for those 14 park days you're paying a total of $656.

SEPARATE TICKETS FOR EACH TRIP option:
A 7-day base ticket for this trip costs $228.
A 7-day base ticket for the next trip costs $228.
This means for those 14 park days you're paying a total of $456.

So, in this example, the No Expiration feature will cost $200 MORE than buying separate tickets for each vacation.

 

[aheape1979]

Thanks everyone!