Really cheeky question re child age day passes

[jellybabie68]

I am thinking of taking my 12yr old daughter and 2 of her friends on a day trip in a couple of weeks time as her birthday treat. I can get a good price on the Eurostar and I notice that Ledger are doing half price admission tickets, now from what I remember no one checks the tickets and the kids just put them in the turnstiles to go through. So my really naughty cheeky question is, should I just buy 1 adult and 3 kids hopper tickets (age 3-11) and save myself £36 or be honest? come one what would you do

 

[DisneyGemma]

When I went to disney on a day ticket, they asked to see either passports or driving licences when showing them our tickets at the entrance
Because of this, I dont think I'd risk them asking you to show ID for all of you, and them realising the children were older

 

[Cyrano]

should I just buy 1 adult and 3 kids hopper tickets (age 3-11) and save myself £36 or be honest? come one what would you do

So you are asking us if it makes good sense to tell the child to lie when it suits your purpose. Best of luck

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

They do check ages, when i took my 2 year old i actually got asked several amounts of time to proove her age.

I would never EVER buy the wrong ticket for my child. I believe making a child lie is wrong.

 

[scampbunny]

I believe making a child lie is wrong.

especially when they are old enough to understand that telling a lie is wrong!

 

[tennisfan]

Another thing to remember is that if you are caught it will cost you more then £36 to buy 3 adult 1 day hopper passes, it will cost you about that for 1!

 

[jellybabie68]

I wouldnt be asking the kids to lie, they would know no different. I was just going to get 3 kids tickets from Ledger and put them in the machine to get through the gate, If I was buying at the disneyland ticket office, that is different as they would be standing there looking directly at the kids and I wouldnt expect them to say there were 11 when they are 12. I begrude paying adult price for 12 year olds regardless of where I am either Disney or Spain, to me a 12yr old is not an adult, they dont smoke, drink, have sex, vote, drive a car blah blah they are still kids.

But thanks for all your honest answers. I am still tempted to wait until I get out there as last week the tickets were 29euros on the gate for adults 1 day hopper pass.

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

End of the day they are Disney prices and if you don't like there rules and prices then don't go.

 

[jillrobinson]

What date are you looking at ?

We're there to the 16th March but will have 1 day left on our hopper tickets, I have 5 day tickets booked but we don't arrive until the early evening, so won't be visiting the park the first day, that would be 3 adults and 1 child ticket and I don't know what the date validity is likely to be, but they might be of use. I'll let you know when I get back what the date is, if I forget - remind me

I've been asked to point out that this is not a "for sale" ad.

 

[karenmoloney]

I was stopped last October & asked if my daughter (who was in her pram at the time) was under 3 & she wasn't even 2 yet! Luckily they didn't ask for any ID as we didn't have our passports with us, but I think I will carry a photocopy of it when we go next time just in case because she has got very tall recently. There'd be no point in asking her what age she is because she always says she is 6 (because her sister is 6).

 

[markpsych]

What date are you looking at ?

We're there to the 16th March but will have 1 day left on our hopper tickets, I have 5 day tickets booked but we don't arrive until the early evening, so won't be visiting the park the first day, that would be 3 adults and 1 child ticket and I don't know what the date validity is likely to be, but they might be of use. I'll let you know when I get back what the date is, if I forget - remind me

I've been asked to point out that this is not a "for sale" ad.

Very thoughtful of you Jill

 

[jellybabie68]

What date are you looking at ?

We're there to the 16th March but will have 1 day left on our hopper tickets, I have 5 day tickets booked but we don't arrive until the early evening, so won't be visiting the park the first day, that would be 3 adults and 1 child ticket and I don't know what the date validity is likely to be, but they might be of use. I'll let you know when I get back what the date is, if I forget - remind me

I've been asked to point out that this is not a "for sale" ad.

Thanks Jill, the date was end of March I was looking at but thankyou for the offer, that was really kind of you.

In reply to Little Mermaid, I have been to Disney 3 times already and I have always paid the correct price for all 3 of my children, but was just looking at a cheaper way to enable me to take an extra child with me to celebrate my daughters birthday (wouldnt we all), didnt realise I would be jumped on so much by everyone, when your daughter is 12 maybe you will understand the annoyance at not only Disney, but First Choice, Thomson all the holiday groups that assume once a child hits 12 they should be classed as an adult, meaning if you have 2 kids aged 12 and above you end up having to book 2 rooms because they do not allow 4 adults to share a room!!!!!!

Anyway end of discussion - thanks to those who PM me.

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

When my daughter reaches 12 i will have no problem paying a adult price thankyou very much. If thats what Disney class as a adult then so be it.

 

[jellybabie68]

Reverse situation, my 17yr old daughter would like to go with friends in the summer and have been told they cannot book because there will be no ADULTS travelling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mommy2ash]

Reverse situation, my 17yr old daughter would like to go with friends in the summer and have been told they cannot book because there will be no ADULTS travelling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i can understand that as legally disney arent gonna take responsibility for people who legally are not adults

if they left a 17 year old book does that mean they should let 12 year olds book because ticket prices put them as an adult.

its just the way it is for many things that there isnt a price category between children and adults so teenagers get lumped into the adult category.

 

[poppyolivia]

Reverse situation, my 17yr old daughter would like to go with friends in the summer and have been told they cannot book because there will be no ADULTS travelling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good excuse for you to book with them!!! You wouldn't want to let your daughter down eh?

good luck with everything by the way x

 

[jellybabie68]

Thankyou, I wasnt too keen on her going at 17 on her own, but I went to Ibiza with my friends at 17 (one month away from being 18) back in the 80s and she knows this lol, we did think it would be a safe option as apposed to somewhere like Magaluf etc, but looks like she will have to wait until next year now to go.

Well we have decided on a coach trip now instead of Eurostar which includes all the tickets so I wont be deceiving or making anyone lie.

 

[Lisa_C]

Wow it's harsh in this thread!!

Ok, Jellybabie - in your defence (as you did ask what we would do) I'd have done what you'd suggested LOL! When last in Florida my son was 11 and the cut off age for a child is 10. Now seeing as my ex is a Floridian and should've know better, he bought a CHILD ticket for my son! No questions were asked except I realised what had happened but kept my mouth shut. So in effect, I've done it already!

BUT saying that, he is now 12 and we paid adult prices for him at NYE @ DLP (much to my dad's disgust!). It was part of a coach package so there was no getting away with it this time

He'll be 13 when we next visit and I feel much much better about paying an adult price for him. But I know exaclty how it feels when it's so frustratingly close at the cut off point!!

Now there's honesty for you! Oh and my son realised after he'd put his ticket through the turnstyle and said "I'm 11 you do-nut".

 

[id@53]

Lots of different companies use different cut off points:

1. British Airways - 12
2. Ryanair - 16, but they always charge the same price regardless
3. Easyjet - 14
4. Legoland Windsor - 16
5. Alton Towers - 12
6. Parc Asterix - 12

It is entirely up to each company how they set their ticket prices and what measure they use for setting the cut off points.

I begrude paying adult price for 12 year olds regardless of where I am either Disney or Spain, to me a 12yr old is not an adult

The mistake that they're making is using the term Adult - if they listed had seperate price categories for 0-3 y.o., 4-11 y.o., 12-18 y.o., 18+ but charged the same for them all would you still begrudge paying?

 

[jellybabie68]

I think a child price should be until they leave school at 16, Like I said it then has a knock on effect regarding room sharing, I dont know if it applies with Disney but I know when looking for hotels abroad that they dont allow 4 adults to share, hence having to book 2 rooms, when reality 2 x 12yr olds could share a hotel with 2 adults!!!

I work in an office full of mums and we all have this discussion when booking our annual holidays, its something thats not likely to change and I know we have to accept it.

Yeah this thread is harsh, but its also good to see so many honest people around and I would say that if I ever lost my purse I would hope one of them would find it, as I know it would be handed in still full of all my mega bucks I had saved from ripping disney off by buying a child ticket for my just 12yr old.