Removing Park Hopper From Tickets

[5DisneyNuts]

Hi,

My friend bought a package in December through a travel agent including tickets with park hoppers. She now realizes that she will not use the hopper and called her TA to remove. She has already booked her FP+.

Her TA said the only way to do this was to cancel her package and rebook. Wouldn't she be able to just take the hopper option off (and pay the ticket price increase if necessary) or is the problem that the ticket increase forces her to rebook? If she cancels the package she will lose her FP+.

I never use a TA to book so any advice would be great.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Robo]

Hi,

My friend bought a package in December through a travel agent including tickets with park hoppers. She now realizes that she will not use the hopper and called her TA to remove. She has already booked her FP+.

Her TA said the only way to do this was to cancel her package and rebook. Wouldn't she be able to just take the hopper option off (and pay the ticket price increase if necessary) or is the problem that the ticket increase forces her to rebook? If she cancels the package she will lose her FP+.

I never use a TA to book so any advice would be great.

Thanks in advance!

Tickets purchased as part of a WDW RESORT PACKAGE CAN be downgraded (or upgraded.)
The package won't be affected one way or the other.

Tickets purchased as "stand-alone" (not part of a resort package) cannot be downgraded.

Unless there is something we don't know, the TA is wrong.

 

[5DisneyNuts]

Thank you Robo! Your bolding made me think. I have to ask her if her TA booked as a WDW Southwest vacation package. She definitely has a package with dining and tickets at POFQ (so no discounts associated).

Not sure if that would make any difference.

 

[DisneyWishes14]

She may be better off just keeping it as is. If she booked through WDTC as a package and she makes that change, she will most likely be subject to paying the new ticket prices and not the ones that were in effect when she purchased the package. If the tickets were purchased separately or she booked through a third party vendor, they TA may be correct.

 

[Robo]

Thank you Robo! Your bolding made me think. I have to ask her if her TA booked as a WDW Southwest vacation package. She definitely has a package with dining and tickets at POFQ (so no discounts associated).

Not sure if that would make any difference.

If the package is "all-inclusive" (as in ALL aspects are PART OF and included in the basic package) it may be that the Hoppers are "part of the deal" and no changes would be allowed (by the provider of the package.)

That is a completely different situation than a TA just "building a package" from the various choices provided by WDW.

 

[5DisneyNuts]

Thank you both! With the increase in ticket price versus the hopper price probably wouldn't be worth cancelling and re-booking.

Appreciate it.