Standby tickets

[Nevets]

Is there a way to be on standby to purchase tickets for a certain date if it currently isn’t available? Or any other way to be able to purchase tickets on days that are no longer available?

 

[Dug720]

I've not heard of anything and honestly don't see it happening. They are already having to deal with people who think they're above the rules regarding masks; they don't want to have to deal with people yelling that they were sold a ticket for a day when Disney knew it was sold out.

 

[lanejudy]

I have not seen tickets become available again. I think there are still people with tickets trying to get park reservations that ticket sales won’t re-open. And if WDW expected to significantly increase capacity to sell more tickets, they likely would have done so before closing ticket sales.

 

[Nevets]

Is there a secondary market for WDW tickets, like there are for other events. Something akin to Stub Hub?

 

[lanejudy]

Authorized resellers are not selling for those dates, either. Purchasing a ticket does not get you into a park; you also need to secure a theme park reservation, which are all taken for those dates.

 

[Pyxie]

Is there a secondary market for WDW tickets, like there are for other events. Something akin to Stub Hub?

Tickets are tied to individual people, so if you mean like private sales person-to-person, then no.

 

[FCDub]

You’re out of luck. Sorry.

 

[Nevets]

Tickets are tied to individual people, so if you mean like private sales person-to-person, then no.

If I have a ticket(s) I can no longer use, can they be refunded? And if so, does that open up a slot on that particular day?

 

[gatorlisa]

If I have a ticket(s) I can no longer use, can they be refunded? And if so, does that open up a slot on that particular day?

No, they cannot be refunded. Their value can be applied towards another ticket in the future. You must have a park reservation to get into a park, and you must have a ticket to make a park reservation. The only way a slot will open on a particular day that is currently "sold out" is for someone to cancel their park reservation, regardless of what they do with their ticket.

 

[FCDub]

OP, I think every possible scenario has been covered and the answer is still no.

 

[Nevets]

No, they cannot be refunded. Their value can be applied towards another ticket in the future. You must have a park reservation to get into a park, and you must have a ticket to make a park reservation. The only way a slot will open on a particular day that is currently "sold out" is for someone to cancel their park reservation, regardless of what they do with their ticket.

Ok, that answers my question. Someone with tickets and a reservation can apply their ticket value towards another ticket and subsequently cancel their reservation, thus creating an opening. Thank you

 

[seashoreCM]

Is there a secondary market for WDW tickets, like there are for other events. Something akin to Stub Hub?

There is no reliable method of transferring Disney tickets between private strangers. It is not possible to tell that the ticket has the value (days, entitlements) it was advertised to have or claimed to have just by looking at it.

Even trying to get a friend or co-worker to use up a Disney ticket you could not use yourself can lead to anxiety.

 

[lanejudy]

Ok, that answers my question. Someone with tickets and a reservation can apply their ticket value towards another ticket and subsequently cancel their reservation, thus creating an opening. Thank you

Yes, that's possible. However, most folks who aren't going don't actually change their tickets immediately to new dates. And cancelling a park reservation will not make a ticket available for sale, though it will open up a theme park reservation for someone who already has tickets and wants that particular park. Even if a few folks change their tickets to new dates, I honestly don't see WDW re-opening ticket sales.

 

[Nevets]

Yes, that's possible. However, most folks who aren't going don't actually change their tickets immediately to new dates. And cancelling a park reservation will not make a ticket available for sale, though it will open up a theme park reservation for someone who already has tickets and wants that particular park. Even if a few folks change their tickets to new dates, I honestly don't see WDW re-opening ticket sales.

Right, so if I have tickets for a particular park and reserved for a particular day, and someone else cancels (changes) days they were reserved on, then it opens up a slot that anybody can change to with their current ticket or by buying one and reserving the day. Or am I missing something?

 

[CAPSLOCK]

If you have a ticket but no reservation, you are right. There are people dropping reservations, and others snapping them up. In this case, you just try to reserve while ignoring the visible calendar, and sometimes get lucky. They can't constantly change the availability on the calendar for such little variations.

There would only be 2 potential ways I see Disney changing the reservation calendar and selling date specific tickets for currently unavailable days:
1. Disney increases capacity.
2. Disney redistributes pass allocations; but they can't pull availability from the AP bucket if those spots are already reserved, so it wouldn't happen on days already booked to capacity in all 3 buckets.

 

[lanejudy]

or by buying one and reserving the day. Or am I missing something?

If you already have tickets and just want a park reservation, you are correct. However ticket sales aren’t going to pop open the way theme park reservations do. There aren’t any tickets to buy.

 

[ugagal07]

2. Disney redistributes pass allocations; but they can't pull availability from the AP bucket if those spots are already reserved, so it wouldn't happen on days already booked to capacity in all 3 buckets.

Does Disney ever redistribute passes? If AP isn't at it's capacity, will they ever pull from that pool and reallocate to theme park and resort guests? If so, when do they typically do that?

 

[maltdizzy]

2. Disney redistributes pass allocations; but they can't pull availability from the AP bucket if those spots are already reserved, so it wouldn't happen on days already booked to capacity in all 3 buckets.

Does Disney ever redistribute passes? If AP isn't at it's capacity, will they ever pull from that pool and reallocate to theme park and resort guests? If so, when do they typically do that?

Yes, usually a few weeks before hand. It happened a lot last Autumn when the largest demand was from APs, but now that there are lot more resort guests, it's far less common, and unlikely to happen around peak holidays and breaks. While Disney keeps three calendars for three different guest buckets, some people who study availability believe the resort guest and theme park guests buckets are actually be one and the same.