Switching out Very Old Tickets - Assigning Names Required?

[poohbear999]

My husband's family recently found a bunch of very old (1989 to 1994) tickets to Disneyworld! Each ticket has inked date stamps on them, and they have at least one or two days left on each ticket.

The tickets had a place where you needed to sign the tickets, but those areas were never filled in. Accordingly, no name identification exists on any of the tickets. Questions:

1. We will be at the parks next month. Can we go to the Customer Relations window to switch the old paper tickets for "new" tickets?

2. Will the Customer Relations people look up the names on each old ticket (and is that possible)?

3. If they can't find out the old names, will we need to assign names when we switch the old tickets to new tickets? Ideally, we want to *avoid* assigning names to these tickets for the foreseeable future, since we don't know which family members will visit Disneyworld next.

4. Once we have the new tickets, can they be linked up to the MDE website in the future?

5. I heard that the new tickets will not work at Animal Kingdom, since it was not built when the tickets were issued. Is this true?

Thanks so much for your help!

 

[Robo]

My husband's family recently found a bunch of very old (1989 to 1994) tickets to Disneyworld! Each ticket has inked date stamps on them, and they have at least one or two days left on each ticket.

The tickets had a place where you needed to sign the tickets, but those areas were never filled in. Accordingly, no name identification exists on any of the tickets. Questions:

1. We will be at the parks next month. Can we go to the Customer Relations window to switch the old paper tickets for "new" tickets?

2. Will the Customer Relations people look up the names on each old ticket (and is that possible)?

3. If they can't find out the old names, will we need to assign names when we switch the old tickets to new tickets? Ideally, we want to *avoid* assigning names to these tickets for the foreseeable future, since we don't know which family members will visit Disneyworld next.

4. Once we have the new tickets, can they be linked up to the MDE website in the future?

5. I heard that the new tickets will not work at Animal Kingdom, since it was not built when the tickets were issued. Is this true?

Thanks so much for your help!

1. Yes
2. Nope
3. No names needed, if tix are used and not MB
4. Yes
5. Hasn't been that way for over a decade.
OK for use at all 4 parks.

 

[SuzyQue]

1. Yes
2. Nope
3. No names needed, if tix are used and not MB
4. Yes
5. Hasn't been that way for over a decade.
OK for use at all 4 parks.

Robo I took all our old cardboard nonexpiring passes that had days left to GS and had them changed over last year. Some were before fingerprints and I have linked one to my granddaughter on MDE. But I also have one from after fingerprints that was my daughter's (purchased with mine, DH's and other DD's at the time), can I now link it to a grandchild on MDE or will it carry my daughter's name?

 

[Robo]

Robo I took all our old cardboard nonexpiring passes that had days left to GS and had them changed over last year.
1. Some were before fingerprints and I have linked one to my granddaughter on MDE.
2. But I also have one from after fingerprints that was my daughter's (purchased with mine, DH's and other DD's at the time),
3. can I now link it to a grandchild on MDE
4. or will it carry my daughter's name?

1. The activation dates are more important to know than saying "before fingerprints" or "after fingerprints."
(There are more details that pertain to actual dates.)
2. What was the AGE of your daughter when the ticket was first used?
3. What is the AGE of your grandchild (during the upcoming trip?)
These kind of details can make a difference.
4. The name is generally unimportant (even if the original name was "Nancy" and current grand child's name is "Fred.")

 

[SuzyQue]

1. The activation dates are more important to know than saying "before fingerprints" or "after fingerprints."
(There are more details that pertain to actual dates.)
2. What was the AGE of your daughter when the ticket was first used?
3. What is the AGE of your grandchild (during the upcoming trip?)
These kind of details can make a difference.
4. The name is generally unimportant (even if the original name was "Nancy" and current grand child's name is "Fred.")

1. Activation is hard to say for the "pre-fingerprint" passes, could have gone all the way back to 1999. The after fingerprint was activated 2007 I believe.
2. My daughter was 21 when she first used the post-fingerprint ticket.
3. Grandchild will be 4 during upcoming trip.

 

[Robo]

1. Activation is hard to say for the "pre-fingerprint" passes, could have gone all the way back to 1999. The after fingerprint was activated 2007 I believe.
2. My daughter was 21 when she first used the post-fingerprint ticket.
3. Grandchild will be 4 during upcoming trip.

1. OK.
2. So, an adult ticket with a "current" (post-2006) finger-scan.
3. A child can't use an adult ticket.

 

[SuzyQue]

1. OK.
2. So, an adult ticket with a "current" (post-2006) finger-scan.
3. A child can't use an adult ticket.

I'll gladly let them pay me the difference between the two. Thanks for the replies Robo!