Testing the limits of "never expires"

[unregistered1]

When my in-laws were cleaning out their basement they found 3 admission to the MK from 1981! Will they let my in-laws use them for admission still? If so, is it safe to assume that they will be treated like a one-day park admission (i.e. no hopping)? Also, will they give us something so we can use Fastpass?

Thanks.

 

[higgin704]

In '02 I used a pass from 1990. I think they did give me a new card for fastpass.

 

[My2Girls66]

I think you'd only be allowed to use them at parks that were open at the time of purchase. I could be mistaken- but I recall not being able to use our '97 passes at AK because it wasn't open at the time we bought the passes. Worth calling to check on, tho.

 

[SnackyStacky]

You'll have to take the pass to guest relations and they'll issue you a pass with the mag strip.

 

[ryley26]

used passes that were purchased before ak opened. we were able to use them everywhere but at ak

 

[puffkin]

i would think that they would only be able to use them at MK.

 

[WDSearcher]

You'll need to take them to Guest Relations, where they'll turn them into current one day / one park passes for MK. (The tickets as they are won't work in FastPass machines, which is why you need to trade them in.)

 

[Joyciemc]

The MK admissions probably will only be good for MK admission, but they definitely are still good!

As far as old park hoppers- I know that they used to exclude AK from pre-1998 passes, but I'm fairly certain they changed the policy on that. I think if you happen to have a pass from before AK days, you can now exchange for a new park hopper and go to all 4 parks. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure this is now the case.

 

[GoldenOldie]

If the ticket is one park ticket, you will only get a one park ticket in exchange.

If the ticket was from after Epcot's opening and is a park hopping ticket, you will get a one day park hopper for each unused admission. You will need to exchange them for free at Guest Relations and get the magnetic strip ticket media. You will be able to visit any of the four theme parks with the hopper pass.

 

[Disneefun]

We had almost this exact same thing happen. We found old tickets from 1982 -- back in the days when they hand stamped the multi-day passports each day that you used. We took them to Guest Services, not really thinking that they would honor them but they did. Each passport had two blank days on them, so they gave us each two, one day park hopper passes good at EPCOT and MK (one park hopper pass for each blank space on the ticket). They were the regular magentized tickets, so they worked in fastpass, turnstiles, etc. No problem. It was funny though, the CM just looked at us like we were nuts to still have them but he was really nice about it.

 

[WDSearcher]

He was probably wondering why you weren't selling them on eBay!

 

[Simba's Mom]

We tested the limits 2 ways. First we were using tickets from 1989 in 2003. Second they were child's tickets for my 2 sons who are now college-aged. MK was the only place that sent us to Guest Services. At Epcot and MGM, the "kids" went right through, no questions.

 

[My2Girls66]

Originally posted by Simba's Mom
We tested the limits 2 ways. First we were using tickets from 1989 in 2003. Second they were child's tickets for my 2 sons who are now college-aged. MK was the only place that sent us to Guest Services. At Epcot and MGM, the "kids" went right through, no questions.

Wow! Guess I won't worry about using my DD's '99 child passes next week- she turned 10 in Feb.

 

[SB in KY]

When did they go from ticketed rides to the current admission system?? I still have a bunch of ride tickets left from the MK back in the days when admission and rides were ticketed seperately. I also have 1 unused park admission with some ride tickets attached also. Guess I always figured they were worthless now except for sentimental value... but maybe not!!...OK, I know, I am older than dirt!!! (I went with my HS band to play in the afternoon parade and over the entrance, by the train station in late October of 1971...MK had only been open a couple of weeks) and we went a couple of times most years after that. So these would have to be early to mid 70's.

 

[GoldenOldie]

Originally posted by SB in KY
When did they go from ticketed rides to the current admission system??

The A-E ticket books officially disappeared on October 1, 1982 although they had started to be phased out prior to that. Not only did that date herald the opening of Epcot, it also was the date of the introduction of park hopping tickets at WDW.

...I still have a bunch of ride tickets left from the MK back in the days when admission and rides were ticketed seperately. I also have 1 unused park admission with some ride tickets attached also. Guess I always figured they were worthless now except for sentimental value... but maybe not!!...

In a nutshell, if you have the complete A-E booklet including the admission and transportation ticket, then it can be exchanged for a current day's admission at Guest Relations.

If you do not have the entire package, you will receive a credit based on the unused A-E tickets you turn in. It will be in the vicinity of

A - $0.10
B - $0.25
C - $0.50
D - $0.75
E - $0.90

Of course, at those prices you may want to consider keeping them as a memento in your scrapbook.

 

[EmmasGrammy]

I am betting those old tickets would be alot more valuable to you if you sold them to a collector and bought yourself passes from the profits. Check in with some of the Disney Collectors and see what they are worth.

 

[seashoreCM]

(copied from another post)

Ask for the old ticket back as a souvenir. (It will be stamped "void") (If you would rather keep it undefaced for your scrapbook, don't bring, exchange, or expect to use, it for admission.)

Only do transactions that don't require paying extra money (even exchange to a mag stripe ticket with the same number of days).

If your even exchange results in a ticket good only at Magic Kingdom or only at Magic Kingdom and Epcot or some limitation like that, plan your days and time carefully to avoid using two different tickets on the same day and wasting an admission that way.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/dispass.htm

Never thought of buying Disney admissions as an investment. Visited WDW just once during the separately ticketed rides era (ca. 1975), have just the ticket book cover, all the tickets including the A-tickets were used up.

 

[unregistered1]

Interesting idea Emmasgrammy. Any ideas where I might find collectors interested in such stuff? Ebay?

thanks.

 

[SB in KY]

Thanks for the info GoldenOldie...none of the books are intact (all the E tickets are gone of course!!)...I have no idea why I have one that has a couple of tickets missing and the admission still attached...oh well...I think I'll just keep them for the memories...at those prices I might get a couple of Mickey Bars out of all of them!!