Ticket Price Increases?

[Robo]

We are taking my Sister's family... still need to buy park tickets. If they buy them today, there won't be any need to upgrade because of peak season or anything like that, is that correct? Is the seasonal pricing only for one day tickets?

Multi-day tickets do not have "seasons."

 

[LoKiHB]

Multi-day tickets do not have "seasons."

Thank you!

 

[jalbaeck]

Robo,

When did this change? I activated my AP at Disney Springs in Sept but didn’t use it to get into a park until Nov and it shows a Sept expiration.

AP vouchers (actually, they are called "AP certificates" by Disney) do not "activate" until after a guest physically goes to a ticket booth or Guest Relations and (guests over 18 years old) shows a legal photo ID, and THEN actually goes through the park gate (which can be on a later date than when the guest visited the booth to show ID.)
It is now part of the activation process that the AP does not start "counting down" until the guest first uses the AP at a park gate.
AP certificates have an expiration date (I prefer "use first by date") of Dec. 31, 2030.

 

[erionm]

I have what might be a silly question. Our last few trips have all been AP purchases, so maybe I'm missing something. We are taking my Sister's family with us in July. The rooms are booked through our DVC (we booked for them as well). They still need to buy park tickets. If they buy them today, there won't be any need to upgrade because of peak season or anything like that, is that correct? Is the seasonal pricing only for one day tickets?

Currently, only 1 day tickets have seasonal pricing.

 

[erionm]

Robo,

When did this change? I activated my AP at Disney Springs in Sept but didn’t use it to get into a park until Nov and it shows a Sept expiration.

Very recently. A ticketing CM that posts here mentioned it earlier this month.

https://www.disboards.com/threads/how-to-start-the-annual-pass.3655691/page-3#post-58661020

 

[dreiwhit]

Two years ago, it was at the very end of February or very early March (28/29 Feb or 1 March.) We were at WDW at that time, and heard about the price increase while we were there.

 

[tlmadden73]

AP vouchers (actually, they are called "AP certificates" by Disney) do not "activate" until after a guest physically goes to a ticket booth or Guest Relations and (guests over 18 years old) shows a legal photo ID, and THEN actually goes through the park gate (which can be on a later date than when the guest visited the booth to show ID.)
It is now part of the activation process that the AP does not start "counting down" until the guest first uses the AP at a park gate.
AP certificates have an expiration date (I prefer "use first by date") of Dec. 31, 2030.

Interesting .. so if you plan on getting an AP sometime in the next 12 years, you can buy it now (before any more price increases) and just save it until you find a good date/year to activate it and start using it.

I ask because I've been debating doing the AP thing for two longer trips in the course of 11 months (for example I was debating on using it for my upcoming Nov. 11 trip and then using it again in October of 2019 to potentially do a 1-2 punch of doing Toy Story Land in 2018 and see Star Wars Land in 2019 (and also to time the two trips before my daughter turns 3 to save hundreds of dollars).

So if I buy it now, I can just wait until November to decide if I am going to go through that plan, and if not .. activate a year or two later to do the two trips in 11 months thing (knowing I would have to shell out more money for my daughter if it is after she turns 3).

How much (on average) has annual passes gone up year to year? Depending on that could help determine if it is worth shelling out the bucks for an annual pass now or just wait. I'm not afraid of paying a lot now for future Disney trips (I am still in the middle of using 10-day no expiration tickets I purchased back in 2014).

I wonder if they will jack the prices up this year or next knowing the increase in demand will come with all the new attractions/lands coming.

 

[Robo]

1. so if you plan on getting an AP sometime in the next 12 years, you can buy it now (before any more price increases) and just save it until you find a good date/year to activate it and start using it.

2. So if I buy it now, I can just wait until November to decide if I am going to go through that plan, and if not .. activate a year or two later to do the two trips in 11 months thing

3. How much (on average) has annual passes gone up year to year?

4. I wonder if they will jack the prices up this year or next knowing the increase in demand will come with all the new attractions/lands coming.

1. You can. That's a lot of cash to tie up, however.
2. Yes.
3. CLICK
4. I'd say that APs have their own "demand level," regardless of ride specifics.

 

[randumb0]

The increase has taken place in February for the last 4 years

 

[ILoveMyDVC]

It's not a "24-48 hour notice window" for Undercover Tourist ticket prices.
It's for when WDW makes the increase info known.

It may help to know that Undercover Tourist uses their "announcements" that a ticket price increase is coming to sell more tickets.
(It's not a "bad thing" to do, but it is one of their yearly sales pushes.)

AND... when WDW does increase the ticket price, Undercover Tourist continues to sell at the "old price"
until their in-stock tickets are sold out.

Do the military tickets typically see the increase at the same time? First time experience with them so I know nothing.

 

[AFwifelife]

Do the military tickets typically see the increase at the same time? First time experience with them so I know nothing.

Like the salute tickets? Those are a fixed price for 2018 and already saw their increase at the beginning of the year.

 

[chloelovesdisney]

All tickets expire now? I thought it was just one day tickets.

 

[ILoveMyDVC]

Like the salute tickets? Those are a fixed price for 2018 and already say their increase at the beginning of the year.

Yes, thank you

 

[randumb0]

All tickets expire now? I thought it was just one day tickets.

Yes, all tickets

 

[tlmadden73]

1. You can. That's a lot of cash to tie up, however.
2. Yes.
3. CLICK
4. I'd say that APs have their own "demand level," regardless of ride specifics.

Thanks for that info and the link.
Wow .. WDW tickets have almost doubled in about 12 years.

Seems like the AP prices keep pace with regular ticket prices .. but is a bit more expensive now.
10 years ago .. an AP cost 6.2 times the normal ticket price. Now that is up to 6.7 times the price of a "regular" ticket. (but it does come with Memory Maker now I guess).

 

[LJD2143]

If Disney's price increase will be effective Feb 11, when do you expect Undercover Tourist tickets will increase? Within days, weeks, months?

 

[Robo]

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If Disney's price increase will be effective Feb 11, when do you expect Undercover Tourist tickets will increase? Within days, weeks, months?

Nobody can say...
Figure their stock will last from “days” to “months,” depending
on WHICH tickets you need, vs their stock of those tickets.

 

[sharonabe]

For example, if I am traveling next January and buy UT tickets now, would there be an issue with expiration that would not occur if I waited and bought tickets from Disney at the time of travel?

Yes. If you buy UT tickets now, they will expire Dec 31, 2018, so you can't use them in January. If you buy tickets at the gate TODAY, they will also expire Dec 31, 2018. If you buy tickets anywhere in Jan 2019, they will expire Dec 31, 2019.

 

[Momtomouselover]

It doesn't matter where you buy them; all tickets expire now. BUT you can always use the purchased price toward new tickets if they expire before you use them.

Is this still true? More specifically, I had a RunDisney ticket (2-day ph ticket with wpfm I believe from a package) that just plain disappeared from MDE in January because it expired. I wonder if it could be found somehow still and be used to upgrade or apply to another ticket.

 

[Robo]

Is this still true? More specifically, I had a RunDisney ticket (2-day ph ticket with wpfm I believe from a package) that just plain disappeared from MDE in January because it expired. I wonder if it could be found somehow still and be used to upgrade or apply to another ticket.

The answer applies to Magic Your Way tickets. ("Regular" WDW tickets.)

I don't know (maybe yes, maybe no) if your ticket was part of a promotional event package that does not have any value outside of the event.