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[adrock1212]

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Ya .. with the now increased prices of the 4-day Magic Your Way ticket, I could see them doing the "4-day 4-park ticket" again (like they are offering this spring).
As it is .. that ticket was a crazy deal IF you wanted to go to each park just once.

I bought the 4/4 from UT. What a GREAT deal! If you can get one and it works with your schedule,, go for it. It's ~25% off list

 

[Maistre Gracey]

$356 plus tax (6.5%) looks about right.

Thanks!
Still a fairly steep increase.

MG

 

[tlmadden73]

I bought the 4/4 from UT. What a GREAT deal! If you can get one and it works with your schedule,, go for it. It's ~25% off list

Right . that deal is only good until Pandora opens, but I suspect they will offer it again in non-peak times.

While they normally just offer discounts on hotels, I think this increased pricing maybe allows them to now use ticket prices as "deal" incentives (since they already have said you get $20 off for just booking online). (Though it is just marketing trickery since offering savings on increased ticket prices just tricks the consumer into thinking they are getting a deal).

 

[mousestruck]

You're ok. I've used third party tickets every time. The "day" value is solid. Upgrading is iffy. I tried at DHS and they wanted to credit me what the 3rd party paid. I went to Epcot, later, and had the same response. The problem was I had receipts with a higher cost to me vs. what they thought I had paid based on their info from selling to the third party. It was resolved, eventually. I'm trying it again this year (Heaven help me) but they always know that a 4 day/3 day free means a 7 day ticket. They don't always want to bridge but they'll recognize the ticket days. Don't give up! There are CMs that follow training.

Right you are! I am never successful getting my tickets bridged on the first attempt. You have to know what the bridged price should be ahead of time and then keep insisting until you get a CM who knows how to do it!

 

[randumb0]

My Florida Silver AP renewal shows $379.14 after tax

 

[Maistre Gracey]

My Florida Silver AP renewal shows $379.14 after tax

Yeah.... that's almost an 8% increase.

Not good.

MG

 

[kddlm]

Got this from KTP: “All tickets purchased from February 12, 2017 through the end of the year will expire December 31, 2018. Any UNUSED ticket that does expire may be applied toward the purchase of a new ticket of equal or greater value.

There will not be an option to roll over partially USED tickets to future trips. Those tickets will continue to expire completely 14 days after first usage.”
In past years UNUSED tickets never expired. They now expire with tickets purchased from February 12, 2017 and beyond, but can be brought back to life at the time of usage based on prices at that time. You will pay a small fee to adjust between the price you paid at time of purchase and the time you wish to revive the ticket.
The FULL value of an UNUSED ticket will be applied when attempting to revive and UNUSED ticket.
UNUSED tickets may be brought back to life, USED tickets may not!

So, a partially used ticket cannot be used for future trips. If you buy a ticket and don’t use it, you can bring it back to life by paying the price adjustment at that time or adding any extra days."

The part that is concerning to me, I bolded and underlined. I have 8 day hoppers with water park visits with no expiration that I purchased from UCT in 2009 or 2010. Based on what I am reading, these tix will now expire Dec. 31, 2018 but can be "brought back to life" by paying a fee in price difference.

Can anyone please confirm or clarify. No expiration from back in the day should still be honored as such IMO!

 

[hiroMYhero]

Based on what I am reading, these tix will now expire Dec. 31, 2018 but can be "brought back to life" by paying a fee in price difference.

No they won't expire. You purchased them prior to 2/12/2017 so the expiration date does not apply.

Only new tickets purchased 2/12/2017 or after have the expiration.

 

[kddlm]

No they won't expire. You purchased them prior to 2/12/2017 so the expiration date does not apply.

Only new tickets purchased 2/12/2017 or after have the expiration.

Thank you, but I am still interpreting it as they are lumping past years along with tix purchased Feb 12 and beyond by the language "In past years UNUSED tickets never expired. They now expire with tickets purchased from February 12, 2017 and beyond. Why would they say "they now expire" if they actually do not?

 

[hiroMYhero]

Thank you, but I am still interpreting it as they are lumping past years along with tix purchased Feb 12 and beyond by the language "In past years UNUSED tickets never expired. They now expire with tickets purchased from February 12, 2017 and beyond. Why would they say "they now expire" if they actually do not?

Because the wording by whoever wrote that is incorrect.

You should have seen the mess that was written yesterday.

 

[mab2012]

Just a few observations that I don't think I've seen yet in this thread (but it's a really long thread, so I apologize if I missed any of this):

1. I think it used to be true that "adding a day" after 4 days was $10. Now it looks like adding the 5th, 6th, and 7th days are $20 each, and 8th-10th remain $10. (Of course the base cost of the 4-day has gone up as well.)

2. A 10-day hopper is now nearly as expensive as the Gold AP. The 10-day hopper is $515, and the Gold AP is $559. If you would have also purchased Memory Maker, even the 4-day hopper plus Memory Maker comes out more expensive than the Gold AP. I know that this isn't a great comparison since the Gold AP is not widely available, but I still think it's interesting.

How's this for some "Disney Math":

Yesterday I bought one of the "7 days for the price of 4" hopper tickets from UT. I paid $419, tax included. I plan to upgrade this to a Gold AP next month. The new price of the 7-day hopper is $485. I should expect my bridged upgrade cost to be $559 - $485 = $74 + tax = $79. Therefore my total cost for the Gold AP should be $498, which is $19 less than the current tax-inclusive cost of the 7-day hopper (if purchased online from WDW)! Of course this is only possible because of the combined impact of a decent discount from UT along with the hefty increase at WDW... but still.

3. If it is true that third-party reseller tickets will continue to be price-bridged, and it is also true that expired tickets retain their value towards the purchase of a new ticket, then it follows that an expired ticket purchased from a reseller should be exchangeable for the same ticket at zero cost (at least as long as the same ticket is still available for purchase - and if it's not, I'm not sure how they bridge it). Thoughts?

 

[randumb0]

Just a few observations that I don't think I've seen yet in this thread (but it's a really long thread, so I apologize if I missed any of this):

1. I think it used to be true that "adding a day" after 4 days was $10. Now it looks like adding the 5th, 6th, and 7th days are $20 each, and 8th-10th remain $10. (Of course the base cost of the 4-day has gone up as well.)

2. A 10-day hopper is now nearly as expensive as the Gold AP. The 10-day hopper is $515, and the Gold AP is $559. If you would have also purchased Memory Maker, even the 4-day hopper plus Memory Maker comes out more expensive than the Gold AP. I know that this isn't a great comparison since the Gold AP is not widely available, but I still think it's interesting.

How's this for some "Disney Math":

Yesterday I bought one of the "7 days for the price of 4" hopper tickets from UT. I paid $419, tax included. I plan to upgrade this to a Gold AP next month. The new price of the 7-day hopper is $485. I should expect my bridged upgrade cost to be $559 - $485 = $74 + tax = $79. Therefore my total cost for the Gold AP should be $498, which is $19 less than the current tax-inclusive cost of the 7-day hopper (if purchased online from WDW)! Of course this is only possible because of the combined impact of a decent discount from UT along with the hefty increase at WDW... but still.

3. If it is true that third-party reseller tickets will continue to be price-bridged, and it is also true that expired tickets retain their value towards the purchase of a new ticket, then it follows that an expired ticket purchased from a reseller should be exchangeable for the same ticket at zero cost (at least as long as the same ticket is still available for purchase - and if it's not, I'm not sure how they bridge it). Thoughts?

If you can buy a Gold AP why did you ever buy a 7 day ticket? Why wouldnt you just buy a Silver, pass less money and upgrade later?

 

[mab2012]

If you can buy a Gold AP why did you ever buy a 7 day ticket? Why wouldnt you just buy a Silver, pass less money and upgrade later?

Well, for a start, I'm not a Florida Resident, so can't buy the Silver Pass. I get the Gold AP as a DVC member.

But I don't see how buying a Silver AP would have been a better deal anyway. Someone who did that would not gain the benefit of price bridging. At the time of the upgrade, they would pay the full difference between whatever they paid for the Silver pass and whatever the Gold pass cost at that time. The benefit of buying the 7-day hopper is the discount offered by the reseller, plus the larger increase in the gate cost of the 7-day hopper as compared to the price increase on the Gold AP.

 

[Robo]

If you can buy a Gold AP why did you ever buy a 7 day ticket? Why wouldnt you just buy a Silver, pass less money and upgrade later?

The ticket purchased was discounted: "7 days for the price of 4" hopper tickets.
That discount will be "kept" (via price-bridging) when that ticket is upgraded to AP.

 

[magickingdomprincess]

Just a few observations that I don't think I've seen yet in this thread (but it's a really long thread, so I apologize if I missed any of this):

1. I think it used to be true that "adding a day" after 4 days was $10. Now it looks like adding the 5th, 6th, and 7th days are $20 each, and 8th-10th remain $10. (Of course the base cost of the 4-day has gone up as well.)

2. A 10-day hopper is now nearly as expensive as the Gold AP. The 10-day hopper is $515, and the Gold AP is $559. If you would have also purchased Memory Maker, even the 4-day hopper plus Memory Maker comes out more expensive than the Gold AP. I know that this isn't a great comparison since the Gold AP is not widely available, but I still think it's interesting.

How's this for some "Disney Math":

Yesterday I bought one of the "7 days for the price of 4" hopper tickets from UT. I paid $419, tax included. I plan to upgrade this to a Gold AP next month. The new price of the 7-day hopper is $485. I should expect my bridged upgrade cost to be $559 - $485 = $74 + tax = $79. Therefore my total cost for the Gold AP should be $498, which is $19 less than the current tax-inclusive cost of the 7-day hopper (if purchased online from WDW)! Of course this is only possible because of the combined impact of a decent discount from UT along with the hefty increase at WDW... but still.

3. If it is true that third-party reseller tickets will continue to be price-bridged, and it is also true that expired tickets retain their value towards the purchase of a new ticket, then it follows that an expired ticket purchased from a reseller should be exchangeable for the same ticket at zero cost (at least as long as the same ticket is still available for purchase - and if it's not, I'm not sure how they bridge it). Thoughts?

Thank you for confirming this math for me! I bought the same tix as you and plan on upgrading to the same ap (dvc member also). Before the increase I was calculating approx $174 to upgrade, times 3. I just really hope they're still price bridging in the fall when we go. It seems too good to be true that the increase will actually save us money!

 

[quandrea]

A question for upgrading ticket gurus. If I buy an ten day base ticket from CAA using the current 25% off offer, will I be able to bridge to a gold dvc pass?

The CAA pass is $300. A gold dvc pass is $559. Am I right in thinking the bridge would be $515 to $559? If it's possible I may just get my AP yet!

I could try this in October when I'm down but would not be able to go through the gate as if it's not possible I'm saving my ticket for a January trip.

If going through the gate is essential, I can try it in January. Not ideal in regards to timing but something I could work with.

 

[Robo]

1. If I buy an ten day base ticket from CAA using the current 25% off offer, will I be able to bridge to a gold dvc pass?

2. The CAA pass is $300. A gold dvc pass is $559. Am I right in thinking the bridge would be $515 to $559? If it's possible I may just get my AP yet!

3. I could try this in October when I'm down but would not be able to go through the gate as if it's not possible I'm saving my ticket for a January trip.

If going through the gate is essential, I can try it in January. Not ideal in regards to timing but something I could work with.

1. Likely.
2. Yup.
3. It is not necessary to go into a park in order to get the price-bridging.
You can do the upgrade on your Oct. trip.

 

[quandrea]

1. Unlikely.
2. Tickets purchased directly from Disney are NOT PRICE-BRIDGED.
3. It is not necessary to go into a park in order to get the price-bridging.
But, if you can only order the CAA pass directly from Disney, there won't be any price-bridging.

(If you can buy the CAA ticket from a third party authorized ticket reseller you should be able to get the price-bridging.)

Thanks Robo. I thought the CAA ticket might be unavailable for bridging. I'm going to give it a try though.

Upgrading then would involve paying the difference between the $300 and $559, in other words, full price?

 

[Robo]

Thanks Robo. I thought the CAA ticket might be unavailable for bridging. I'm going to give it a try though

When I finally figured out that CAA was the Auto Club, I edited my answer.
CAA is a third party ticket reseller, and those are the kind of tickets that CAN generally be price-bridged.

Stay tuned.

 

[GATORinaZ28]

My Florida Silver AP renewal shows $379.14 after tax

Thanks for posting that. I have been curious. I think I am still ok with that price.