Ticket question: uk ulitmate upgrade to ap? No answer in sticky

[dani77]

Hello everyone,

guess I need help of a pro here..??? Okay, here's the deal:
going to wdw in april and booked a package from disny.uk including the 14-day ultimate ticket. Now I'm thinking about maybe going back in december to finally see all the christmas decorations in the parks. It would make a lot of sense and save me tons of money on the december trip if I could upgrade the ultimate ticket to a regular annual pass.
Everywhere I look I just see conflicting answers to that question. Some say since uk tickets can not be changed they can't be upgraded to an ap, others say they can only be upgraded to a premium ap, still others say they can be upgraded to a regular ap if none of the extra perks on the ultimate ticket (waterparks, disneyquest) have been used.
I asked this question on the uk board but didn't get a reply...so maybe someone here knows what the deal is?

 

[Cheshire Figment]

1. The UK Ultimate tickets can be upgraded to either Regular or Premium Annual Pass.

2. When you go to a ticket window or Guest Relations location they will look up the selling price (in US$) of the ticket and will allow that amount toward an upgrade.

3. If you have used any of the "fun" entries (water parks, DQ, WWS, golf) the only upgrade is to PAP. If you have only used theme park (AK, MK, EC, HS) entries you can upgrade to either regular or premium.

 

[dani77]

Thank you so much Cheshire....I was hoping you knew the answers to my questions! Really appreciate your help

 

[dani77]

Me again...Cheshire, I need your advice. Picked up my ultimate ticket last friday at guest relations downtown diseny. After it was issued, they checked and said the upgrade to a regular AP would be about 260$. Now today, I wanted to do the upgrade at guest relations inside MK. Was told no....14 day ultimateds cannot be upgraded at all. The cm doublechecked with someone in the back and still the answer was "no upgrade possible" though they'd make an exception for me and do an upgrade to a premium AP for a whooping 400 $ which I declined. First of all, i do not want a premium ap since i have not used any of the wpfm entitlements, and second, I was told twice that it can be done. Now what to do? Just go to guest relations at a different park???

 

[Cheshire Figment]

Go to another Park, or back to MK. If they persist, ask them to log onto "TOD" in ticketing, go to Guest Relations, and go to the Upgrade information. It states:

*Guests may only upgrade to Premium Annual Passes if any other gated attraction entitlement has been used (Water Parks, Disney Quest, Wide World of Sports, Oak Trail, etc.).
*Guests wishing to upgrade to Premium Annual or Annual Passes must pay the full price difference.

And then it even gives specific technical instructions.

 

[dani77]

I tried guest relations outside MK again last night, no luck and she wasnt willing to try what you suggested. Decided to go back to downtown disney this a.m. and try my luck again there....and as of 10 a.m. i am now officially a walt disney world annual passholder!!! They upgraded the ticket without any further questions within a matter of seconds! I have no idea why they made such a fuss about it at MK yesterday! Oh my...that little plastic card with minnie on it made my day...meaning I will be returning to wdw for 2 weeks in december.
Once again, thanks Cheshire for your help and the very fast reply, cant tell you how much I appreciated that yesterday since I was devastated when I was told twice that the Upgrade is a no-go.

 

[Lizzim]

Can I ask how much they charged you? I'm going to attempt the same thing in September

 

[dani77]

248-something $. So a lot cheaper than getting another 14-day ultimate in december. Though this was the upgrade to a regular annual pass. I did not use any of the wpfm entitlements on my 14 day ultimate. Don't know how much the upgrade would be if you do since then you have to upgrade to a premium ap.
Make sure you upgrade at dtd...seems like thats the only place where they know how to do it. By now I have googled about the upgrade an in another uk exclusive newsboard, everyone there also said that the upgrade was declined when trying to do it at a park and always worked when doing it at dtd. So weird that cast members at different locations have different information/knowledge.

 

[Sorcerina]

Did anybody try to upgrade to an Premier AP?

We are at WDW Oct14 going then to DLC and back to WDW in May15.

 

[Sorcerina]

Nobody knows the answer. Today friends told me they were asked 480$ for the upgrade. Can the price raised that much since last year?