Ticket Strategy???

[fournuts]

We are going to be going to Disney for 4 days in August and I was thinking of buying the 7 day park hopper with no expiration, which is about $1150, only $250 more for the extra days and no expiry option. My question though is can I buy the 10 day no expiry option, use the 4 days and on the last day add the no expiry option? If I can, do I get charged on just the remaining days or do I get charged for all 10 days? Any idea what the charge would be also?

I would buy the 10 day with the no expiry option but its about another $300 which makes it an extra $550.

Any help would be great.

Thanks.

 

[STEAMBOAT209]

I'm not sure what you are trying to shoot for: Do you have another trip planned, and this is the reason for the 7 day park hopper ticket while only going to Disney for 4 days? Also, how many tickets are you purchasing.?

 

[bicker]

When you add-on the no-expiry option, you are charged for it based on the total number of days on the ticket, not the number of days left.

 

[fournuts]

We dont have a trip planned yet... but for $250 more I can get another trip whether in a year or 2 or whenever and not have to pay $900 for the tickets again (which would probably be more). I'm figuring by purchasing the 7 day with no expiry I will save about $700 on the next trip becuase I wont have to buy tickets. I will be purchasing 4 tickets.

 

[bicker]

We did that last year, and it didn't work out for us. We bought a 10 day MYW with the "no expiry" option, and used six days. So now we have four days left. What we're finding is that it doesn't make sense to use those four days on a trip unless we're actually visiting the parks for four days or LESS. If we're visiting for five days or more, we might as well buy expiring passes for this trip, and safe our non-expiring passes for the future, again. I'm not sure when we'll ever end up using them.

I was wondering why I didn't realize this last year, but I think it has to do with how they've lowered the prices for longer trips with the MYW passes. A 8 day MYW pass without the "no expiry" option is just a few dollars more than the 5 day MYW pass. So, while in the past, it might have made sense to visit the parks for only four days out of a six-day, five-night vacation, now it really doesn't make sense to do so.

 

[fournuts]

We will probably only go for 3 or 4 days at a time anyway because I have family that live in FL that we visit while there. Not to mention my son is not a big Disney fan so he can only take a couple of days. That why I figure if I buy the 7 day no expiry I can actually get 2 trips out of the tickets for only $250 more.

Thanks for the help.

 

[WillCAD]

We are going to be going to Disney for 4 days in August and I was thinking of buying the 7 day park hopper with no expiration, which is about $1150, only $250 more for the extra days and no expiry option. My question though is can I buy the 10 day no expiry option, use the 4 days and on the last day add the no expiry option? If I can, do I get charged on just the remaining days or do I get charged for all 10 days? Any idea what the charge would be also?

I would buy the 10 day with the no expiry option but its about another $300 which makes it an extra $550.

Any help would be great.

Thanks.

If you buy a 10-day pass without the no-expiry option, and add the no-expiry option later, you will still have to pay the full difference between a 10-day exiring ticket and a 10-day no-expiry ticket.

You cannot make part of a ticket no-expiry. You have to make the whole ticket no-expiry, even if you have already used part of the ticket.

On a related note, the same holds true for the hopper option. You cannot make part of a ticket a hopper; add the hopper option, even if you add it when the ticket just has one day left on it, and you will always pay the full $40 charge.

 

[snjmorrison]

We bought the 10 day w/ no exp because it was much cheaper per day. I'm only using 4 days and 2 waterpark days because we also go to Universal. I figured if I needed, I could always buy more tickets when we visit for another vacation. I will probably be left with 2 days because we usually do 4. Another thing to think about is the DDP. When you come back to use the rest of the ticket, you won't be able to use this unless you purchase another ticket for everyone in your party. Some posts suggest buying a 1 day for everyone in your party so you can get DDP. I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

 

[Allison]

We did that last year, and it didn't work out for us. We bought a 10 day MYW with the "no expiry" option, and used six days. So now we have four days left. What we're finding is that it doesn't make sense to use those four days on a trip unless we're actually visiting the parks for four days or LESS. If we're visiting for five days or more, we might as well buy expiring passes for this trip, and safe our non-expiring passes for the future, again. I'm not sure when we'll ever end up using them.

I was wondering why I didn't realize this last year, but I think it has to do with how they've lowered the prices for longer trips with the MYW passes. A 8 day MYW pass without the "no expiry" option is just a few dollars more than the 5 day MYW pass. So, while in the past, it might have made sense to visit the parks for only four days out of a six-day, five-night vacation, now it really doesn't make sense to do so.

I think this is an important point that people don't think about. If you buy the 10 day and know the days left will be the number of days you need for your next trip, then it works. But, you could end up in a situation where you need more park days on the next trip and end up paying more money to get those few extra days.

 

[LBKMAMA]

We did that last year, and it didn't work out for us. We bought a 10 day MYW with the "no expiry" option, and used six days. So now we have four days left. What we're finding is that it doesn't make sense to use those four days on a trip unless we're actually visiting the parks for four days or LESS. If we're visiting for five days or more, we might as well buy expiring passes for this trip, and safe our non-expiring passes for the future, again. I'm not sure when we'll ever end up using them.

I was wondering why I didn't realize this last year, but I think it has to do with how they've lowered the prices for longer trips with the MYW passes. A 8 day MYW pass without the "no expiry" option is just a few dollars more than the 5 day MYW pass. So, while in the past, it might have made sense to visit the parks for only four days out of a six-day, five-night vacation, now it really doesn't make sense to do so.

This is my big dilema this year. Should I get the 4 tickets for 10 days no expiration. We'd use 6 and then if we wanted the DDP on our next trip we'd need to buy at least one day. That would give us 5 which I think would be enough (kids are all in school now so I don't think we'll be taking them out for a whole week the next time)...I just don't know if the math works out on this. I've tried to call and ask a CM at CRO, but I've gotten two different quotes? Anyone else have an opinion?

 

[U2_rocks]

I think this is an important point that people don't think about. If you buy the 10 day and know the days left will be the number of days you need for your next trip, then it works. But, you could end up in a situation where you need more park days on the next trip and end up paying more money to get those few extra days.

But, if you're a youngish family, and you plan to keep going back, then if you need 6 days and only have 4 left, you buy another 10 day ticket with no expiry, use 2 days now and save 8 for the next trip etc. You're always prepaying your trips at a lower price (since ticket prices keep rising every year).

However, we're not sure when we're going back, so I'm buying expiry tickets for my family for our trip next year. I bought a 10 day non-expiry hopper in March (while in Orlando for a conference - I used one day to hop to 3 parks), knowing I have that trip planned for next year. I also know that I will get to Orlando alone from time to time as a close friend lives there, and there might be another conference. It's nice to have a ticket you can use a day from at a cheaper rate than buying a one-day pass!

 

[bicker]

On a related note, the same holds true for the hopper option. You cannot make part of a ticket a hopper; add the hopper option, even if you add it when the ticket just has one day left on it, and you will always pay the full $40 charge.

However, it is a little different: The cost of the no-expiry option actually varies with how long the pass is for, while the park hopper option is the same for a four day pass as it is for a ten day pass.