Tickets and Annual Pass Questions - Please add your ticket questions to this thread

[jenmsmith]

Thanks for reporting in. The $60 number seems to be correct for non-price-bridging based on the allears archived prices and the current WDW website prices (435.59 old 5-day PH vs. 495.23 new 6-day PH). I wonder where the $80 came from? Did you buy your 5-day ticket at a discount?

Unfortunately we are planning to upgrade at our resort (CBR) on the morning of our arrival day to be able to make FP+ reservations for that afternoon/evening, so I won't have the ability to CM "shop" to try to find a lower price (I suppose I could try in Customs House first, then the concierge desk in Old Port Royale). The alternative would be to drop our Fast Passes for our evening visit to HS on the 8th day of our trip, use our existing ticket entitlements for the first day, try several different ticket desks the first few days to try to get a lower-priced upgrade, and then try to re-book the FP+ when we finally buy the 8th day. But our timelines are tight on that 8th day to work around our Sci-Fi dine-in reservation and the Star Wars fireworks.

We did buy the ticket from UCT. But if I understand correctly, Disney has no way of knowing what we paid for the ticket, only what they sold it to UCT for. That may have been where the $80 came from.

 

[Robo]

We have several other 5-day PH to which we would like to eventually add days. Am I understanding you correctly that we should be able to do this at about $20 per day? As long as we find a CM who understands that?

That's what I'm saying.
Whether there is much hope of actually getting it done...
I have not enough data of guests who have actually upgraded older tickets to be very enthusiastic about it.

 

[jenmsmith]

That's what I'm saying.
Whether there is much hope of actually getting it done...
I have not enough data of guests who have actually upgraded older tickets to be very enthusiastic about it.

Gotcha. Thank you. Hopefully, that will become the widespread practice.

 

[DisneyFamily2013]

We have 3 older tickets purchased from Undercover Tourist. One ticket purchased like 8-10 years ago (I think). Two tickets purchased last year. All are 7 day tickets with park hoppers.

How do I add the really old ticket to MDE? Do I have to wait until we arrive to activate at gate and then have added to Magic Band? But then we won't be able to book FP ahead of time.

When I add all 3 tickets to MDE, will all 3 tickets retain their expiration date of 14 days after first use? Or will the tickets revert to the new 2017 expiration date of 2018?

Thank you.

 

[Robo]

We have 3 older tickets purchased from Undercover Tourist. One ticket purchased like 8-10 years ago (I think). Two tickets purchased last year. All are 7 day tickets with park hoppers.

How do I add the really old ticket to MDE?
1. Do I have to wait until we arrive to activate at gate and then have added to Magic Band?
2.But then we won't be able to book FP ahead of time.
3. When I add all 3 tickets to MDE, will all 3 tickets retain their expiration date of 14 days after first use?
4. Or will the tickets revert to the new 2017 expiration date of 2018?

Thank you.

1. Likely, but call Disney to see if they can help.
2. Yup.
3. Yup.
4. That would be a possibility if you UPGRADED your tickets.

 

[DisneyFamily2013]

Thanks Robo. We are not upgrading tickets. What # would I call for help with the 8-10 year old ticket?

 

[Robo]

Thanks Robo. We are not upgrading tickets. What # would I call for help with the 8-10 year old ticket?

I'm away from my files right now, but I'll come back and post it.
The office you need to call is now closed until Monday, anyway.

 

[My2CrazyGirls]

2001 ticket question:

We have 2 tickets we used in 2001 and they both have 2 days left on them. They are paper tickets. We were planning to bring them on our next trip to turn them into plastic tickets that can be linked to MDE for FP+ for a future trip. However tickets have expiration dates now? I have no idea when we would use them, could be 4 years from now. What should we do?

 

[Robo]

Thanks Robo. We are not upgrading tickets. What # would I call for help with the 8-10 year old ticket?

Call WDW Ticketing at
(407) 566-4985 (option 5)
Hours: 8:30am-4:30pm ET Mon-Sat

 

[Robo]

2001 ticket question:

We have 2 tickets we used in 2001 and they both have 2 days left on them. They are paper tickets. We were planning to bring them on our next trip to turn them into plastic tickets that can be linked to MDE for FP+ for a future trip.
1. However tickets have expiration dates now?
2. I have no idea when we would use them, could be 4 years from now.
3. What should we do?

1. NEWLY-PURCHASED tickets have an expiration date.
2. But, your OLD tickets (even if put into your MDE account) will not have an expiration date.
3. Do what you said you wanted to do.

 

[MPLsDad]

I have a 2+2 UT ticket that I am planning to upgrade to an AP. I already have FP for 4 days, but they do not start until the day after I intend on first entering. If I use the 2+2 ticket to enter the park prior to when my FPs begin (and upgrade on that same day), will it drop the last day of my FPs or because I am going to immediately upgrade, I won't risk of losing the FPs? Thanks Robo!

 

[Robo]

I have a 2+2 UT ticket that I am planning to upgrade to an AP. I already have FP for 4 days, but they do not start until the day after I intend on first entering.
1. If I use the 2+2 ticket to enter the park prior to when my FPs begin (and upgrade on that same day), will it drop the last day of my FPs
2. or because I am going to immediately upgrade, I won't risk of losing the FPs? Thanks Robo!

1. Nope.
2. Correct.

 

[AngiTN]

I get that they didn't want people buying discount non-expiring tickets to horde, but if they were going to do away with long-standing price bridging policies, they should have offered a grace period to people before implementing the change. And despite what my situation would indicate, I think Disney is going to end up losing money, because I venture to guess that when people find out it will be $60, rather than $10.65+tax, to add an extra day, they'll opt not to go into the parks for a partial day on their arrival or departure day.

They do still bridge. Before Feb 2017 they didn't know what you paid for the ticket so they had nothing to base it's value on other than current gate price. Now they do have a baseline to go by, see below, so process has changed. If they were doing away with bridging they would only give you the value they got for the ticket, which would be less than you paid for it. So, bottom line, bridging is not gone, just the way they determine the value of the ticket changed

We did buy the ticket from UCT. But if I understand correctly, Disney has no way of knowing what we paid for the ticket, only what they sold it to UCT for. That may have been where the $80 came from.

True, Disney doesn't know what the customer paid for the ticket. Now or past tickets. Not if they are sold to resellers
They only know what they sold the ticket for.
The difference is now they do have a way to know the maximum value the ticket could have.
If the unused ticket expires in something like 2030, they know they were sold before the Feb 2017 price increase. So they know the maximum you could have paid for that ticket. So gate price before the Feb 2017 increase is the figure they are applying as the value for that ticket.
If the unused ticket expires in 2018 they know that was sold after the Feb 2017 price increase. So they know the maximum you could have paid for that ticket. That is the figure they are applying as the value for that ticket.

So that doesn't really determine where that $80 figure came from.

 

[DisneyFamily2013]

Many thanks, Robo, for the phone #.

 

[My2CrazyGirls]

1. NEWLY-PURCHASED tickets have an expiration date.
2. But, your OLD tickets (even if put into your MDE account) will not have an expiration date.
3. Do what you said you wanted to do.

Thanks Robo! I just want to confirm there is no way to do this over the phone? I must bring our old tickets to WDW to do this?

 

[madge]

Apologies in advance for asking something I KNOW has been covered -- but I'm in my phone and can't find what I'm looking for

4 day/4 park magic pass -- is it upgradable to an AP?

 

[Robo]

Apologies in advance for asking something I KNOW has been covered -- but I'm in my phone and can't find what I'm looking for

4 day/4 park magic pass -- is it upgradable to an AP?

Yes. But, it will be "worth" only the amount you paid for the original ticket.

 

[Robo]

Thanks Robo! I just want to confirm there is no way to do this over the phone? I must bring our old tickets to WDW to do this?

I can't say that there is "no way" to add these tickets to your MDE account before you arrive at WDW.

First, try adding them to your MDE account (under "Tickets") yourself.

If no-go,
Call WDW Ticketing at
(407) 566-4985 (option 5)
Hours: 8:30am-4:30pm ET Mon-Sat
and see if they can help you.

 

[madge]

Yes. But, it will be "worth" only the amount you paid for the original ticket.

So the $280-ish or whatever it cost? That's the value whether I've used days or not?

 

[Robo]

So the $280-ish or whatever it cost? That's the value whether I've used days or not?

Using a ticket does not affect its upgrade cost.
Just upgrade on any day of your trip, but sometime before the close of business on the day that you use the last day of your ticket.