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

[Robo]

I have a 1 day ticket good for this Friday that I plan to use. I just booked a trip for July with 5-day hoppers. Do I need to worry about having the tickets prioritized before entering the park or will the 1 day ticket automatically be used because it's dated for Friday? Thanks!

You are fine, as-is.

 

[KirbyLouWho]

I feel like I'm having a not-so-smart moment......isn't there a way to pay for an "upgrade" (for lack of a better term), to make a ticket have a longer shelf life?
IE: We're supposed to be going in March. But I don't know how many days we'll actually be able to go to parks. I could in theory just get daily tickets as needed - our max would be 3 days. We're working on possibly also being able to go in the fall.
Wasn't there a period of time where I could buy a ticket for specific dates, but then pay a flat fee for it to actually be good for a year (ish)? Did I imagine this? Would my best bet at this point be a) buying a la carte as I go, or b) buying a 3 day, possibly not being able to use all the days, then using whatever cost hadn't been used to apply to a future ticket? My brain is really struggling today.

 

[lanejudy]

@KirbyLouWho I believe you are thinking of the "Flexible" ticket option. However, that only allowed you to start using the ticket anytime, once it was first used the ticket expired in 14 days. An AP would allow use in March and again in the fall. Unfortunately, neither of these are currently available.

When will you know how many park days you'll be doing? Right now, park reservations are wide open for March. If you might know in a couple of weeks, you could hold off buying tickets for a bit until your plans are more definite. Just keep an eye on the availability calendar and if it starts to fill up you'll want to buy something so you don't get shut-out.

• You can buy a 3-day ticket. That would allow you to make park reservations for 3 days. You would have 5 calendar days to use those 3 daily entries, after that point the unused entries would be lost.
• Another option is to buy three (3) 1-day tickets. This will cost more, but will still allow you to make park reservations in advance. Also, if you only end up going 1 or 2 days, you will still have the value of the unused ticket(s) for future use.
• You could buy a 1-day ticket and then add on an extra day or 2 after arrival. However, you could find yourself shut-out from park reservations, or your preferred park, for the extra day(s).

 

[KirbyLouWho]

@lanejudy THAT'S what I was thinking of! Thank you! It's possible I could know by the end of the month, but more likely I wouldn't know until I get there...I may go for the 3 One Day option....thanks again for helping jog my memory on that even if it doesn't actually end up being the right thing for my needs. Much appreciated!

 

[Robo]

isn't there a way to pay for an "upgrade" (for lack of a better term), to make a ticket have a longer shelf life?

Broadly, up to a point, but not past it's stated "expiration date" when you bought it.

 

[JJ2017]

Does linking a comp ticket in MDE result in a "card" showing up in Magic Bands and Cards? My husband now has 5 cards listed in his account and I have no idea why. I have linked/transferred a couple of comp tickets over the past couple of weeks. Is this why? Thanks!

 

[Robo]

1. Does linking a comp ticket in MDE result in a "card" showing up in Magic Bands and Cards? My husband now has 5 cards listed in his account and I have no idea why.
I have linked/transferred a couple of comp tickets over the past couple of weeks.
2. Is this why?

1. Yes.
2. Sounds right.
(However, did you add FIVE of them?)

 

[JJ2017]

1. Yes.
2. Sounds right.
(However, did you add FIVE of them?)

I didn’t add five recently (maybe 2). Some might be older cards I never realized from other trips with comp tickets.

 

[AmyE]

I have an old Florida Resident AP voucher that I never activated. It is equivalent to a Silver Pass, but I am no longer a Florida resident and probably would never need an annual pass now. Any advice on what to do with it?

 

[Robo]

I have an old Florida Resident AP voucher that I never activated. It is equivalent to a Silver Pass, but I am no longer a Florida resident and probably would never need an annual pass now. Any advice on what to do with it?

You could sell it (or gift it) to another Florida resident.

 

[Patrick N]

My issue: I have an unused 2 day hopper purchased a few years ago before date based tickets were introduced but after expiration dates began. I couldn't use it at the time for some reason and it expired, but I was aware that the ticket would retain its value toward a new ticket later. Well later is here now and I'm going down to Orlando at the end of February. Many changes since then and a pandemic too!

I have my room reservation, but I don't think I can link an expired ticket to my MDE account, so I won’t be able to make a park reservation. I'm under the impression that I can only exchange my ticket for a new one in person, and that's my question.

1) Can I do this exchange online or on the phone?

This is an issue due to the new requirement to have a park reservation for each day you want to go. When I bought the original ticket, I didn't worry because I figured that I would just exchange it in person the next time I went to Disney, whenever that was. But now, I can't really take the chance that park reservations will still be available when I get there. So I feel that I have to buy a new ticket now, and this will be an issue forever unless the pandemic is over and reservations are no longer necessary.

If it matters, it’s a hard plastic ticket. I think I bought it from Undercover Tourist.

 

[Robo]

My issue: I have an unused 2 day hopper purchased a few years ago before date based tickets were introduced but after expiration dates began. I couldn't use it at the time for some reason and it expired, but I was aware that the ticket would retain its value toward a new ticket later. Well later is here now and I'm going down to Orlando at the end of February. Many changes since then and a pandemic too!

I have my room reservation, but I don't think I can link an expired ticket to my MDE account, so I won’t be able to make a park reservation. I'm under the impression that I can only exchange my ticket for a new one in person, and that's my question.

1) Can I do this exchange online or on the phone?

This is an issue due to the new requirement to have a park reservation for each day you want to go. When I bought the original ticket, I didn't worry because I figured that I would just exchange it in person the next time I went to Disney, whenever that was. But now, I can't really take the chance that park reservations will still be available when I get there. So I feel that I have to buy a new ticket now, and this will be an issue forever unless the pandemic is over and reservations are no longer necessary.

If it matters, it’s a hard plastic ticket. I think I bought it from Undercover Tourist.

Have your ticket in-hand and call Disney.
Explain carefully and ask nicely.

 

[NashvilleMama]

I never get park hopper tickets and can't find the answer to this, exactly: We have 2- day park tickets (1 park, not PH) for later this month.

On our second day, we may want to park hop over to Epcot mid-day. Are we able to:
a) decide that mid-day and change our ticket - I think so, at guest services?
b) only add them for that one day, or is it going to charge us for PH on both ticket days even though we didn't hop on the 1st day?

 

[Robo]

I never get park hopper tickets and can't find the answer to this, exactly: We have 2- day park tickets (1 park, not PH) for later this month.

On our second day, we may want to park hop over to Epcot mid-day. Are we able to:
a) decide that mid-day and change our ticket - I think so, at guest services?
b) only add them for that one day, or is it going to charge us for PH on both ticket days even though we didn't hop on the 1st day?

a) We don't know that for sure, yet. At this point, it doesn't look good.
Also, the earliest time you can hop is at 2PM.
b) Park Hopping is "all or nothing" for the whole length of ticket (even if you have already used one or more of the "days.")

 

[NashvilleMama]

a) We don't know that for sure, yet. At this point, it doesn't look good.
Also, the earliest time you can hop is at 2PM.
b) Park Hopping is "all or nothing" for the whole length of ticket (even if you have already used one or more of the "days.")

boo. ok, thanks for the info.

 

[revoxfire]

Hey Robo, have they brought back AP purchasing? I had one before the refund

 

[Robo]

Hey Robo, have they brought back AP purchasing? I had one before the refund

They are not selling new APs at this time.
Only renewals as old ones expire.

 

[mickeyluv'r]

I never get park hopper tickets and can't find the answer to this, exactly: We have 2- day park tickets (1 park, not PH) for later this month.

On our second day, we may want to park hop over to Epcot mid-day. Are we able to:
a) decide that mid-day and change our ticket - I think so, at guest services?
b) only add them for that one day, or is it going to charge us for PH on both ticket days even though we didn't hop on the 1st day?

I assume these tickets were bought relatively recently. If they are very old tickets, they typically can't be modified. I agree though that if they can be modified, it would be all or nothing.

 

[cruisefortibet]

I have unused tickets that Disney changed to expire 9/26/21 because of the closure during my travel dates. I see where it states that the "value" of my tickets can be used to purchase tickets at a later date, but could anyone tell me how they figure out the value of my tickets if I didn't purchase through Disney? Wasn't sure if they go by the exact amount I paid somehow, or if they use some other formula to determine the value...

 

[Patrick N]

They are supposed to value the ticket for the gate price in effect at the time your ticket was "minted". That would probably be the price in effect when you bought it, but not necessarily I think. You can find out past years gate prices by using the links in the first post on this thread. That post has tons of useful information about topics like this. It shouldn't matter where you bought the ticket, or how much you actually paid.