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

[iujen94]

My DH has a 3-day park ticket for February 2021. We’ve cancelled that trip, and he won’t be going until 2022. I know that he can apply the value of his ticket towards a new ticket, whenever his next trip happens, but do I need to do anything now, before his ticket expires? Will it still show up in MDE once it’s expired? Thanks!

 

[julesann]

WDW newbie here. I am wondering about getting tickets for my May trip:
1-once I have your tickets in your MDE how far ahead can I make park reservations?
2-can I make reservations for all 5 days of my trip?
2-if I purchase refundable tickets, are they considered used once I put them in my MDE and make my reservations or not until I actually use them.
Thank you!!

 

[lanejudy]

1-once I have your tickets in your MDE how far ahead can I make park reservations?
2-can I make reservations for all 5 days of my trip?
2-if I purchase refundable tickets, are they considered used once I put them in my MDE and make my reservations or not until I actually use them.

1- currently park reservations can be made through 1/14/22
2- yes, with regular tickets (not with APs)
3- Disney does not consider them used; check with the authorized reseller for their specific refund rules if you link to MDE

 

[lanejudy]

do I need to do anything now, before his ticket expires? Will it still show up in MDE once it’s expired?

You do not need to do anything now, but yes the ticket is likely to disappear from your view after expiration. You can still use the credit but would need to call. You could push out the date but be aware of pricing as you’d need to pay any difference for the new dates. There will be no refund if his actual new dates cost less.

 

[julesann]

1- currently park reservations can be made through 1/14/22
2- yes, with regular tickets (not with APs)
3- Disney does not consider them used; check with the authorized reseller for their specific refund rules if you link to MDE

Thank you so much for all of this--it is very helpful. I am checking with the reseller about this.

 

[julesann]

I found out I can order physical tickets and they are refundable for 90 days even if I scan them into MDE and make park reservations.

I am going mid May. If I wait another month to get them, what is the general wisdom (given these uncertain times) that park reservations will run out in mid February for May? And does one park run out more quickly than others? HS/MK?

 

[RoseGold]

Can you buy back to back Florida Resident Discover Disney tickets? I don't see anything about a limit or can only buy one or anything.

 

[Robo]

1. I found out I can order physical tickets and they are refundable for 90 days even if I scan them into MDE and make park reservations.

I am going mid May. If I wait another month to get them,
2. what is the general wisdom (given these uncertain times) that park reservations will run out in mid February for May?
3. And does one park run out more quickly than others? HS/MK?

1. From where did you find this out?
From whom are you buying the tickets?
2. Unlikely reservations will "run out."
3. Expect HS to be the most desired.

 

[julesann]

1. From where did you find this out?
From whom are you buying the tickets?
2. Unlikely reservations will "run out."
3. Expect HS to be the most desired.

I found out by talking to the agent at Undercover Tourist. I read about it from PP somewhere on Disboards. It is only available if you order paper tickets. And thank you for the information!!

 

[studiojmm]

I had been planning to allow a gap after our Sept 2020 trip and purchase new passes for late 2021 or early 2022. Well, yeah.

Our passes now expire in February and I don't think we are going to manage a trip before then and have no idea when we will go. We went a bunch as passholders in the 6 months we held them pre-pandemic and buying tickets and losing the passholder hotel discounts will be a deterrent to visiting.

If we renew one or both passes, I assume the new pass just starts the day after the expiring one. There's no gap option . . . . correct?

 

[Pinnochio]

correct.

 

[HuskieJohn]

Tickets bought directly from WDW are not usually refundable. You can always ask. But the value of unused expired tickets can be put towards new tickets so that expense is not lost.

Will this credit be per ticket or a grand total in each MDX account?
Our party of 8 has 3 separate accounts of 3/4/1. With us attending several years after how these tickets were planned to be used, we will likely add a guest and shorten our days. I however am not sure if we can do this if they calculate it by the separate accounts.

 

[Robo]

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Will this credit be per ticket or a grand total in each MDX account?
Our party of 8 has 3 separate accounts of 3/4/1. With us attending several years after how these tickets were planned to be used, we will likely add a guest and shorten our days. I however am not sure if we can do this if they calculate it by the separate accounts.

Number of accounts won’t figure in.
But, the application of old-to-new ticket “upgrades” will very likely be one-ticket-to-one-ticket.

 

[HuskieJohn]

If that is the case it may not work how I was hoping to do it but maybe asking WDW nicely when the time comes may get us what we want.

 

[Sara1Babe]

We had big plans last year and because of that I had a set of 5day (for a cnx Mar 2020) trip and a set of 3 day (quick October 2020 trip) tickets in MDE. They were base tickets but w/out a specific start date. On our Oct trip DH, DD and I used our MagicBands &DS used the hard ticket for our 3 park days.

Now that I am gearing up for our postponed Mar 2020 trip I see that the 5 day tickets were used back in Oct not the 3 day tickets for the 3of us that used MBs.

I plan on calling Disney when I have access to the hard tickets and maybe un-scramble this mess: whether we’re gifted our 2 days back (unlikely) or I pay to add 2 days to our existing tickets.

has something similar happened to anyone else?

 

[lanejudy]

@Sara1Babe Both a MagicBand or a hard-ticket access the same ticket information in your MDE account. To avoid a similar problem in the future, you should stop at a ticket window or Guest Relations to have the tickets "prioritized" to use the correct one. And be sure to check your MDE after entering to make sure it was done correctly. It's always easier to get resolved immediately rather than noticing the error a few months later. Good luck getting it resolved!

 

[Robo]

I plan on calling Disney when I have access to the hard tickets and maybe un-scramble this mess: whether we’re gifted our 2 days back (unlikely) or I pay to add 2 days to our existing tickets.

They should be able (and willing) to restore your mistakenly-used "days" at no charge.
This kind of mistake is far-too-common (and of Disney's own making, due to imprecise ticket use application) so they know how to deal with it.

 

[keishashadow]

https://apple.news/AyTKUVwNBR7uroZhQnjgBigHope it doesn’t apply to renewals

 

[Robo]

https://apple.news/AyTKUVwNBR7uroZhQnjgBigHope it doesn’t apply to renewals

Don't sweat this info.
It has been filtered through multiple sourcing, some less-than-accurate.

 

[keishashadow]

Robo - TU, phew was just able to renew two of the passes. DVC CM said they were swamped today by people calling for for renewals. Up to this point had been for the buy 4, get 2 day free tix.

Said neither they or WDW direct, couldn’t sale an AP for the 3rd even though it was unused/refunded. Others report differently here. Will try one more time before I buy the 4 day +2 free tix thru DVC.

CM was unable to answer my questions re the promo tix, said i had to talk to ticketing directly.

Concerns that my adult DS & GD might not be able to travel with us. Hate to loss over $1,100 on that, worst case. Was hoping the unused tix would still hold their value toward a future tix purchase.

In that case, also wondered if they could be reassigned in that ...possibly to the Mr & me, to be partially used towards future AP renewals at the gate

This new ground is so confusing to me, ugh.