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

[Brian Noble]

We bought 10 day tickets for our 15 night trip. Is my only option to get more park days to buy a 5 day ticket at full cost? It really stinks when you stay that long and annual passes aren't offered.

Folks have given you good advice about the park hopper plus.

But, there are plenty of other things to do in the area as well---even at WDW. I was in a similar situation, a 14-night stay but a 10-day ticket. I did go to Typhoon Lagoon for one of those days, but I also saw a live concert at House of Blues and visited Sea World a couple of times as well. TBH, I was a little over the Disney theme parks after ten days. I would have gone if I'd had an AP, but doing other things was fun too.

 

[las3888]

We are planning a split stay. We plan to go to MK for one day, no park hopping. We will then move resorts and park hop for the second part of our stay for 2 park days. Can I buy a 1 day ticket no park hopping for that first day, then purchase a 2 day park hopper for a day out (i.e. August 3 would be the MK no hopping day then 2 day park hoppers start August 5). I have worked out the prices and it saves me a little money with the various tickets that we have/need to upgrade and tickets that we will have to purchase. Will Disney see these 2 park tickets so close in date and somehow prevent this or cause some glitch in the system when trying to use since I am not park hopping the whole trip...?

 

[emonade8]

We are planning a split stay. We plan to go to MK for one day, no park hopping. We will then move resorts and park hop for the second part of our stay for 2 park days. Can I buy a 1 day ticket no park hopping for that first day, then purchase a 2 day park hopper for a day out (i.e. August 3 would be the MK no hopping day then 2 day park hoppers start August 5). I have worked out the prices and it saves me a little money with the various tickets that we have/need to upgrade and tickets that we will have to purchase. Will Disney see these 2 park tickets so close in date and somehow prevent this or cause some glitch in the system when trying to use since I am not park hopping the whole trip...?

Since the cost to add park hopper is the same for a 2 or 3 day ticket, and a 3 day ticket costs less per day than a 1 day ticket, how do you save money by purchasing them separately? Genuinely curious, not being snarky.

 

[lanejudy]

Will Disney see these 2 park tickets so close in date and somehow prevent this or cause some glitch in the system when trying to use since I am not park hopping the whole trip...?

That's allowed. There is very little savings of a 1-day vs 2-day or 3-day. If it's the better price and suits your plans, go for it.

 

[DisneyandBeerLover]

I’m wondering about AP renewal: am I able to renew someone else’s AP, and my own, in person when they won’t be there? The other member of my regular travel party can’t go on this trip so I want to do both of ours. I know it can be done online but I want to do it in person

 

[disneybirds]

Can you prioritize tickets on the app or MDE? If not, is it worth it to call and prioritize tickets before going? Seems like we previously could prioritize them on MDE.

 

[Erica Ladd]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask but…

I have a current room only reservation for may with 3-day PH G+ Fior DH and I. We also have park reservations. I want to buy 2 dsy tickets instead and add them to my MDE and use them in may instead and move my 3 day tix to a reservation we have in may. How can I add the new tix, move my existing tix yo a reservation in September without losing my park reservations? I thought there was a way to prioritize which tix to use when. My biggest concern is losing the park reservations because they now are not available for the days I picked. TiA

 

[lanejudy]

I don't know of a way to prioritize tickets yourself. However, only tickets with the correct date should be used so that will give "priority" to the 2-day tickets with the May dates. So buy the 2-day tickets with the May dates, make sure they are linked in MDE, and then you should be able to "modify" the 3-day tickets to select your September dates. I recommend linking the new tickets before changing the dates on the existing tickets because you could lose your park reservations if there is no ticket associated with those dates.

 

[Erica Ladd]

I don't know of a way to prioritize tickets yourself. However, only tickets with the correct date should be used so that will give "priority" to the 2-day tickets with the May dates. So buy the 2-day tickets with the May dates, make sure they are linked in MDE, and then you should be able to "modify" the 3-day tickets to select your September dates. I recommend linking the new tickets before changing the dates on the existing tickets because you could lose your park reservations if there is no ticket associated with those dates.

I was hoping it was this easy!! I just didn’t want to lose our HS day because they are no longer available. And we do have 2 official reservations in MDE. So was hoping this would work!!

 

[jlbf06]

I’m not sure whether this is the right place to ask - we have an older non dated two day ticket linked to my 9 yr old son’s mde. Due to travel restrictions we haven’t had chance to use it and he turns ten this September. We have a trip booked for October. Will it disappear from his account once he turns 10? Or can he just go ahead and use it as it was purchased a few years ago for him?

 

[lanejudy]

I’m not sure whether this is the right place to ask - we have an older non dated two day ticket linked to my 9 yr old son’s mde. Due to travel restrictions we haven’t had chance to use it and he turns ten this September. We have a trip booked for October. Will it disappear from his account once he turns 10? Or can he just go ahead and use it as it was purchased a few years ago for him?

It won't disappear but if it's completely unused I believe you will need to upgrade it to an adult ticket. Depending on how old it is, that could be $$. I'd check prices and decide if sharing it with a younger family member might be a better option (sibling, cousin, even a friend). It can be transferred no problem.

 

[ChipNdale8887]

anyone not able to modify their park tickets? we have 10 day tickets that we were looking to modify to a hopper and it keeps coming up down for maintenance when I click modify?

 

[rlk]

My husband and I each have 10-day, nondated, park hopper tickets that expire in 2036. We plan on using 8 of those days this fall. I was wondering if it makes any sense to purchase new date-based tickets for our fall trip and keep the other tickets to use in the future? I am hoping to be able to apply them towards APs.

 

[Skywalker3]

Getting ready to buy WDW tickets this weekend. Considering UT. Have used them for Universal, and MNSSHP tickets, with no issues, but never with multi-day WDW tickets. Any issues linking UT tickets to MDE ? and if APs ever go on sale, may considering upgrading to AP. Is that do-able w UT tickets/not bought through WDW ? Thanks

 

[lanejudy]

I am hoping to be able to apply them towards APs.

Do you recall how old these are, and are they non-expiring or do unused entries expire 14 days after first use? If they are truly no-expiration, they have much greater value to use them as-is over multiple trips. If they expire 14 days after 1st use are you willing to "waste" 2 days if you only use 8? Though those 2 days of an older 10-day ticket was probably about $20 at the time you bought the tickets.

As to applying them towards AP (if available) -- you will not receive credit for "current" value. They'll be valued based on when you bought them or the 2016 prices if older than that. Be sure to do your math and know how much it will cost if you decide to upgrade.

 

[lanejudy]

Any issues linking UT tickets to MDE ? and if APs ever go on sale, may considering upgrading to AP. Is that do-able w UT tickets/not bought through WDW ?

No and yes.

 

[rlk]

Do you recall how old these are, and are they non-expiring or do unused entries expire 14 days after first use? If they are truly no-expiration, they have much greater value to use them as-is over multiple trips. If they expire 14 days after 1st use are you willing to "waste" 2 days if you only use 8? Though those 2 days of an older 10-day ticket was probably about $20 at the time you bought the tickets.

As to applying them towards AP (if available) -- you will not receive credit for "current" value. They'll be valued based on when you bought them or the 2016 prices if older than that. Be sure to do your math and know how much it will cost if you decide to upgrade.

These tickets were given to us by guest services in 2019. They gave us each two sets of 5-day PH tickets with a 2036 expiration date. These tickets can be used over multiple trips.

 

[lanejudy]

These tickets were given to us by guest services in 2019.

If you decide to use them, I'd confirm the last 2 days won't expire - in 2019 WDW no longer offered "no expiration" tickets, though I understand what you have were comped so I suppose it's possible. Also comped tickets usually can't be upgraded, if that will make any difference in your plans. "Used over multiple trips" may simply mean use one 5-day ticket one trip, and the other 5-day ticket on another trip.

 

[rlk]

If you decide to use them, I'd confirm the last 2 days won't expire - in 2019 WDW no longer offered "no expiration" tickets, though I understand what you have were comped so I suppose it's possible. Also comped tickets usually can't be upgraded, if that will make any difference in your plans. "Used over multiple trips" may simply mean use one 5-day ticket one trip, and the other 5-day ticket on another trip.

I am sure they don't expire, well, at least until 2036 because due to a DME prioritization mess up, three days of one of the 5-day non-date-specific tickets were used on the last three days of our 2019 vacation. We still have the 5-day ticket in our DME. This ticket still has 2 days left. To fix the error, they also issued us 3-day comp tickets that also expire in 2036.

 

[lanejudy]

I am sure they don't expire, well, at least until 2036 because due to a DME prioritization mess up, three days of one of the 5-day non-date-specific tickets were used on the last three days of our 2019 vacation. We still have the 5-day ticket in our DME. This ticket still has 2 days left. To fix the error, they also issued us 3-day comp tickets that also expire in 2036.

OK, sorry, I don't really have any advice about using 8 days of the comp tickets vs buying new for this fall other than mentioning that using multiple shorter length comp tickets may not be the best use of their value because additional days cost less on a longer multi-day ticket (i.e. two 5-day tickets costs more than one 10-day ticket, one 5-day plus one 3-day plus one 2-day costs more than a 10-day).

But i don't believe WDW will allow you to upgrade comp tickets to an AP, much less combining multiple tickets into an upgrade. If you really want an AP I recommend buying one as soon as they come available. In the meantime, you can book park reservations using the comp tickets and keep watching for APs.