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

[Robo]

Correct.
1. But I wouldn't be able to book FP+ for that first half-day. I am by no means a WDW maven, having only visited once before.
2. Would there be any good riding to be had without very long standby waits between 5:30pm and 10pm on a July evening?

1. Yup.
2. WHEN in July? On many nights (not near our July 4th celebrations) you will be able to ride attractions without too much delay,
and even make same-day FP+ for many of them, even with such a late start.

 

[FrancoFun]

1. Yup.
2. WHEN in July? On many nights (not near our July 4th celebrations) you will be able to ride attractions without too much delay,
and even make same-day FP+ for many of them, even with such a late start.

The evening in question would be Sunday, July 16th.

 

[Robo]

The evening in question would be Sunday, July 16th.

You should be in good shape for not pre-booking FP+.
You likely won't be able to get a 7DMT FP (you should try to get one, multiple times)
but otherwise, you should have a very nice time experiencing many of the MK attractions
and fireworks.

 

[BillFromCT]

Congratulations! That's a great price

HOW and WHEN did you buy the original ticket?

Was it part of a resort package with room and tickets?
Or did you just buy the ticket as a stand-alone purchase?

Just got back from my trip, so I have time to reply. I purchased a package (Room/Tickets/Dining) last September through a non-discount travel agent (we had a travel agency gift certificate). The ticket part of the package ( 7 day MYW Park Hopper WP&M) cost $495.23. The upgrade was to the Platinum Plus AP ($925.49). I ended up paying $371.69 to upgrade. That meant they gave be a ticket value of $553.80, which seems to be the current on-site gate price for the 7 Day Park Hopper Plus Option. I didn't question or offer any suggestions, since it was $20 lower than anything I had written down ahead of time. He came up with the price all on his own. My sister then tried to get her family's tickets upgraded the next day at the International Gateway. That CM came up with a $360 something valuation for her tickets. No idea where he came up with that. She said thank you and moved on. She then tried again inside Hollywood Studios a couple of days later. Same odd ticket valuation and a comment about how there was a note that she had tried it previously. Third time was the charm back at the International Gateway later that day. The very helpful CM upgraded all of their tickets to Platinum Plus APs for the same $371.69 that I had gotten. She said they are supposed to use the current gate price when upgrading. So, two CMs used a below purchase price value as an upgrade price, while two others used a current gate price.

 

[ottawamom]

We have an on-site trip planned for July. We have stand-alone tickets, as the Canadian tickets were less expensive than booking a package. We currently have 5-day, 1 park per day tickets and would like to have 6 days. I don't know if that 6th day (it would be a MK evening on our first day, so say 5:30pm to about 10pm) is better if it means not booking fast passes for one of our days later in the week (1 day HS, 1 day AK, 1 day MK, 2 days Epcot).

The other aspect you may want to consider is the amount it will cost you to add one extra day onto those Canadian discounted tickets. The promotion ends May 20 and if they assign you the value you paid for the tickets when you do the upgrade you could be looking at big $$$ to add one day. I'm not certain anyone knows how Disney will handle this upgrade until the promotion is over and someone has tried it.

 

[FrancoFun]

The other aspect you may want to consider is the amount it will cost you to add one extra day onto those Canadian discounted tickets. The promotion ends May 20 and if they assign you the value you paid for the tickets when you do the upgrade you could be looking at big $$$ to add one day. I'm not certain anyone knows how Disney will handle this upgrade until the promotion is over and someone has tried it.

True. Right now, due to the fact that we wouldn't be able to book FP+ for one of the days ahead of time if we do add on, we are leaning toward not doing so, knowing that we may not get to everything in MK on our one day.

 

[escapeartist]

I am sorry if this has been asked and answered by a pp. I have room and dining package for 4 people. (ticketless) I have 4 6 day myw base tickets I bought in 2016 from Southwest Airlines for $309 each. I would like to add Hopper option when we arrive. A six day hopper on Disney web site is now $500! Would I have to pay the difference from what I paid for these base tix to what 6d hopper is now, which is $191 a ticket, just to add hopper? Yikes! Say it aint so...

 

[Robo]

I am sorry if this has been asked and answered by a pp. I have room and dining package for 4 people. (ticketless) I have 4 6 day myw base tickets I bought in 2016 from Southwest Airlines for $309 each. I would like to add Hopper option when we arrive. A six day hopper on Disney web site is now $500! Would I have to pay the difference from what I paid for these base tix to what 6d hopper is now, which is $191 a ticket, just to add hopper? Yikes! Say it aint so...

This can be more complex than can easily be discussed.
You will not owe the difference from what you PAID for the tickets, for sure.
Figure that a older 6-day MYW base will be the worth $378.08 in the transaction.

 

[MouseBucks6]

I haven't seen this anywhere in the discussion, though I'm sure it's somewhere in the 53 previous pages. Any idea what it will cost to upgrade the pre-Feb 12 7 day park hoppers to add the water parks option?

 

[Robo]

I haven't seen this anywhere in the discussion, though I'm sure it's somewhere in the 53 previous pages. Any idea what it will cost to upgrade the pre-Feb 12 7 day park hoppers to add the water parks option?

$532.50 (7-day PH w/PH+, Current Ticket w/WPF&M options)
-467.64 (7-day PH, pre- Feb. 12, 2017)
=64.86 (Cost to upgrade.)

However...
It is POSSIBLE that you MIGHT be able to find a CM who is willing to do the upgrade
for $15.98 per ticket, which is the CURRENT difference to add the PH+ to just a PH.

 

[MouseBucks6]

$532.50 (7-day PH w/PH+, Current Ticket w/WPF&M options)
-467.64 (7-day PH, pre- Feb. 12, 2017)
=64.86 (Cost to upgrade.)

However...
It is POSSIBLE that you MIGHT be able to find a CM who is willing to do the upgrade
for $15.98 per ticket, which is the CURRENT difference to add the PH+ to just a PH.

Thanks Robo, I was hoping that wasn't going to be your answer, but I'm not too surprised. It's pretty much the price of a single day admission to the water parks if we don't get lucky.

 

[wagnes]

Southwest Vacations 6-day for the price of 3-day tickets are back, if you purchase them in a package with flight and hotel, traveling by the end of September.

great deal!

 

[Christinecinti]

Hey! Question about tickets. (Sry if it's already been asked)... we're looking at planning a vacation this Fall (hopefully when free dining becomes available if possible.) If we book a ticket for 3, what happens if one person is not able to attend? My daughter may bring a family friend this year, but I know how teens can be and I don't want to get stuck with a ticket cost if it "falls through" after the cancellation window. (long story- she had a friend that backed out of going on a vaca last summer ONE DAY before we were leaving.... I felt so bad for her. Financially wise it didn't involve tickets at a place like Disney thank goodness, but it has me being cautious now.)

I know there are new expiration requirements, that you have to use the ticket by Dec of the following year. So my questions are:

1- if the worse should happen and she backed out after the deadline for changing my reservation, would we be able to use the ticket by Dec of 2018 then? 2- Or if we didn't end up using it, could trade it in on a future ticket even if it's after 2018, (as long as it's unused of course), but pay the upcharge to whatever current price would be minus what we paid?
3- what would happen to the free dining promotion part of the ticket? (I'm sure that would NOT stay with the ticket since that promotion is linked to specific dates, but would we be able to use the free dining meals when we were there at least? It would be quick service so we could use some of them for "fill in" meals- or convert to 'bring home' snack options at the very least.)

Sry if this is clear as mud, I looked everywhere on line and couldn't see any info

 

[deidre74]

Hi There...I have aquestion that I didn't see the answer to in this post (if it is and I missed it, I apologize for asking again) ~ I had a 2 day park hopper ticket sitting in MDE that has never been used which I just reassigned to my Uncle who will be down there with us in May. My question is: do I have hunt around my house to find the original "hard" ticket that came in the mail last year or once we are there, can we go the guest services to get him a ticket to enter the parks with?
I've never done this before so don't know what the next step would be after I reassigned the ticket (Which I know I did correct as I got confirmation of the change)

Thank you in advance for any help.

 

[Robo]

Hi There...I have aquestion that I didn't see the answer to in this post (if it is and I missed it, I apologize for asking again) ~ I had a 2 day park hopper ticket sitting in MDE that has never been used which I just reassigned to my Uncle who will be down there with us in May. My question is:

1. do I have hunt around my house to find the original "hard" ticket that came in the mail last year or
2. once we are there, can we go the guest services to get him a ticket to enter the parks with?
3. I've never done this before so don't know what the next step would be after I reassigned the ticket (Which I know I did correct as I got confirmation of the change)

Thank you in advance for any help.

1. Nope.
2. Yes. Or, go to any ticket booth.
3. If he is getting (or already has) a MagicBand, even stopping by to get a hard ticket is unnecessary.

 

[deidre74]

1. Nope.

So then we can just go to guest services to get him a hard ticket?

 

[Robo]

So then we can just go to guest services to get him a hard ticket?

See my post above.

 

[deidre74]

See my post above.

Sorry about that..the only post I originally saw was the Nope..not the other one where you answered in 3 parts. He doesn't have, nor is he getting a magic band so we will need to get him a hard ticket.

Once last question: If a miracle occurs and I find the original hard ticket that I was sent, can I just give him that or do we need a new one since I reassigned the ticket from me to him?

 

[erionm]

Once last question: If a miracle occurs and I find the original hard ticket that I was sent, can I just give him that or do we need a new one since I reassigned the ticket from me to him?

He will need a new card.

The old admission card is still assigned to you (under MagicBands & Cards).

 

[deidre74]

He will need a new card.

The old admission card is still assigned to you (under MagicBands & Cards).

Thank you so much. As you can tell this is one thing I have never done in all the years I have been going to Disney . What will he need when we get a new admission ticket. I am assuming he needs something with his name on it to show the names match ~ do I need to have something as well/do I need to even be there when he goes for the new card?