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

[bcbmommy]

Apropos of probably nothing; one of the benefits of booking a package thru WDTC is that if you have to cancel EVERYTHING is refunded, including the tickets (subject to the cancellation policy). Normally WDW tickets aren't refundable, although they retain their value after expiration which is fine IF you know you will be able to use them at a later date.

We live 3000 miles from WDW and are entering the age where 'every trip may be our last'. So although we pay more for tickets as part of a package than if we bought them 3rd party, if we have to cancel a trip we aren't 'stuck' with tickets we may not be able to use in the future.

That is a really good benefit, actually. So if I call to purchase tickets from Disney, will that then make it a package? When I booked our rooms, I was told if I cancelled within 8 days I would lose one night's stay for each room. How does it work if it's a package then?
I'm still trying to figure out where we're staying our first night, too. We'll probably get there around 7:00ish and won't go to any parks, just supper. So far I haven't been successful adding a night to our reservation.

 

[lanejudy]

So if I call to purchase tickets from Disney, will that then make it a package?

No. You would need to rebook as a package. Deposit is $200 per room, payment in full is due 30 days before check-in, at which point penalties may apply for cancelling.

 

[StormyCA]

That is a really good benefit, actually. So if I call to purchase tickets from Disney, will that then make it a package? When I booked our rooms, I was told if I cancelled within 8 days I would lose one night's stay for each room. How does it work if it's a package then?
I'm still trying to figure out where we're staying our first night, too. We'll probably get there around 7:00ish and won't go to any parks, just supper. So far I haven't been successful adding a night to our reservation.

Not to my knowledge, no. I've never actually done it, but I was told that if you have a room only you have to call Disney and ask them to 'convert' it to a package.

Packages are room & tickets and optional dining plans. Usually a couple of luggage tags and an 'extras' book. I have no experience as far as packages & multiple rooms. I don't know if you'd book that as one package or if you have to do a package per room.

Payment in full 30 days out.

Package Refunds are;

Full refund if cancelled more than 30 days before check in
$200 fee if cancelled 2 to 29 days before check in
NO refund if cancelled 1 day or less before check in.

Policy doesn't apply to airfare and 3rd party hotels. Here's the full info;

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/terms-conditions-package-2025/


FWIW, we're spending our night before arrival in Lake City. The closer you get to Orlando the more expensive lodging is. But we're driving and it's far enough to 'kill some time' before check in, pick up groceries, etc. I didn't want to pay 'Disney Rates' just to arrive and lay my head on a pillow.

 

[ivegotayen]

Pretty sure I know the answer to this one...

Background:
We have 4 day park hopper plus tickets, purchased at a discount through Disney's conference booking web site. (My husband is attending a conference at Coronado Springs May 12-16.)

Question:
Is there any chance we can change our tickets to 1 park per day and use the balance from the difference in ticket values for Memory Maker?
If not that... Could we use the value from downgrading the tickets towards the purchase of a single day ticket for another person? (We still haven't purchased my husband's tickets yet, since he'll only be with us in the parks for a day or two.)

Reason:
With Epic Universe now opening up preview tickets to the public, we would like to spend a day there, which would mean we'd shuffle the day planned for AK to our departure day, when we are taking a late flight home. That was going to be a water park day using the Park Hopper Plus water park benefit.

I'm really not sure I want to spend $450 for 1 day at Epic Universe... but... otoh, it'd be cheaper than a second trip to Orlando, and crowds during the preview may be less than once it's open.
Has anyone reworked their tickets like this before, where maybe they didn't get a refund when downgrading but being able to apply that value towards something like Memory Maker? I was kind of thinking about getting MM anyway, so this way we wouldn't lose out.

Appreciate any insight!

 

[lanejudy]

Question:
Is there any chance we can change our tickets to 1 park per day and use the balance from the difference in ticket values for Memory Maker?
If not that... Could we use the value from downgrading the tickets towards the purchase of a single day ticket for another person? (We still haven't purchased my husband's tickets yet, since he'll only be with us in the parks for a day or two.)

Is there a refund option through the conference that you could exchange the tickets? If you were to change the tickets directly through WDW you would probably lose whatever discount you had for buying through the conference. Though I don't think you could do either option directly through WDW because ticket "upgrades" are typically a 1:1 with no refund for lower-cost tickets.