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

[lisset005]

Hi Dis friends! I've done some searches through this thread and can't find specific info about paying for annual passes online using multiple Disney gift cards. DH and I have APs but our DSs (23 and 21) do not. We have crunched the numbers for the trips we plan on taking in the next year and we've determined that APs will be cheaper than date based tickets for the DSs. I would like to purchase the boys' APs online, and I would like to use Disney gift cards to do that. (I've already purchased the Disney gift cards with my Target Red card to get the 5% discount.)

Because Disney has a $1000 limit per card, and because two APs, even with our DVC discount, are going to be over $2k, it will require using three Disney gift cards (1-$1000 gift card, 1-$1000 gift card, 1-$300 gift card with a few bucks leftover on the card). From what I see online, the info is confusing. Some folks say you can use multiple gift cards on the Disney website, and others say you have to call and purchase with a CM. Before I start processing online, I figured I'd better ask. Will I be able to use 3 Disney gift cards to purchase two APs online or do I need to call and speak to a CM to get this done?

Thanks for the intel!

You would have to call

 

[Little E]

You would have to call

@lisset005 Thanks for the info! This is what I sort of suspected, and I didn't want to get too far into paying for the APs online before I ran into problems.

 

[ceejanerun]

My apologies for asking this question, it’s probably been asked a million times before, but with 750 pages…it’s difficult to find an answer.

We are arriving on April 1st 2026 to the 15th and will be purchasing 14-day tickets, staying offsite. The tickets have an 18 day window. We are allowed to start booking LL 3 days before our first day at a park. Assuming we won’t be visiting a Disney park on the 15th, our last day, does this mean we can purchase the tickets with a start date of March 28, and start booking LL on the 25th? And if so, on the 25th, can we book for all 14 days, even if we don’t actually go to a Disney park until, let’s say, the 6th? Could we book LL on the 25th for April 4th?

 

[Little E]

Hi Disfriends! I have another AP question. I'm a WDW vet, DVC and AP owner, and I should know the answer to this question, but I guess I don't. I just purchased an annual pass for both of my kiddos this am. On the WDW site, it says their expiration is August 4, 2026. However, I thought the APs wouldn't be activated until they actually tap in and use them for the first time, which will be on August 20. If that's the case, wouldn't the actual expiration be on August 19, 2026?

I just wanted to be sure I'm remembering the expiration date/rules correctly. Can someone set me straight? Thank you so much!

 

[Brian Noble]

I think you are seeing the date by which it must be activated---a new pass must be activated within one year of purchase, otherwise it reverts to a (single) ticket credit in your account. As long as they tap in somet time before then, that will start the "annual" clock. So, if they tap in on 8/20, the pass will be valid through 8/19 (I think).

 

[Little E]

@Brian Noble thank you so much! This makes perfect sense.