Universal's new ticket structure!

[ky07]

I still have an unused admission ticket that I bought from Ticketmaster last spring, for a late summer '09 trip that I had to postpone. Universal customer service told me on the phone that the ticket did not expire and would still work in 2010. I'll know for sure in a few days. They'll get me with the old one-two if the ticket turns out to be expired and I have to purchase a new ticket under the new pricing scheme.

You should be fine cause I still have one from last year and hopefully I will be able to use it this year

 

[MIChessGuy]

You should be fine cause I still have one from last year and hopefully I will be able to use it this year

I am keeping my fingers crossed. However, I did use one of those ubiquitous Ticketmaster discount codes that were floating around last year to get a good deal on a 2 Day/2 Park ticket. (I understand Universal has since expired all those codes.) It appears that the promotional price for that ticket may have been counterbalanced by a 12/31/09 expiration date, which I definitely would have preferred to know about before purchasing. Of all the people I've asked about this, it's about 50-50 between "I know the ticket does not expire without being used" and "I know the ticket expired last December."

 

[keishashadow]

I am keeping my fingers crossed. However, I did use one of those ubiquitous Ticketmaster discount codes that were floating around last year to get a good deal on a 2 Day/2 Park ticket. (I understand Universal has since expired all those codes.) It appears that the promotional price for that ticket may have been counterbalanced by a 12/31/09 expiration date, which I definitely would have preferred to know about before purchasing. Of all the people I've asked about this, it's about 50-50 between "I know the ticket does not expire without being used" and "I know the ticket expired last December."

sounds exactly as to the tix i bought (although thru a valid 'affinity' code i was eligible to use). Despite ticketmaster verbally telling me it could be upgraded & had no expiration date, it was very clear once i saw the expiry date printed on it.

my point is, once u get the ticket in your hands from ticketmaster (printed off your computer or via mail) & see the date...i assume the contract of carriage (for lack of a better term) is sealed.

Not sure if it would've been possible to contact them immediately after seeing the expiry date & even then who knows if they'd refund the money or not? Still, the expiry date was certainly clearly printed on the ticketmaster tickets i received .

I didn't bother going back to ticketmaster & complaining, just sucked it up & used it in July. I did ask to upgrade @ gate, but got shot down; them's the breaks I guess.

From what I gather, disney sells group/conventin tickets that are also dated w/end of year expiration dates, it's apparently standard practice in the industry to avoid resale, etc.

 

[Rip]

That is why I only buy directly from Universal.

 

[ky07]

That is why I only buy directly from Universal.

Just bought one from the Dreams Unlimited banner for $99.99 but the confirm came from Universal

 

[Rip]

Just bought one from the Dreams Unlimited banner for $99.99 but the confirm came from Universal

Actually, for something like this I would have bent my rule even if it didn't come from Universal. I would not buy from Ticketmaster, though, as two PPs can attest to. They were given bad information by Ticketmaster and sold passes that did expire and were not upgradable. That wasn't the fault of Universal, even though I have been told by at least one person that this happened to that they after speaking to a manager at guest services they were ultimately allowed to upgrade to a preferred AP. I can't attest to the truth of that, but the person that told me has no reason to lie.

The long and short of it is, if you have tickets with no expiration date, they are going to honor them.

 

[ky07]

Actually, for something like this I would have bent my rule even if it didn't come from Universal. I would not buy from Ticketmaster, though, as two PPs can attest to. They were given bad information by Ticketmaster and sold passes that did expire and were not upgradable. That wasn't the fault of Universal, even though I have been told by at least one person that this happened to that they after speaking to a manager at guest services they were ultimately allowed to upgrade to a preferred AP. I can't attest to the truth of that, but the person that told me has no reason to lie.

The long and short of it is, if you have tickets with no expiration date, they are going to honor them.

 

[MIChessGuy]

The difference in my case is that the 2 Day/2 Park ticket that I bought from Ticketmaster had no expiration date printed on it, and no expiration date referenced in the e-mail confirmation or anywhere on the website when I was doing the actual purchase transaction. I did notice that certain other tickets carried various restrictions, e.g., limited to residents of certain states, or specifically stated to be valid only through 12-31-09, and so on. But no restrictions were listed for the ticket I got.

I am hoping that my particular discount wasn't "good enough" to trigger the auto-expiration rule that apparently applies to other discount/complimentary/affinity tickets. I'll know pretty soon.

 

[Kazzy1548]

Thank God I read this thread. We were counting on buying our tickets this summer for our trip. We checked undercover and bought them immediately when we saw that they haven't changed their prices. Saved about 250.00 Thanks again.

 

[Kazzy1548]

I will be ok using the tickets for this summer, will I. Sorry just a bite of buyers remorse setting in.... Or anxiety.

 

[damo]

YOu will be fine!

 

[brekin67]

Thanks for the information.

 

[Kazzy1548]

Thank you so much damo. Know I can relax

 

[Melanie230]

It's not an entire new park, they merely tore down a section of the existing park and are rebuilding it with a new theme. They also added one more ride, a few more shops, and replaced a restaurant. Hardly the size of Epcot.

The Harry Potter park is 20 acres in size. That is very close to the size of Epcot.

 

[jenseib]

The Harry Potter park is 20 acres in size. That is very close to the size of Epcot.

Epcot is 300 acres! Not even close

 

[jenseib]

want to ad that is including the parking lot, but I think the actual park is 160 acres.

 

[Metro West]

More ticket news...this time about the Orlando Flex Ticket pricing:

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/bu...al-seaworld-raise-prices-of-combo-passes.html

 

[La2kw]

The Harry Potter park is 20 acres in size. That is very close to the size of Epcot.

Wrong.

 

[Mad Hattered]

Epcot is 300 acres....141 of it parking lot. That leaves us at 159 for an official tally. Size....schmize.....we all know that size doesn't matter!

 

[jenseib]

Epcot is 300 acres....141 of it parking lot. That leaves us at 159 for an official tally. Size....schmize.....we all know that size doesn't matter!

Yeah, thats waht all guys say! LOL!