upgrading 4-day park hoppers to AP

[northshoremama]

so we got a vacation package through costco travel which included 4-day park hoppers. i'm thinking of upgrading to APs on our last day in the park. i'm trying to figure out how much we will end up paying for the APs.

for our 4-day park hoppers, we have:
2 adult tickets
3 children tickets

i see that the deluxe AP is $599 (regardless of adult or child ticket).

per the disneyland website, an adult 4-day park hopper ticket is $320; a child 4-day park hopper is $305.

does this mean i just pay the differences to upgrade to APs? for example, to upgrade my adult ticket, i'd pay $279 ($599 - $320) and pay $294 ($599 - $305) for each of the children tickets?

will someone please confirm (or correct me)?

 

[theluckyrabbit]

You'll pay the difference between the value of your tickets and the price of an annual pass. If your tickets were discounted at all through Costco, you may not get the full value, so be prepared to pay extra, just in case.

 

[northshoremama]

Anyone else?

 

[Disney Dider]

How would they know how much you paid??

 

[krispin41]

I just upgraded my 5-day Park Hopper last week to a Signature Pass, my ticket was through my package directly from Walt Disney Travel. I am also a California resident. But it worked just like you said, so for me the difference was $514, and I am paying about $43 a month. I did it at the beginning of my trip to take advantage of the discounts, since I was staying on property, losing my Magic Morning didn't matter, since I had that perk with my hotel stay. And because of the level of my Pass, I didn't have to factor in summer black-outs. I am only blocked at the end of December.

 

[SMD]

Anyone else?

The above response is correct. There is a value coded on the tickets, and it is not necessarily the gate price. You can try contacting Costco to ask the upgrade value of the tickets. You'll pay the difference between the ticket value and the gate price for the AP.

 

[Angrose]

How would they know how much you paid??

Oh they know, like @SMD said, there is probably a code on the tickets. This is not related to an AP, but last year I bought my son's 2-day PH thru Orbitz just prior to a ticket increase. That was in Feb, but when we actually used the ticket in June I needed to upgrade it to a 3-day PH. Well, they only gave me credit for the amount I paid thru Orbitz pre-price increase so I totally lost the savings that I thought I was getting by buying the ticket early!

 

[Kindermouse]

It's exactly as described above. I had discounted tix and they only gave me what I paid for them-not the gate price. However I don't think that costo tickets are discounted. I could be wrong but I though they had full price tickets with hotels discounts. You should be able to call them and check.

 

[Grammy4Lizzy]

You need to use the ticket once before you upgrade it and then you get full value.

 

[SMD]

You need to use the ticket once before you upgrade it and then you get full value.

Not true. DLR doesn't do price bridging.

 

[longboard55]

Be sure to buy the pass before the ticket expires, like on the last day or you are out of luck. The advantage is you can use the multi day any day and most passes have block out days. So if you buy pass the first day you might get blocked on a saturday

 

[Kender]

Not true. DLR doesn't do price bridging.

Not officially, no. They price bridged for me (4day for the price of a 3day; only paid the difference between a 4day and a Premium) in 2014 (I used a Premium voucher in 2015 to get my Sig+ so I have no recent experience). It's just not something one should expect at Disneyland. I think the CM felt like doing some magic since it was my mom's birthday the day we upgraded our hoppers. We even got that day as our renewal day rather than the in writing standard of the first day of use of the hoppers.

But definitely should not expect the price to be bridged because it is not a rule it will happen. Better to expect to pay full difference.

 

[SMD]

Not officially, no. They price bridged for me (4day for the price of a 3day; only paid the difference between a 4day and a Premium) in 2014 (I used a Premium voucher in 2015 to get my Sig+ so I have no recent experience). It's just not something one should expect at Disneyland. I think the CM felt like doing some magic since it was my mom's birthday the day we upgraded our hoppers. We even got that day as our renewal day rather than the in writing standard of the first day of use of the hoppers.

But definitely should not expect the price to be bridged because it is not a rule it will happen. Better to expect to pay full difference.

Orbitz or whatever reseller sold the ticket for less than it was coded for. DLR doesn't price bridge.

 

[Kender]

Orbitz or whatever reseller sold the ticket for less than it was coded for. DLR doesn't price bridge.

Did you read my post at all?

I said I agree. They don't (in writing) price bridge and no one should expect it to happen. But pixie dust can happen and one should just be happy when it does. My ticket was not bought from Orbitz and stated on it that it was a 4 day for the price of a 3 day.

 

[SMD]

Did you read my post at all?

They price bridged for me

DLR doesn't price bridge. The reseller that you bought your ticket from sold it for less than it was coded for the price that Disney expected it to be sold by the reseller when they allotted that ticket. What happened was not price bridging. It was a reseller taking a loss or less commission on a ticket.

 

[sdchickie]

They bridged my tickets last Aug. We had buy 3 get 1 day free tickets and they credited a 4 day park hopper to my SoCal pass. We ended up only paying $10 extra to upgrade! I believe you have to use the ticket once to get it bridged.

 

[SMD]

They bridged my tickets last Aug. We had buy 3 get 1 day free tickets and they credited a 4 day park hopper to my SoCal pass. We ended up only paying $10 extra to upgrade! I believe you have to use the ticket once to get it bridged.

That's not bridging, that's a reseller selling a 4 day ticket for less than Disney expected them to. Using the ticket has no impact. The price is coded in the ticket when Disney allots it to the reseller, not when it's actually sold. If DLR price bridged, then if you bought your 4 day ticket for the price of 3 days (not a discount offered by Disney, but by a reseller), and Disney raised the price of tickets, you'd get credit for the new gate price. That's not how DLR does it. Getting a higher value upgrade when a reseller discounts a ticket is not price bridging.

 

[Kender]

That's not bridging, that's a reseller selling a 4 day ticket for less than Disney expected them to. Using the ticket has no impact. The price is coded in the ticket when Disney allots it to the reseller, not when it's actually sold. If DLR price bridged, then if you bought your 4 day ticket for the price of 3 days (not a discount offered by Disney, but by a reseller), and Disney raised the price of tickets, you'd get credit for the new gate price. That's not how DLR does it. Getting a higher value upgrade when a reseller discounts a ticket is not price bridging.

It was coded on the ticket as a 3 day price, but that a bonus day was added. You seem to be missing this part of my statement.

Believe what you want, but I know 100% for sure my price was bridged. I also know that it was not a normal occurrence.

Edited to add:
You're also missing that my upgrading to a pass was highly unusual all around. I was given the day I upgraded as my renewal date rather than my first date of use of my hopper which is in writing will happen.

Unless you were the ticket agent who assisted me that day, you cannot say what did and did not happen.

 

[SMD]

It was coded on the ticket as a 3 day price, but that a bonus day was added. You seem to be missing this part of my statement.

Believe what you want, but I know 100% for sure my price was bridged. I also know that it was not a normal occurrence.

Edited to add:
You're also missing that my upgrading to a pass was highly unusual all around. I was given the day I upgraded as my renewal date rather than my first date of use of my hopper which is in writing will happen.

Unless you were the ticket agent who assisted me that day, you cannot say what did and did not happen.

The coding on the ticket isn't visible. Getting the full value for a promotional offer on a ticket is not price bridging. You were given an upgrade value higher than you paid for your ticket. That is not price bridging. DLR does not bridge tickets.

 

[Kender]

The coding on the ticket isn't visible. Getting the full value for a promotional offer on a ticket is not price bridging. You were given an upgrade value higher than you paid for your ticket. That is not price bridging. DLR does not bridge tickets.

Sure. I forgot that you had access to the exact tickets I had, where I purchased them from, and processed them yourself. How silly of me to give my first hand experience with an exception that was given.

I've already stated that I agree Disneyland does not bridge as a rule. But pixie dust does happen and it happened with me.