Upgrading 7 day park hopper plues to AP

[frankiemom]

I am trying to convince my husband to upgrade to an AP --it would only cost him and my son an additional $121.00 to do so but we are not sure if we will go again this year. To make a long story short I am trying to get preg again and have been having alot of problems so if I did get preg. I don't want to travel. Anyway, my question is this we leave on May 9 ---do I have until then to decide whether or not I want to upgrade the park hopper pluses to AP's? I thought I read here something about upgrading them even after you have used them for a few days? Thanks in advance.

 

[frankiemom]

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[GoldenOldie]

You can upgrade your tickets at any time but when you do it has a direct bearing on what you'll get for a credit towards the AP.

If you upgrade wholly unused tickets or tickets whose first use was less than 7 days prior to doing the upgrade, you will get the entire amount you paid for the tickets credited towards the AP. You would just pay the difference in prices. You will also lose the plus options from the PHP.

If you have used any days during the first week before you upgrade, your AP will be back dated to the first day you used the pass. If you used any plus options during the first week before upgrading, you will only be allowed to upgrade to a PAP and it will also be back dated.

If you wait to upgrade your tickets past the 7 days from first use window, you will get a dollar credit for the remaining unused major park admissions (no value on plus options) and they will apply that credit towards a new AP/PAP.

Mythical example: You have a 5 day PHP with 3 days still unused. You paid $250 for it. Your credit towards the AP would be $150. (Prices for demo purposes only) and you would then pay the difference.

 

[JandD Mom]

I was wondering how they calculate the credit if you use a ticket broker to buy your ticket? For instance, if I get a 7 day park hopper from a ticket broker for $298, while the disney advance purchase price is $326. What amount would get applied to the AP at that point?

 

[GoldenOldie]

Originally posted by JandD Mom
I was wondering how they calculate the credit if you use a ticket broker to buy your ticket? For instance, if I get a 7 day park hopper from a ticket broker for $298, while the disney advance purchase price is $326. What amount would get applied to the AP at that point?

You get the value that you actually paid for it, not what Disney retails it for. Disney can see what you paid for the ticket when they swipe the pass in their reader. In your case, divide $298/7 and you'll get about $42.57 credit per unused major park day. Remember that plus options have no dollar value. If you bought it at $326, you'd get $46.57 per day. Prices are approximate but very close.

One thing to remember about upgrading tickets purchased from wholesalers is that if you upgrade the ticket, you will lose any benefit of the cheaper price you paid for the ticket. That's because in ALL upgrades, the new prices for the upgrade are done at Disney's prices. So you will actually pay more to upgrade than someone who bought the exact same ticket from Disney originally. That's due to the difference in what you paid.