Upgrading Old Water Park Ticket

[Metsoskil]

A few years ago our family of 4 bought tickets to the water parks and never used them. Both my kids were child age at the time. They are now 10 and 13. It's been 2 years since we were at WDW and it looks like tickets have changed quite a bit.

This year, when we go back, we are trying to figure out what we want to do with those tickets. As DVC members, we are probably going to buy a Gold Pass since we plan on making 3 trips in the next year, and none fall during the blackout dates.

I don't believe we can apply the cost of the water park tickets toward a Gold Pass, can we? If not, I see our options as follows-

1. Buy the Gold Pass, and use the water park tickets to go to a water park one day.
2. Buy the Gold Pass, and upgrade the water park tickets to a water park annual pass.
3. Use the water park tickets toward a Platnum Plus Pass (not cost effective since it would be more expensive than option #2, and we don't plan on going to WWoS or Oak Trail.

Am I missing anything? Am I correct in understanding that I can no longer use the tickets before upgrading to bridge the price difference?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Eastern]

I had a similar problem about a year ago. I went to GS in Epcot and they updated my tickets and changed the child tickets to adult tickets. I added them to MDE. They were pretty old, maybe 10 years?

Not sure about the gold pass.

 

[Robo]

A. I don't believe we can apply the cost of the water park tickets toward a Gold Pass, can we?

B. Am I correct in understanding that I can no longer use the tickets before upgrading to bridge the price difference?

A. If the tickets have never been used, it won't hurt to ask, nicely.
You MIGHT get the value of what you originally paid for them in an upgrade.

B. If you bought the WP tickets directly from WDW (in person, or on-line, or on the phone,)
then those tickets cannot be price-bridged.