Upgrading passes purchased from Ticketmania

[Belle5]

I purchased our family's 10 day park hoppers from Ticketmania a couple of months ago. Now we are considering upgrading to AP's. Ticketmania's prices are less expensive than purchasing directly from Disney, however, if I upgrade I have to upgrade upon arrival at WDW. Will Disney charge me the difference of what their passes would have cost me versus what I actually paid at Ticketmania--then charge the upgrade?

Example: (prices NOT real)

Ticketmania hopper $200
WDW hopper $220
AP $400

To upgrade from Ticketmania hopper to AP is $200 in this case. To upgrade from the WDW hopper to an AP is $180. Believe it or not this may turn out to be a significant difference to us as we are looking to upgrade 7 passes.

 

[seashoreCM]

For adding Magic Your Way features you'll be charged the difference between the gate price of what you have and the gate price of what you want. For example the water park fun package costs $48. regardless of how much you paid for the ticket itself.

For trading up to an AP the dollar value is based on the wholesale cost of the pass you have. (edited to add: I'm not sure what the exact number is but the more you paid the more that number is likely to be.)

Caution: Some of Ticketmania's ticket offerings are "promotional" or non-standard tickets that cannot be upgraded. Example: the 3 day hopper with one admission to a water park or Disney Quest. (edited to add: Promotional tickets are those with combinations of features not sold at the gate and often have different expiration rules.)

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/dispass.htm

 

[Belle5]

Thank you so much for answering. Now please translate what you're saying for me. I am sorry...I just want to make sure I am not misunderstanding what you are saying. Thank you!

For trading up to an AP the dollar value is based on the wholesale cost of the pass you have.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/dispass.htm

 

[Meagansmom]

I do not understand the "promotional or non standard" ticket. We have upgraded 6 day hopper plus tickets from Ticketmania.

 

[Belle5]

If you have upgraded tickets purchased from Ticketmania can you tell me how it went for you? Since your Ticketmania tickets were purchased at a discount did WDW guest services make you pay the difference between the Ticketmania price and the WDW ticket price on the original tickets before upgrading you to your next pass?

 

[TSR6]

When upgrading to the Annual Pass, they will only give you the dollar value of the ticket, which is whatever Ticketmania paid for it.

The only time you don't pay the difference in ticket prices is when you add MYW options, like No Exp, the FUN pack, or Park Hopping. You pay the gate price fee for those, and aren't charged the difference.

"Promotional or non standard" tickets are generally specialty tickets, or convention tickets that are occasionally offered through places such as ticketmania. They usually have an expiration date of Dec something 2005, and have such options as a "3 day park hopper with 1 Pleasure Island OR Disney Quest option. These tickets are not upgradable and are sold as-is.

 

[Belle5]

Thank you! This was the information I was looking for!

When upgrading to the Annual Pass, they will only give you the dollar value of the ticket, which is whatever Ticketmania paid for it.

The only time you don't pay the difference in ticket prices is when you add MYW options, like No Exp, the FUN pack, or Park Hopping. You pay the gate price fee for those, and aren't charged the difference.

 

[Brian Noble]

Is adding days charged at the difference between gate and gate, or gate and wholesale?

 

[Belle5]

TSR6,
I just reread this and something caught my eye. You say "whatever Ticketmania paid for it." Does that mean what I paid Ticketmania for the ticket or what Ticketmania paid Disney to aquire it to then sell to me? I think you mean the former rather than latter but I just wanted ot double check because of the wording...

When upgrading to the Annual Pass, they will only give you the dollar value of the ticket, which is whatever Ticketmania paid for it.

 

[Brian Noble]

What Ticketmania paid, which is less than what you paid.

If you know you are going to upgrade your ticket to an AP, buy it from Disney; it will be cheaper that way.

 

[seashoreCM]

Is adding days charged at the difference between gate and gate, or gate and wholesale?

Gate and gate, for MYW passes less than 14 days from first usage, or unused. For example adding day five to an expiring pass costs $9, adding day seven costs $3.

For a non-expiring pass also less than 14 days from first usage or unused, an added cost of non-expiration, also gate versus gate, accompanies each added day. For example day eight costs $51. (but day nine costs $4.)

 

[Brian Noble]

Thanks!

 

[go cowboys]

Gate and gate, for MYW passes less than 14 days from first usage, or unused. For example adding day five to an expiring pass costs $9, adding day seven costs $3.

For a non-expiring pass also less than 14 days from first usage or unused, an added cost of non-expiration, also gate versus gate, accompanies each added day. For example day eight costs $51. (but day nine costs $4.)

i am totally confused. We are currently at the parks and I have 7 day expiry and 4 day expiry tickets that we are not going to finish all the days on. Would we be smart to upgrade to non-expiry on each for the one day that is not going to be used? We purchased from Ticketmania at the mousesavers rate.

Thanks for your help.

 

[TSR6]

Disney sells tickets as a Bulk sale, or group sale to places such as TicketMania. TicketMania bumps the price up slightly to somewhere above what they paid, but usually a little less than Disney Gate price.

EXAMPLE:
If you bought a 2 Day Park Hopper for $300 from TicketMania.

$300 - Price you paid Ticket Mania.
$295 - Price TicketMania paid Disney
$305 - Disney Gate Price

The ticket's "Face Value" will be $295. If you upgrade the ticket to an annual pass, that is all the ticket is worth. Disney has absolutely no way to check and see how much you paid with TicketMania, Mousesavers, E-Bay, Your Uncle Joe, or the little barn shack out on Hwy 192 - thus it is only valued at it's true value.

However, Disney will not penalize you when adding options to the MYW tickets ( Days, No Expy, FUN pack, Park Hopping ). They only charge you that option's true value, or the difference between Base Gate price and the Gate price for that ticket plus whatever options. They make the "discounted ticket" part of the equation disappear when adding options and such.