Using an older ticket...

[Babyfatt]

My sister purchased a child multi-day ticket for her son that was used back in 1992. She believes there is one day left on it. He is now in his teens so he is no longer a "child".

Knowing that park tickets never expire, does her son still qualify as a "child"?

I'd understand if she would have to trade the old ticket for a new one but would she have to pay the difference and get an adult ticket?

Has anyone dealt with such a situation?

Thanks in advance!!

 

[DISNEYDADINOREGON]

The official word is, that if it was his when it was purchased and you go back, you can still use it not matter how long it has been. If you are staying on-site have them run it to see what is still on the card. Let them know the situation too at this time. Or you can do the same thing at any park entrance as well.

 

[amcnj]

I have turned in old tickets. Some were children's and they upgraded to adult for free as they could no longer use the child tickets. The new tickets can then be used in the fastpass machine as well. I had done it at teh Magic Kingdom in City Hall, but any guest services window should also be able to do this.

 

[SnackyStacky]

Originally posted by Babyfatt
My sister purchased a child multi-day ticket for her son that was used back in 1992. She believes there is one day left on it. He is now in his teens so he is no longer a "child".

Knowing that park tickets never expire, does her son still qualify as a "child"?

I'd understand if she would have to trade the old ticket for a new one but would she have to pay the difference and get an adult ticket?

Has anyone dealt with such a situation?

Thanks in advance!!

Disney doesn't charge kids for growing up!

You'll need to go to Guest Relations (There are 7 locations - 1 at each major theme park entrance, 1 at the International Gateway at Epcot, and 2 at Downtown Disney) and have them issue him a new, ATS-compatible ticket. They changed the ticketing systems in 1996, so I don't think his pass will work with the new system. When they issue the new ticket, it will be an adult ticket.

There is NO charge for ANY of it.

Have a fantastic trip!

 

[GoldenOldie]

Best explanation I've seen of this online from http://allearsnet.com/pl/ticket.htm :

...if you have a partially used ticket, you may take that ticket along with your child who is now a teenager or older to a Guest Relations location at the major parks or DTD. If the Guest Relations CM is satisfied that the dates of the original ticket and the current age of your child make sense, you will have the leftover child's admissions exchanged for the identical adult admissions at no further charge to you. The "child" must be with you or you will be unable to do this.

Making sense of the dates means that if you bought and used the child ticket in 1994, then your child in 2004 must now fall in the 13-19 year old range. If you bought and used it in 1984, then the "child" must now be in the 23-29 year old range, etcetera etcetera. If they are not, then Disney reserves the right to offer you nothing more than the dollar value of the unused admissions towards a new adult ticket.

 

[luvtoall]

Just what snackystacky said, two child ticketsw/ one day left, from 95 (they do not have to "run" them since they were punch card type, no mag. tape).
We walked up to the window the cm took them w/ one day left and gave us new adult tickets for the mk that day. This only took a few minutes. Then we walked through the turnstile. The cm sure acted like it happened all the time, no big deal.