Using another 1 day ticket to "park hop" on the same day

[kamik86]

But it's also cheaper to disallow upgrading ticket rules (bridging and using blackout days to APs with blackout days), but they allow that.

Point is, you could enter the park the next day with that ticket. So, they don't allow two half days, but will allow two full days for the same price.

Doesn't make sense to me.

MG

They don't allow two half days because then people wouldn't buy the hopper and the point is to keep you on disney property more days. Doing this have made it cost prohibitive to do a half disney half universal vacation for example. Because its much cheaper to add more disney days then it is to add a few days at another park. That is the goal.

Letting you upgrade isn't really a disadvantage because if they didn't let you upgrade you probably just wouldn't add more on and stick to the original plan. I fyou couldn't add on water park and more you probably just wouldn't go to the water park and they would lose the uprgrade money for example.

You can say that its an unfair rule and yeah from the standpoint of disney is only doing that to get more money yeah it probably isn't but they are a business and your choices are agree or don't get the product. I don't think its fair for a business to charge the prices Disney does for Soda when they barely pay anything for it but that doesn't mean they can't charge that. Just that I think its stupid and don't get soda.

 

[Loopster]

The only way you can do two parks in one day without a park hopper is by having a separate ticket for MNSSHP or MVMCP. You can go to any park that morning, and then go to MK starting at 4 PM for the party. I did it last year.

 

[scrapquitler]

Indeed. So using a second day for a second park makes perfect sense.

It might make sense to you, but Disney doesn't allow it, so it's a moot point.

 

[Robo]

A guest plans an 7-day stay at WDW.
The guest buys 5-day MYW with Water Parks and More Fun option.
She plans to go to a Water Park (et al) on arrival day, park-day four, and departure day.
Then, the guest decides she wants to park-hop on park-day one.
That upgrade costs $26.

On day two, day three and day five, the guest also hops.

The average cost to park-hop on 4 days is $6.50 per day.
Much less expensive than "burning 4 extra days' tickets" (which would have cost $40 extra.)

This is the whole point of "Magic YOUR Way" tickets.
Guests can decide if and when they want to pick and choose their options.


All prices, plus tax.

 

[bumbershoot]

Funny thing is, I live 20 minutes away and pay only for a resident pass. It doesn't affect me at all. I'm fighting for you guys, but somehow you are fighting for Disney to take more of your money.

MG

No one is cheering Disney on, encouraging them to do this. But it doesn't matter how we FEEL about it. The important thing with this kind of question is to explain the reality clearly so that no one ends up disappointed or angry at the turnstiles. The rule is what the rule is.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

No one is cheering Disney on, encouraging them to do this. But it doesn't matter how we FEEL about it. The important thing with this kind of question is to explain the reality clearly so that no one ends up disappointed or angry at the turnstiles. The rule is what the rule is.

There's too many to reply to, so I just picked the last one...

I have stated that I understand the rule and "it is what it is". I have also stated it doesn't affect me whatsoever.
I am just surprised many hear defend this practice. I mean, you could certainly buy two single day tickets and park hop, but you can't hop with one 2-day ticket.... All because of which scenario benefits Disney.
Many of the same folks will by a MYW ticket, use it on an AP blackout day, then upgrade it to a gold AP. That doesn't benefit Disney but somehow Disney gives this their blessing.

Again, the rules are the rules, but I don't understand the inconsistency.
I REALLY don't understand why so many here want to defend Disney on this.

A former Disney apologist,
MG

 

[kamik86]

There's too many to reply to, so I just picked the last one...

I have stated that I understand the rule and "it is what it is". I have also stated it doesn't affect me whatsoever.
I am just surprised many hear defend this practice. I mean, you could certainly buy two single day tickets and park hop, but you can't hop with one 2-day ticket.... All because of which scenario benefits Disney.
Many of the same folks will by a MYW ticket, use it on an AP blackout day, then upgrade it to a gold AP. That doesn't benefit Disney but somehow Disney gives this their blessing.

Again, the rules are the rules, but I don't understand the inconsistency.
I REALLY don't understand why so many here want to defend Disney on this.

A former Disney apologist,
MG

Honestly I think disney allows this because they don't want to discourage those who come on a MYW ticket from being able to upgrade to an AP, because they want more people to buy APs and not decide not to come back. So they rather allow this loop hole for a few people that allows them a few black out days at the start of their AP then have a few people who were thinking about getting an AP after a really fun vacation realize because one day was a black out day they can't do that and would have to get the more expensive AP or pay full price for the gold so they just won't and won't come back in a few weeks.

The loop hole can't be used to get out of all the black out periods, just the ones at the very start of your AP so its not as bad of a hurt to disney as you might think.

 

[DisneyFive]

Just chiming in to say that I find this whole thread to be silly.

Dan

 

[linzbear]

There's too many to reply to, so I just picked the last one...

I have stated that I understand the rule and "it is what it is". I have also stated it doesn't affect me whatsoever.
I am just surprised many hear defend this practice. I mean, you could certainly buy two single day tickets and park hop, but you can't hop with one 2-day ticket.... All because of which scenario benefits Disney.
Many of the same folks will by a MYW ticket, use it on an AP blackout day, then upgrade it to a gold AP. That doesn't benefit Disney but somehow Disney gives this their blessing.

Again, the rules are the rules, but I don't understand the inconsistency.
I REALLY don't understand why so many here want to defend Disney on this.

A former Disney apologist,
MG

I know you were around when they changed tickets over to MYW. It used to be that all tickets were parkhopper and non-expiration, and they came out with MYW where you could forego both and get a much cheaper ticket. I was happy, as I always used all of my "days" and could cut out non-expiration because it wasn't worth it to me. Others were happy because they never park hopped and could cut out that cost. Clearly though, it was designed as a way to keep you in WDW and for longer, instead of heading to another Orlando park, and letting someone use 2 "days" on 1 business day defeats that purpose - why remove the default parkhopper option otherwise.

Now, obviously the ticket prices have increased at such a rate (oh, and I had babies) that the "savings" isn't there anymore, and people are heading to Universal for HP regardless of ticket prices. For most of us it's just not a battle that is really worth it - the majority of people are on either end of the extreme, and I'm more upset at Epcot's current state of nothingness to complain about ticket prices. But even if it did matter to me, I'd fight it by not going as often - which actually I am. I went from 2x trips a year, to 1x, and now am on a 4 trips per 5 years. And it is mostly due to ticket cost.

 

[tmoo]

I'm sure it won't work now, but I remember 'burning' an extra day on a 10 day ticket to park hop once. It was 2009 or 2010, likely before the finger print scanners.

Anyhow, for 2017 tickets Days 5,6, and 7 costs roughly $64 to add each day. Days 8,9.10 costs roughly $42. This is for a family of 4 "adults".

 

[Barbara76]

"One park per day" is one of the first phrases I learned to say in Spanish at my job. (Still working on the Portuguese.)

It's really close to the Spanish. Um parque por dia.

 

[ArwenMarie]

It's part of the front-loading the cost strategy to get you to spend all your time at WDW. Universal does it too.

 

[HopperFan]

Just chiming in to say that I find this whole thread to be silly.

Dan

That is what happens when "we" respond to a

OP got their answer, no. CMs will catch it every time. Been no for many years.

 

[Allison]

I'm sure it won't work now, but I remember 'burning' an extra day on a 10 day ticket to park hop once. It was 2009 or 2010, likely before the finger print scanners.

Anyhow, for 2017 tickets Days 5,6, and 7 costs roughly $64 to add each day. Days 8,9.10 costs roughly $42. This is for a family of 4 "adults".

It didn't work in 2009 or 2010 either.

The machine at the entrance rejects the ticket.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

That is what happens when "we" respond to a

OP got their answer, no. CMs will catch it every time. Been no for many years.

That is what happens when "we" respond to a

OP got their answer, no. CMs will catch it every time. Been no for many years.

Are you referring to me?? If so I'm genuinely confused.

MG

 

[MariMama]

That is what happens when "we" respond to a

OP got their answer, no. CMs will catch it every time. Been no for many years.

Questioning and musing aren't pot stirring.

 

[cigar95]

It's not a stupid or unfair rule because the price structure is built around it. So, if Disney stopped offering very steep discounts for extra days then you would have a point. Right now Disney can offer extremely cheap "extra" days because of the way the park hopping option is implemented.

Precisely. The company could change the rule, the way our argumentative friend wants them to. But at the same time, the pricing structure of the tickets would change along with it. And I think we all know it wouldn't change in our favor.

 

[hiroMYhero]

The OP received the correct answer to the posed question in Post #2: closing.