Using Multiple Ticket Types

[Jetapss]

Hi all. We received a complimentary park-hopper ticket from Disney after we had to leave a day early due to Hurricane Matthew last fall. We are planning to go back & have bought some base-1 park only tickets for additional days in the parks. With all of them tied to our magic bands, how can we make sure that the base tickets are used first? We want to save the park-hopper for the last day when we may not want to stay at MK all day after we've already spent a whole day there. Thanks in advance for your responses.

 

[Robo]

Before you enter the first park, go to any Guest Relations and have the CM set the "priority" of your tickets
so that the Hopper is set to the LOWEST PRIORITY.
That way, each of your other tickets will be used before the Hopper.
This is a very common procedure.

Then, each time you enter a park, check the readout on the machine to make sure that
the correct ticket has just been used.

 

[PopGirl26]

Then, each time you enter a park, check the readout on the machine to make sure that
the correct ticket has just been used.

How does one do this? Look at the CM's screen? Thanks!

 

[Robo]

How does one do this? Look at the CM's screen? Thanks!

Yes. It's easy to see.

 

[DizneyLizzy]

Definitely do this at guest relations. Last year I tried to have the concierge do it at Caribbean Beach. He said he had done it but the ticket order wasn't showing up the way I wanted it to in MDE. The next day when we went to the magic kingdom I stopped by guest relations to double check things, and it turned out the concierge had not been successful - so good thing i double checked!

 

[christianweecare]

I was wondering about this too. We have one day tickets for Epcot that we will use in May. We also have AP's that we won't activate until December. I guess there is no chance that our AP's will be touched in May.

 

[Robo]

I was wondering about this too. We have one day tickets for Epcot that we will use in May. We also have AP's that we won't activate until December. I guess there is no chance that our AP's will be touched in May.

You say that you "have" APs. But, what you actually have are "AP certificates."
(Purchased certificates that must be activated before park entry.)

APs (and AP certificates) cannot be activated automatically at a park tapstile.
They MUST be activated by the owner, in-person with a legal photo ID, at a Guest Relations or ticket booth.

(An AP certificate can be a piece of paper, but more likely, just exist as a file in your MDE account.)

 

[PopGirl26]

You say that you "have" APs. But, what you actually have are "AP certificates."
(Purchased certificates that must be activated before park entry.)

APs (and AP certificates) cannot be activated automatically at a park tapstile.
They MUST be activated by the owner, in-person with a legal photo ID, at a Guest Relations or ticket booth.

(An AP certificate can be a piece of paper, but more likely, just exist as a file in your MDE account.)

I have an active AP, and also a 4-day, nontransferrable hopper that I plan to use after the AP expires. Will the AP be automatically prioritized, or should I check before every time I enter a park?

 

[Robo]

I have an active AP, and also a 4-day, nontransferrable hopper that I plan to use after the AP expires. Will the AP be automatically prioritized, or should I check before every time I enter a park?

Assume that no ticket will be automatically prioritized.
Go to Guest Relations and have the CM set the ticket you want to use as the highest priority.
If you set the AP as the highest priority, it should "stay that way" until it expires.
But, you should still always check the readout on the ticket reader to make sure that
the correct ticket has just been used.