WDW Ticket Question

[TEK224]

I know I asked this before, but I can't find where I saved the answer to. So bear with me for asking again.

Way back in (I think) 2004 or 2005 I bought some Park hopper plus passes when I took my niece and her family to WDW. I still have a Child's 6 day pass that was good for the parks, waterparks & DQ. I'm taking my niece's kids back to the World next September. However, they are now considered adults by Disney's standards (the youngest will be 14 when we go).

Do I pay the difference in fees to ugrade to an adult ticket? Is that done at Guest Services or the Ticket Window or can I do it at the resort? Will the ticket transfer to the same type MYW ticket (+ waterparks option)? I don't even remember what I paid for those passes.

Thanks!

 

[janiejake]

My understanding is that you are not penalized for the child growing older, out of the age range of the ticket originally purchased for them. Go to guest services, with the ticket and the child, and you should be able to get the adult equivalent of what you have left, at no extra charge.
( They will be only too willing to apply the value of what you have toward the new ticket, if that is what you ask them to do, but that would NOT be in your best interest.) Hope this makes sense?

 

[Marionnette]

My understanding is that you are not penalized for the child growing older, out of the age range of the ticket originally purchased for them. Go to guest services, with the ticket and the child, and you should be able to get the adult equivalent of what you have left, at no extra charge.
( They will be only too willing to apply the value of what you have toward the new ticket, if that is what you ask them to do, but that would NOT be in your best interest.) Hope this makes sense?

This would only apply if the ticket had been used for the child back in 2005. And if that is the case, it would have to be a no-expiry ticket, since all entitlements expire 14 days after the first day of use otherwise.

But if the ticket is unused, the OP can use it for anyone. They can take it to guest services or a ticket window and have it upgraded to an adult ticket by paying the difference between what was paid for the ticket in 2005 and what the cost of an adult ticket with the same entitlements would be at the gate today.

Please note that this ticket cannot be "bridged" because it cannot be used first for a Disney adult to enter the park before doing the upgrade. Bridging is a process that first takes the old, partially-used ticket and converts it to a ticket with the original number of park days and features (hopping, waterparks, etc.). Then the current gate value of such a ticket is applied to upgrading it to the new ticket, the used entitlements are subtracted and the guest pays the difference in price. These types of upgrades need to be done within 14 days of the ticket's first day of use and are usually done to convert a pass to one with more days, hopping, WPF&M or no-expiry.

Edited to clarify. As an example, let's say that the OP had a 6-day MYW hopper with WPF&M pass that was purchase in 2005 but never used. If she had a Disney child with her, she could use that pass for the child to enter the park and then take it to guest services to make any changes. The bridging would take the 6-day hopper w/WPF&M from 2005 and convert it to a 6-day hopper w/WPF&M at current gate price. That value would be applied to the cost of upgrading the pass (maybe to add days or no-expiry to it). The OP would then pay the difference between the value of a 2012 6-day hopper w/WPF&M and the gate price of whatever ticket she's upgrading to. The new ticket would have one park day subtracted from it since that is the number of days that were used off of the original ticket.

If the OP's tickets are pre-2005, all bets are off. MYW tickets were introduced in 2005. If the ticket is from 2004, it is not upgradeable at all.

 

[Marionnette]

I know I asked this before, but I can't find where I saved the answer to. So bear with me for asking again.

Way back in (I think) 2004 or 2005 I bought some Park hopper plus passes when I took my niece and her family to WDW. I still have a Child's 6 day pass that was good for the parks, waterparks & DQ. I'm taking my niece's kids back to the World next September. However, they are now considered adults by Disney's standards (the youngest will be 14 when we go).

Do I pay the difference in fees to ugrade to an adult ticket? Is that done at Guest Services or the Ticket Window or can I do it at the resort? Will the ticket transfer to the same type MYW ticket (+ waterparks option)? I don't even remember what I paid for those passes.

Thanks!

You can see the prices for old MYW tickets here:
http://www.allears.net/tix/MYWhistory.htm

 

[Cheshire Figment]

If you go to the locked sticky Everything About WDW Tickets in the TPA&S Forum, especially Post #9, you can get a lot more information. An easy way to get to the sticky is by clicking on the link in my signature. The ticket sticky is your friend!

 

[Kellydelly]

My understanding is that you are not penalized for the child growing older, out of the age range of the ticket originally purchased for them. Go to guest services, with the ticket and the child, and you should be able to get the adult equivalent of what you have left, at no extra charge.
( They will be only too willing to apply the value of what you have toward the new ticket, if that is what you ask them to do, but that would NOT be in your best interest.) Hope this makes sense?

Yes . We bought 7 day non expiring hopper passes 9 yrs ago and have milked out those 7 days over several trips (spend most of our time at Universal because it is cheaper and we love it, so used one day to visit MK a few times after initial trip). The last time we were there we went to guest services at Downtown Disney and were able to upgrade the original child ticket to an adult for no cost. I think we have one day left on our passes.

 

[TEK224]

OP here:

The ticket is not a MYW. It is an old Park Hopper Plus pass. I think I purchased it in 2004. It was for 6 days, had no expiration date and included 6 "plus" options (waterparks & Disneyquest). It has never been used. It is a child's ticket.

Looking at the chart a pp listed, a 6 day non-exp. ph w/waterparks would be $499 for an adult ticket. I think I paid around $200 for the ticket I have. So then to upgrade it to an adult pass I would have to pay an additional $299?

Would I be better off not upgrading that ticket and letting one of my nephews who is still a child just use that ticket instead?

 

[mckennerk]

I would try to go to Disney and try it out! You never know they may just upgrade you for free! If you only paid two hundred for your ticket I would use it on a child (your nephew) as now the prices for that same ticket would be $339.00 plus taxes! You got a good deal whether they upgrade for free or you just use it on another child.

 

[Marionnette]

OP here:

The ticket is not a MYW. It is an old Park Hopper Plus pass. I think I purchased it in 2004. It was for 6 days, had no expiration date and included 6 "plus" options (waterparks & Disneyquest). It has never been used. It is a child's ticket.

Looking at the chart a pp listed, a 6 day non-exp. ph w/waterparks would be $499 for an adult ticket. I think I paid around $200 for the ticket I have. So then to upgrade it to an adult pass I would have to pay an additional $299?

Would I be better off not upgrading that ticket and letting one of my nephews who is still a child just use that ticket instead?

Park hoppers tickets (pre-2005) cannot be upgraded.

If the ticket had been used by a child, it could have been switched to an adult pass at no charge just by going to the ticket window with the now-adult child. The pass would have been exchanged for an adult pass with the same number of entitlements as the child's pass had remaining on it.

However, since this pass has never been used, it cannot be exchanged for an adult pass for free. It can be upgraded by paying the difference between what you originally paid and the cost of whatever ticket you wish to purchase. Check the ticket sticky.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=18654397&postcount=8

Dealing With Tickets Issued Prior to 2 January 2005 (Pre-MYW)
Almost all tickets issued prior to 2005 (other than Length of Stay, Bounce Back, or Annual Passes) had no expiration. This includes both the major park entries and the minor park plus options. Exceptions include the World Hopper and Super Duper Pass; for these ticket all WPF&M entries expired seven days from first use, although the major park entries remained valid.

At the current time any prior passes are valid at all four of the major parks, even if one or more of the parks did not exist when the ticket was issued. A Park Hopper Plus, which was issued during the time that Disney Quest was open did not include Disney Quest as an entry; accordingly, the Park Hopper Plus still cannot be used for entry to Disney Quest. Additionally, the Park Hopper Plus cannot be used for either of the miniature golf courses or for the 30 minutes at the PlayStation Pavilion at WWS. But it can be used for the water parks, Oak Trail Golf and entry to WWS.

If a prior ticket, unused or partially used, was not on stock with a magnetic stripe, or the magnetic stripe was demagnetized, you can get the tickets replaced at no charge at any park (including water parks or TTC) ticket booth or Guest Relations Office. Note that this cannot be done at Resort Lobby Concierge locations as they do not have full access to the ticketing computer.

No pre-MYW ticket can be modified or upgraded in any manner.

If you have unused pre-MYW tickets you can use the original Disney selling price of one ticket as a credit to the purchase price of any current ticket with a selling price equal to or higher than the value of the old ticket. However, it probably will make more economic sense to use the ticket for entries. This will depend a lot on what the determined dollar value is.

Note that if the ticket was purchased from a discounter/broker the value given is what Disney sold the ticket for to the discounter/broker and not what you paid for it.

If you have a partially used pre-MYW ticket it cannot be upgraded, but the remaining entitlements can be used. If the ticket has become demagnetized, as long as the serial number string is readable a replacement ticket, with the same remaining entitlements, can be issued.

The price chart for Disney tickets purchased in the 2000's prior to 2005 can be found here:
http://allears.net/tix/tixpix00.htm

ETA: It looks as if it would be less expensive to use that ticket for the child. A 6-day no-expiry child's MYW hopper with WPF&M would cost $ 536.76. You won't get anywhere near that value from redeeming that PHP for an adult MYW ticket with the same entitlements.

 

[TEK224]

Thanks. This clears it up for me. I think I'll just it for my nephew.