What happens w/ a child's ticket...

[DJmommy]

when the child turns ten and still has unused days on his Non-Expiring MYW ticket? Just wondering, since we will be using all the park days on this trip but will have leftover water park days, which we will most likely not use before he turns 10. Do we have to pay to upgrade the ticket to the adult ticket price for any remaining days?

 

[Robo]

...but will have leftover water park days, which we will most likely not use before he turns 10. Do we have to pay to upgrade the ticket to the adult ticket price for any remaining days?

Nope.

Believe it or not, Disney has learned that children under ten eventually get older!


Even if you wait 10 years (!) before you return, as long as its the same "child" (s)he may use the unexpired days from the old ticket.

If the child does not "look" much older than 9 yrs. you don't even need to do anything "special"... just USE the original ticket.

But if (like my "10 year" example) the "child" is considerably older, take the child and the ticket to Guest Relations and they will issue a new adult ticket with the same number of unexpired days on it, without additional charge.

 

[bicker]

This is a great example of Disney's generosity. They really don't have to honor those tickets, and could require the holders to use the tickets' residual value to purchase regular priced tickets, but I haven't heard of one case where they've done so.

 

[Robo]

This is a great example of Disney's generosity. They really don't have to honor those tickets, and could require the holders to use the tickets' residual value to purchase regular priced tickets, but I haven't heard of one case where they've done so.

Well, just to BICKER with you, I HAVE heard of one case, and it was debated here on the DIS about a week or so ago.

What happened is that someone who had a much older child (say 18 years) who was finishing the days on his (years earlier) child's ticket, asked a CM at Guest Relations about needing to "upgrade" a child's ticket to adult... and the CM said they needed to do it... And DID charge them for the upgrade!

Only long AFTER that trip, did the guest learn that she didn't HAVE TO.
(She could have asked for a manager who would have corrected the problem that day).

So the "moral of our story" is to make SURE that, if you DO (probably won't, but MIGHT) encounter a CM who does not know about the "free upgrade", to ask for a manager.

 

[seashoreCM]

Note: It does not make sense to, many years later, charge the person for an upgrade when the total dollars paid for the ticket's total admissions exceeds what would have been paid had the parents "cheated" and bought the child an adult ticket to begin with.

Furthermore at other places, if a need to pay to upgrade, the parent should take the used ticket back unchanged and some time later give it to a younger child. (Unused Disney child tickets may not be upgraded free to adult.)

(Poll question copied from another post) If, ten years later, you come across the receipt for the Mickey Ears you bought and found that the gift shop cashier overcharged you (item correctly itemized, price was wrong and also exceeds today's price) would Disney refund the difference on your next trip?

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

 

[bicker]

What happened is that someone who had a much older child (say 18 years) who was finishing the days on his (years earlier) child's ticket, asked a CM at Guest Relations about needing to "upgrade" a child's ticket to adult... and the CM said they needed to do it... And DID charge them for the upgrade!

Thanks for the update.

 

[bicker]

Note: It does not make sense to, many years later, charge the person for an upgrade when the total dollars paid for the ticket's total admissions exceeds what would have been paid had the parents "cheated" and bought the child an adult ticket to begin with.

I'm sorry but that doesn't make sense. Could you please clarify what you mean?