Tickets and Annual Pass Questions - Please add your ticket questions to this thread

[Robo]

Robo... I just want to make sure that I have this right. I purchased a 4 day + 1 free day Park Hopper ticket recently from Undercover Tourist. I want to upgrade to an Annual Pass. So, the cost of a 5 day Park Hopper ticket pre-February is $435.59. Current cost of AP w/ tax is $829.64. My cost to upgrade will be $394.05. Do I have that right? TIA!!!

Correct.

 

[PolyRob]

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[disneyholic family]

the UK ultimate tickets include memory maker for 2017

 

[Robo]

the UK ultimate tickets include memory maker for 2017

Thanks for mentioning this, Beth.

I just added that info to the "Special Tickets" section at the head of this thread.

 

[Rjw615]

@Robo

I have about 4 months left on FL resident weekday select annual passes. I am thinking about taking a last minute trip this weekend, obviously, my AP doesn't cover weekdays.

I see I can upgrade from Weekday to Silver. Would I just pay the difference of the current gate price for Fl Res Weekday Select AP and the current gate price of the silver AP plus 6.5% tax? Or would it be prorated for the amount of months left, which I doubt but would be really nice if they did

 

[Robo]

@Robo

I have about 4 months left on FL resident weekday select annual passes. I am thinking about taking a last minute trip this weekend, obviously, my AP doesn't cover weekdays.

1. I see I can upgrade from Weekday to Silver.
2. Would I just pay the difference of the current gate price for Fl Res Weekday Select AP and the current gate price of the silver AP plus 6.5% tax?
3. Or would it be prorated for the amount of months left, which I doubt but would be really nice if they did

1. Yup.
2. You'd pay the difference of what you originally paid for your current AP and the current cost of the new AP you want (plus 6.5% tax.)
3. No pro-rating for AP's.
And, you would only have the 4 months remaining in the upgraded AP.
(That's why it's an "upgrade.")

 

[Minnesota!]

If these are stand-alone tickets (not part of a resort package) it is very rare that you can upgrade
before arrival.

But, you can certainly call and ask nicely.

If you purchased them from Disney,
call: (407) 939-7523, this is the "Existing Tickets" phone number at WDW.

Thank you! They are stand alone tickets...I am too indecisive to lock myself into a package. I appreciate the quick response

 

[wilkeliza]

@Robo this is my first year with an AP. Outside of the upgrade discount and potential threat of price raising if I'm not doing a trip between June (when my AP expires) and October is there any real reason to renew my AP now instead of just upgrading park tickets to an AP in October?

 

[Robo]

@Robo this is my first year with an AP. Outside of the upgrade discount and potential threat of price raising if I'm not doing a trip between June (when my AP expires) and October is there any real reason to renew my AP now instead of just upgrading park tickets to an AP in October?

Unless you need to use an AP during an interim period, it often makes sense to not renew, but to just buy a new AP when next needed

 

[wilkeliza]

Unless you need to use an AP during an interim period, it often makes sense to not renew, but to just buy a new AP when next needed

Nope won't need the AP at all until October and then March. Can't imagine doing a quick trip before October since our weekends are booked solid and then also going to Disneyland in July.

 

[Kathy Jetson]

I'll be upgrading to an AP and have some questions that aren't ticket related. Is there a dedicated AP thread? I looked but I couldn't find one.

 

[Robo]

I'll be upgrading to an AP and have some questions that aren't ticket related. Is there a dedicated AP thread? I looked but I couldn't find one.

Just ask in the regular Theme Parks Attractions and Strategies forum.

 

[BRDisney]

1. Maybe. You should certainly ASK. (It may take some special help on the WDW end.)
2. Yup. All 4 theme parks.
3. Yes.
4. They will remain ready for use indefinitely, until you are ready to use them.

The "downside" in this is that these tickets cannot be upgraded, but can only be used as
one-day tickets.
So, if you are making a multiple-day trip, it would be quite wasteful to use one of these tickets
in addition to another multi-day ticket. It would render your old tickets worth nearly nothing.
HOWEVER, if there are multiple guests in your party, give ALL of the tickets to one person
to use, one-day-at-a time, for the duration of the trip, while other members purchase
new multi-day tickets for their use.

This is an update of my situation. I called today and the CM gave me a new code for all my 8 "1 day tickets". I could link them to my account and then transfered them to another. They are non-expiring and all 4 parks as Robo daid. Thanks again for your help!

 

[Stasieki]

I have ready the 1st page and the last 10 or so pages so think I am getting the hang of this. I'm more trying to decide if it makes sense for us to upgrade to AP. We did a bounceback offer last September for a trip this December to include 7 day park hoppers. We are three disney adults and one child. I actually just looked at the current 7 day hopper price to calculate which I guess would be incorrect? I should use the pre Feb 2017 price? As of now I came up with:

My current 7 day hoppers for the 4 of us is $1,920 (but part of a resort package)
Cost of APs for all 4 of us is $3,318
Cost to upgrade to APs is $1,398 (but again I think I used current 7 day hopper prices and not 2016 prices)

I also have a memory maker on my current bounceback package so I guess I could drop that if I upgrade on my first park day, correct.

The only reason we are thinking of upgrading is there is a good possibility to take another week long trip fall of 2018, and we may be going on two small Cheer/Gymnastic ESPN trips in Feb 2018. Those two trips may consist of 2 park days each. I know there are some sort of "deals" on those tickets but don't know what they are.

So it seems it would be worth it for us to upgrade to AP? But only if we for sure will do another week long trip in 2018, correct?

The other thing that has be not wanting to take the leap is I love my free dining/bounceback deals - those won't exist anymore. But I would get AP room only savings. Are there ever discounts to get the dining plan with APs?

Sorry for my scattered post.

 

[Robo]

A. We did a bounceback offer last September for a trip this December to include 7 day park I should use the pre Feb 2017 price?
B I also have a memory maker on my current bounceback package so I guess I could drop that if I upgrade on my first park day, correct.
C. So it seems it would be worth it for us to upgrade to AP? But only if we for sure will do another week long trip in 2018, correct?
D.The other thing that has be not wanting to take the leap is I love my free dining/bounceback deals - those won't exist anymore. But I would get AP room only savings.

A. Yes.
B. Yes.
C. & D. Only you can decide the "worth" vs what you want to do and pay for, I'm afraid.

It is so much easier to discuss only ONE ticket at a time. Then, if you need more tickets, just multiply.

7-day hopper, Adult- pre-Feb. 12- $467.54
Platinum AP $829.64
$829.64
467.54
=362.11 Upgrade to AP, Adult

7-day hopper, Child- pre-Feb. 12- $446.24
Platinum AP $829.64
$829.64
446.24
=383.40 Upgrade to AP, Child

 

[Stasieki]

Thank you, Robo! Not quite as good a deal using the 2016 prices but it is what it is. We may take the plunge (and it may force DH into thinking we have to get another trip in 2018 to make it worth it .

 

[Robo]

Thank you, Robo! Not quite as good a deal using the 2016 prices but it is what it is. We may take the plunge (and it may force DH into thinking we have to get another trip in 2018 to make it worth it .

THAT is absolutely what having an AP in your pocket WILL do to your plans.

 

[alex9179]

My upgrade experience in Disney Springs was great. I bought UT tickets in 2/16 before the price increase, so 2015 gate prices. I inquired about how much adding a day to 5 day PHs would be. It was $0. Yes, nothing owed! I expressed my incredulity and she said that since the DS "Welcome Center is a pre-arrival destination, we honor the discounts...unlike the parks." Her words. I said that I would stop asking questions, then!

I upgraded my 5 day PH to an AP for the amount I had figured.

It was a very easy transaction and the CM was efficient, even though she had to scan and type quite a bit to come to the final tallies. This was all before going to the parks. We didn't do that until the next day.

 

[FoundMyPrince]

We are at WDW now. Our kids are here with their hs band. We were told we could upgrade their tickets to extend the length of the ticket after we arrive. Today when we tried to upgrade the ticket from 3 day to 8 day we were told we cannot. Is this true? I was told over the phone we could (like a month ago) and today I'm told we can't without paying for a five day ticket from scratch.

 

[Robo]

We are at WDW now. Our kids are here with their hs band. We were told we could upgrade their tickets to extend the length of the ticket after we arrive. Today when we tried to upgrade the ticket from 3 day to 8 day we were told we cannot. Is this true? I was told over the phone we could (like a month ago) and today I'm told we can't without paying for a five day ticket from scratch.

If these are special "band" (or other special event) tickets, they generally cannot be upgraded.

Sorry that you called "Disney" and were given bad information.
Unfortunately, the "Phone CMs" generally do not have accurate information, but they still give "advice" anyway.)

Your best hope is to try to do the upgrade at another Guest Relations and see what happens.

What does the 3-day ticket say (printed on it?)
Is there an expiration date?