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

[jmmess]

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.

This is interesting and again proves it depends on the CM. I went to DS to upgrade our tickets to AP and had no such luck. Lol So glad you had a better experience!

 

[alex9179]

This is interesting and again proves it depends on the CM. I went to DS to upgrade our tickets to AP and had no such luck. Lol So glad you had a better experience!

Honestly, I thought that it would be exactly the opposite of my experience and had my disgruntled email composed in my head. My attempts in 2012 were frustrating. The CM who helped me was proficient and will get an email stating so.

 

[MouseMumof2]

I'm hoping you may have some insight regarding the Canadian discounted tickets that were available this spring. I had purchased 5 day base tickets but now plans have changed and I need park hoppers. Will I be able to pay the approx $80 per ticket to add just add the hoppers since I'm keeping the 5 days the same or should I expect to now pay current gate price (and lose the discount) plus the park hopper charge?

 

[Robo]

I'm hoping you may have some insight regarding the Canadian discounted tickets that were available this spring. I had purchased 5 day base tickets but now plans have changed and I need park hoppers. Will I be able to pay the approx $80 per ticket to add just add the hoppers since I'm keeping the 5 days the same or should I expect to now pay current gate price (and lose the discount) plus the park hopper charge?

In general, tickets purchased from Disney (and not via a third party) are not
price-bridged (brought up to current gate price) in upgrade transactions.
But, there can occasionally be exceptions.
All you can do is "ask nicely."

 

[MouseMumof2]

In general, tickets purchased from Disney (and not via a third party) are not
price-bridged (brought up to current gate price) in upgrade transactions.
But, there can occasionally be exceptions.
All you can do is "ask nicely."

Grrr...but thanks. I'll start practicing my appreciative voice.

 

[disneyholic family]

Thanks for mentioning this, Beth.

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

i think it's a great add on.
makes the tickets that much more attractive.
But mainly, anyone coming from overseas really needs those 14/21 day tickets as many of us tend to visit WDW for an extended period (since it costs so darn much to get to the USA).
if you book a 14 day stay, the magic your way tickets just don't work at all.
we'll be there this year for 21 days, so for the first time we have the 21 day ticket....(last time we only were there for 15 days, so had the 14 day ultimates)

in years past, we bought PAPs, but they're soooooooooo expensive now, the 21 ultimate is a much better deal....

 

[disneyholic family]

by the way, i just checked the 2018 14/21 day ultimate tickets and they also include memory maker....

 

[jeremy1002]

Can my FL resident mom buy a FL resident park ticket for herself and my non-resident adult sister? Well, I'm sure she can buy it...what I mean to ask is will my sister be able to use hers successfully?

 

[mesaboy2]

Can my FL resident mom buy a FL resident park ticket for herself and my non-resident adult sister? Well, I'm sure she can buy it...what I mean to ask is will my sister be able to use hers successfully?

Adults will be asked for photo ID to show proof of residency.

 

[PolyRob]

I am looking to get a Platinum AP for someone in my family. I want to buy them the ticket with the best discount so that once it is bridged, the AP is less than gate price. I am thinking I can purchase the current 7-day UT Park Hopper for $469.95 (which has the 12/31/18 expiration) which will be valued at $516.53 for the upgrade. AP price $829.64 - $516.53 = $313.11 due at the upgrade. Does that seem correct?

 

[Robo]

I am looking to get a Platinum AP for someone in my family. I want to buy them the ticket with the best discount so that once it is bridged, the AP is less than gate price. I am thinking I can purchase the current 7-day UT Park Hopper for $469.95 (which has the 12/31/18 expiration) which will be valued at $516.53 for the upgrade. AP price $829.64 - $516.53 = $313.11 due at the upgrade. Does that seem correct?

Yes.

 

[PolyRob]

Yes.

Thank you

 

[damo]

I'm hoping you may have some insight regarding the Canadian discounted tickets that were available this spring. I had purchased 5 day base tickets but now plans have changed and I need park hoppers. Will I be able to pay the approx $80 per ticket to add just add the hoppers since I'm keeping the 5 days the same or should I expect to now pay current gate price (and lose the discount) plus the park hopper charge?

Can you post about your experience on the Canadian board once you actually do upgrade to the parkhopper? We are in exactly the same situation. We got the discounted base tickets as loyalty tickets from airmiles as they didn't have parkhoppers. We would like to add parkhopping to them and are hoping not to have to pay a fortune to do so.

 

[MouseMumof2]

Can you post about your experience on the Canadian board once you actually do upgrade to the parkhopper? We are in exactly the same situation. We got the discounted base tickets as loyalty tickets from airmiles as they didn't have parkhoppers. We would like to add parkhopping to them and are hoping not to have to pay a fortune to do so.

Yes I will, we aren't going until August so, like you, I'm hoping to hear from someone that was successful in doing this before we go. Having my good deal go to waste will be hard to swallow on day 1 of my vacation. I'm trying to start early so I can talk myself out of being mad if that's the way it turns out.

 

[mhartman09]

Wanted to report on my experience upgrading our 7 day PH tickets to Plat APs today at Hollywood Studios. We had 2 adult tickets and 1 child ticket all purchased from UT pre-increase.
I calculated the upgrade cost as follows:
Adult
7 day PH Value - $467.54
Platinum AP - $829.64
Difference - $362.10
Child
7 day PH Value - $446.24
Platinum AP - $829.64
Difference - $383.40
So, to upgrade all 3 of the tickets we were looking at $1,107.60.

When we arrived at Hollywood Studios this afternoon we decided to go ahead and try the upgrade before we entered the park. We were assisted by a very pleasant and helpful lady (I completely forgot to write down her name and hoped it was on my receipt, but it isn't). I gave her the UT ticket cards we'd received and told her we wanted to upgrade all 3 to Plat APs. She starting pulling things up on her computer and told me it looked like it would be about $290-$300 to upgrade each ticket. I was very surprised when I heard her say that. I said that would be just fine. She said it would take a few transactions for her to get me the final upgrade price and asked that we please bear with her, which was no problem. She went through lots of stuff on her computer, all the while receipts continued to print out on her printer. After less than 10 minutes, she gave me a total price of $896.73 to upgrade all 3 tickets, which is about $211 less than I figured it would be. I was ecstatic, but tried to keep my cool. This whole time I was worried about this upgrade procedure because of all the mixed experiences happening lately, so this was a dream come true for me.

The breakdown of the upgrade from my receipt is as follows:
Adult
Platinum AP - $829.64
Paid to Upgrade - $291.81
Difference - $537.83 (Value we received for original ticket)
Child
Platinum AP - $829.64
Paid to Upgrade - $313.11
Difference - $516.53 (Value we received for original ticket)

It appears she did some bridging. However, I'm a bit confused. Unless I'm missing something, the current price online for 7 day PH tickets is Adult $516.53 and Child $495.23. I'm not sure why it seems we received the value of the current adult ticket to upgrade the child ticket and I don't know where the $537.83 value comes from at all If someone can make sense of that math, please enlighten me. Regardless I definitely took the price she gave me with a smile and thanked her over and over for her assistance and being so pleasant.

 

[hodad]

A question for Robo and all, that I'm sure has been answered millions of times, but the info is not on the front of this thread (maybe it should be!):

How soon can you transfer a ticket purchased as part of a package to another guest? Can you do it before the arrival date? Can you do it at 12:01am on the arrival date? Can you do it at 12:01am on the day after departure date?

 

[Robo]

A question for Robo and all, that I'm sure has been answered millions of times, but the info is not on the front of this thread (maybe it should be!):

How soon can you transfer a ticket purchased as part of a package to another guest? Can you do it before the arrival date? Can you do it at 12:01am on the arrival date? Can you do it at 12:01am on the day after departure date?

There are more restrictive rules for tickets that are purchased as a minimum REQUIREMENT for booking a special resort package (such as "Free Dining")
where all guests participating in that package must have the same minimum ticket
in order to book the special package.
But, even under those conditions, once the party has checked into the resort, any as yet unused tickets can be transferred to anyone else.

If the resort package does NOT "require" minimum tickets, but tickets were simply bought "in conjunction with"
booking the room... those tickets can be transferred to another guest even before check-in.

Under the latter conditions, I don't see a problem with transferring a ticket that shows in MDE to another guest connected to that MDE at any time.
And, it absolutely can be done after checking into the resort at the start of the trip.

 

[hodad]

There are different, more restrictive rules for tickets that are purchased as a minimum REQUIREMENT for booking a
special resort package (such as "Free Dining")
where all guests participating in that package must have the same minimum ticket
in order to book the special package.
But, even under those conditions, once the party has checked into the resort, any as yet unused tickets can be transferred to anyone else.

Thank you! I was hoping this was the case, rather than having to wait until after checkout to transfer. We have APs but are taking advantage of a Free Dining package and would like to transfer our 2-day package tickets to grandparents when we arrive so they can tag along. It sounds like that should work (unless everything changes for the worse on June 6!).

 

[Robo]

Thank you! I was hoping this was the case, rather than having to wait until after checkout to transfer. We have APs but are taking advantage of a Free Dining package and would like to transfer our 2-day package tickets to grandparents when we arrive so they can tag along.
1. It sounds like that should work
2. (unless everything changes for the worse on June 6!).

1. Yup.
(AFAIK, there are no ticket rules that require waiting until checkout time.)
2. Don't expect any ticket rule changes on June 6th. Everything looks to be "FastPass related."

 

[ThornXBL]

It appears she did some bridging. However, I'm a bit confused. Unless I'm missing something, the current price online for 7 day PH tickets is Adult $516.53 and Child $495.23. I'm not sure why it seems we received the value of the current adult ticket to upgrade the child ticket and I don't know where the $537.83 value comes from at all If someone can make sense of that math, please enlighten me. Regardless I definitely took the price she gave me with a smile and thanked her over and over for her assistance and being so pleasant.

I'm guessing she bridged you to the current gate prices, which is $20 (+tax) more than the prices online that you saw. Which is pretty much the Best Case Scenario, IMO!