I tried reading through this thread for an answer, but didn't find it. Unfortunately, DH and I just might have to cancel our trip next week. We have 4-day mid-day magic tickets that I understand will expire if not used by December 15. What happens after they expire, are we just out of luck? Or can we use the value of those tickets to buy future tickets? We bought the tickets from UT and added them to our MDE. We don't have physical tickets.

Thanks!
 
I tried reading through this thread for an answer, but didn't find it. Unfortunately, DH and I just might have to cancel our trip next week. We have 4-day mid-day magic tickets that I understand will expire if not used by December 15.
What happens after they expire,
1. are we just out of luck?
2. Or can we use the value of those tickets to buy future tickets?
3. We bought the tickets from UT and added them to our MDE. We don't have physical tickets.
1. Nope.
2. Yes.
3. OK. They (their value) will "stay safe" in your MDX account.
 
I have a 3 day ticket I can’t upgrade until I get to the park. I need a 5 day. I’m holding Fastpass with a 7 day non expiring that I want to move off once I have enough days. Will my Fastpass hold?
 
I have a 3 day ticket I can’t upgrade until I get to the park. I need a 5 day.
1. I’m holding Fastpass with a 7 day non expiring that I want to move off once I have enough days.
2. Will my Fastpass hold?
1. OK.
2. If you upgrade your 3-day ticket to 5-day ticket before you "move off" the 7-day ticket...
Yes. Your FPs will remain just fine.
 


1. Nope.
2. Yes.
3. OK. They (their value) will "stay safe" in your MDX account.

Thanks for your help. One more question, do we have to purchase the new tickets in person? Are we able to book fastpasses before the rescheduled trip or not until we purchase the new tickets onsite?
 
Thanks for your help. One more question,
1. do we have to purchase the new tickets in person?
2. Are we able to book fastpasses before the rescheduled trip or not until we purchase the new tickets onsite?
1. We don't know, for sure, but that seems likely. (But things change over time.)
2. You must have currently valid (at that time) tickets ahead of your trip in order to book advance FPs.
 
1. OK.
2. If you upgrade your 3-day ticket to 5-day ticket before you "move off" the 7-day ticket...
Yes. Your FPs will remain just fine.
It looks like it will cost roughly the same to upgrade the 3 to a 5 as it would to just purchase another ticket online with 2 days. I called and asked if I have a 3 day and bought a 2 if it would hold all 5 days of fp. The CM said yes but I thought I’d read somewhere it would only recognize one ticket. All this wouldn’t be such an issue but we land late and have an early CRT to get to. My fear is there will be a long delay trying to add on the extra 2 days & I’ll have issue getting the 7 day moved. If I can just buy a 2 day online & add it it’d be worth it to avoid the hassle. The 3 day was bought March 2018 and expires 1/14/20. No date restriction other than that. If I bought a 2 day date based do you think it would recognize both tickets and not drop off the Fastpass?
 


1. It looks like it will cost roughly the same to upgrade the 3 to a 5 as it would to just purchase another ticket online with 2 days.
2. I called and asked if I have a 3 day and bought a 2 if it would hold all 5 days of fp.
3. The CM said yes
4. but I thought I’d read somewhere it would only recognize one ticket.
All this wouldn’t be such an issue but we land late and have an early CRT to get to.
5. My fear is there will be a long delay trying to add on the extra 2 days & I’ll have issue getting the 7 day moved.
6. If I can just buy a 2 day online & add it it’d be worth it to avoid the hassle. The 3 day was bought March 2018 and expires 1/14/20. No date restriction other than that.
7. If I bought a 2 day date based do you think it would recognize both tickets and not drop off the Fastpass?
1. With "short" tickets, that can seem to be true.
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HOWEVER:
3-day Base, "typical date" $383.
2-day Base, "typical date" $269
Both tickets, Combined $652.
BUT:
5-day Base, "typical date" $485.
You could be paying about $170 TOO MUCH
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2. Yes, it will.
3. Correct.
4. Not true.
Guests can have (and use) as many tickets as they like.
5. Anything is possible. But, you are really fearing a lot of worst-case situations.
6. If that's what you want to do, you certainly CAN do it. But, it will COST you.
7. Yes.
Now, try to relax and get ready to enjoy your upcoming WDW vacation!
 
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1. With "short" tickets, that can seem to be true.
--------------------------------------------------------
HOWEVER:
3-day Base, "typical date" $383.
2-day Base, "typical date" $269
Both tickets, Combined $652.
BUT:
5-day Base, "typical date" $485.
You could be paying about $170 TOO MUCH
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2. Yes, it will.
3. Correct.
4. Not true.
Guests can have (and use) as many tickets as they like.
5. Anything is possible. But, you are really fearing a lot of worst-case situations.
6. If that's what you want to do, you certainly CAN do it. But, it will COST you.
7. Yes.
Now, try to relax and get ready to enjoy your upcoming WDW vacation!
Thanks Robo! I paid 278 for the ticket from UT. Will I get that price for it when using it to upgrade? Sorry for all the questions. I really appreciate your help.
 
Nope.
He can use his original ticket days (at no additional charge) no matter how old he is.
If he has significantly "aged out" of a child's ticket (say he has turned 14 or so, or even older) by the time he is ready to use any of the remaining days, he can go to any ticket booth or Guest Relations and have the remaining "days" converted to an adult ticket with the same assets (including non-expiration) as the original ticket.

Disney does not penalize kids for getting older.
oh wow. Glad I mentioned that. I did not know that. All the more reason to maybe hang onto those for a while.

How does that work for an old, normal MYW 5-day ticket (that was bought when tickets had no expiration dates). I also bought 2 adult and 1 child 5-day tickets (no hopper) right when they announced tickets would start having expiration dates.

Those tickets havent been attached to our MDE account yet. Since those tickets need to be used in one trip, do I need to use those tickets before he turns 10? or does the same Magic apply for those tickets as they were purchased when he was a child? I can always use that ticket in the future for my daughter (since I have 7 years before she turns 10.

I had my kids way too late :) I totally would have stocked up on those no-expiration tickets back in 2014 if I had known they would have gotten rid of them and raised prices SO much. I just couldnt justify spending thousands of dollars on future tickets, even though, in hindsight, it would have saved me thousands of dollars.
 
Good Morning,
I’m back again with more questions. So, we renewed our APs that expire 12/20. I was able to get FP + for 12/18, 12/19, 12/20 and with my new AP I got FP+ for 12/21, 12/23, 12/24 and 12/25. We will be at a Disney until 1/6, so I was hoping to get 7 FP+ days with new AP. However, this morning I couldn’t get anymore. I called and they said it is 7 total (staying offsite) with both passes combined. I guess I assumed incorrectly that it was 7 FP+ days per pass. It seems like I would have been better off saving money and buying 10 day tickets.

Does this all sound correct?

I still get to go to Disney for Christmas, so really I can’t complain, but I am a little bummed this morning to not get FP+ at 30 day mark for the busiest week of the year.
 
My daughter is dancing in Disney and we will be purchasing her and my sons ticket through the group. 4 day park hopper is $439. Do we think (or not think) these can be upgraded to an AP?
 
oh wow. Glad I mentioned that. I did not know that. All the more reason to maybe hang onto those for a while.

How does that work for an old, normal MYW 5-day ticket (that was bought when tickets had no expiration dates). I also bought 2 adult and 1 child 5-day tickets (no hopper) right when they announced tickets would start having expiration dates.

Those tickets havent been attached to our MDE account yet. Since those tickets need to be used in one trip, do I need to use those tickets before he turns 10? or does the same Magic apply for those tickets as they were purchased when he was a child? I can always use that ticket in the future for my daughter (since I have 7 years before she turns 10.

I had my kids way too late :) I totally would have stocked up on those no-expiration tickets back in 2014 if I had known they would have gotten rid of them and raised prices SO much. I just couldnt justify spending thousands of dollars on future tickets, even though, in hindsight, it would have saved me thousands of dollars.

In order for a child's ticket to be upgraded to adult at no charge (as I described in my previous post to you,) that ticket must have been partially USED by that child while still under 10 years of age.

In order for a never-used child's ticket to finally be used by an adult-aged guest, that ticket must upgraded to a current adult ticket (subject to the current rules of upgrading. $$
 
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My daughter is dancing in Disney and we will be purchasing her and my sons ticket through the group. 4 day park hopper is $439. Do we think (or not think) these can be upgraded to an AP?
I'm going to GUESS that it can be upgraded. I'm never sure, as price guests pay on these "special tickets" can be sometimes affected by the "deals" some groups make with Disney. (Or vice-versa.)

If that, in fact, is possible to do, in the upgrade transaction, you would only be allowed the amount the group organizers arranged to pay Disney for the ticket.
 
Good Morning,
I’m back again with more questions. So, we renewed our APs that expire 12/20. I was able to get FP + for 12/18, 12/19, 12/20 and with my new AP I got FP+ for 12/21, 12/23, 12/24 and 12/25. We will be at a Disney until 1/6, so I was hoping to get 7 FP+ days with new AP. However, this morning I couldn’t get anymore. I called and they said it is 7 total (staying offsite) with both passes combined.
1. I guess I assumed incorrectly that it was 7 FP+ days per pass.
2. It seems like I would have been better off saving money and buying 10 day tickets.
3. Does this all sound correct?
1. You don't have two APs.
A "renewed" AP is still only one AP... that has been "extended" by a year.
(That's why you get a special renewal price.)
2. That logic escapes me, if you intend on making additional trips next year.
(Which would seem likely since you renewed your AP.)
3. Yes. See #1.

If you had not already renewed your current AP, there would have been a way to do what you want... so you would have been able to book a greater number of FP days to cover both parts of your trip. That option would have cost about 15% more than you paid for the AP renewal, but it would still have given you a full AP for next year.
 
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I realize that it isn't necessary to use a day on your ticket before upgrading to an annual pass in order to get price bridging. However, is it okay if you go ahead and use a day before you upgrade to an annual pass? Also, we will have some friends with us who will be adding an extra day to their tickets. Can they also go in the parks for a day before we go through the guest relations hassle. We'd just like to hit the ground running on our first day :)
 
I realize that it isn't necessary to use a day on your ticket before upgrading to an annual pass in order to get price bridging. However, is it okay if you go ahead and use a day before you upgrade to an annual pass? Also, we will have some friends with us who will be adding an extra day to their tickets. Can they also go in the parks for a day before we go through the guest relations hassle. We'd just like to hit the ground running on our first day :)
Yes to both questions. For your friends, the sooner they add the extra day, the sooner they can book FPs for that day.
 
Thanks Robo! I paid 278 for the ticket from UT. Will I get that price for it when using it to upgrade? Sorry for all the questions. I really appreciate your help.
You will get MORE than that.
It doesn't matter what you paid UT for the ticket.
It only matters what was the price on-line from Disney when your ticket was created.

See Post #6 in the thread on which we are now posting to determine what your upgrade cost will be.
 
We have two mid-day magic park hopper tickets. Our flight just got changed so we'll have until 3:30 on our last day. Should we buy a single day ticket on it's own or upgrade our mid-day magic park hoppers to be all day tickets? We could (in theory) get to the parks before noon on the other days of our vacation, but it's highly unlikely given who we are.
 
In order for a child's ticket to be upgraded to adult at no charge (as I described in my previous post to you,) that ticket must have been partially USED by that child while still under 10 years of age.

In order for a never-used child's ticket to finally be used by an adult-aged guest, that ticket must upgraded to a current adult ticket (subject to the current rules of upgrading. $$
Thanks .. so it sounds like I will just give that 5-day ticket to my daughter then if I decide to use that ticket AFTER my son turns 10.

This is what I have stashed away from purchases made in 2014-2015.
Me - 4 days left on 10-day hopper non-exipiring ticket, 5-day MYW (non-hopper)
Wife - 4 days left on 10-day hopper non-exipiring ticket, 5-day MYW (non-hopper)
Son - 8 days left on 10-day hopper non-expiring ticket, Child's 5-day MYW (non-hopper)
Daughter -No tickets

Basically, I have enough tickets for 2 trips (4 days and 5 days), thus the reason of thinking getting my daughter an AP .. and just going on those 2 trips in a 12 month period.

I just need to figure out when I would want to start those two trips in 2020 (in order to try and "catch" the opening of as many new rides as possible).
 

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