WestYorkshireUK
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2014
I am really hoping someone can help me. I will start by saying that I am in the UK so don't know if that will make any difference.
We went to Disney for the first time last year and absolutely fell in love with the place so we are booked to go back in 2016.
The problem I have is I have 2 sons one of whom is over 10 and the other will be 9 3/4 when we go. He will be just 1 month off his 10th birthday. We cannot amend the dates we go and in the UK you are fined for taking a child out of school during term time. Killjoys!
We got free dining last year but my youngest son was upset about his cookie dessert compared to his brother's cupcake. We kept having to swap out our desserts with him as we could see how unfair it was in his mind. Personally I am sick of cookies and grapes.
We have booked to go back next year as a package, so all flights, tickets, POR hotel etc are booked through Virgin holidays. Again we get free dining. We wanted to age up our almost 10 year old but because we have flights from the UK booked his true age has to be shown to match his passport. We only want the tickets and dining part to be altered but they cannot do it as it is a package.
They have a holiday rep in Florida who they emailed and they have said they cannot do it at their end either but I got the feeling that it could be done but it is a hassle.
Is there any way I can visit a guest relations place and upgrade my son's Disney child ticket to an adult ticket, and pay the difference?
I know that we can use the loophole of the child/adult credits but we would rather it was all above board.
Thank you.
We went to Disney for the first time last year and absolutely fell in love with the place so we are booked to go back in 2016.
The problem I have is I have 2 sons one of whom is over 10 and the other will be 9 3/4 when we go. He will be just 1 month off his 10th birthday. We cannot amend the dates we go and in the UK you are fined for taking a child out of school during term time. Killjoys!
We got free dining last year but my youngest son was upset about his cookie dessert compared to his brother's cupcake. We kept having to swap out our desserts with him as we could see how unfair it was in his mind. Personally I am sick of cookies and grapes.
We have booked to go back next year as a package, so all flights, tickets, POR hotel etc are booked through Virgin holidays. Again we get free dining. We wanted to age up our almost 10 year old but because we have flights from the UK booked his true age has to be shown to match his passport. We only want the tickets and dining part to be altered but they cannot do it as it is a package.
They have a holiday rep in Florida who they emailed and they have said they cannot do it at their end either but I got the feeling that it could be done but it is a hassle.
Is there any way I can visit a guest relations place and upgrade my son's Disney child ticket to an adult ticket, and pay the difference?
I know that we can use the loophole of the child/adult credits but we would rather it was all above board.
Thank you.