can u sell your unused park tickets?

[wdisney9000]

my brother was sent 3 day park hopper tickets to WDW due to a problem he had on his last trip. We were debating the legal issues of selling them. Anybody know if you are allowed to? He isnt going to sell them, they are going in Sept. just curious and didnt want to call Disney and wait on hold forever.

 

[BigTxEars]

I would guess you could up until the point you use them the first time. Not sure if legally that would be an issue but it's an interesting question. Can't see it being different than concert tickets, football tickets etc. from a legal standpoint.

 

[wdisney9000]

I would guess you could up until the point you use them the first time. Not sure if legally that would be an issue but it's an interesting question. Can't see it being different than concert tickets, football tickets etc. from a legal standpoint.

We thought the same thing. Only issue being that they were given to him by Disney as a gift to make up for a problem he had, he didn't purchase them. Does that affect the situation any? That's where the debate kind of began. He says sure, what's the difference. I argue since he didn't purchase them, is it legal to profit from it?

 

[R W B]

If they are hard in hand tickets I see no reason why you couldn't sell them legally, even if they were a gift.

Does it say anything on the ticket about not selling?

 

[BigTxEars]

We thought the same thing. Only issue being that they were given to him by Disney as a gift to make up for a problem he had, he didn't purchase them. Does that affect the situation any? That's where the debate kind of began. He says sure, what's the difference. I argue since he didn't purchase them, is it legal to profit from it?

From a moral standpoint I can see your point but then again if they had just given him a refund for the tickets he bought when the incident occurred he would have been able to pocket the money. The free tickets are in a way a refund so I do not see a moral issue really

 

[cw1982]

The only thing I wonder about is whether or not the tickets are assigned to him. If they are tied to him somehow in Disney's system no one else would be able to use them. I'm not sure if he would have to have them listed in MDE for that to happen or not... but that's the only thing that might keep him from being able to effectively sell them.

 

[Mouse_Trap]

If they are unused then I don't any problem with selling them from a physical pov - I assume they don't have their names printed on them?

From a legal pov, I'm not sure but can't think why not. Do the tickets have non-transferable or similar printed on them?

 

[Goofyernmost]

If they are unused then I don't any problem with selling them from a physical pov - I assume they don't have their names printed on them?

From a legal pov, I'm not sure but can't think why not. Do the tickets have non-transferable or similar printed on them?

I would think that unless they are linked to his name it's just like any other ticket that is purchased outright. You can give them as gifts, etc. The big thing now is the My Magic set up, if they are hard (credit card) type tickets they may very well be recorded under his name. If they are paper, I doubt that they are traceable to one individual, but, the person that uses them will have to transfer them to the "new" style ticket. Kinda iffy I think since we don't really know how far they have taken the system.

 

[Tom]

I don't think there's a form of Disney theme park ticket which isn't non-transferable.

 

[rct247]

Completely unused and unassigned tickets are probably able to be sold, but if you have partially used them or have them assigned to you, technically they are not.

Disney really doesn't want you to, but there are all those "Cheap Tickets" and Sell Unused Tickets Here" booths around Disney that are still doing business.

 

[CaptainShortty]

Here are the guidelines from the Disney website...


The 1-Day Ticket: Magic Kingdom Park is valid for admission to Magic Kingdom park. This ticket is not valid at EPCOT or Disney’s Hollywood Studios or Disney’s Animal Kingdom park.

The 1-Day Ticket: EPCOT or Disney’s Hollywood Studios or Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park is valid for admission to any one of these 3 parks. This ticket is not valid at Magic Kingdom park.

Multi-day tickets (2- to 10-day tickets) are valid for admission to any one of the 4 theme parks per day.

Tickets and any options purchased must be used within 14 days of first use, except for Florida Resident 3-Day and 4-Day Tickets. Florida Resident 3-Day and 4-Day Tickets expire 6 months after first use or December 17, 2015, whichever comes first, and may not be used on the following blockout dates: April 12 – April 25, 2014; June 7 – August 14, 2014; December 18, 2014 – January 2, 2015; March 28 – April 10, 2015; June 6 – August 13, 2015.

For Florida resident tickets, all adults will need to show proof of Florida residency at park entrance.

All tickets and options are nontransferable and nonrefundable and exclude activities/events separately priced. Water Parks subject to rehabilitation, seasonal and weather closures.

†Guests under 18 years of age must have parent or guardian permission to call.

To me, that would mean that you cannot sell them since they were allocated to you. But, I don't have any concrete information whether you can or cannot.

 

[draybook]

In other words, legally you're not supposed to but we know what that means. Just like you're not supposed to speed but it's at your discretion.

 

[slappy magoo]

I would guess you could up until the point you use them the first time. Not sure if legally that would be an issue but it's an interesting question. Can't see it being different than concert tickets, football tickets etc. from a legal standpoint.

Well legally you can sell concert tickets or other event tickets, you're just not supposed to be able to profit from them by selling them above the face value (I think there's a tiny bit of wiggle room, like 3% or so to cover whatever you may have paid for S&H). It would seem silly to "scalp" theme park tickets since it's not like they're going to stop selling them. The only way I can think of that being worthwhile is if you bought a bunch of passes now and then sat on them until WDW raised prices to a point where you could sell your tix at a markup and still be cheaper than WDW, almost like what the big bulk sellers like Undercover Tourist and Maple Leaf does but with smaller volume and more time.

To the OP, as others have said, it probably depends on the sorts of tix that were given to your brother. If they are generic tix that anyone could use, they'll never know. If they already have his name or some defining element to them, they can't.

 

[Phonedave]

Then I gues technicaly I transfer tickets all the time (as I am sure many here do)

When we go to WDW, I buy tickets through work (because I get a discount). I buy enough tickets for everyone who is going (family, extended family, friends, etc). At no point do I put their names on the order form. The only name on the order is mine, and the only form of payment is my credit card.

I then take these tickets and "sell" them to my family and friends for the price I paid for them. They then register them under their names.

I am not sure where "ownership" and the transfer thereof takes place.

-dave

 

[thomas998]

All tickets and options are nontransferable and nonrefundable and exclude activities/events separately priced. Water Parks subject to rehabilitation, seasonal and weather closures.

†Guests under 18 years of age must have parent or guardian permission to call.

To me, that would mean that you cannot sell them since they were allocated to you. But, I don't have any concrete information whether you can or cannot.

I think you are getting too hung up on the "All tickets and options are nontransferable and nonrefundable" part which is really just boiler plate that is ignored undermost circumstances. Disney doesn't want you to buy a 7 day ticket use 3 days, hand it to someone else that will use it for 2 days and then pass it along to yet another to use for 2 days... but if you wanted to go by the exact wording, then when Mom buys tickets to WDW she couldn't give the kids their tickets or even give Dad his ticket because technically this would all be transferring the ticket from one person to another.

IF the ticket has someones name listed on it then it should only be used by that person, however if it is the first time the ticket will be used it shouldn't matter because they aren't going to check ID's along with the ticket to get in the first time... I know at DL where they photograph you when you first use a ticket that they didn't even get the photos of the right folks in my part connected to the right tickets. My two daughters had to swap tickets in the future because they were each linked to the wrong photos in their system. In most cases the linking of a ticket to a person happens when the ticket is first used to enter the park.

 

[thomas998]

Well legally you can sell concert tickets or other event tickets, you're just not supposed to be able to profit from them by selling them above the face value (I think there's a tiny bit of wiggle room, like 3% or so to cover whatever you may have paid for S&H). It would seem silly to "scalp" theme park tickets since it's not like they're going to stop selling them. The only way I can think of that being worthwhile is if you bought a bunch of passes now and then sat on them until WDW raised prices to a point where you could sell your tix at a markup and still be cheaper than WDW, almost like what the big bulk sellers like Undercover Tourist and Maple Leaf does but with smaller volume and more time.

To the OP, as others have said, it probably depends on the sorts of tix that were given to your brother. If they are generic tix that anyone could use, they'll never know. If they already have his name or some defining element to them, they can't.

I think the scalping is pretty much a state by state sometimes city by city issue. I have lived in some places where you couldn't sell a ticket for more than face value period, others where they had no scalping laws and you would see people in front of concerts trying to sell tickets for 3 or 4 times the face value and it was completely legal.

 

[LAKid53]

Until the "tickets" are used, they are the property of whoever has possession of them (unless your name is printed on the voucher). Remember, once you enter a park, Disney tags your fingerprint to the ticket (there is a bar code on the old paper/card tickets), so after that, it would not be transferrable to anyone else - unless they are your identical twin with the same fingerprint.

 

[LAKid53]

Well legally you can sell concert tickets or other event tickets, you're just not supposed to be able to profit from them by selling them above the face value (I think there's a tiny bit of wiggle room, like 3% or so to cover whatever you may have paid for S&H). It would seem silly to "scalp" theme park tickets since it's not like they're going to stop selling them. The only way I can think of that being worthwhile is if you bought a bunch of passes now and then sat on them until WDW raised prices to a point where you could sell your tix at a markup and still be cheaper than WDW, almost like what the big bulk sellers like Undercover Tourist and Maple Leaf does but with smaller volume and more time.

To the OP, as others have said, it probably depends on the sorts of tix that were given to your brother. If they are generic tix that anyone could use, they'll never know. If they already have his name or some defining element to them, they can't.

Florida statute allows you to resell a ticket for this type of activity for no more than $1 above the admission price charged by the original ticket seller. Of course, you must also charge and remit State of Florida sales taxes for the % in Orange County, which I think is 6.5%.