Can we use an extra days pass to "park hop" the last day?

[TERRILYNN]

We are staying at DIsney 6 nights, so with our package came 6 day tickets, but we've decided it will be pretty late when we arrive, and we will leave the morning we check out, which leaves us with 5 days for the parks. We want to do 3 days at Magic Kingdom, 1 day at Epcot, would we be able to do 1/2 day at Hollywood Studios/Animal kingdom on our last ticket? Do they allow you to change parks on the same day if you have 2 tickets left but no park hopper?

 

[ExtinctJenn]

No unfortunately you can't use your passes at more than one park in a day, even if there are multiple days left. I attempted that on a recent trip and learned the hard way. What you can do however is add park hopper to just the days left. So for example, you use your 3 days at MK, your 1 day at Epcot and then can add park hopper to the last 2 days on the ticket.

 

[Nemo14]

I think you have to add Park Hopper to the entire length of the ticket don't you?

edit: just checked - I guess it's a flat rate per ticket, not per day.

 

[Master Yoda]

No unfortunately you can't use your passes at more than one park in a day, even if there are multiple days left. I attempted that on a recent trip and learned the hard way. What you can do however is add park hopper to just the days left. So for example, you use your 3 days at MK, your 1 day at Epcot and then can add park hopper to the last 2 days on the ticket.

I think you have to add Park Hopper to the entire length of the ticket don't you?

Park hopping is the same price regardless of the length of your ticket with one exception. You can add park hopping to a one day ticket for a reduced price ($37.28) but that option disappears once you buy a 2 day or greater ticket. If you purchased a 2 day or greater ticket and added park hopping on the last day you would still have to pay the full $60.71 price for park hopping.

 

[TERRILYNN]

Darn, I'm glad I asked! Thank you!!

 

[wilkeliza]

You could try calling Disney and adjusting the package so it is only a 5 day pass and just add on park hopper either when you get to the last day or for the entire trip. Maybe they could credit the amount (although little) between a 5 and 6 day to the park hopper option.

 

[Rob562]

You could try calling Disney and adjusting the package so it is only a 5 day pass and just add on park hopper either when you get to the last day or for the entire trip. Maybe they could credit the amount (although little) between a 5 and 6 day to the park hopper option.

They can make the change as long as they're outside of their 45-day window.

Inside 45 days, there will be a change fee to change the package, and the fee would be more than the savings. Or, if they *do* add Park Hopper but also remove a day, that should still be a more expensive ticket, and thus avoid the change fee. (The fee is waived if your change results in a more-expensive package booking)

-Rob

 

[tare]

No--you will have to add the park hopper to your whole vacation which is a wise choice anyway

 

[N234MickeyMouse]

Friends of mine did not get the park hopper option on their trip last year... and stuck to one-park-per-day through the entire trip. On the next-to-last day, they spent the day at Epcot while their parents were at DHS. They were supposed to meet with the parents outside the turnstiles of DHS towards the end of the day and then take the boat to the Boardwalk for dinner. Unfortunately, my friend's wife and daughter went through the turnstiles (without any problem) to meet the parents. It wasn't until the following day when the two of them couldn't get past the MK turnstiles.

At first, they didn't realize what was going-on till they went to check the tickets and the CM told them they were used at DHS the previous day... then they remembered going through the turnstiles... and that counted as a new day against their passes. Then they bought two new one-day passes for their final day of vacation.

I'm guessing it was a fluke and wouldn't depend on it. The FAQ on the DisneyParks ticket package does say you'd officially need park hopper-enabled passes to do what you want.

 

[Laura]

Friends of mine did not get the park hopper option on their trip last year... and stuck to one-park-per-day through the entire trip. On the next-to-last day, they spent the day at Epcot while their parents were at DHS. They were supposed to meet with the parents outside the turnstiles of DHS towards the end of the day and then take the boat to the Boardwalk for dinner. Unfortunately, my friend's wife and daughter went through the turnstiles (without any problem) to meet the parents. It wasn't until the following day when the two of them couldn't get past the MK turnstiles.

At first, they didn't realize what was going-on till they went to check the tickets and the CM told them they were used at DHS the previous day... then they remembered going through the turnstiles... and that counted as a new day against their passes. Then they bought two new one-day passes for their final day of vacation.

I'm guessing it was a fluke and wouldn't depend on it. The FAQ on the DisneyParks ticket package does say you'd officially need park hopper-enabled passes to do what you want.

OMG who are you? This is what happened to me in November. Exactly to the letter. Bizarre.

My daughter had been very sick with a stomach bug the whole vacation (throwing up, etc) and she spent the day with my parents resting off the tail end of her illness. Finally she was feeling better that evening so my parents met up with me at DHS to hand off my daughter to me so that I could take her to Magic Kingdom (my parents wanted to see Osbourne Lights, so that's why we met there).

The problem was, they accidentally met me on the inside of the turnstiles instead of the outside without thinking. My daughter was only in DHS for about 30 seconds and then we headed to Magic Kingdom, not thinking about the fact that an entire day of admission was just wasted by her stepping 1 foot into the park for less than a minute. We realized the mistake when we got to Magic Kingdom and she couldn't get in (because there was no hopper option on the ticket). We ran to guest relations and explained what we did, and the woman was not at all sympathetic. She wasn't willing to look up the times the ticket had been used or anything. She said my daughter could not go into the Magic Kingdom unless we paid a fortune to add a hopper to her ticket, just because she had accidentally stepped into DHS. Boy was I furious. My poor kid had spent the whole vacation sick as a dog and she was so excited to finally go to the Magic Kingdom once she started feeling better. When the guest relations woman told us "too bad", my little girl was devastated and had tears running down her face. The woman didn't give 2 squats. So after the 45 minute journey from DHS to MK (which of course we spent hyping my daughter up for the evening and asking her all the rides she wanted to go on at MK), we had to turn around and go back to the resort in tears. She never did get to go to a park that day.

Now I'm all ticked off again thinking about it. I've never been so furious with Disney before. I wish I had asked for a manager, but I was doing all *I* could not to cry at the moment and just needed to leave.

 

[NewfieFan]

OMG who are you? This is what happened to me in November. Exactly to the letter. Bizarre.

My daughter had been very sick with a stomach bug the whole vacation (throwing up, etc) and she spent the day with my parents resting off the tail end of her illness. Finally she was feeling better that evening so my parents met up with me at DHS to hand off my daughter to me so that I could take her to Magic Kingdom (my parents wanted to see Osbourne Lights, so that's why we met there).

The problem was, they accidentally met me on the inside of the turnstiles instead of the outside without thinking. My daughter was only in DHS for about 30 seconds and then we headed to Magic Kingdom, not thinking about the fact that an entire day of admission was just wasted by her stepping 1 foot into the park for less than a minute. We realized the mistake when we got to Magic Kingdom and she couldn't get in (because there was no hopper option on the ticket). We ran to guest relations and explained what we did, and the woman was not at all sympathetic. She wasn't willing to look up the times the ticket had been used or anything. She said my daughter could not go into the Magic Kingdom unless we paid a fortune to add a hopper to her ticket, just because she had accidentally stepped into DHS. Boy was I furious. My poor kid had spent the whole vacation sick as a dog and she was so excited to finally go to the Magic Kingdom once she started feeling better. When the guest relations woman told us "too bad", my little girl was devastated and had tears running down her face. The woman didn't give 2 squats. So after the 45 minute journey from DHS to MK (which of course we spent hyping my daughter up for the evening and asking her all the rides she wanted to go on at MK), we had to turn around and go back to the resort in tears. She never did get to go to a park that day.

Now I'm all ticked off again thinking about it. I've never been so furious with Disney before. I wish I had asked for a manager, but I was doing all *I* could not to cry at the moment and just needed to leave.

That's such a sad story! I so would have asked for a manager. I know people try and cheat the system everyday but surely they could have checked to see if your story was legit.

 

[N234MickeyMouse]

OMG who are you? This is what happened to me in November. Exactly to the letter. Bizarre.

My daughter had been very sick with a stomach bug the whole vacation (throwing up, etc) and she spent the day with my parents resting off the tail end of her illness. Finally she was feeling better that evening so my parents met up with me at DHS to hand off my daughter to me so that I could take her to Magic Kingdom (my parents wanted to see Osbourne Lights, so that's why we met there).

The problem was, they accidentally met me on the inside of the turnstiles instead of the outside without thinking. My daughter was only in DHS for about 30 seconds and then we headed to Magic Kingdom, not thinking about the fact that an entire day of admission was just wasted by her stepping 1 foot into the park for less than a minute. We realized the mistake when we got to Magic Kingdom and she couldn't get in (because there was no hopper option on the ticket). We ran to guest relations and explained what we did, and the woman was not at all sympathetic. She wasn't willing to look up the times the ticket had been used or anything. She said my daughter could not go into the Magic Kingdom unless we paid a fortune to add a hopper to her ticket, just because she had accidentally stepped into DHS. Boy was I furious. My poor kid had spent the whole vacation sick as a dog and she was so excited to finally go to the Magic Kingdom once she started feeling better. When the guest relations woman told us "too bad", my little girl was devastated and had tears running down her face. The woman didn't give 2 squats. So after the 45 minute journey from DHS to MK (which of course we spent hyping my daughter up for the evening and asking her all the rides she wanted to go on at MK), we had to turn around and go back to the resort in tears. She never did get to go to a park that day.

Now I'm all ticked off again thinking about it. I've never been so furious with Disney before. I wish I had asked for a manager, but I was doing all *I* could not to cry at the moment and just needed to leave.

They tried the manager-route... didn't help either. Shame... I also wish it hadn't happened to someone who wasn't a "fan" of going to the parks before this mess. He told me "That's the last time I go to Disney" when he got back. You'd think that since it's NOT supposed to happen anyway, they'd be a little more accommodating. I'm also surprised they didn't "fix" the system after it happened to you... not that I think it would change my buddy's opinion (I think he hates people, and certainly, crowds as a rule) but they'd have saved $180 on those final-day tickets for his wife & daughter. He was going to do like you did--just go back to the resort. Grandpa wanted one final day with everyone so he forked-over the dough for the two one-day tickets.

They did get an explanation, of sorts... Even though they have a time when you enter the park through the turnstiles, they have no way of telling when you left the park to see if it was 30 seconds, or a couple minutes in their case, or a few hours.

 

[crosswagon]

No--you will have to add the park hopper to your whole vacation which is a wise choice anyway

I agree with this being a wise choice. The park hopper does add more to the ticket price but the freedom of going to all the parks in one day if you choose is worth the extra.