Need Help with Gifted Tickets!!!

[rowdyray]

I have recently had the good fortune of being the recepient of Disney tickets from another individual that can not go nor will be able to go in the near future. The tickets are not the exact day length we would prefer nor are they hopper passes. More importantly, two of the tickets are also children tickets when we need adult tickets. I don't think my eighteen and fourteen year old daughters will pass for nine. It is our understanding that tickets can be added onto or changed at the theme parks. My real question concerns the name associated with the tickets. The tickets do not have a name printed on them, but seem to be assigned to the previous owner. When arriving in Disney, will the name be an issue? Can we still change them, or will we be required to show ID? The tickets are a legitimate gift, and we are not trying to do anything illegal or unethical. I know the tickets say nontransferable, so what does that mean exactly? Any help with this issue will be greatly appreciate.

 

[Master Yoda]

If there is a name associated with the tickets it is very likely that you will not be able to use them especially if you need to modify them. In most cases you will be asked to produce ID when upgrading or modifying a ticket. Non-transferable means exactly that. Once a person buys and uses a ticket no other person can use them regardless if they were a gift, sold, found etc.

 

[Nemo14]

Master Yoda is correct - they are non-transferable. If they have never been used for park entry, you might be able to use the adult ones, but they will not upgrade a child's ticket to adult unless it was a ticket specifically bought for a child who later turned to "adult" age.

 

[sbkline]

Have these tickets already been used? When you check into a theme park, in addition to running your ticket through the machine, you also have to put your finger into a scanner. From that moment on, the ticket is forever associated with that fingerprint. So once a ticket is used, it is totally nontransferable.

However, if the ticket has not yet been used, I'm not totally sure. I guess if I go online or to the local Disney store and purchase a generic ticket (for whatever amount of days), I could give it to you and no one would know the difference, since no name is on it. However, if the ticket is purchased as part of a magic your way package, and you receive it when you check in and it has your name on it, I suppose you could give it to someone else, since they don't ask for ID at the parks.

However, if you actually get to the resort, check in and have your tickets in hand with your name on them, it's hard to imagine that they would still be totally unused...unless there was some kind of emergency requiring the person to leave the resort before using his park tickets. More than likely, though, if the person gets as far as the check in counter at the resort, then he has probably used at least one day of park admission on the ticket.

 

[sbkline]

My real question concerns the name associated with the tickets. The tickets do not have a name printed on them, but seem to be assigned to the previous owner.

I seem to have missed that part of your post when I responded previously. Could you elaborate on this? I'm not sure how a ticket without a name on it can be "associated with a previous owner". When we checked into POR in April, we received our tickets with our names on them. However, on our previous off property trips (under the old ticket structure), I simply went online and ordered two 4 day parkhoppers. These had no names on them and could have been used by anyone. I guess I'm kind of confused how it can be associated with a previous owner if there is no name on them.

 

[rowdyray]

The tickets have no names on them, but are attatched to a piece of paper with the previous owner's name. The paper also states a reservation number. The previous owner could not go to WDW at her scheduled time because of a medical emergency with her son. She had a reservation and tickets. Disney refunded her room, but instead of refunding her tickets, Disney sent her passes with no expiration date, (like most purchased park passes). She is now moving and will not be going any time soon. So, she has graciously said my family and I can use them. Are the tickets actually assigned to her since they do not have a name on them? Could she call Disney and modify the tickets for us? We could could then pay the extra required and not have to worry about ID at the parks.

 

[raven]

The fact is, Disney is making it more and more difficult to use other people's tickets...even if they were given to you as a gift. If they were used already once then a ingerprint will already be associated with that ticket. If they haven't been used already you should have no problem. While most tickets won't have names on them (unless it is an AP) a used ticket will still be tracked back to the original owner. Simply put, Disney does this to make money by not having people pass off their tickets so they have to buy their own. If you received an exchange voucher from The Disney Store as a gift, simply go to Guest Relations when you get to WDW and they will issue you a real ticket for entry. Hope this clears up a few things. :wave:

 

[Master Yoda]

It sounds like you have vouchers and not actual tickets. If that is the case then you are home free. Just tell them you received them as a gift and you want to modify them and you should be credited the purchase price of the tickets toward your upgrade.