No Expiration Option

[Janetay14]

Can you add the no expiration option after you have booked a trip, but before the 45 day mark? Since we are planning on going to the water parks on our Buy 4 get 3 trip in May, I'm not sure we will have enough time to go the parks for 7 days. We also got park hopper (I can't live without it!), so it will be easy to go to the parks whenever we want and take advantage of EMH. I thought if we got no expiration on the tickets, it would be a good excuse to go back in October and hit MNSSHP (never been) and all we have to do is book a room since we drive.

 

[slappy magoo]

As long as you have at least one valid day of admission left on any ticket, it can be bumped up. You can add more days, make it a park hopper (if you haven't already, which you have) add no expiration/waterparks, you can make it an annual pass, whatever.

The only caveats, of course, are:

the enhanced ticket can only be used by the original user (in other words, don't add no expiration and plan to give or sell it to someone else),

and

the additional fees will be based on current prices (in other words, if the price of tickets increased since you bought your original ticket, you'll have to pay current prices to upgrade, NOT the price you would've paid when you first bought the ticket).

 

[noname70]

you should add days to the tic if youre doing no expiration.

 

[Rob562]

One other thing that Slappy kinda said but didn't say outright is that after you've started to use the ticket, upgrades of any kind MUST be done within the first 14 days from the first use of the ticket. Even if you add the No Expiration option, the ticket cannot be upgraded or changed in any way after that 14-day mark.

Also, the price of the No Expiration will be based on the *total* number of days on the ticket, not how many you have left. So if you've used 6 of the 7 days on your ticket, it will cost you about $117 to make that single remaining day No Expiration. You should think hard as to whether that price is worth it to save that one day.

-Rob

 

[DisneyMarg]

First, to answer your question. Yes, I agree with other posters, you can add no expiry once you get to the park. You can do it at any guest services or resort desk. We have done this before. You can also add days.

Second, there is a lot of emotional value in adding no expiry, even if it isn't a great deal financially (which it can be). We have done exactly what you propose for years and I LOVE the thought that I always have an extra 2 or 3 Disney days in my pocket for whenever we can drive down for a quick visit.

Disney has changed the way no expiry is priced, and it is no longer the killer deal it used to be. But, it can still save some money.

You already have a 7 day ticket. It will cost an additional $110 to add no expiry to your current tickets. For $209 more you can make it a 10-day ticket with no expiry ($9 for the three extra days and $200 for the no expiry). However, with the added cost for 10 day no expiry, you won't save as much as if you stick with your 7 day tickets and add no expiry. The table below assumes you will want park hopper on future visits when comparing the future ticket price. And, it doesn't factor in price increases, which your no expriy can guard against.

Add no expiry on 7 days $110
...............................Future Ticket Price.....Savings due to no expiry
Use 3d with 4 left............$269...............................$159
Use 4d with 3 left............$262...............................$152
Use 5d with 2 left............$199...............................$89
Use 6d with 1 left............$125...............................$15

Add 3 days and no expiry $209
...............................Future Ticket Price.....Savings due to no expiry
Use 3d with 7 left............$278...............................$69
Use 4d with 6 left............$275...............................$66
Use 5d with 5 left............$272...............................$63
Use 6d with 4 left............$269...............................$60

There is one more consideration. If you only use 3 days and are close enough to come back for quick visits, adding 3 days with no expiry will give you SEVEN leftover days, which for us would mean TWO trips - a 3-day and a 4-day. If, in the future, you bought a 3-day ticket and then a 4-day ticket, this would cost $531! So adding the 3 days with no expiry saves you $322! Now THAT's a good deal!!!

I've been pondering this for our future visits, so your question gave me a good excuse to look up prices and work it out.

 

[epcotWSC]

No expiration is the best thing ever. Last year I bought a 10 day ticket with park hopper, water parks, and no expiration for $500. If I were to buy a 5 day ticket last year and then another 5 day this year, it would definitely work out to much more (5 day with park hopper and water parks is $322 this year).

 

[wannabeBelle]

Another option depending on your plans and scheduling is to take your ticket and apply it to an annual pass!!! If your trips are within one year of each other or if you think a third trip might be possible, the annual pass is just amazing for that. I got an Annual pass in 2002 and havent looked back since. Belle