Old Tickets

[minniefriend]

We have 4 disney world tickets from 1989 that have 1 day each left on them. Does anyone know if they can be upgraded? What credit do you get for them when upgrading? Or are they just worth the 1 day attendance each? The tickets say 4 day pass (day pass) to 3 parks (there was no animal kingdom) so I guess they are like a park hopper. They are stamped for 3 out of the 4 days.:animwink:

 

[Master Yoda]

They will still be good for one days admission but you will need to exchange hem for current ticket medium at guest services. With a ticket that old I am not exactly sure how they will handle an upgrade. I do know that you will not get any more credit that what you actually paid for the tickets.

Judging by this chart the most they would be worth in an upgrade situation is $97.

http://allears.net/tix/tixpix80.htm

 

[Pioneer Hall]

You will be offered the comparable ticket, back then they didn't have any clause on them that they couldn't be used. After animal kingdom opened they started putting "Cannot be used at any park commencing operation after April 1998" because so many people needed to exchange their tickets for the AK opening that it was quite the project. So you will be able to get a one day pass at any of the 4 parks.

 

[CleveRocks]

NO ticket can be upgraded (or used as credit towards the purchase of a new ticket) if it was first used more than 14 days ago (with some exceptions for certain Florida resident tickets not applicable here).

A ticket from 1989 can't be upgraded. Whatever entitlements remaining on it can be used, but it can't be added to, upgraded, or used for a trade-in.

 

[mp2bill]

Quick question...how do you still have tickets from 21 years ago?

 

[timeman]

NO ticket can be upgraded (or used as credit towards the purchase of a new ticket) if it was first used more than 14 days ago (with some exceptions for certain Florida resident tickets not applicable here).

A ticket from 1989 can't be upgraded. Whatever entitlements remaining on it can be used, but it can't be added to, upgraded, or used for a trade-in.

That only applies to the Magic Your Way tickets, which weren't started until 2005, unless you bought the No Expiration option. Tickets bought before then never expired until they were fully used.

 

[CleveRocks]

That only applies to the Magic Your Way tickets, which weren't started until 2005, unless you bought the No Expiration option. Tickets bought before then never expired until they were fully used.

You don't understand what I wrote. The old tickets can't be upgraded, added to, or traded-in for credit.

I agree that they can be USED, and I wrote that.

But you absolutely can't upgrade them in any way. The entitlements do not expire, but your rights to upgrade them indeed expire. There is a difference.

I'm 100% certain of this. Not my opinion. Disney fact.

 

[Javier Boughton]

Quick question...how do you still have tickets from 21 years ago?

And how did the handle park entrance back then? Theynpunch out the ticket?

 

[Rob562]

And how did the handle park entrance back then? Theynpunch out the ticket?

The tickets we had in 1995 (right before the conversion to mag-stripe tickets, which was 1996, I believe) it was a narrow piece of heavy paper/card. You handed it to the CM, and they inserted it down into a slot in the turnstile. The turnstile would punch a little bit out of the corner, and stamp the date used on the next available line. When all the lines were filled, your ticket was done.

They worked similar to how the old punch due-date cards did (or still do, perhaps) at your local library.

By my next trip in January 1997, it was mag stripes.

EDIT:
This is the style of ticket I remember from my '95 trip (photo from AllEars)
http://allears.net/tix/93-5dayMKCa.jpg
Looking back through all the old tickets, it looks like at some point before the mechanical punch tickets, the CMs at the gate simply date-stamped the date onto the spaces on the ticket.
http://allears.net/tix/tixpix70.htm

-Rob

 

[MissM]

Looking back through all the old tickets, it looks like at some point before the mechanical punch tickets, the CMs at the gate simply date-stamped the date onto the spaces on the ticket.
http://allears.net/tix/tixpix70.htm

-Rob

Yup, my first visit in 1984 was just stamped. And always crooked. This is 85's but mine looked like this: http://allears.net/tix/85-3day.jpg

I think I missed the years with the hole punch one. I went during the stamp phase and then the magnetic strip phase I believe.

 

[mcstensrud]

I had some tickets like that and I gave them to Make a Wish Years Later.

 

[RickyMouseMom]

I have some old tickets from 2004 that has the waterparks option on it. I believe there is one day admission left. Where do I have to go to find out? I want to use that day on a waterpark admission.

(We are going to WDW in July and did NOT buy the waterparks and more option because we wont be going to the waterpark more than once. I planned on paying OOP, but thought I would give my old tickets a shot)

Do I have to go to the waterpark with the old tickets? Can I find out through concierge at our hotel (Pop)? :shrug:

Thanks!:wave:

 

[Wilt Dasney]

EDIT:
This is the style of ticket I remember from my '95 trip (photo from AllEars)
http://allears.net/tix/93-5dayMKCa.jpg
Looking back through all the old tickets, it looks like at some point before the mechanical punch tickets, the CMs at the gate simply date-stamped the date onto the spaces on the ticket.
http://allears.net/tix/tixpix70.htm

-Rob

Yup, my first visit in 1984 was just stamped. And always crooked. This is 85's but mine looked like this: http://allears.net/tix/85-3day.jpg

I think I missed the years with the hole punch one. I went during the stamp phase and then the magnetic strip phase I believe.

Those are neat to see. Whatever advantages the current tickets have, I like how the old school tickets let you know how many days were left on them with a glance.

 

[Wilt Dasney]

Those are neat to see. Whatever advantages the current tickets have, I like how the old school tickets let you know how many days were left on them with a glance.

I have some old tickets from 2004 that has the waterparks option on it. I believe there is one day admission left. Where do I have to go to find out? I want to use that day on a waterpark admission.

Case in point. :lol:

If you have one of the newer tickets sitting around from a few years ago and suspect there are days left but can't quite remember, there's no way to find out without having Disney scan the ticket. With the old paper stock tickets, you could just look and see for yourself.

 

[CleveRocks]

Do I have to go to the waterpark with the old tickets? Can I find out through concierge at our hotel (Pop)? :shrug:

Thanks!:wave:

It's doubtful that Pop Century's Lobby Concierge will be able to help you with this one. They don't have access to the full ticketing system; they can pretty much handle only sales and run-of-the-mill upgrades. Can't hurt to ask, though.

The good news is that you don't need to go to a water park to find out the answer. You can go to ANY ticket window ... at any of the parks, at the Transportation & Ticket Center, at the water parks, and at two Guest Relations locations in Downtown Disney. EVERY ticket window is fully capable ... you can buy a non-water park Annual Pass at a water park, and the ticket window outside Epcot can answer your water park question for you.

 

[minniefriend]

1989 tickets

I'll bring the tickets to work tomorrow and scan them so you can all see, yes they look like the ones scanned earlier in the thread. We went to Disney for our honeymoon and just never used the last day. That was 21 years ago!! Next time (hopefully one day) we go to Disney we will take the tickets with us and see what we can do for a future trip after that. I think it sounds like its best not to rely on them doing much for us. I believe they are not expired, since there was no expiration and I remember them telling us that when we purchased them. Some people say they cannot be upgraded and others have said they will apply the cost of the ticket to an upgrade ($97 for 4 days back then!!!).

 

[CleveRocks]

Some people say they cannot be upgraded and others have said they will apply the cost of the ticket to an upgrade ($97 for 4 days back then!!!).

There are very few things I coulds possibly call myself an expert on, but the Disney ticketing system is one of them. Please trust me on this ... any admissions ("entitlements") left on the ticket are still good, but you simply can't use the ticket for upgrading or as a trade-in or credit. I study these things. I know these things. Believe me on this one.

I wish I knew more important stuff than this (outside of work) ... and so does my wife!:ROFLOL:

But if you go ahead and try it at WDW anyway, please come back to this old, dusty thread and update us. I'm confident about what you will report!

 

[Master Yoda]

I'll bring the tickets to work tomorrow and scan them so you can all see, yes they look like the ones scanned earlier in the thread. We went to Disney for our honeymoon and just never used the last day. That was 21 years ago!! Next time (hopefully one day) we go to Disney we will take the tickets with us and see what we can do for a future trip after that. I think it sounds like its best not to rely on them doing much for us. I believe they are not expired, since there was no expiration and I remember them telling us that when we purchased them. Some people say they cannot be upgraded and others have said they will apply the cost of the ticket to an upgrade ($97 for 4 days back then!!!).

Just a note of clarification here...I stated that I did not know how they would be handled in a upgrade situation. If you were allowed to upgrade them the most they would be worth is $97 in value. If I were a betting man I would go with CleveRocks statement that they will not allow you to upgrade the ticket and all you will get out of it is a one day admission to the park. One loop hole you might explore is upgrading that one day ticket you will get from those passes. They might tell you that it can not be upgraded but you just might get lucky and be able to.

 

[Wilt Dasney]

One loop hole you might explore is upgrading that one day ticket you will get from those passes. They might tell you that it can not be upgraded but you just might get lucky and be able to.

Tricky, tricky! That's actually a good catch. If they give you a one-day ticket, it seems likely that that ticket would then be treated like any other one-day ticket would. They probably wouldn't even have it "paired" with the original 1989 pass in their system. Worth a try anyway.

 

[Master Gracey 5]

I'm simply impressed you held onto the tickets for 21 years without losing them. Bravo.