Park ticket questions for split stays...

[kasey1988]

Just wondering if park tickets expire after you check out (like dining credits expire at midnight the night of check out..). We are thinking of doing a split stay between a moderate and deluxe for a 10 day trip, but would only require a 7 day park hopper+water or maybe 8 days.. As we intend to visit sea world and maybe universal. But am wondering if the 7 days would be valid for the entire 10 days, or would I need to divide up the days between each resort reservation... Also, how would that work with the ddp, Im assuming I would need to add at least some sort of park ticket o be elegable.. I hope that's not to confusing! Thanks guys!

 

[unkadug]

All tickets expire 14 days after first use unless No Expiration is purchased.

 

[Rob562]

Ticket validity is not linked to your hotel reservation. So presuming your ticket does not have the No Expiration option, they are valid for 14 days from first use, even if that extends beyond your check-out date.
The Front Desk of your second resort *should* also be able to move the ticket from your first room key to your second, but be prepared for it to take a little time.

As for the Dining Plan...
To get the DDP, you must book a vacation package that includes room and park tickets. The minimum number of days it usually 1 or 2, depending on the package. But if you're getting 8-day park tickets, it's not economical to get them as 6-day and a 2-day tickets. If you must get the Dining Plan on your second reservation, get tickets for your entire stay on your first reservation, book the minimum number of days on the tickets for the second reservation, and then *save* the tickets on the second reservation for use on a future trip. If you don't use them, they will remain valid forever. (And when you do go to use them, you can upgrade them to whatever ticket you need at that time)

But if you get tickets with your second reservation, you will not be able to move the tickets from your first room key onto the second. And you *really* then have to make sure you don't mess up and use your second room key for admission into the park, because then it screws up the whole save-the-second-tickets-for-use-later scheme,

And Dining Plan credits expire at midnight at the end of your checkout day on each hotel reservation.

-Rob

 

[minnielaw]

We recently did a split stay between BWV's and POFQ. We had 8 day park hoppers and the DDP. We purchased our tickets separately from Undercover Tourist and upon arrival, the concierge desk put our paper theme park tickets on our Key to the World Cards.

Upon check-in at POFQ, I advised the desk clerk that I had park tickets to be transferred to our new KTTW cards. We also had unused DDP credits which wouldn't expire until that night at midnight. I forgot to mention the DDP and didn't discover the issue until we went to the food court and I tried to use my KTTW card and discovered my meal plan was no longer on the card. Just charged the food to our room and went back to the concierge desk. They very kindly re-issued my cards from the BWV's with the DDP credits and deducted the charges for the meals I had charged to the room.

I was worried about the issue of the park tickets being for a longer duration then our hotel stay, but it was a simple fix. Disney made it all go very smoothly. Just be sure you advise the desk clerk at your second hotel that you have tickets and DDP to transfer when you check-in.

Hope that helps!