Tickets from '89

[EsUoM YeKcIm]

My husbands boss dug out some old disney tickets he had from his family trip in '89 and gave them to my family. They are 5 day park hoppers with 2 days left on them. How does using old tickets with the stamps work today? Do they give you a new ticket in exchange? If you use the tickets up do they take them from you? They are in mint condition and I would like to be able to give them back to my husbands boss for sentimental value( I would love to frame them as a collection item). Any idea how this works?

 

[Master Yoda]

Tickets are not transferable, however tickets that old do not have any personal information on them so there is no way to tell who they belong to. You will have to exchange the tickets for current media. I seriously doubt that they will give them back to you as there is nothing to stop you from giving them to someone else that can do the exact same thing.

 

[Monty]

My husbands boss dug out some old disney tickets he had from his family trip in '89 and gave them to my family. They are 5 day park hoppers with 2 days left on them. How does using old tickets with the stamps work today? Do they give you a new ticket in exchange? If you use the tickets up do they take them from you? They are in mint condition and I would like to be able to give them back to my husbands boss for sentimental value( I would love to frame them as a collection item). Any idea how this works?

They will issue you with new tickets to cover your remaining days. I don't know how they would deal with the old tickets, I guess if they can stamp them or somehow indicate that those remaining days have been used they could return them.

If you're going to the parks for more than two days, it's probably better to leave the old tickets in their current condition. They're probably more valuable [at least sentimentally] in their current pristine condition than as park entry tickets. Buying a new 5-10 day ticket instead of a 3-8 day ticket, the cost of those extra two days in minimal.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but won't old park hopper tickets only you to hop in parks that existed when they were printed? In other words, this ticket might not be valid for Animal Kingdom, right?

 

[Master Yoda]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but won't old park hopper tickets only you to hop in parks that existed when they were printed? In other words, this ticket might not be valid for Animal Kingdom, right?

That was true at one time but Disney has since ditched that policy.

 

[Tigger1988]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but won't old park hopper tickets only you to hop in parks that existed when they were printed? In other words, this ticket might not be valid for Animal Kingdom, right?

Animal Kingdom is grandfathered in.

 

[jlmct52]

There is one possible way you might be able to have the tickets returned to you after the trade-in.

Were they the tickets that were date-stamped when used? If so, it would be easy enough for the Disney representative to do that for you. Thus, they could not be used again, but they would be returned to you.

 

[dhoywdw20x]

We found some old tickets at our house a few years ago. I believe there was one day left one them. The ticket office issued us new "current" tickets equal to one-day park hopper. The old ticket the allowed us to keep after placing a "void" stamp on the back. So that it can't be redeemed again.

 

[ddbowdoin]

My husbands boss dug out some old disney tickets he had from his family trip in '89 and gave them to my family. They are 5 day park hoppers with 2 days left on them. How does using old tickets with the stamps work today? Do they give you a new ticket in exchange? If you use the tickets up do they take them from you? They are in mint condition and I would like to be able to give them back to my husbands boss for sentimental value( I would love to frame them as a collection item). Any idea how this works?

They would probably honor the ticket... unfortunately given its crudeness and lack of technology they likely would keep the ticket - bummer

 

[Pioneer Hall]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but won't old park hopper tickets only you to hop in parks that existed when they were printed? In other words, this ticket might not be valid for Animal Kingdom, right?

In the disclaimer on the back of each ticket they never used to mention the addition of new theme parks. So when Animal Kingdom opened, I actually remember them having to exchange tickets for people so they would work at that park. Today all tickets have a sentence on the disclaimer that states that they are not valid for any park commencing operation after May 1, 1998. So if Disney was to open that 5th gate someday and you had some post animal kingdom non-expiring tickets, then they would only be good at the 4 current parks.

As far as keeping the tickets...I think they will let you. However, they will be stamped with the work VOID more than once on each side. Everytime I have gone to renew my Annual Pass at a ticket window, they have taken my pass and stamped it regardless of if I asked for it back or not. So while I think that you can get the tickets back, they won't be in mint condition anymore.

 

[a2grafix]

There could be another wrinkle in this. My parents had 1990 park hopper tickets that included River Country, Discovery Island, Magic Kingdom, Epcot Center, then-MGM Studios, Pleasure Island, and Typhoon Lagoon.

Only 1 line is still not entered with a date, but the fine print on the ticket said there is an expiration date from the first time the hopper ticket was stamped. Was considering using this dated hopper ticket in October 2007.

So, maybe your 1989 tickets might have an expiration date if they were used, thus nixing out you or your friends using 22-year-old passes in 2011?

Hopefully you / friends find a loophole and are gained extry / exchange.

 

[NYwdwfan]

You just reminded me I have a ticket - and I think I know where - from sometime in the 90's with a day left on it. Now I'm going to try to find it when I get home - just for sentimental reasons!

 

[jenseib]

I have a similar question. We have old tickets from 1999. I have exchanged two on another trip to be uprgraded to a newer ticket (2007) But one is still original. (I don't know why I didn't bring all 3 and to it at that time) We are going to use these tickets in April. Do I need to get the original 1999 one converted to a current day ticket before entering the park? If so can I do it at the resort, or must it be done at the guest services at the park?

 

[Pioneer Hall]

I have a similar question. We have old tickets from 1999. I have exchanged two on another trip to be uprgraded to a newer ticket (2007) But one is still original. (I don't know why I didn't bring all 3 and to it at that time) We are going to use these tickets in April. Do I need to get the original 1999 one converted to a current day ticket before entering the park? If so can I do it at the resort, or must it be done at the guest services at the park?

it is possible that a ticket from 1999 will work because it will have all the parks programmed. If you get rejected at the turnstyle then you can go to guest relations where they can convert it for you.

 

[Rob562]

If an old ticket is on magnetic-stripe media, you can use it as-is, even if it's a pre-Magic-Your-Way ticket. It will be recognized by the turnstiles, and operate just as it was originally supposed to. (In the event that the mag stripe has been demagnetized, Guest Relations can issue you a duplicate of that exact ticket using the serial numbers on the back)

The only tickets that need to be converted are the old punch-and-stamp tickets, which were phased out sometime around 1995/1996 and replaced with the mag-stripe media. (I know my ticket in mid-1995 was still punched, but by my next trip in Jan '97 they were mag-stripe)

-Rob

 

[dreamfinder]

Regarding keeping the tickets, I have had it go both ways. When we have had issues with tickets, they have kept the old ones, even though they stamped them void. Asked about keeping them for the scrapbook, they said they needed to send them in at the end of the day. Later on, my DW and I each had a 1 day ticket to upgrade to other media, my DW was asked if she wanted to keep it as a souvenir, and when I did mine later at another park, I was told I couldn't keep it. So like lots of stuff at WDW, it all depends on who you ask.

 

[Pioneer Hall]

If an old ticket is on magnetic-stripe media, you can use it as-is, even if it's a pre-Magic-Your-Way ticket. It will be recognized by the turnstiles, and operate just as it was originally supposed to. (In the event that the mag stripe has been demagnetized, Guest Relations can issue you a duplicate of that exact ticket using the serial numbers on the back)

The only tickets that need to be converted are the old punch-and-stamp tickets, which were phased out sometime around 1995/1996 and replaced with the mag-stripe media. (I know my ticket in mid-1995 was still punched, but by my next trip in Jan '97 they were mag-stripe)

-Rob

I believe that Magnetic tickets that are pre animal kingdom need to be changed as well if you want to use them at there (and with all the system upgrades it could need to be done to go to any park possibly).