Using a Base Ticket in 2 parks in 1 day???

[blackthidot]

How would this work? Our friends are coming with us at some point of our trip and they are NOT getting park hopper. However one of the days They wanna do AK and Epcot. This has got to be possible to do but I just wanna make sure before I set it in stone.

 

[Tom]

How would this work? Our friends are coming with us at some point of our trip and they are NOT getting park hopper. However one of the days They wanna do AK and Epcot. This has got to be possible to do but I just wanna make sure before I set it in stone.

If they don't have the park hopper option on their tickets, it aint gonna work, unfortunately. Once a base ticket goes through a turnstile, it's tied to that park for the day.

 

[blackthidot]

So they could not make it so that they use 2 days in 1 day?

 

[unkadug]

No, it will not work.

Now if they had some old ticket leftover from a previous trip, they could use that ticket to enter a second park. But without a park hopper, there is no other option besides purchasing a separate ticket.

 

[Tom]

So they could not make it so that they use 2 days in 1 day?

This has also been tried, to no avail. Since everything is computerized now, the ticket is tracked by day. It doesn't unlock the next day until midnight (or your park-of-the-day closes, if after midnight). Every scenario has been tried.

No, it will not work.

Now if they had some old ticket leftover from a previous trip, they could use that ticket to enter a second park. But without a park hopper, there is no other option besides purchasing a separate ticket.

Right.

EDIT: They would need to buy 2 1-day tickets to visit two parks in the same day using base tickets.

 

[flynnibus]

the cheapest option is to simply upgrade the existing tickets to park hoppers... or if you have old tickets with remaining days left on them lying around.

 

[I_heart_Tigger]

yes they would have to upgrade their tickets to park hoppers. Do they only have a 1 day base ticket or a multi-day base ticket? They won't be able to just upgrade the one day they want to park hop - the upgrade will make it a park hopper for the remaining days on their ticket.

Does that make sense?...I'm into the wine already so if it doesn't it's just the booze talking

 

[blackthidot]

That is so weird. Disney would actually gain from this happening. Oh well.

 

[unkadug]

That is so weird. Disney would actually gain from this happening. Oh well.

The problem is the way the tickets get cheaper and cheaper the longer that you stay... if they let people do this then nobody would EVER buy the park hopper option, they would just use another day off their plan that only cost them a couple of dollars because they bought 10 days.

 

[blackthidot]

Well they gain if someone uses 2 days worth of tickets in one day is why it is surprising to me.

 

[Tom]

Well they gain if someone uses 2 days worth of tickets in one day is why it is surprising to me.

Knowing Disney's IT department, it probably boils down to the fact that they don't know how to script the software such that it can allow that to happen

 

[blackthidot]

Knowing Disney's IT department, it probably boils down to the fact that they don't know how to script the software such that it can allow that to happen

I am sure it's something weird.

 

[flynnibus]

Well they gain if someone uses 2 days worth of tickets in one day is why it is surprising to me.

again.. as stated before.. the issue is the price of a day becomes cheaper than the park hopper option itself. Disney loses money if they allowed it.

 

[sbkline]

Well they gain if someone uses 2 days worth of tickets in one day is why it is surprising to me.

Well, as Unkadug explained, they really don't gain. They actually lose. Parkhopper costs what now, 55 bucks if I remember correctly? So, either you buy the parkhopper for $55 (or $45, or whatever it is), or you use one of those extra days for which you only paid a few bucks. The difference between a 9 day pass and a 10 day pass is less than 3 dollars. So, in your scenario, for less than three bucks, you can enter two parks in one day if you don't mind using up 2 park "days" at once. So by doing that, rather than purchasing parkhopper, Disney is losing around $52, give or take some change, by selling you an extra day that you can use for parkhopping.

 

[CaptainJackNO]

I think I know why they won't let you use more than one day in a 24 hour period. How many times a day do you think someone not as in the know as we are thinks they have park hopper privileges but does not? If they allowed multiple day uses, imagine the complaints and headaches adding days back to passes. Makes sense.

 

[Tom]

The problem is the way the tickets get cheaper and cheaper the longer that you stay... if they let people do this then nobody would EVER buy the park hopper option, they would just use another day off their plan that only cost them a couple of dollars because they bought 10 days.

again.. as stated before.. the issue is the price of a day becomes cheaper than the park hopper option itself. Disney loses money if they allowed it.

Well, as Unkadug explained, they really don't gain. They actually lose. Parkhopper costs what now, 55 bucks if I remember correctly? So, either you buy the parkhopper for $55 (or $45, or whatever it is), or you use one of those extra days for which you only paid a few bucks. The difference between a 9 day pass and a 10 day pass is less than 3 dollars. So, in your scenario, for less than three bucks, you can enter two parks in one day if you don't mind using up 2 park "days" at once. So by doing that, rather than purchasing parkhopper, Disney is losing around $52, give or take some change.

A 1-day Adult Base Ticket is $85
A 2-day Adult Base Ticket is $168 (+$83)

Park Hopper is $35 if added to a 1-day Ticket
Park Hopper is $55 if added to a 2-10-day Ticket

So, $120 (plus tax) for a 1-Day Park Hopper; $223 for a 2-Day Park Hopper.

Cheapest bet is to just get 1-Day Park Hoppers. But at the same time, since Day 2 is $83, Disney does come out ahead if you use both days of a 2-Day Ticket on one day.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Well they gain if someone uses 2 days worth of tickets in one day is why it is surprising to me.

Only with really short visits. A ten day base is $309.92, but four days with Park Hopping is $317.37.

 

[Monty]

The simple answer is no.

A base ticket allows a one calendar day park admission to one park. A hopper ticket allows a one calendar day park admission to multiple parks. A three-day ticket allows three separate one calendar day admissions.

 

[blackthidot]

I think I know why they won't let you use more than one day in a 24 hour period. How many times a day do you think someone not as in the know as we are thinks they have park hopper privileges but does not? If they allowed multiple day uses, imagine the complaints and headaches adding days back to passes. Makes sense.

Yeah I agree with you there.

 

[dreamscometrue]

Cheapest bet is to just get 1-Day Park Hoppers. But at the same time, since Day 2 is $83, Disney does come out ahead if you use both days of a 2-Day Ticket on one day.

And if you stay 2 days to use 2 day non PH ticket, you might buy food, merch., etc. that second day and spend more money.