Using an old park hopper for twords a new pass?

[noname70]

Hi-I have a couple of old park hoppers tickets with a day or two left on each. We are thinking about getting another AP. If I take my old hoppers to guest services and put them toward the value of a new pass, will they be worth their value in today's pricing or what I paid for them in @2001?

For example: price of 5 day hopper in 2001 is X.
One day left. X/5 = value of the pass. Or is it divided by 5 at the cost of a 5 day hopper today?

THANKS!

 

[Monty]

Hi-I have a couple of old park hoppers tickets with a day or two left on each. We are thinking about getting another AP. If I take my old hoppers to guest services and put them toward the value of a new pass, will they be worth their value in today's pricing or what I paid for them in @2001?

For example: price of 5 day hopper in 2001 is X.
One day left. X/5 = value of the pass. Or is it divided by 5 at the cost of a 5 day hopper today?

THANKS!

As I understand it, you get credit for the value of the remaining day on the tickets. For example: A 5-day hopper cost $150 at the time, but a 4-day hopper cost $135 then, you would be credited with $15 toward your AP. These costs are purely random, I don't now what you paid or what one or two days less would have cost.

 

[MissM]

I've heard very conflicting experiences with upgrading old tickets. Generally though, it has seemed that it's best to just use the old ticket as is since it doesn't degrade in value laterally but it does degrade in value when it comes to updating. (i.e. a one day park hopper that cost $50 then is now virtually worth $70 but if you try to apply it's cost to an upgrade, you only get the $50 original investment.) The "conflict" comes into play because I believe some people have applied full current value of older tickets to upgrades. (I know when I inquired about updating my Seasonal AP to a full AP they told me they'd credit me the CURRENT price of the Seasonal not the price I paid. The price hike had occurred in between my original purchase and my inquiry.)

I may be completely incorrect. This is just based on what I've seen reported by others in other situations.
-m

 

[Nemo14]

I found this on allEars.

The ticket will be credited with the gate price amount, not just the purchase price amount for the purposes of doing the upgrade. When you upgrade these tickets, you will only pay the price difference between the value of the remaining park admissions on the old ticket and the price of the new ticket. You will not be charged for any other price difference. Important note: Problems seem to occur with this often when tickets purchased in advance from a non-Disney source are involved. Guest Relations is much more consistent in doing this transaction correctly than a resort's Lobby Concierge is.
You will only be allowed to apply one old ticket to each new one you get. You cannot take five old tickets each with a day on them and apply them all to one new MYW ticket/AP/PAP. If you were getting 5 new tickets then you could use all five of the old ones by applying one to each. This is the one rule that Disney seems to be very inflexible on.

Does that help?

 

[noname70]

So am I correct in saying that people have experienced both (today's price and the price when it was purchased)?
:shrug: :shrug:

 

[DisneySaint]

I hate to burst bubbles here, but tickets can only be upgraded within the first 14 days of the first use of the ticket.
"Cashing-out" old tickets is not possible as that would be the same exact thing as upgrading.

You're more than welcome to assume me completely wrong, I just want you to be prepared.

 

[MissM]

I hate to burst bubbles here, but tickets can only be upgraded within the first 14 days of the first use of the ticket.
"Cashing-out" old tickets is not possible as that would be the same exact thing as upgrading.

You're more than welcome to assume me completely wrong, I just want you to be prepared.

That's a MYW policy. Old school, pre-MYW tickets are treated differently.
-m

 

[Hook's Girl]

That's a MYW policy. Old school, pre-MYW tickets are treated differently.
-m

DisneySaint is correct. ALL tickets even pre MYW are only upgradable within 14 days of first use. If it is unused that is a different story.