Using unused days on an old card

[MDJones]

My daughter and I have 3 park days and 2 waterpark days left on tickets that we used 11 years ago. Obviously, she is too old to use hers now. However, we are going down with nieces and newphew for 5 days in June. Is it possible to use the park days for one of the kids without causing to much trouble? Or is it possible at all? We will probably buy our park admission through Undercover Tourist, and we are staying at AofA.

 

[disneysince71]

They will honor your daughters tickets if you will just let them know your story... My sister had to do the same when she used old tickets. Hope this helps!!

 

[Monty]

Your daughter can use her own tickets despite being older now. They're not transferable anyway.

 

[Britt]

Yep!! She should be able to use them now

 

[MDJones]

Really? She is 16 now. I would be shocked if they let her use a child pass from when she was 5 years old!

 

[Rob562]

Really? She is 16 now. I would be shocked if they let her use a child pass from when she was 5 years old!

If you visit a Guest Relations window, they will exchange her ticket for an Adult ticket for free. The line Disney likes to use is that they "don't penalize children for growing up". So as long as the Guest appears close enough in age to actually have been the child in question from when the ticket was originally bought, there's no problem. (You wouldn't be able to get away with a 50 year old person trying to use a child's ticket from 10 years ago, for example)

-Rob

 

[MickeyPeace]

Does Undercover Tourist sell new tickets or partially used?

 

[Rob562]

Does Undercover Tourist sell new tickets or partially used?

Undercover Tourist is an authorized reseller of new, unused Disney tickets. Other reputable resellers include Maple Leaf Tickets and TicketMania. When you're looking for a particular ticket, it's often wise to check all of the above to see which sells your particular ticket at the cheapest price.

UT also typically has a link in the monthly MouseSavers newsletter for additional savings on some of their more popular tickets.

I personally used UT just a couple months ago to buy an 8-day No Expiration Park Hopper for about $40 less than gate price, which I then upgraded to an Annual Pass for less than $5.

-Rob

 

[MickeyPeace]

I'm not sure where you saved the money. An 8 day No Expiration Park Hopper cost $570. An annual pass cost $574. So the difference is $4, which is indeed an upgrade fee of less than $5.

But you paid about $40 less than gate price ($570). So you paid about $530 to Undercover Tourist? If so, did the ticket say you paid $570 so you only had to pay a $4 difference.

I'm confused. How did that work?

 

[Monty]

I'm not sure where you saved the money. An 8 day No Expiration Park Hopper cost $570. An annual pass cost $574. So the difference is $4, which is indeed an upgrade fee of less than $5.

But you paid about $40 less than gate price ($570). So you paid about $530 to Undercover Tourist? If so, did the ticket say you paid $570 so you only had to pay a $4 difference.

I'm confused. How did that work?

Buy the 8-day NE Hopper for $530, use one admission, upgrade to AP as though you had paid gate for the discounted ticket, so yes, he paid the $4 difference.

 

[Rob562]

To expand slightly on Monty's post, if you have a ticket that you bought at a price lower than current gate price (either through a reseller or it's a totally-unused ticket that's gone up in price since you bought it) and you use it for at least one admission before upgrading, you're credited with the *current* gate price of your ticket when factoring in the upgrade.

So if you're getting an AP, the trick is to find the ticket that a) has the biggest savings over its own current gate price, while b) making sure that its current gate price is still below the price of an AP because Disney doesn't credit you any price overages. In this instance, the 8-day Non-Expiring Park Hopper fit that bill.

-Rob

 

[MickeyPeace]

To expand slightly on Monty's post, if you have a ticket that you bought at a price lower than current gate price (either through a reseller or it's a totally-unused ticket that's gone up in price since you bought it) and you use it for at least one admission before upgrading, you're credited with the *current* gate price of your ticket when factoring in the upgrade.

So if you're getting an AP, the trick is to find the ticket that a) has the biggest savings over its own current gate price, while b) making sure that its current gate price is still below the price of an AP because Disney doesn't credit you any price overages. In this instance, the 8-day Non-Expiring Park Hopper fit that bill.

-Rob

To be clear, you paid $530 for you ticket for the 8 day park hopper through Undercover Tourist recently? I'm just trying to learn if this is possible.

 

[Monty]

http://www.undercovertourist.com/orlando/attractions/tickets.html
8-day non-expiring without hopper is $528.95 [$17 off gate]. With hopper it's $581.95 [$25 off gate].

 

[Rob562]

To be clear, you paid $530 for you ticket for the 8 day park hopper through Undercover Tourist recently? I'm just trying to learn if this is possible.

I bought mine from UT back in September or October for my November trip. I was using approximate numbers from memory. Prices may also have changed since then.

Using Monty's current numbers,the 8-day Park Hopper is $581.95 from UT.
After using it for park entry to "lock in" the current gate price, Disney would give you $607.05 in credit toward the Annual Pass and charge you the $4.26 difference.

So in the end, you've paid a total of $586.21 for a $611.31 Annual Pass, a savings of $25.10. This is really the only way to get a discounted AP without being a Florida Resident or a DVC Member. It's less than a 5% discount, but hey, a discount's a discount.

-Rob

 

[Rob562]

Just an FYI, looked up my receipt email from mid-October and I paid $561 for an 8-day Non-Expiring Hopper, so the price on UT has gone up since then. So my total savings were about $45.

-Rob