Park Hopper vs. Annual Pass

[drcoulsey]

Recently, I purchased a 6-day park hopper pass from UT for my upcoming trip to WDW this December. I'm now planning another trip in Sept. 2013 and I am thinking I should have bought an AP ticket instead, since the 2 trips will be within one year. When I arrive in December, could I bring my park hopper pass to Guest Relations and pay the difference to upgrade to an AP or should I return my current ticket to UT?

[idratherbeinwdw]

Allears.net has a page with all the info on upgrading your ticket to an AP:

http://allears.net/pl/ticket.htm#credpass

[denlo]

A CM has posted information about upgrading an unused ticket on the DisBoards. Here is the information from Cheshire Figment:

D. I have a completely unused ticket that I want to upgrade. Is there anything special I should know. There are three possible answers to this question. If this is a ticket for which you have paid the full Current Gate Price (CGP) there is no problem. You may upgrade it either before it has been used or after first use. If after date of first use it must be no later than 14 days from first use, even if you have the No Expire option. If it was sold as part of a package and is on your KTTW it is considered to have been sold at a discount (as WDW Ticket Operations "sells" the tickets to WDTC at a wholesale price). If this is a ticket which was sold by Disney for less than the CGP, Disney will only allow you credit for the amount they sold the ticket for. If it was bought directly from WDW before a price increase it is only worth what you paid for it. If it was bought from outside of WDW, such as a discounter, AAA, a travel agent, or even The Disney Store the amount credited will be what the seller paid WDW for it, not the amount you were charged. However, if the ticket was used at least once, then the CGP is locked into the ticket as its value. The ticket seller (in a booth or GRO) will first issue an “intermediate” ticket at the current gate price and charge the difference between the initial selling price and the CGP to an internal account. These intermediate tickets will then be upgraded to add days and/or options to your target, and you will only be charged the difference between the CGP of the intermediate ticket and he new ticket. If your unused ticket was pre-MYW your best bet is to just use the ticket. You will not get any high value for it when unused and once it is used it cannot be upgraded.

Here's a link to the thread: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1452684

To me it sounds like you would be better off using one day of your park hopper from UT and then doing the upgrade, because then Disney will credit your AP purchase with the cost of a Disney purchased park hopper.

[drcoulsey]

A CM has posted information about upgrading an unused ticket on the DisBoards. Here is the information from Cheshire Figment:



Here's a link to the thread: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1452684

To me it sounds like you would be better off using one day of your park hopper from UT and then doing the upgrade, because then Disney will credit your AP purchase with the cost of a Disney purchased park hopper.

Thank you, Denise. This link was very informative. I would never have known to use my UT ticket once before upgrading to an AP, but that is how I understand it now, too.

[jrohdy]

we had a similar situation and it was extremely easy to go to the guest relations and upgrade to the AP, we had the park hopper option and performed it after a couple days there.

[DisneyGeek]

Interesting info; I wasn't sure on all the mechanics. I only wish there wasn't the 14 day rule; DW & I both have 7 days left on 10 day No Expire MYW PH tix purchased in 2008, but now we've been buying DVC discounted APs every year or two since we became members so I'm not sure when we'll use them...