robinb
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- Aug 29, 1999
OK, I got verification from a CM who works ticketing here:
https://www.disboards.com/threads/u...r-to-3-day-base-ticket.3599865/#post-57496561
Essentially, any time a guest pays more money for a ticket it's considered an "upgrade". You can remove options from a ticket as long as those options have not been used. So, you can remove the "hopper" portion of a pass as long as you've only been in one park per day *and* you're paying more for a longer pass. You WILL NOT be refunded, so you can't book a 7-day park hopper and then remove the hopping and expect Disney to give you back the difference between the PH and base ticket. You can only apply the value to the ticket to a more expensive ticket.
One nasty wrinkle was pointed out on that thread: you can only make FP+ for as many days as you have tickets. So, you probably don't want to buy a 2-day PH if you really want a 4-day or 6-day base ticket. Instead, you'll want to buy the longest PH that has a gate price that is less than the base ticket you're interested in. All Ears has ticket prices here: http://allears.net/pl/ticketchart.htm . For instance, if you want a 4-day base ticket (price: $372) you'll want to buy a 3-day PH (price: $371) and pay the $1-2 to "upgrade" to the 4-day base at WDW. But that means that you can only make FP+ in the 60-day window for the 3 days on your package tickets and not all 4. You'll have to wait until you are there and have purchased your 4-day pass to make the 4th day's FP+. Unfortunately, the way that Disney prices their passes by only increasing by a few dollars for each day after 4, you're still stuck buying a 3-day PH for most base pass upgraded lengths. So, you'll have to take booking FP+ for all your days into account in your decision to purchase a shorter PH with the intention of upgrading to a base pass.
https://www.disboards.com/threads/u...r-to-3-day-base-ticket.3599865/#post-57496561
Essentially, any time a guest pays more money for a ticket it's considered an "upgrade". You can remove options from a ticket as long as those options have not been used. So, you can remove the "hopper" portion of a pass as long as you've only been in one park per day *and* you're paying more for a longer pass. You WILL NOT be refunded, so you can't book a 7-day park hopper and then remove the hopping and expect Disney to give you back the difference between the PH and base ticket. You can only apply the value to the ticket to a more expensive ticket.
One nasty wrinkle was pointed out on that thread: you can only make FP+ for as many days as you have tickets. So, you probably don't want to buy a 2-day PH if you really want a 4-day or 6-day base ticket. Instead, you'll want to buy the longest PH that has a gate price that is less than the base ticket you're interested in. All Ears has ticket prices here: http://allears.net/pl/ticketchart.htm . For instance, if you want a 4-day base ticket (price: $372) you'll want to buy a 3-day PH (price: $371) and pay the $1-2 to "upgrade" to the 4-day base at WDW. But that means that you can only make FP+ in the 60-day window for the 3 days on your package tickets and not all 4. You'll have to wait until you are there and have purchased your 4-day pass to make the 4th day's FP+. Unfortunately, the way that Disney prices their passes by only increasing by a few dollars for each day after 4, you're still stuck buying a 3-day PH for most base pass upgraded lengths. So, you'll have to take booking FP+ for all your days into account in your decision to purchase a shorter PH with the intention of upgrading to a base pass.
I know what my choice is. it's convincing my dh
