I’ve been debating buying an annual pass this year. The math worked out just a smidge in my favour, plus any discounts we would get with dining, merchandise and activities. I had used the cost of the Incredipass to work this out so was fairly certain I’d go through with it and pull the trigger when we go down in December. With some of these recent reports, I thought I would try my luck with calling DVC to see if they would allow me to upgrade my current park ticket to a Sorcerer Pass over the phone. If the answer was no, I’d go in person to see what would happen at Guest Relations.
The first time I called, the cast member did confirm I was eligible as a resale member and that he would have to put in a form for someone to call me back. Asked for some ticket info, realized it was purchased from a third party site and then told me we couldn’t do it the way he was thinking and I’d have to go in person. When I asked if he could at least verify what the cost difference would be, he said he’d have to transfer me to the passholder line and did so. Wait time was 45 minutes so I decided to just hang up and call DVC back as wait times were way shorter.
The second time I called back, cast member again confirmed I was eligible for the Sorcerer pass, put me in a brief hold and came back with another cast member who helped me with the purchase. My
MDE now shows my DVC Sorcerer Pass. The whole thing took less then 20 minutes!
Of course I’m still mentally prepared to upgrade to the Incredipass if needed when I go to activate my pass and I’m flagged as a lowly white card. But @Goofyismybf’s report has me feeling hopeful! Even if I have to upgrade, at least doing it this way helped me spread out the costs a bit!
