Question:
I am looking at getting an AP for Fall of 2018 through Fall of 2019. Long story, short: I want to go to WDW twice before my daughter turns 3 (in Fall of 2019) but don't really want to take her until she is at least 2. (She went when she was 5mo -- she doesn't remember much LOL). I took my son to WDW when he was 2 and then ON his 3rd birthday, so it was nice going on trips where a child was free, but old enough to remember and enjoy a ton of stuff. We didn't do an annual pass with him because we just did two trips of only 2 park days each to test the waters and see how a young child would do. (He did great).
So the thought is to take the plunge with two kids and get an AP for the daughters 2yo and 3rd birthday trips.
If I have unused 5-day non-hopper tickets I got from
UT and want to upgrade them to Annual Passes --
1) Do I need to attach those tickets to my family in MDE before I update them to Annual Passes?
2) Can I do that online, or over the phone or can this upgrade only happen in person at Guest Relations?
3) Getting these from UT (Feb. before prices went up and before tickets began having expiration dates), what price do I get to apply to the AP the UT discounted price or what the "Disney" price for those tickets were? I paid $349.59 for adult tickets and $328.53 for a child ticket from UT (4-Day Magic Your Way Ticket - Plus Extra Day).
4) After purchasing an AP, how long do you have to activate it? (I don't plan on going until a year from now, at least).
5) Once you have an AP, how do you ensure that it is used as your park ticket as opposed to tickets you already have stored in MDE.
Any opinions on if I should use the 5-day tickets to upgrade for an annual pass or should I just save them for the future (where they will be even more valuable after even more yearly price increases?)