Extra Ticket

[schaery]

The package for our next trip includes 4 day tickets but we'll only be able to use 3 of the tickets. Any suggestions as to what to do with the 4th? We could actually get 3 day tickets but it's only a couple of dollars less. Can I get a non-expiration just on the extra ticket?

[fourfoxesinpa]

I don't think you can get a non-expiration option on just a part of a ticket purchase and the extra price to add non-expiration for one day probably wouldn't pay for itself. I wonder if you can use two tickets on one day to hop?

[askomsky]

I don't think you can get a non-expiration option on just a part of a ticket purchase and the extra price to add non-expiration for one day probably wouldn't pay for itself. I wonder if you can use two tickets on one day to hop?

You couldn't when i went in Nov 07. We had 7 day passes and one day left bc we had MVMCP that got us in the first day. We didn't buy the hopper option bc we knew we wouldn't use it everyday. The last day we wanted to go to MK in the am and MGM in the pm. They said we couldn't do it bc the machines are only set up to take it once a day???? But the CM was nice enough to convert ours to a hopper on our last day.

[schaery]

I didn't think I could use 2 tix on one day. Hmmm....well, that stinks. Having an extra day Disney ticket is just kinda wrong. We may just have to start our drive down much earlier so we might can have a few hours at a park on arrival day. DH gets a bit Grumpy after a 9 hour drive if I ask him to go to a park, though. He has bad back problems, and the 9 hour drive kinda gets to him. We normally hang out at the resort and go to a nice TS restaurant on arrival day.

[bartleby1]

We often come home with extra days on our ticket but it isn't worth it to add the no-expiration on. We usually go for 12 or 13 nights and get 10 day tickets which gives us the flexibility to go into the parks for 10 days, even though we have some trips that we only go 8 or 9. The difference in price is so minimal that it is nice to know that we can go into the park on one of our "off" days if we need/want to. Since we go in August, we have also run into hurricanes/tropical storms where we are forced to leave the park early on one day so then we can still go back on another day since we have the longer ticket.

It does stink "losing" a day on a ticket but since there is a possibility that we will use it, for us it is worth it.

If you are REALLY sure that you won't use the 4th day, it may be worth it to save the few dollars and downgrade to a 3 day ticket - even if it is only a couple of dollars. Or, my favorite option is to add another night to your trip!:rotfl:

[schaery]

Well, I actually would love to add another day but will have to see if DH can get off work Friday so we could leave then instead of early Sat. morning. Don't know if he has the extra vacation day. Hey but I'm all for that!!!

[sunshinecindy]

Are you able to sell the 4th day or is it good only for you guys since you've used the first 3?

[schaery]

If they didn't fingerprint any of the days, we probably could sell a one day ticket, but I have always been fingerprinted at least once every time I've been lately.

[~Kathie]

Did you check into how much the non expiry would be? I took my mother a few years ago and bought her a 4 day parkhopper. We only used 3 days so I added non-expiry for that last day. I forgot how much it was to add the option but it was a lot less than a 1 day ticket. Now when we take my mother again, she'll be able to use that ticket........it's good forever.

[Pooh's Pal]

Laurie, here's a quote:

No Expiration Option - Regular Magic Your Way Tickets expire 14 days after their first use. Choosing the No Expiration option means you are free to come back and take advantage of unused days at any time. Extra cost on top of the base-price ticket is:

1-day ticket not available for this

2 day ticket $8.11 with tax

3 day ticket $24.50 with tax

4 day ticket $53.25 w/tax

The No Expiration Option can be added after the initial ticket purchase, but you'll have to pay the full upgrade based on the original length of the ticket. For instance, if you buy a 4-day ticket and decide on the 2nd day of your vacation that you won't be using the rest of the ticket on this trip, you can add No Expiration for $53.25 and use the remaining 2 days on a future trip. Such upgrades are allowed within the first 14 days (day of first use plus 13 days).

So, you'd have to do this before you're down to 1 day left!
Hope this helps! :)

[schaery]

Well, crap. I was sooo excited cuz DH is able to get off on Friday, and said we could drive all the way so we'd have an extra full day. Called to add on to my ressie, and nothing at Pop available. There is a room at ASMu but I can't add it on to my free DDP, and would have to just get a 1 night room only for $110, then move to Pop the next day. Not what I wanted at all. :(

[gpp2001]

Well, crap. I was sooo excited cuz DH is able to get off on Friday, and said we could drive all the way so we'd have an extra full day. Called to add on to my ressie, and nothing at Pop available. There is a room at ASMu but I can't add it on to my free DDP, and would have to just get a 1 night room only for $110, then move to Pop the next day. Not what I wanted at all. :(

Keep trying - something might open up at POP.

[schaery]

I've been calling them every day just in case. CMs will be tired of me calling by Sept. Would be nice if I could just go to the website and check and add it on from there if a room became available.

[~Kathie]

Laurie, here's a quote:

No Expiration Option - Regular Magic Your Way Tickets expire 14 days after their first use. Choosing the No Expiration option means you are free to come back and take advantage of unused days at any time. Extra cost on top of the base-price ticket is:

1-day ticket not available for this

2 day ticket $8.11 with tax

3 day ticket $24.50 with tax

4 day ticket $53.25 w/tax

The No Expiration Option can be added after the initial ticket purchase, but you'll have to pay the full upgrade based on the original length of the ticket. For instance, if you buy a 4-day ticket and decide on the 2nd day of your vacation that you won't be using the rest of the ticket on this trip, you can add No Expiration for $53.25 and use the remaining 2 days on a future trip. Such upgrades are allowed within the first 14 days (day of first use plus 13 days).



A lot more expensive now. I added the non-expiry before the change to Magic Your Way tickets and I think I paid $20. Whatever we paid, it was worth it at the time.

[chipndale]

I've been calling them every day just in case. CMs will be tired of me calling by Sept. Would be nice if I could just go to the website and check and add it on from there if a room became available.

Maybe if they get tried of you calling they will find an available room! I am not sure if that is what happened for our Dec 07 trip or not but I called twice a day for months trying to add a Friday night. After a month or more a room was magically found. Good Luck!

[schaery]

Well, I guess they did get tired of me calling every day cuz I finally got my extra night!!! :banana: Every time I'd call, I'd give them 3 different codes to try, and finally a room came open with my Disney Visa Code. Now just counting down the days til I can make my ADR's. I hate this 90 day thing - although I probably would've changed my plans a hundred times by now. 17 days to go.

Thanks for the info on the non-exp. option. We'll still have the extra ticket. I was hoping that maybe we'd catch a park with PM/EMH hours on arrival day to use the extra ticket but it's AK-EMH, which isn't very late, so looks like we'll still have an extra. Don't know that paying $53 for the non-exp. one day ticket would be worth it unless we were to need a one day ticket at some point, then it would be cheaper. Don't think I'll be driving 9 hours to go to WDW for one day, though.