Park Hopper Passes

rhepmc · 07-10-2009

While packing for a recent move I came across a couple of old park hopper passes from a trip my family had taken to Disney World back in 1996. These were four day passes and we only used two of the days. I know we have two days left, but my problem is I don't know whose passes I found. There were six of us who went on the original trip back in 1996, but I only found two of the passes. Three of our original six are planning a trip back next month and would like to use up these park hoppers, but want to make sure that we can. I called Disney, but they said they can't tell me anything over the phone and that I would have to bring the passes to the park and have them scanned to find out who they belong to. They also told me that the passes are not transferable. Since I was the person who paid for all the passes I don't understand why I can't use up the days left on these passes no matter who in my family originally used them. They also said something about some finger print and I.D. being tied to the passes. When we were there in 1996 we didn't give them any fingerprints so I'm not sure what they are talking about. All I want to know is can I use the leftover days on these passes when I go next month?

allirella · 07-10-2009

I can't help you there, but welcome to MB. I'm sure somebody has run into this before.

leslieh · 07-10-2009

Hi and welcome to MB!! Yes, you should be able to use the passes, although they do predate the current ID system. It's likely that the only info they could give you is how many days are left on the tickets. Families mix up their tickets often and I doubt WDW will be able to differentiate the 1996 hopper passes. Perhaps they can, but that would be an awful lot of data to store for 13 years!

Please let us know how it goes!

5Demons4Cookie · 07-10-2009

Holy moly, they're good THAT long??

asp8tis · 07-11-2009

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Originally Posted by 5Demons4Cookie

Holy moly, they're good THAT long??

They're good forever. That was before the days of the MYW expiring passes. I really think you would have no problem using them. We've also got some old hoppers from several years ago with a couple of days left on them. They were originally used before the fingerprint system existed, so there won't be any identity tied to them.

Lexie · 07-11-2009

Use them! They do not know who they belong to. We have some old tickets that still have water park days on them. Not sure when we will use them, but I know they are still good.

**DisneyTeacher** · 07-11-2009

All you have to do is take the passes to guest relations at any park and they will give a new passes with the correct number of days.

tinkerbelle24 · 07-11-2009

This may be a little off topic but last time we were in Disney we traveled off site and wnt to the big orange. They were selling park passes so cheap. The man asked if I had any tickets I wanted to sell and I told him no but how would that have worked with the fingerprint process? He said that he bought tickets that still had days on there and re sold them.

**DisneyTeacher** · 07-11-2009

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Originally Posted by tinkerbelle24

This may be a little off topic but last time we were in Disney we traveled off site and wnt to the big orange. They were selling park passes so cheap. The man asked if I had any tickets I wanted to sell and I told him no but how would that have worked with the fingerprint process? He said that he bought tickets that still had days on there and re sold them.

I'm sure it doesn't always work but what are you going to do--tell the CM you bought used passes? I'm sure many people have been scammed this way. t would be like buying passes from ebay, it's a huge risk.

tinkerbelle24 · 07-11-2009

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Originally Posted by DisneyTeacher

I'm sure it doesn't always work but what are you going to do--tell the CM you bought used passes? I'm sure many people have been scammed this way. t would be like buying passes from ebay, it's a huge risk.

Thats what I thought too. Someone at my work was asking me if they should go on Ebay or the "big orange" to get tickets. I always always tell anyone get them from Disney directly or the Disney store. I would hate to hear someone getting scammed but I have always wondered about how those cheap tickets work. I just always thought it involved a timeshare untill I asked

dancing4disney · 07-11-2009

We didn't go on our first trip to Disney until at least 2000 or so. We had the old passes and we did have extra days on them. My parents used a day for another trip and we put th extra days toward other passes a few years ago.
We just had to wait until we went to redeem them. We did not use the thumbprint until 2 years ago.

joseph3947 · 07-11-2009

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Originally Posted by DisneyTeacher

All you have to do is take the passes to guest relations at any park and they will give a new passes with the correct number of days.

That is correct. Any pass from before May 1, 1998, even if it has days left on it, has to be exchanged for modern passes.

beatman23 · 07-11-2009

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Originally Posted by Lexie

Use them! They do not know who they belong to. We have some old tickets that still have water park days on them. Not sure when we will use them, but I know they are still good.

I am pretty sure the water park portion of the parkhopper expired. I seem to remember something about that back in the day. The phrasing was something like "water park admission only good from "x" days from first park admission date. The "x" being the length of time on the parkhopper. Does anybody else remember this?

Soundgod · 07-11-2009

Those tickets didn't expire and are still good today, even though there is now a 4th park.
We had park hoppers dating from the early 90's as well as from 96 that we rolled into Park Hopper Pluses in 2002. I am fairly certain that those passes have a 30 year life from the day you bought them.
They do need to be exchanged however for new passes.

whitba · 07-15-2009

I have checked tickets at WDW, the CM who helped us was fairly new so it took way too long, but I think generally it should be a quick answer.

I did find this on another site??? but haven't tried it myself yet but will soon.

Checking Days Left on Used Ticket

If you have left over park tickets from previous visits and can't remember how many days you have left on them, you can have your ticket checked while at Disney World or you can call Disney to check their status:

407-566-4985 - Option #2
NOTE: This service is only available Monday - Friday from 8:30am - 4:30pm.

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rhepmc Baby MouseBuzzer Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1	Park Hopper Passes While packing for a recent move I came across a couple of old park hopper passes from a trip my family had taken to Disney World back in 1996. These were four day passes and we only used two of the days. I know we have two days left, but my problem is I don't know whose passes I found. There were six of us who went on the original trip back in 1996, but I only found two of the passes. Three of our original six are planning a trip back next month and would like to use up these park hoppers, but want to make sure that we can. I called Disney, but they said they can't tell me anything over the phone and that I would have to bring the passes to the park and have them scanned to find out who they belong to. They also told me that the passes are not transferable. Since I was the person who paid for all the passes I don't understand why I can't use up the days left on these passes no matter who in my family originally used them. They also said something about some finger print and I.D. being tied to the passes. When we were there in 1996 we didn't give them any fingerprints so I'm not sure what they are talking about. All I want to know is can I use the leftover days on these passes when I go next month?

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allirella Big Cheese Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: SC Posts: 800	Re: Park Hopper Passes I can't help you there, but welcome to MB. I'm sure somebody has run into this before. __________________ Allirella AVATAR: Rainbow A Vellum Scroll Am I a twit if I tweet? My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Possible 2010 Trip? 76 days 14 hours 31 minutes

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leslieh Drawing a blank here... Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Not close enough to WDW Posts: 1,904	Re: Park Hopper Passes Hi and welcome to MB!! Yes, you should be able to use the passes, although they do predate the current ID system. It's likely that the only info they could give you is how many days are left on the tickets. Families mix up their tickets often and I doubt WDW will be able to differentiate the 1996 hopper passes. Perhaps they can, but that would be an awful lot of data to store for 13 years! Please let us know how it goes! __________________ Leslie Avatar: The royal toilet in Cinderella Castle Suite (really!) 1974,1998,1999,2000- offsite 2001- offsite, CBR 2002- offsite, POR 2003- offsite, CSR 2004- PC, FW Cabins, POFQ 2005- off-site 2006- PC, offsite, PC 2007- WL, FW, offsite, WL 2008- PC, AKL, BW, offsite, Poly, FW Cabins, BCV 2009- Beach Club Villas, AKV Concierge, SSR, Beach Club Villas, Bay Lake Tower My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Our first stay at our newest DVC home- BLT! 26 days 2 hours 1 minutes

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5Demons4Cookie Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Lee County, Fl Posts: 133	Re: Park Hopper Passes Holy moly, they're good THAT long?? __________________ WDW Off site 1987~WDW Pop Music 1995~WDW Night of Joy 1997~WDW Port Orleans French Quarter 2008~WDW Planning for 2010 Mom to Jade, Nathan, Jules, Alana, and Eric Gabriel

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Lexie Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: To far from Disney! Posts: 138	Re: Park Hopper Passes Use them! They do not know who they belong to. We have some old tickets that still have water park days on them. Not sure when we will use them, but I know they are still good.

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DisneyTeacher Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 18,306	Re: Park Hopper Passes All you have to do is take the passes to guest relations at any park and they will give a new passes with the correct number of days. __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Hilton Head Island~ 2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Beach Club here we come 240 days 18 hours 31 minutes

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tinkerbelle24 Cant wait till MNSSHP Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: West Deptford NJ Posts: 5,445	Re: Park Hopper Passes This may be a little off topic but last time we were in Disney we traveled off site and wnt to the big orange. They were selling park passes so cheap. The man asked if I had any tickets I wanted to sell and I told him no but how would that have worked with the fingerprint process? He said that he bought tickets that still had days on there and re sold them. __________________ Always looking for a reason to go to Disney! 1992~CBR 2001~CBR 2003~ASMovies 05~ASMovies 07~ASSports March08~my Bday trip Best Western Lakeside May08~ POR Dec08~ Disney Hilton Head Island Dec08/Jan09~ SSR Sept09~Madisons Bday trip Pop Century My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Madisons bday in Disney,MNSSHP, Ohanas,Kona for the first time,MB meet,BBB for the first time and the list goes on Having a blast with Madison for her 9 day non stop bday party

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dancing4disney Big Cheese Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New England Posts: 587	Re: Park Hopper Passes We didn't go on our first trip to Disney until at least 2000 or so. We had the old passes and we did have extra days on them. My parents used a day for another trip and we put th extra days toward other passes a few years ago. We just had to wait until we went to redeem them. We did not use the thumbprint until 2 years ago.

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Soundgod Squirrel! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Laughing on the Laughing Floor Posts: 8,797	Re: Park Hopper Passes Those tickets didn't expire and are still good today, even though there is now a 4th park. We had park hoppers dating from the early 90's as well as from 96 that we rolled into Park Hopper Pluses in 2002. I am fairly certain that those passes have a 30 year life from the day you bought them. They do need to be exchanged however for new passes. __________________ Do you live to eat or do you eat to live? My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Instant Single Digit Dance 7 days 1 hours 31 minutes

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whitba Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 395	Re: Park Hopper Passes I have checked tickets at WDW, the CM who helped us was fairly new so it took way too long, but I think generally it should be a quick answer. I did find this on another site??? but haven't tried it myself yet but will soon. Checking Days Left on Used Ticket If you have left over park tickets from previous visits and can't remember how many days you have left on them, you can have your ticket checked while at Disney World or you can call Disney to check their status: 407-566-4985 - Option #2 NOTE: This service is only available Monday - Friday from 8:30am - 4:30pm. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2009 - Just Say NO! Must Save Money! ..... we tried We really did POR - August 2008 - POR 2007 POR & GF, 2007 Easter - Off property 2006 POR, 2005 WL, 2004 CSR (It’s true! Once you go Disney You Never Go Back!”) 2003 Holiday Inn Sun Spree, 2000 Holiday Inn Family Suites, 1994 Way off property My Disney Countdown Counting down to: WDW Grand Gathering at POR Again! Isn't it Time for that Trip Report !

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