Because we had these tickets in our pockets, we have actually found ourselves making an unscheduled

Thanks to Twitter follower Dustin Harter local hotel in charlotte street for catching this. But when you go to the page to order tickets on Walt Disney World's new website , you'll find that you no longer can add the option to keep your Disney World theme park tickets from expiring.
This brings Walt Disney local hotel in charlotte street World's policy in line with Disneyland's where tickets also expire local hotel in charlotte street 14 days from first use. And it effectively ends the strategy of "overbuying" by getting a 10-day, no-expire ticket when you visit the Walt Disney World Resort, even if you won't be going to the parks for 10 days on your trip. Buying the 10-day ticket with a no-expire option "locked in" your unused visit days for future local hotel in charlotte street trips, at today's theme park prices. Given that Disney raises local hotel in charlotte street its ticket prices every year, this could be an effective way to hold down the cost of a Disney vacation. (I've got a few unused days on a 10-day ticket I bought a few years back, at an average cost of about $45 a day, with the park-hopper option included.)
Needless to say, this changes the calculus local hotel in charlotte street for loyal, long-time Disney visitors, eliminating one of the reasons why some of those visitors chose not to buy tickets along with an on-site hotel package.
Update: Twitter user @GertieTheDino89 reports that the "no-expire" option is still available, at least for now, using the "old" version of the WDW website -- the one without the new "My Disney Experience" links.
Update 2: I've also heard from Twitter followers that the ticket booth signage for no-expire was removed last week, although other readers on our Facebook page have said you can get it if you ask, and the option remains available to travel agents through their portal into the WDW system.
So is Disney in the middle local hotel in charlotte street of removing the option, as it's gone from some places and remains available in others? If you want no-expire tickets at today's prices, and don't want to take chances, better get 'em now before they're gone.
This change local hotel in charlotte street wouldn't bother me so much on its own, but combined with a lot of other rollbacks in discounts and constant ticket price increases, it's frustrating. The trends are not positive local hotel in charlotte street for Disney World right now, and I doubt this is the last change.
When I was at MK for the Very Merry Christmas, I was specifically looking for the no-expire option for just the plan you mentioned. I had purchased a 5 day no expire with water park and more a couple years ago and still have a few visits left. However, at both the Transportation and Ticket local hotel in charlotte street Center and Guest Services there was no mention of it on any of the signage or windows that I could see.
Could this also be because of the RFID technology? They are pushing the resort guests with room key tickets to utilize it. They are changing all of the turnstiles at park entrances. local hotel in charlotte street Old paper tickets local hotel in charlotte street wull not be valid in the future...
I spoke with a manager at TTC admissions today, and had another manager call two different parks. The option is still available at the parks ticket booths. There has been no internal memo about the option going away, and none of the managers have been made aware that any changes are forthcoming regarding non-expiring tickets.
local hotel in charlotte street Wow, Thank the Lord I checked this website. I kept hunting until I finally found a page that listed it! I've ordered four to the tune of $2,700. We have one unexpired ticket left (don't know how we ended up with an odd ticket with a family of four). I guess that odd ticket won't be used for years.
We own a timeshare and have gone to Orlando almost every year. But honestly, since we don't consider it a "trip of a lifetime," we only go to Disney once or twice during the week we are there. The rest of the time we go to our resort pools, Winter Park for lunch, Downtown Disney, etc. We almost always enjoy a different Disney restaurant at one of the hotels on a day we are not at a park. We'll go and explore, eat a nice dinner, and try to time it so we're finished in time to see the fireworks. Disney is making money off of us on our non-park days! To be totally honest, if we did not have the non-expiration tickets, we'd probably go to SeaWorld or Universal more often.
Because we had these tickets in our pockets, we have actually found ourselves making an unscheduled trip when we've stumbled upon an airfare deal (yes, we actually local hotel in charlotte street few a couple of years ago for $19/each way!).
I thoroughly evaluated the benefits local hotel in charlotte street of the no expire tickets. For most people who are tourists that visit infrequently, it makes no sense to buy no expire tickets. They work best if you visit frequently, at least once or twice within 5 years, and visit no more than 3 day trips. Otherwise, local hotel in charlotte street it makes sense to buy an expiring multi-day pass when you visit for 4 days or more and visit very rarely. That additional payment is very costly for the no expire benefit. It is much cheaper for most tourists to get a 4 or 5 day pass since the daily price gets lower to where the difference if extended to the 10th day is barely 20 dollars more.
I compared prices from Undercover Tourist and I'm not sure the "Never expires" is such a good deal, unless you are going to buy them and hold on for a long time. If you buy a 10 day PH Never Expire at $626.95 - plan to use 5 days now and 5 days later - A 5 day PH is $319.95 - your cost of the first 5 days which leads to the next 5 days costing around $307. You save $13 based on current prices - yet you risk losing the ticket.
The very best reason for getting this option is emotional. When you leave WDW with days still left, or just notice the old tickets in passing in the drawer at home, you KNOW you will DEFINITELY go back to WDW soon. This always makes us feel a little better when we'd rather be at WDW than home...
It doesn't make a lot of sense to get rid of this option. They charge a significant local hotel in charlotte street premium for the no-expiration local hotel in charlotte street option. On a 10-day ticket it adds an additional 25% to the price! I'm not convinced it's a good option for 95% of the people out there.
local hotel in charlotte street No-expiration tickets are just like gift cards and Disney should not give up on a gold mine. A significant amount of the unused days will never be redeemed. local hotel in charlotte street People loose the tickets. People forget they have them. People don't return at all or as often as they thought they would. And best of all Disney can book this revenue at the time of purchase unlike gift cards.
local hotel in charlotte street The no expiration option isn't the enabler for ticket resellers or renters. They can clearly local hotel in charlotte street work in the 14-day expiration window. local hotel in charlotte street Disney is largely to blame for enabling them because the biometrics should local hotel in charlotte street make it impossible for the ticket to be used, but clearly local hotel in charlotte street someone is making exceptions at the turnstile local hotel in charlotte street or these guys would be out of business.
Hi everyone, The thing that I fear most about this move by Disney is what will Disney do to the Walt Disney World prices in the near future. With a BILLION dollar investment into the new high tech technology, Disney will probably want a real quick return on investment. So I'm really starting to fear of a 105 to 115 dollar one day ticket to get into WDW. All I've got to say, is WDW better be coming up with some new attractions if they raise their prices to those dollar amounts, or ill just take my money to Mr. Harry Potter up the rode.
Over that last 15 years I have used this option and its wonderful. I still have one visit left from a park hopper purchased in 1992. My visits being a Florida resident were generally two day events. I would purchase 3 day park hoppers with no expiration, that would allow me to use day from old ticket and one day from new ticket and leave me the two days for my next trip. The ticket from 1992 cost $189. Now the only way to go for me as a Florida resident is to purchased the weekday select annual pass.
I added the no-expiration option to myw tickets I purchased in 2007. I didn't go two of the days so I turned them into non-expiration. I did not forget I had them. I put them in my strongbox where they remained until last January, where I had a lovely 3 night, 4 day stay with my daughter. She was considered a child in '07 but an adult five years later in '12. It was a great savings. I also purchased 7 day non-expiration park hoppers for the two of us, last June before the new price increase. With the $100 in rewards I earned on my Disney Rewards local hotel in charlotte street Visa, taking advantage of the value season rate and having my tickets already paid for, my day and a half stay at Disney after a Royal Caribbean cruise did not cost that much. I did go past $100 in spending with souvenirs and dining. So those of you that think short term guests spend less than long term guests, I disagree. And I definately won't forget that I have six days left on those tickets. I would never let unused days sit in a drawer never to be used, especially in this economy. They certainly won't be lost either. They are safely tucked away in my strongbox and pictures taken of the back of the tickets are stored safely away if I ever do lose them.
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