The old ticket system (prior 2006) included a plus option and you were able to use those as separate days. For instance, if you had a 5 day hopper another 2 plus option days were included, for a total of 7 days with 14 days to use them all. These plus options increased with your length of stay. It was cheaper that way for my family and we were able to stay longer, use all the parks and never used a car to drive away..
With the current ticketing system we are skipping the water parks and DQ add on and leaving the area to do other things. The result is I'm taking my money off property for those 2 days.
Now, if they bring it back as something I have to use on a park day and "hop over" to a water park.. that would be disappointing. That makes the day too busy and I'd likely still skip it.
I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.
I remember the good old days when all tickets were non-expiring park hoppers, AT NO EXTRA CHARGE.
I still have 2 non-expiring commemorative pre-opening gold DHS tickets that we bought one year before DHS opened.
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I think one reason for this change is that Disney Quest will no longer be open with all the changes to Downtown Disney Springs.
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If they follow suit, I think they usually dump the news on the blog the Friday before that weekend price increase.
We should know tomorrow if that's the case..
Coleby;2445450 wrote: I have also heard that the benefits such as discounts for AP's will be less. Like going down to 15% for mini golf and stuff.
That change was effective for 2015. Boat , bike and surrey bike rentals have also gone down to 15%.
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Was just on WDW site this morning and there is no longer an option for non - expiring tickets.
Not sure if the price per ticket also went up - wasn't watching for that.
Guess they are gone. :(
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I just went and checked the main Disney site for what we are thinking about....... 8 day park hopper no water parks...and the price is the same today as it was a few days ago.
For what this info is worth.
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EeyoresBestFriend;2445861 wrote: Was just on WDW site this morning and there is no longer an option for non - expiring tickets.
Not sure if the price per ticket also went up - wasn't watching for that.
Guess they are gone. :(
I may be wrong but I think the non-expiring option has been missing from the web-site for awhile. It was still posted at the ticket windows though.
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I would expect all other tickets to increase the same percentage (or there abouts) as in previous years...
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I would actually welcome a park hopper option that automatically included the water parks. Makes it so much less confusing. Including them as "parks" makes sense. Buy for how many days you want to visit and not worry about the logistic of the plus options. I bet they are doing it simply to streamline the ticket buying process and eliminate the confusion.
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BrerGnat;2446643 wrote: I would actually welcome a park hopper option that automatically included the water parks. Makes it so much less confusing. Including them as "parks" makes sense. Buy for how many days you want to visit and not worry about the logistic of the plus options. I bet they are doing it simply to streamline the ticket buying process and eliminate the confusion.
We have four old non-expiring tickets that each have six water park days left on them. No theme-park days, just water parks. I wonder how they'll handle those.
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Aurora;2446690 wrote: We have four old non-expiring tickets that each have six water park days left on them. No theme-park days, just water parks. I wonder how they'll handle those.
I also have 2 non-expiring park-hopper tickets, both have water park and more options. Would like to know Disney's plans for these tickets. If they let me use the tickets as they are I will be happy.
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FYI, it's being reported by multiple websites that the increase will be this Sunday (Feb 22).
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Mrs Bus Driver;2447166 wrote: I also have 2 non-expiring park-hopper tickets, both have water park and more options. Would like to know Disney's plans for these tickets. If they let me use the tickets as they are I will be happy.
Typically, Disney would still honor the tickets.
