Sorry, I'm still confused by this. Hoping for some clarification:
In November 2017, I bought 3 "6-Day Park Hopper plus an Additional Day Free" (so, 7-day park hoppers) tickets from an authorized disney ticket reseller. 2 of the 3 were adult at $466.95 each, and the child ticket was $446.95. These pri es included tax.
I'm trying to figure out how much it would cost me to upgrade to a non FL resident, non DVC discounted AP.
I'm confused about the following:
1- I have to wait until we arrive at Disney and use the tickets at least one time to "lock" the bridge pricing?
2a- then, I go to guest services and explain I'd like to upgrade to APs... got that, but
2b- I don't exactly understand which ticket price I'm bridged to? This is the biggest confusion to me and I don't want to go in with me being confused and possibly over-charged.
3a- AP perks of discounts and memory maker would then be added immediately upon upgrade? 3b- If I bought MM beforehand, can I ask them to apply that price towards my AP upgrade, or get refunded if it's included as a regular benefit?
4- TIWL... what's the turn around time on this? I'm assuming it's more than 1 day?
5- Can I use my Disney Rewards card to pay for the upgrade? Not the disney visa, but the rewards card affiliated with it.
1- No, you do not need to use the tickets to enter a park before upgrading.
(You CAN, but it won't affect the upgrade cost, one way or the other.)
2a- You can go to any Guest Relations or ticket booth at WDW.
Knowing which cost to expect is a good plan.
3a- Yes.
3b- Yes, you should ask nicely for a refund of MM (or for the MM price you paid to be applied to your upgrade transaction.)
4- It should happen within the time you are at the upgrade location.
It is possible that you would get a refund in the form of a Disney Gift Card, immediately.
5- I don't know exactly what that is, but...if (IF) the card can be used for payment of any kind at WDW, then you can use it.
2b- Your ticket was created BETWEEN Feb.12,2017 & Feb.11,2018 (a "2017 ticket") so...
Find the full Disney 2017 price for the kind of ticket that you HAVE on the
2017 Price list
HERE.
Subtract that 2017 price from the
current 2018 full Disney price for the kind of ticket that you WANT.
2018 Price list
HERE.
Pay that difference price for the upgrade.
See post #3697 below for the math equation.