Can Disney back out of the no-expiration?

[Mickeyfan0805]

I know many of those on this site use AP's, but we are not frequent enough visitors to make an AP worthwhile. That said, it is clearly to our advantage to purchase 10 day no-expiration tickets when we go this fall. However, our later use of these tickets will not be until the end of 2009 or spring of 2010. With all the talk of stores backing out of gift cards and other similar moves companies make due to economic realities, does anyone know if the no-expiration option is garaunteed? Obviously if WDW closes, they useless (which I don't expect). But does disney have the option of negating the 'contract' of a no expiration if they see fit? An odd question, I know, but if you have an answer I'd love to hear it.

[spiceycat]

they have NEVER gone back on a ticket sale they made.

now for tickets that were brought on ebay and had nothing left - or ever not true disney tickets - they won't honor.

but if you buy from an authorized dealer or WDW - it will be honored even if years between trips.

my friends had tickets from the late 80's - and she got mad because she had to go get new tickets. try to explain but some people don't want to listen.

that will be worst that could happen - you might have to exchange your tickets - but I really think you will be fine. Disney did alot of improve the current tickets and I can't see them changing it anytime in the future.

[cheyenne]

Thanks for asking this question Mickeyfan. We've also been considering doing the same thing. We just don't live close enough to go more than 1x/yr. APs just don't make sense for us. I hadn't even considered that Disney might back out of the no expiration ticket option. It's good to know that's not a strong possiblity.

[Eric]

Thanks for asking this question Mickeyfan. We've also been considering doing the same thing. We just don't live close enough to go more than 1x/yr. APs just don't make sense for us. I hadn't even considered that Disney might back out of the no expiration ticket option. It's good to know that's not a strong possiblity.

I've pointed this out before (as have others)....

If you can arrange your trips correctly, you can get two years of park visits out of each AP..... year 1, take trip, buy AP (say, late July). year 2, go just one week earlier (mid July), and your AP from year 1 is still good.

Obviously, if you're tied to "always at Christmas", or some other calendar restriction, you can't do this, but if you have even a small amount of flexibility, you should be able to squeeze two years out of each pass.

[carolina_yankee]

If Disney sells a pass as non-expiring (and specifically charges you for that option as they do with the MYW passes) I don't see how they can go back on that. That would be outright theft.

Dirk

[administrator]

A ticket represents a contract between Disney and the purchaser. If Disney backed out, they'd have to provide some reimbursement.

[greenban]

A ticket represents a contract between Disney and the purchaser. If Disney backed out, they'd have to provide some reimbursement.

Unless of course, if they went bankrupt! :jawdroppi:holymoly::bugeyed:

-Tony

[Mickeyfan0805]

I've pointed this out before (as have others)....

If you can arrange your trips correctly, you can get two years of park visits out of each AP..... year 1, take trip, buy AP (say, late July). year 2, go just one week earlier (mid July), and your AP from year 1 is still good.

Obviously, if you're tied to "always at Christmas", or some other calendar restriction, you can't do this, but if you have even a small amount of flexibility, you should be able to squeeze two years out of each pass.

Thanks, I've considered this possibility before but it won't work for us this time. It will be at least 14 monthes between trips.

I appreciate everyone's comments - they were the same thoughts I'd had, but wanted a few other opinions. I appreciate it.

:clappingh

[kimberh]

I have used tickets that were 9 years old. I found them in a drawer. They could not be used at AK park, because the park was not built when I bought the tickets, They were good everywhere else. When they would not work at AK, I had to go to Guest Services to see why, it was almost funny. It was not a big deal, we had more tickets. I always buy one AP, then 10 day non expiry.

[XPhillip]

We used some 15 year old tickets from WDW at DL a while back. They even gave us tickets that were good for both DL and DCA, which I did not expect. It took a while for the man to check them out, but in the end he told us we still had an admission left!

We finished off the last of the admissions the last visit without a problem.

You just have to be careful not to lose or forget about the tickets.

[carolina_yankee]

I have used tickets that were 9 years old. I found them in a drawer. They could not be used at AK park, because the park was not built when I bought the tickets, They were good everywhere else. When they would not work at AK, I had to go to Guest Services to see why, it was almost funny. It was not a big deal, we had more tickets. I always buy one AP, then 10 day non expiry.

That's an important point to remember - non-expiring tickets are only good for the parks that were in place when the tickets were bought.

Dirk