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emmatink
05-20-2007, 09:19 PM
We read in a Disney book that if you have a park hopper and don't use all of the days by the end of your trip that you can add the no expiration option at the end of your trip for a fee per day left on your hopper and use later. Does anyone know if this is true? Has anyone done it before?

Beast_fanatic
05-20-2007, 09:58 PM
You can add the no expiration option, however it will be based on the total number of days the pass was for, not on the number of days that are left.

emmatink
05-22-2007, 06:22 PM
Really? Because in the book I was reading it sounded like it was for the number of nights remaining? It said $10 a day for the number of days left on the hopper....hmmmm.

Jasper
05-22-2007, 06:52 PM
Back in the days when basically all park hopper tickets other than length of stay ones were no expiration we used to always buy more days than we needed for that trip. We did this as a hedge against later ticket price increases.

However, we almost never actually upgraded those left over tickets because it was cheaper to use up those left over days at the start of our next trip and then purchase another hopper ticket to cover the rest of the trip. Basically, the problem was the value they assigned to the unused portion of the ticket was much smaller than we actually paid for it in the first place.

In other words, be sure you check at the park or guest services at your resort for an exact value before you decide what direction to go. Believe it or not, it may actually be more cost effective to not only make your ticket no expiration, but to also add on however many days you think you will go the next time you come back.

By the way, it has not been that long ago that most park hoppers were automatically no expiration!

DizneyRox
05-22-2007, 07:30 PM
No-expiration is based on total days of the ticket, NOT remaining days. Add it at the beginning of your trip or the last day and it's the same price.

This is by design to maximize profits, not for the convenience of guests.

psychotekkie
05-22-2007, 09:34 PM
We usually avoid the no-expiration because we like to buy packages that include hotel, park tickets and dining. But if we were staying offsite or going a couple of times in a year, we would probably give no-expiry a shot.

But you definitely pay the no-expiration on the full amount of days for your original tickets, so check how much extra it adds in total, and then make sure you buy enough that it pays for itself properly!