Advice on old tickets 3-9

[BaybeeYoda]

Hi everyone! I’m a little befuddled right now and would love a little advice regarding old tickets. Apparently, I have two 5-day tickets (no date) for kids (age 3-9). My son just aged out and I totally forgot I had these tickets.

I’m so mad at myself. We aren’t going back to Disney until December 2025. These tickets are super valuable…. If they were for adults!! Any advice on what I should do?

I have six other tickets for adults that I’ve saved up (yay) but now I don’t know what to do with the two 5-day tickets for children. . I recall buying them when I heard rumors that Disney was switching to a date-based pricing. My kids were super young then.

 

[heynowirv]

Hi everyone! I’m a little befuddled right now and would love a little advice regarding old tickets. Apparently, I have two 5-day tickets (no date) for kids (age 3-9). My son just aged out and I totally forgot I had these tickets.

I’m so mad at myself. We aren’t going back to Disney until December 2025. These tickets are super valuable…. If they were for adults!! Any advice on what I should do?

I have six other tickets for adults that I’ve saved up (yay) but now I don’t know what to do with the two 5-day tickets for children. . I recall buying them when I heard rumors that Disney was switching to a date-based pricing. My kids were super young then.

They still have a monetary value based on what you paid for them. You can trade them in for whatever they are worth.

 

[lanejudy]

The tickets are most valuable to use them as-is. Do you have a relative, friend, co-worker who might be able to use them? Since they are fully unused you can transfer the tickets to someone via MDE. (Be sure to inform the user they will need theme park reservations to use these tickets.)

Alternatively, you can use the value as a credit and upgrade to a current adult ticket. Credit is likely in the ballpark of $350 each; an upgrade is 1 old ticket to 1 new ticket so unlikely you could combine both unless you need more adult tickets.

 

[Simba's Mom]

We were able to use it for our son, who was 4 when we bought them, but about 18 yo when we found it, stuffed away in some old souvenirs. So he'd definitely aged out! We had no idea if we could use it, but turns out we could (maybe we lucked out). We used it at Epcot. The CM just looked at DS, said "You've got a smart Mom!", or something similar, and welcomed us in.

 

[BaybeeYoda]

The tickets are most valuable to use them as-is. Do you have a relative, friend, co-worker who might be able to use them? Since they are fully unused you can transfer the tickets to someone via MDE. (Be sure to inform the user they will need theme park reservations to use these tickets.)

Alternatively, you can use the value as a credit and upgrade to a current adult ticket. Credit is likely in the ballpark of $350 each; an upgrade is 1 old ticket to 1 new ticket so unlikely you could combine both unless you need more adult tickets.

We were able to use it for our son, who was 4 when we bought them, but about 18 yo when we found it, stuffed away in some old souvenirs. So he'd definitely aged out! We had no idea if we could use it, but turns out we could (maybe we lucked out). We used it at Epcot. The CM just looked at DS, said "You've got a smart Mom!", or something similar, and welcomed us in.

Thx— I’ll try to salvage them for its current value. $350 is pitiful at best! They are currently double that for a 5 day….

were the tickets from 2010 electronic? Mine are…. I think they are from 2013-2015

 

[lanejudy]

We were able to use it for our son, who was 4 when we bought them, but about 18 yo when we found it

Just curious...had it been partially used when he was younger? A partially used ticket can continue to be used by that individual. Otherwise you got some serious pixie dust!

 

[Judique]

Hi everyone! I’m a little befuddled right now and would love a little advice regarding old tickets. Apparently, I have two 5-day tickets (no date) for kids (age 3-9). My son just aged out and I totally forgot I had these tickets.

I’m so mad at myself. We aren’t going back to Disney until December 2025. These tickets are super valuable…. If they were for adults!! Any advice on what I should do?

I have six other tickets for adults that I’ve saved up (yay) but now I don’t know what to do with the two 5-day tickets for children. . I recall buying them when I heard rumors that Disney was switching to a date-based pricing. My kids were super young then.

Are these no expiration tickets? Do they say that on your ticket?
I dealt with the old ticket situation twice in 2024. The first time was not pretty. We eventually had to pay more cash to turn a 5 day ticket into a 3 day ticket at the Magic Kingdom ticket windows. And we had a nasty castmember to boot. They declared the ticket 'worth nothing' although eventually they called the ticketing office after I told them I had already talked to the ticket office. If I remember correctly it cost about $180 to turn 5 days into 3 new days.

Hopefully your experience is better than mine. I would suggest going to Guest Relations on arrival (Disney Springs maybe) and find out how they will handle your situation.

My 2nd experience was better. It was a ticket marked no expiration. Good luck! You are probably going to have to deal with the 6 other tickets also. They may have to be converted into date based media. Hopefully it works out better than our first experience.