Originally Posted By tashajilek "If you really want a 6 day ticket, and they won't do it at the ticket booth, it may be worth checking at guest relations once you're inside the park. That's where you would go to upgrade a regular ticket to a longer one, so they might be able to add another day to your 5-day Hopper. I don't know if they can do it, but it might be a way to get around the system." It doesnt hurt to check i guess. We really dont need 6 day, but being Christmas i know how crazy it will be. "I don't know how to either. I can't sit down on a vaction and not do things all day long. I'm hoping the cruise we go on next year will force me to relax a little more. " It really is hard because you dont want to feel like you waste anytime. I guess if you are on a cruise you will have to relaxe a little bit.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove We made our 7-night hotel reservation months ago, intending to use the 6 day pass. Now that it's not an option, we'll spend that 6th day (and money) elsewhere. We definitely could have handled a 6th day in the park. That's how the relaxation factor sets in. You know you have several days to really soak in the place and not worry about missing anything. Definitely impacts us out-of-towners who are unable to go more than once a year at best and can't make use of the AP option as a cost-saving measure, as berol commented. Ferret had a great suggestion. If anyone tries it, please let us know.
Originally Posted By Disney Joy agree ~ out of towner here. I was ticked I could not get a 6 ticket. It helps take a day a little more relax. Now I got to do something else. I will try and sleep in, do pool stuff and shop... AND not happy with that at all. I guess I will write also. If more of us do Maybe. That is another day for them to get my ticket money, food money and probably some extra shopping. DON'T get it.
Originally Posted By LacyBelle I've seen this discussion on another Disney board. The theory there is that Disney no longer sells the 6-day pass, as too many people were buying them and sharing or reselling the days they didn't use. I know a lady at work (not one I'm fond of) that shared that she did that very thing on her last trip during Spring Break...bought 6-day hoppers for her family's 3-day trip, advertised on Craig's list, and found a family to buy the remaining days from her. Unethical and illegal. I liked her even less after that. It has also been mentioned that you can add a sixth or seventh day to your passes at the ticket booths for $5/day. If you get a CM that tells you no, try another window or ask for a lead/supervisor. It is something they can and will do for you. People are having success in upgrading that way. It sounds like they will re-print your tix and add your names to the passes to try and prevent the selling aspect, which should not be an issue as you're not working a scam anyway...just wanting to spend more time (and money) in the parks. Good luck! ºoº
Originally Posted By berol I wonder if you have to wait until day 5 or 6 to do it. It'd make sense cuz of resell prevention.
Originally Posted By LacyBelle From what I've read, you can upgrade any day within the pass period...just make sure to do so before you use the final day.
Originally Posted By tashajilek I really cant see them upgrading for you if the 6 day isnt available. I upgraded to a 5 day when i had a 4 day no problem, but i cant see them telling you to go and buy a one day ticket.
Originally Posted By Disney Joy I hope that you can add to a 6 day. I just called Guest Relations Ticket Sales and she said you can add a day up to 5 days ONLY. She said since there is NO 6 day ticket .. you can NOT add to a 5 day ticket. Anyone here has tried this out or know someone personally that was able to add a 6th day since the new change. ?
Originally Posted By Disney Joy ^^ She did say I could BUY a 1 day ticket. yeah BIG HELP I think because attendance is up they think you will BUY the extra day. I thought about it, BUT with 2 people it is just too much for $87.00 x 2.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Well, hopefully you all who want the 6 day tickets wills write ti Disneyland too. I will keep emailing them and bothering them, so you hopefully it will help. I already wrote a complaint to bring back the french toast at the Carnation cafe and hopefully it will return when i come back!
Originally Posted By Disney Joy I will be writing....although I think I am going to WDW next year....BUT when I do go back to DL I need 6 days.
Originally Posted By LacyBelle It sounds like DLR is still giving mixed signals...some are allowed to upgrade, others aren't. Is it luck of the draw? Poor communication within the organization? Yeah, that never happens. ;-) There's a long thread about this over on DISBoards and it sounds like they had been allowing the upgrades to a 6-day for a couple of months (and as recently as last week) and now are being told nothing longer than a 5-day. <a href="http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2963761" target="_blank">http://www.disboards.com/showt...=2963761</a> There's a comment over on MousePlanet where an upgrade was granted last week...and at no charge. A little pixie dust in action. <a href="http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland-resort/172532-6-day-park-hopper-my-experience.html" target="_blank">http://micechat.com/forums/dis...nce.html</a> From what others are reporting, if you are denied, try another ticket kiosk...even one across the esplanade. Be sure to ask for a lead or supervisor, as the front line CM's answer will likely be no. It really is a shame, because it's a bad move on Disney's part to get rid of this length of passes. There's clearly a demand for the longer park hoppers (not a huge demand, but it should not be taken away as an option). This move by Disney will just push people that would ordinarily stay 6 or 7 days to spend that money elsewhere in the area for those days. It's crazy to expect guests are going to buy additional 1 or 2 day tickets to supplement their length of stay. The other answer from Disney (aside from purchasing additional 1-day tix) seems to be to purchase an annual pass. The price jump from a 5-day to a Deluxe AP is more than buying a one day ticket...and blockout days come into play. That leads one to a Premium, which is even higher. Not a viable option. Good luck to those wanting to upgrade.
Originally Posted By Disney Joy ^^ Thanks I'm gonna give it a try at the park. Never hurts.... I would like the extra day if just to stroll around eat and shop. Going one or twice a year we out of towners need all the days we can.
Originally Posted By tashajilek It seems like a huge hassle that paying customers really should have to go through. If i have to stand in the ticket line up and have to ask for a supervisor and then another booth if it fails. This is really total bs in my opinion.
Originally Posted By sjdimon I know that a part of the problem was that ticket "resellers" would purchase 10-day passes, that they would then "sell" at a rate of $50 to $60 per day on Craigs List and EBay. You would use these tickets for a specified number of days, then return the tickets where the next person would use them until they either expired or all of the days were used up. One way to "fight" this is to make all tickets no more than 5-day passes(though I do agree that there should be longer options for folks willing to buy them via Disney Travel). Maybe next summer....
Originally Posted By bravebrother As I am from Canada, I only get down to Disneyland once a year and I have used the 6 day parkhopper pass for the past two trips. Bought mine online before they decided to pull them. When I entered the park for the first visit they made me print my name across the disclaimer on the back of the ticket. I assumed this was to prevent anyone else from using the ticket. I would suggest that maybe they start asking people for ID to confirm they are the same ticket holder after maybe the 3rd visit. This would be better than taking away the 6 day pass for us honest guests who want some quality time in the park.
Originally Posted By sjdimon I don't see why they would not encourage folks to stay 6 or 7 or 8 days at the DLR. OK - lets' say you were on vacation for 2 weeks in SoCal. If you made your "home base" in ANaheim (since it is fairly centrally located) - why not have an 8, 9 or 10 day pass that you could use. The incremental costs per day were so small by then, it was worth it - so you could pop in for a show, or a parade, or a meal (thinking Blue Bayou or Carthay Circle) - I think that they are shooting themselves in the corporate foot by not having those passes anymore.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< It's crazy to expect guests are going to buy additional 1 or 2 day tickets to supplement their length of stay. >>> The probably don't expect people to do so. Especially since the price differential for the extra days wasn't that much when longer tickets were available, they may have calculated that the lost revenue will be small compared to what they gain from not having longer tickets leak through the resale channel. Also, if resale is indeed the issue, I wonder how long it will be before Anaheim gets the fingerprint readers that Florida has. That would put a stop to resale and allow them to bring back longer tickets. Also, I'm familiar with a situation where someone booked a 5-night stay for this coming November back in February. At the time, the offer was for 5 nights and 6-day hoppers. If you try to book the same thing now (or even 6 or 7 nights), they only offer you a 5-day hopper. But, this existing reservation still shows a 6-day hopper when looked up online. I suppose they have to do this, as the package has already been paid for.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Also, if resale is indeed the issue, I wonder how long it will be before Anaheim gets the fingerprint readers that Florida has. That would put a stop to resale and allow them to bring back longer tickets.<< I've wondered for years why DL hasn't adopted the biometric scanners that they've been using in WDW for so long (since ~2006?). Especially now that APs no longer include a photo on them, it would make a lot of sense for them to switch over. On the other hand, they just paid a lot of money to install brand new turnstyles at DCA's new front entrance, so I doubt we'll see them convert for a while. And it would be really fun to watch all the Californians squirm when they have to give part of their identity to "the man"!
Originally Posted By dlandgirls They used to offer 7 day but at the pricing it made more sense to get an annual pass (when they were affordable). We will definitely be cutting our trip short which is unfortunate. We plan to go to Huntington Beach 2 nights and Disney 5. If they offered a 6 or 7 day, we would stay our entire trip at a Disney hotel, eat the Disney food, and shop. Seems dumb on their part.
