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Hoping someone can help me out here. I just bought 10 day park hoppers through Undercover Tourist (with the no expiration option). This is the first time I've bought through UT. When I bought our last 10 day tickets a few years ago, they were purchased online directly from Disney. They were plastic cards and each had a different character on the front. Our package from UT arrived today and in it, are what appear to be 4 tickets stubs that look more like movie tickets. They are cardstock (at best) and just have printing on them - no characters. Are these our actual tickets, or when we use them the first time, will we get the hard plastic ones? I am just really afraid these look like they could be misplaced more easily, or damaged more easily, if this is it....
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this!
If you were to buy them from Disney on-site, they'd be the same paper-like tickets (that's what they use now.)
The only time I know that you get the "hard" credit-card like tickets are when you purchase the special event tickets, like the Christmas or Halloween parties.
I see people at the parks with the paper/cardstock tickets all the time. They work. Back in 2003, when we went to DL & CA we order tickets online from Disney and they were cardstock. They were fine for the 5 days we were there.
Last year when I ordered tickets online for MNSSHP, all I had were 4 sheets of paper that I printed off on my printer. There were no cardstock or hard plastic credit card style tickets.
If you are staying on-site, you can have your paper tickets transferred to your KTTW card. If you don't use them up on this trip, just hold on to the KTTW card and bring it back on your next trip to have the unused days transferred to your next card. I've done this before with no expiration tickets and had no problems!
One other tip - take a photo (on your camera phone if you have one) of the paper tickets, making sure the serial number is clearly visible. If you have the photo (or at the very least all of the serial numbers), Disney can replace your tickets if they get lost.
We've ordered from UT twice. They are real tickets, plastic coated paper, same as the ones you get from WDW. The other side of the ticket should have WDW characters. Did you open up the plastic? The back side of the ticket is printing.
I recommend you photocopy the back side of the tickets just in case you misplace them. I keep my tickets in my Passporter pouch.
Thanks all! I hadn't opened it yet (because of the no return if opened warning) but did hold it up to the light and can see the characters on the other side. I guess we just need to be a lot more careful with these than with the old hard ones.
Thanks all! I hadn't opened it yet (because of the no return if opened warning) but did hold it up to the light and can see the characters on the other side. I guess we just need to be a lot more careful with these than with the old hard ones.
That's why you should photo copy the back of the cards. In case something happens to them, you can go to Guest Services (with your photocopy so they can look it up) and give you replacements
As someone else said, if staying on site and you're worried, just have the hotel transfer them to your KTTW and save it for your next trip. Record the ticket numbers by photo or by hand (in your PassPorter!) just in case of loss for easy replacement. But I really wouldn't worry about them not holding up. They are actually pretty sturdy. I have used old PH tickets like those with no problem. A PassPorter neck pouch or inexpensive badge holder from the stationary store will keep them clean and in easy reach. And UT is a totally reliable agency; they sell thousands of these genuine Disney tickets every year to happy WDW visitors like the folks on this list. So feel free to open that envelope and see what characters you got!
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We have never stayed on site before, this will be our first time, are the KTTW cards the hard plastic credit-card type cards? We are traveling with our two children DS5 and DD7 so I will have all 4 cards to keep track of for park admission and dining plan and just wondering how sturdy they will be!
We have never stayed on site before, this will be our first time, are the KTTW cards the hard plastic credit-card type cards? We are traveling with our two children DS5 and DD7 so I will have all 4 cards to keep track of for park admission and dining plan and just wondering how sturdy they will be!
Yes, KTTW are credit-card type cards!
Have a great trip!
We have never stayed on site before, this will be our first time, are the KTTW cards the hard plastic credit-card type cards? We are traveling with our two children DS5 and DD7 so I will have all 4 cards to keep track of for park admission and dining plan and just wondering how sturdy they will be!
Yep, they sure are. I always wear a lanyard with a plastic zipper-pouch on the end of it and I keep my card plus my two boys' cards in it. That way the tickets are easy to reach, always around my neck and protected from being splashed! You can get a lanyard and the plastic pouch at any pin trading station or near the pins in any shop, and I've also seen them in every resort hotel gift shop I've checked (and I've either visited or stayed in almost every hotel on property!!). It's really handy and keeps them very safe.
I use the lanyard and zip lock clear pouch too. Esp easy for EMH, where you have to show your KTTW card at each attraction. Just hold up the pouch, they only need to see one. Less chance of dropping and loosing them digging around to get them out for every ride.
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Hoping someone can help me out here. I just bought 10 day park hoppers through Undercover Tourist (with the no expiration option). This is the first time I've bought through UT. When I bought our last 10 day tickets a few years ago, they were purchased online directly from Disney. They were plastic cards and each had a different character on the front. Our package from UT arrived today and in it, are what appear to be 4 tickets stubs that look more like movie tickets. They are cardstock (at best) and just have printing on them - no characters. Are these our actual tickets, or when we use them the first time, will we get the hard plastic ones? 
I am just really afraid these look like they could be misplaced more easily, or damaged more easily, if this is it....
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