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  1. Steve From MilitaryDisneyTips.com – YourFirstVisit.net Military Moderator
    March 1, 2014

    Hi Michele,

    Unfortunately Disney’s Armed Forces Salute is only for the member or spouse. it’s not for dependents. So no discounts for her via that program.

    But dependent’s can buy the Regular Military Discounted Magic Your Way tickets from Base Ticket Offices. These tickets are slightly discounted versions of the tickets sold by Disney.

    Here is my price list for Shades of Green (the military resort at WDW) the prices on base would be within a dollar. Note: Disney just had a roughly 5% ticket increase and that is not yet reflected on these prices. The base may need to order them so allow time (2 weeks).

    http://www.militarydisneytips.com/Tickets/Magic-Your-Way-Tickets.html

    So your daughter or her dad could get these on base, or she could get them at the Orlando ITT:

    http://www.militarydisneytips.com/Tickets/Orlando-ITT-Ticket-Office.html

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  2. Michele
    February 28, 2014

    Dave,
    My daughter is 18 and her father is retired Navy Seal. He just got 100% disable veteran. Her ID card has the DAVPRM. Can she get any of the discounts? She is an adult dependent. She is planing a trip with her boyfriend. Does she get any discounts at any of the resorts?
    Thanks for any information.
    Michele

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    • Dave
      March 1, 2014

      Michele, watch for a response from Steve, the site’s military expert.

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  3. Marti
    June 10, 2013

    Hi… I’m a 100% vet… My friend who is active duty bought tickets for me. My question is can I use them without her being with me? I tried to call shades of green and they never returned my call.

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    • Dave
      June 10, 2013

      Hi Marti, if she bought the 4-day Military Salute tix, then yes, she does need to be there to activate them.

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  4. liz
    August 5, 2012

    For SHINE — My family did the same thing! We lost our military tickets TWICE. Disney’s guest relations could pull up our info by our names and reissued tickets with the correct remaining days, for FREE. We did this at the guest relations outside one of the waterparks, you could do it at any of the parks.

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    • Dave
      August 6, 2012

      Thanks Liz!

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  5. SHINE
    July 24, 2012

    My family and I went to Disney in November 2011 and we have a few days left on our cards. Unfortunately, I misplaced all of the cards and we are going back in two weeks. What do I have to do to enter the parks without purchasing additional tickets?

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    • Dave
      July 25, 2012

      Hi Shine. If you have your receipt it’s possible that they can re-issue your tickets (assuming that you paid for the no-expire option–otherwise your days expired 14 days after first use), but without it or the tickets you will probably have to purchase a whole new set.

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  6. Steve from militarydisneytips.com
    July 20, 2012

    I hope I helped somewhat Michael and Deb.

    If you have anymore questions feel free to contact me through my site!

    Steve

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    • Dave
      July 21, 2012

      Steve, wonderful help as always–I don’t know what I’d do without you!

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  7. Steve from militarydisneytips.com
    July 20, 2012

    Hi Deb,

    Be sure to see my ticket description above. Did you buy the $138 or $165 Armed Forces Salute 4-day tickets? If so they will not be able to activate them you must go with them. I’m sure you were told when you purchased them that they are non-refundable.

    If this is the type you have there is only one option: There is a possibility that a Disney Manager could make an exception to policy, that they might be allowed to use the ticket’s value toward the purchase of regular gate price tickets which they could then use.

    If this is done, Disney will allow the value of the tickets at the price Disney sold them to the military for (which is less than the $138/$165) to be applied toward the purchase of regular tickets.

    Note, as this would be an exception to policy and they might not find a manager who will approve it.

    If they are the slightly discounted military Magic Your Way Tickets they will be able to use them if they are the “ready for use” type and don’t have to be exchanged.

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  8. Steve from militarydisneytips.com
    July 20, 2012

    Hi Michael,

    I just retired form the AF Reserve in March. Be sure to see my ticket description above.

    Since you can’t go I don’t think that Disney will allow your friend to activate Armed Forces Salute tickets. As I see it you have 2 options:

    Play it safe and get the regular discounted tickets and save a little, be sure they are ready for use!

    Or roll the dice, have them go there without tickets and try to buy AFS tickets from a Disney ticket booth with your daughter’s ID and the power of attorney. I really don’t think it will work, but it might, the Disney ticket sellers seem to have quite a bit of latitude to stray.

    If they won’t let them buy the AFS tickets they could go by Shades of Green to try to get the slightly discounted tickets, also this might or might not work.

    Do you have a buddy at Patrick, MacDill, or Homestead who’d drive over to activate the AFS tickets for them when they are there? You’d have to buy him a ticket too.

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  9. Steve from militarydisneytips.com
    July 20, 2012

    Hi Gang, Dave asked me to tag in on the last poster’s questions.

    First I’ll outline the two different types of military discounted Disney tickets that are available currently at Base ITT (Ticket Offices).

    The 4-day Disney Armed Forces Salute tickets ($138/$165) are a fantastic offer that has been going since 2009 are very restrictive. There are restrictions on the number of tickets allowed and also that the military member or spouse must be there at Disney to activate the tickets, and must have one for themselves. The last day these tickets will be able to be used is 30 Sept. 2012.

    Disney makes this special offer so the member can go with family and/or friends before or after a deployment to spend time together in the parks, or so the spouse can take the kids while the member is deployed.

    The other type of tickets are the regular military discounted Disney Magic Your Way tickets. These are slightly discounted tickets (4%-8% based on length and options) just like you could buy at Disney’s ticket windows at the parks. With these there is a very important consideration. When Disney sends these tickets to base ticket offices there are two different kinds that they could send. Those that are ready for use and those that need to be exchanged at the parks.

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  10. Deb
    July 20, 2012

    Hi,
    I purchased the military discounted tickets for my son and grandchildren and have a family emergency and cannot attend with them. They alreayd have their hotels, car rental etc so they cannot change their trip. I copied my military ID and wrote a letter with it stated the issue. I bought them at the local ITT office and the ticket states ticket to activiate just go to the turnstile. Will a letter from me be enough for him to get in?

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    • Dave
      July 20, 2012

      Deb, I’m not sure, but I don’t think they will be able to get in…I’ll see if I can find more info…

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  11. Michael
    July 20, 2012

    I am in the Air Force Reserves and will be activated during the month of July and August. A friend of mine will be taking care of my kids during this time. He will have a power of attorney of my daughter and she has an active ID Card. Would it be possible for them to use this discount. IT would be my daughter, my friend who will be in charge of her and his daughter. Thank you for your help

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    • Dave
      July 20, 2012

      Michael, I’m not sure, and will see if I can find out more, but I strongly doubt it. The policy is that the member or spouse must activate in person at the gate…and they are pretty strict about this, as its the only way for them to make sure that the deal is going to whom they intend it for..

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