Military Families at Walt Disney World
MILITARY FAMILIES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
The general advice for first time visitors to Walt Disney World provided on this site applies equally to military families.
However, military families have access to special military deals and discounts that other families don’t, and also have access to Shades of Green.
The links below provide specific details and guidance for how to find out more about these, and the best ways to take advantage of them.
(Have you found other helpful links for military families visiting Walt Disney World? If so, use the comment box below to let me know about them!)
LINKS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
- Military Families at Walt Disney World
- Deals and Discounts
- Shades of Green
- Other Resources for Military Families
Thank you for your service and sacrifice. My father was career Navy, and my wife’s father was wounded with the Marines on Tarawa. We have some sense, therefore, of the sacrifices you make and risks you accept, and honor you for it. Thank you.
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Hi, I am trying to get my family and extended family (we are retired military) to WDW May 1-8, 2011. The free dining skipped our time frame. I have my fingers crossed for another military code after the current expires at the end of this month. Disney doesn’t seem to publish this information as readily as other codes. Where can I found out when they will be released asap to hopefully get us all there? Thanks for the help; I love your sight although I am very new to it.
I agree. That said, I am almost certain a military discount will be out by the end of January at the latest, and it will cover your dates.
I’ll post as soon as I hear about one–but http://www.militarydisneytips.com/index.html likely will hear first!
Thank you so much! I have your site as one of my home pages to monitor everyday. It keeps us all excited for our upcoming trip reading all the great tips
Have fun getting ready!!
hi i want to find out how it would cost for a family of six for april 11 until april 18 2011.my husband is a veteran (Army). we are trying to take our young kids to disney but we need to find out if we can afford it.airfare,hotel and tickets to the part.can you please let me know how much it would cost for to go on does days? it would be two adults and a 17,16,7, and 5. thank you
Iris–there’s no easy answer to that. Above all it depends on where you stay. Your family is large by how both Disney and Shades of Green figure this, so you will need either a larger (and more expensive) room or two smaller less expensive rooms. You may want to check into some off-site options (non-Disney hotels).
See the left side links for where to stay, and under that large families. That will give you a sense of your options. See also lower on the left side the link to “the Tightwad’s Guide.” In there you’ll find some thoughts on staying off-site.
You are probably gonna see between $150-300 a nite for hotel rooms, and an average of around $300 over the trip for each person for tickets, unless you use the military ticket deal, which though chepaer will not really give you enough days in the parks. Add to that $30-50 per day per person for food, and more for transportation.
Add this up, and if it seems possible, I’d advise you to use a travel agent–they are no-charge, and can save you a lot of research and trouble.
There’s a link to how to find and use a travel agent lower on the left side as well.
Hi,
I am in the British Forces (Army) does the military discount apply to me. I plan to holiday the first 10 days in Oct 2011 with my wife and 4 year old girl. do you have any idea of costs.
Andy, I don’t think it does, but you might reach out to Dinsey Military Sales to double-check. http://disneymilitarysales.com/ There’s a contact us button at the bottom.
Re pricing your trip, the cleanest way to do so is to make your basic decisions–especially about where to stay, which is the biggest variable, see http://yourfirstvisit.net/planning-your-first-family-trip/where-to-stay/ and then go through the Disney website as though you were making a reservation.
My family and my brother’s family will be staying at Shades of Green this coming August. We booked the Palm Suite there which is the only 3 bedroom Suite there. I was informed that they dont offer the dining plan with that room (which I think is ridiculous seeing what we are paying for the room!!) Do you know if you can buy a dining plan seperately and if so are there any discounts on them? Thanks again for you help in advance
Tomiko–Shades is not part of the Disney Dining plan–it can’t offer it to any of its guests. Only the Disney owned and operated resorts offer the Disney Dining Plan…
hey dave–my dad is retired army so we are able to get a really good deal on a military timeshare outside of the park. they offer a free shuttle to and from the park morning and night. i was wondering if you don’t get the park hopper option, is it possible to get from park to park using the bus system at disney? just in case, we want to leave in the afternoon…the animal park is closest to where we will stay, but if we are in magic kingdom–can we get there on the bus or do we have to go in the park to do so? does my question make sense? please let me know. we plan to go the week of dec 3rd…i’m so excited!
Hi Tara!
You should be exicted!
Yes, you can get from park to park using Disney’s transportation system even if you don’t have park hopper add-ons to your tix.
What you can’t do is go to more than one park in a day–you can go to the same park multiple times in a day, just not a different park.
Magic Kingdom park transport is via the Transportation and Ticket Center–you get there from the Magic Kingdom via monorail or ferryboat. Once there, you can get buses to the Animal Kingdom or Hollywood Studios, or the monorail to Epcot. At the other parks, buses to the other parks are at the main bus depot in front of the park.
Hope this helps–and let me know if I didn’t understand your question!
perfect! that is great news. thanks so much
You bet!
Hey! My family and I are currently on vacation at the orlando location for Disney. When it comes to hotels check out http://www.govvacationrewards.com, we are staying at the country inn and suites for 50 bucks a night and it is in excellent condition (comparable to holiday inn express), and it is located in the hotel district, so this makes you very close to everything. Also one thing that is not mentioned about the salute tickets is that “fast pass” is included! I can tell you right now that the fast pass is a life saver with little ones (with little patience and high expectations!)
Mike thanks for the heads up…! PS All Disney World tix include FASTPASSES, for free..and you are right they are lifesavers!
Great website I’m happy I happened onto it by means of my friend’s blog.
hey dave its anthony again quick question im a veteran so does the miltary discount work for me or is that only active military personel also if it does work what do i need cause all i have is a copy of my ddform 214 which states im a veteran and stuff hopefully they still care for the veteran lol!!!!!!!
Anthony–I know career retired are eligible, but am not sure about regular vets who weren’t career. If you aren’t career retired, I suggest sending an email to Disney Military Sales with your specific service… see http://disneymilitarysales.com/ . (And thanks for serving!!!)
Also check out http://www.militarydisneytips.com/index.html
I am taking my wife and daughters (11 & 1) oct 7-10. We want to stay in the animal kingdom resort. Where can I find discounts on tickets and lodging?
Hey Josh, no lodging deals have been announced for that period–it’s possible they will be, see Disney World deals for the general public and return to the page every couple of weeks.
Ticket deals are rare. You can sometimes find them for 3-5% off. Check AAA if you are a member, and also see http://yourfirstvisit.net/2009/12/27/the-tightwads-guide-to-where-to-stay-at-walt-disney-world-1-resort-deals-and-discounts/
Are there any pictures of the 3 bedroom Palm suite at Shades of Green? Is it worth the extra cost over renting 2 rooms?
Jean, I don’t have an opinion on this suite. Suggest you ask Steve at MilitaryDisneyTips.com or post a thread on disboards.com. Sorry to not be much help! Dave
Hi Kristen, and thanks.
He has to be physicially present at a ticket booth at WDW to activate the tickets–he doesn’t have to stick around, or go into a park or anything, but he has to be there long enough for this one-time activation…
Hi Dave, WONDERFUL and very helpful website! You’ve done quite the job! My question is, my father in law is retired military and wanted to send us on a Disney Vacation (2 adults, 2 kids 4/3 & 1 infant) but he isn’t going so would we still be able to use the military ticket discount if he isn’t there to show his id? Thank you so much!
Hi! My husband is deployed in Iraq for a year but is coming home for his 2 weeks in Sept. The deployment does not end until next spring. I know that there are discounts for military but was wondering if they have any special discounts for deployed families. Also, I have seen a sign around base for $99 2 parks in 3 days tickets but have not seen anything on the site about that deal. Thanks! And P.S. we already have plans to go to Disney for a week in Sept and we live in IL.
Hi Tami!
There’s no special deal for people deployed, but there are both room rate and tickets deals for military families. The tix are for 4 days–the deal you are seeing is likely for Disneyland, not Disneyworld (as it has 2 parks and Disney World has 4).
For more on these deals, see this and its links: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2011/07/07/more-clarity-on-total-tickets-for-the-extended-disney-military-salute/
Hope this helps and thanks for your husband’s and your family’s service! Dave
Thanks! Another question. We are already booked for a condo through AFV Club but I was wondering about Shades of Green for a future trip. Do they have any rooms that have a fridge or microwave or anything where you don’t have to buy every meal out? I think the answer is no but I thought I’d check.
Hi Tam! Off-hand I don’t remember if Shades has fridges, tho I expect it does. I’ll find out! It does not have microwaves…
Tami, I checked with Shades expert Steve at MilitaryDisneyTips.com, and he confirmed the presence of mini-fridges. See http://www.militarydisneytips.com/Shades-of-Green/Shades-of-Green-Room-Pictures/pages/Dresser-Fridge_jpg.htm
Hey Tami, But to the other part of your question… The only microwaves are in the two laundry rooms. One in each wing.
Thanks Steve I didn’t know there were microwaves at Shades at all!
Tami I often find breakfast and lunch can work just fine with a minifridge and a coffee maker…
My question is I am a vet honarable discharged from airforce and my sister is retired she is joining us for a trip to disney but wont be able to get there the same day as we do can she give us a photocopy of her ID so we can go to the park before she arrives we have tickets from ITT.
Hi Steve–she has to be physicially present to activate the tickets. (Disney does this to keep these discounted tickets from being re-sold to ineligble people.) Is she getting there the next day, what time do you arrive, and where are you staying? I may have some thoughts on things to do the day you arrive…
She will not arrive untils 2 days after us. We would like to go ahead to the park. Our days will be slightly differnt. She will still be there when we are ready to head home. She will send a photo copy of her Id if that is acceptable. Is there a solution to our problem? I was unable to get the oringinal days from work we had planned on. Thanks for your quick response. She is also willing to fax her information if needed.
We will arrive 2 days ahead of her. can she fax a copy of her ID to a certain area ahead of us.
Steve i’ve reached out to an expert to see if there’s any solution–will post again if I hear of one…
Thank you!
Dave and Steve, what Dave stated earlier is Disney’s policy. The military member MUST be present to activate the tickets, a copy of the ID will not do. As far as Disney is concerned tickets and a photocopy of an ID could have been purchased on ebay by an ineligible person.
Steve you didn’t retire but are you perhaps permanently disabled with a military ID with a DAVPRM status? If so you are eligible to activate the tickets yourself.
Or you said you can’t change your dates, can your sister?
STEVE caps, “Steve from” is the expert I reached out to…
No we cannot change our dates. It will be a while before we can get days off from work again. also I do have a honorable discharge from airforce but, not disabled. There does not seem to be a solution to our dilemma and my son was really looking forward to going to Disney but we already have spent a lot of money on these tickets. We have a legit reciept and they did not come off e-bay by an ineligble person they were legitimately purchased from a ITT on base by my sister and now I have tickets that I cannot use because she is unable to come to the park to activate them. i am just saying there should be a way to either change those tickets over and pay the difference or something. The ITT told my sister that they will not refund the price of the tickets. She has the tickets that she needed already but just cannot go due to family illness. So in a nutshell we are backed in a corner with no solution to be found. What is the happiest place on earth to me right now is definetly not my happiest place!
Steve I am so sorry…
My daughter is married to a currently active Marine. Can she and her husband purchase military-discounted tickets for me, my wife and 5 other children to use? None of the rest of us are military. Thanks!
forgot to mention, specifically we all want to get just a one-day ticket.
Hi Mike!
Sorry to say the answer is no. The current Disney military deal is for four day tickets; only 6 can be active at a time; and the military member (or spouse) has to be at Disney World in person to activate them.
The Marine/spouse may be able to buy one day tickets on base tax-free, which will save a little….
my aunt brought us 9 ticket for a day at disneyland,seaworld and universal respectively.but she can not go with us.can we still use the even if she not around,thanks
Hi Ludia, I’m not familiar with the tickets you are referring to.
Suggest a couple of things:
1. repost your question on my friend Steve’s site–for example on this page– http://www.militarydisneytips.com/blog/disney-military-discounts/disney-military-salute-how-many-armed-forces-salute-tickets-can-you-really-buy/#more-2826
2. If you can, when you do so be more specifc about the tix–e.g. where she bought them, etc.
Sorry I don’t know about these, but I bet Steve can help!! Dave
Planning on going to DW next week. We have a large/blended family…2 adults +7 kids. Do you know if DW will honor tickets purchase for large families with the military discounted tickets? Also, what information do they take and retain. I’m really concerned with our personal information (SSN, DOB, address etc). Do you require ID cards for kids over 10 and do they take their DOB too? Thanks…any help would be great!
Hi Fay!
First–just to be clear–you can’t buy the tix themselves at WDW–you may not have been implying that, but I wanted to be sure! If you need to know where you can buy them let me know and I’ll send you a link..
Second, Disney’s policy is that large families can exceed the 6 tickets at a time policy. Not all base people get this tho…
Third, only the military member needs to show an ID at the parks to activate the tix, and they will also then collect this person’s SSN at this time–but that’s it regarding IDs…
Thanks for such a quick response Dave!!
I plan on getting my tickets at the military base (and you are correct – they don’t understand that more than 6 can be purchased if family is large) But I’ll go to multiple ITT ticket offices if needed. And was told that the water park option is added at the WDW gate when the tickets are activate. Is this true?
Our blended family consists of 3 kids that are mine from a previous marriage. They have different last names and will not be with us when we initially activate our tickets. So I was just wondering what information they need about them or if this would be a problem. I read that they take finger prints but not sure if they do that at activation or at the gate. If at activation since we have to activate them all at once, it may pose a problem since they will not be there.
Thanks again!
Hey Fay–they can be activated at different times…the member has to be there at each activation.
The finger scan is something that all WDW ticket holders have to do, and is not unique to the military tix…I’m not sure about the waterparks point other than if you bought it as part of your tix it will be activated at the same time as the park tickets are activated…
my aunt brought us 9 ticket at navy exchange for a day at disneyland,seaworld and universal respectively.can we still use the tickets even if she can not go with us. thanks
OK. Thanks!! One last question (I think). My kids should be able to arrive, but if for some reason they aren’t…who is considered extended family? Just our kids or can my brother and his family use the 3 extra military tickets that we purchased? My husband will be there to active the tickets in this cas as well.
Thanks for your patience and cooperation.
Sorry for all of the questions!
Fay once you have the tickets they can be used for anyone,
My husband is a Marine reservist. Does this make him(us) eligible for the military discount? Also, if it does and we use the military discount to get our tickets to the park and then use the Military discount for rooms at one of the resorts can we add on a dining plan?
Hi Brittany, reservists are eligible. And yes, you can use the Disney discounts for your rooms and tix, and then add the dining plan to your room reservation!
If we use the military discount for our room are we still eligible for the free dining plan if available?
Nope–you can do free dining or a room discount, but not both…
My husband should be able to sign up for his vacation soon and hopes to get a week off in February so we can go to Disney World. My question is I want to do a couple character meals will we be able to book those in Nov. for a February trip or is that not far enough in advance. We haven’t decided if we will be adding a meal plan to use for these.
Hi Brittany! You can check availability by using Disney’s online reservations sytem here: http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/reservations/dining/
Dave, thank you. This is very helpful, should have found it on my own but it is a little overwhelming.
Brittany it is!
Keep on hearing from a variety of folks that US Military (retired), active, reserve have been authorized free access to parks just by showing Military ID card. What is the true scoop on this.
News to me, but I’ll check it out with some experts on military stuff at Disney…
Steve, I checked in with a buddy who is an expert on WDW military stuff (Steve at http://militarydisneytips.com ) and he hasn’t hear of this either. The only military tix promotion either of us is aware of is this one: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2011/08/28/disney-world-military-discount-2012-and-2011/
Hey, we just booked a vacation to DW…our send trip. Apparently military members can now purchase military tickets at the gate. Last time, we spend a good amount of time traveling to and from Shades of Green to purchase them because our tickets did not arrive in time at our local base ticket office.
Thanks for the update, Cameron!
my husband is a navy vet hes 40% disable can we get a millitary discount for any part of disney
Hi Michelle, does he have disabled status on his ID card? If so, he’s eligible for pretty much everything…
I have a question. I have seven kids. Ages 15, 13,11,9 , 18 months and twins 5months old . Do I pay for the little ones. We have never been able to go anywhere. I have to plan to the last penny! Hotel and park! Any info would be great thanks.
Hi Leigh, you don’t have to pay for anyone younger than 3 years old at the time of your visit!
Dave, I have a question and gotten different answers from WDW…We are using 4 military tickets for our family on sat, sun, mon, tues… My MIL flies in on Sunday, and will be going with us Mon-thurs…..we got a military ticket for her (total of 5)…. we are going to upgrade our tickets on monday to a florida select weekday pass, so we can go the rest of the week for just a few dollars, more….so can my husband ( who is active duty ) activate our passes on saturday, and then my MIL pass on monday? or do they all have to be activated at the same time? I had 2 WDW employees and a shades of green employee tell me that this would be fine, as long as my hubby was there to activate it on monday, but 1 WDW employee said they all have to be activated the same time, so if my MIL got there on monday, she could only use the tickets mon and tues? This doesn’t seem right….I just wanted to make sure with someone else that what we are going to do is legit, and we don’t end up having to buy my mil another 2 day pass inorder to go with us!
Hi Bethany! I’m not sure, so I’m gonna reach out to a friend who is more of an expert and see if he knows…
Hey there Bethany,
Dave asked me to weigh in on this.
Per Disney’s rules:
1. All AFS tickets have to be activated at the same time.
2. Everyone having a ticket activated must be there for the activation.
But, Disney tickets castmembers seem to have wide latitude on what they can do and I’ve heard reports of them activating tickets for members of the party who couldn’t be there among many other stretching of the rules things.
Activation has nothing to do with the number of days remaining on the tickets. Days are deducted from the ticket when you put the ticket in the theme park turnstile as you enter. So the MIL’s first day will be deducted the first time she enters a theme park.
All the activation process does besides turning the ticket on is:
1. Check the total tickets activated during the life of the offer on the member’s ssn as well as how many are active currently, and
2. Enter a name against each ticket in disney’s computer system.
What I’d do is, try to activate all 5 together Saturday. Take a photo-copy of your MIL’s drivers license. This will (Hopefully) show the ticket is for her (not to be scalped) and they will code her name against the ticket.
If they won’t let you do it because she isn’t there then you can always go back to activate her’s when she gets there and say they wouldn’t let you do it before.
Hope this helps, let me know if you have any more questions!
Steve
Steve thanks a million as always!
We have a group of 12 family members going to Disney on 3/10-3/17. My husband is retired military, so we both have a card. Can we both purchase 6 tickets for our group and get them activated. Also, are there any discounts for the meals with the characters?
Hi Ellen! Unfortunately you can only activate and use 6 tickets in a week. Here’s the fine print from http://bookwdw.reservations.disney.go.com/ibcwdw/en_US/specialOfferDetails?name=Promo&promotionCode=fy11military&market=fy11military
“[N]o Eligible Service Member or spouse may purchase, activate and/or use more than six (6) Disney 4-Day Military Promotional Tickets during any single week of the promotion.”
There aren’t any discounts–military or otherwise–on the character meals.
thank-you for the info!
You’re welcome…sorry it wasn’t better news…
Me and my family will be visiting Disney World March 12 through March 16. We purchased the 4 day plus water park and fun cards. I would like to know does this discount include the fast pass and if not how can I get that offer? Secondly, I would like to know if this pass is 1 day at the water park and 4 days of park hopping (totalling to 5 days) or enjoying all the fun in 4 days?
This site has been very helpful
Thank You
Hi Shana, FASTPASS is free and built into your park tickets. You don’t have to do anything! And yes, the water park is in addition to your four theme park days!
I am going to Disneyworld at the end of the month and will be getting myself a military 4-day ticket. Can I also purchase additional tickets to be used by friends at a later date? They won’t be going util the summer and I won’t be going with them.. but I was hoping to purchase and activate the discounted tickets for them to use when they come…?
Jess, you have to be physically present with them to activate them…you can’t activate if they aren’t there…
I just stumbled upon this site. We are planning our first big family trip to Disney for the week of Thanksgiving. The Armed Forces Salute discounts all expire Sept 30, 2012. My hubby is deployed through October so we can’t use it. We’ve been waiting to plan Disney and use the discount and its going to expire. Any chance it’ll be renewed or how soon will they post it if so because we have to plan. Its awful for the deployed soldiers and their families to not be able to use the discount. Help!
Hi Katie!
Sorry, but there’s no way to know…they may not do it at all, they may announce it next week, they may announce it in November. Ir they don’t extend it, they may never announce that they aren’t doing it…it just won’t be there…I would plan on the basis that it won’t be happening…that way it’s only upside if it does.
You probably already know this…but Thanksgiving week is a lousy time to go because of crowds…
My ex husband is stationed in the Army in Germany and I am taking our kids to Disney World next week. Can the kids use their military id’s to purchase the discounted military Disney tickets since their dad cannot be with them? We are divorced so I do not have an id but all 3 children do with their dad’s SS# on them.
Hi Angie, I’m sorry but only their Dad, or his current spouse, can buy these tickets, and they have to be there in person at Disney to activate them.
I’m not sure you were correct with Angie (3/13/12 @6:36 am)… my understanding through Shades of Green you CAN buy these tickets as a family member with an ID. We have done this in the past with no problems.
Sandi, I was talking about the salute tickets, and may have misunderstood Angie’s question…Shades sells tickets to those staying there or eligible to stay there, and I’m not certain Angie’s eligible..either way I’ll double check and reach out to her–and thanks!!!
Hey Dave and Angie,
Dave you are right for the Armed Forces Salute, only the member or current spouse can buy/activate these tickets.
Sandi is right that at Shades of Green their ticket office’s policy is “A Military Identification Card or Department of Defense Identification Card must be presented at time of purchase.” So the kids should be able to purchase their tickets at Shades (with their mother paying if it’s allowed? or perhaps they’d have to pay with cash themselves).
Angie, you could call the Shades ticket number to ask, (407) 824-1403, you often have to leave a voicemail with your question and they’ll call you back.
Hope this helps!
Angie and Sandi, if you watch Pawn Stars…Steve at http://militarydisneytips.com is the expert I call in when I’m out of my depth…the guy with the hat, or the guy with the car restoration shop…anyway, I’ll email Angie to make sure that she sees that Steve agrees with Sandi for tix other than the Military Salute!
hi, I am going to Disney world this summer with my family and my girlfriend. We are getting 4 day hopper passes and I saw that if you have a military I’D you get a discount. Her dad is in the military but will not be with us, will she be able to get the discount?
Brandon. there’s a couple of military discounts, but if she does not have her own ID, the only one she can use is for her dad to buy tickets on base–the “discount” is that they are tax-free…
For this one in particular, her dad needs to be at WDW in person to activate, so that’s NOT what she is looking for: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2011/08/28/disney-world-military-discount-2012-and-2011/
Hi there, My parents (my dad is retired USAF) live in Texas and my family (my husband, myself and daughter under 2 yo) live in South Florida and we are thinking about having them purchase the 4 salute tickets for their next trip to visit us in May . Since it likely we won’t use all the 4 day tickets in one weekend visit to Orlando, could my husband and I go back to the parks and use the remainder of the tickets with out my dad being there or do the tickets need to be activated by a military member each time we visit WDW? Florida resident tickets are only good until May and the September expiration of the salute tickets is an amazing deal! Thanks so much!
Hi Jamie!
Your dad needs to be there only when the tickets are first activated–the first day of use.
However, they will expire in 14 days, unless you add on a no-expire to them…
I am wondering if anyone knows if there will be a discount on the tickets for the parks for the month of December 2012. That is when my family and I are going. Please let me know if you know of any discount or your opinion if you think there will be one is welcomed.
Hi Jan!
Ticket discounts are very uncommon, so I doubt there will be one in December.
Disney World discounts usually relate to discounts to its hotels, not its tickets.
There may be hotel discounts for arrival dates between 12/9 and 12/18 or 19, but none are out yet…if they do come out, they’ll be on linked to on this page: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2010/03/29/walt-disney-worlds-latest-spring-and-summer-deal/
What I was referring to was the Salute tickets for disney 4 day hoppers (138.00) I was wondering if they were going to be extended thru Dec 2012. And if so what month would they announce it. The way the economy is I am hoping they will consider it. We are planning our trip for our family Dec1- 8th. Please let me know what you think …..your opinion.
Hi Jan, I hear from my sources that the discussion is continuing, so it’s possible. Because Disney has to work with DOD on this, it gets complicated and time consuming, so even if it happens, we may not hear until October–or later. I’d say the odds are better than 50-50…
My mom is going to Disney on the 10th and may dad is retired military. Can she buy and activate tickets for us even thoug we won’t be going until the 20th? I spoke with a few people at different places and have gotten different answers.
Hey Drew, there’s a couple of different issues here–you guys being present and ticket expiration…I’m gonna double check with an expert so look for his reply here.
Hi Drew,
Dave asked me to tag in on your question.
Your mom with her military spouse retired ID can activate up to 5 Armed Forces Salute tickets at a time. Your dad can do up to six. Technically all of the people having tickets activated are required to be there at the time of activation.
But people have had luck activating tickets for their whole party even though everyone wasn’t there. I recommend your sending them photo copies of your licenses to have when they attempt to activate your tickets ahead of time.
If that doesn’t work, I assume you are joining them while they are still there, so they could activate yours once you arrive.
Hope this makes sense and helps, let me know!
Thanks, Steve, you’re the best!
Dave,
My mom was able to get the six tickets and activate them with no problems, thanks.
Drew, that’s great! Thanks for letting me know…
Hi, I’m planning a trip to WDW the end of Sept. 2012. MY husband is active military so we are going to purchase the Military discounted tickets. Any chance that the Military will have 2013 discounted tickets. I would prefer to go in March of 2013. WDW is very $$$$ so I don’t want to miss out on the chance to take my 6 children.
Hi Amber, I’d say it’s about 50-50 on whether the military discount will come back…but at least one of the past two times they renewed it, they announced it after the prior discount was over…
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