Lifetime/Non-Expiration Tickets - DisneyWorld

[Maui]

Good afternoon

Had a chat with a my dad and this topic came up - basically these tickets were bought in the mid to late 90's. Will Disney still honor these tickets and were these tickets assigned to named individuals or 'nameless' as in just a standard adult ticket or child ticket?

Thanks in advance

[Shooby doo]

Never heard of them, I know that they still honour the no-expiry tickets, ours have an end date of 2030.
SD

[Silvercat]

I don't know the answers to your questions, but I do remember the tickets being sold. We started going to WDW in 1989, and if I'd known then that this would become a lifelong "once in a lifetime" series of visits, I would have saved a bit harder and bought these. They weren't around for long, I don't think, and I don't remember exactly when they stopped being on sale, but they were definitely a real thing, right up to the late 90's.

[Maui]

Was probably the no-expiry ticket to be honest, rather than lifetime tickets... were these assigned to individuals? or are they like 'adult' and 'child' tickets?

[Silvercat]

No, they were definitely called Lifetime Passes, and existed alongside the Annual Pass and the daily or number of days passes. It was well before Magic Your Way passes, and according to the Disney website (I just checked), they will honour all valid tickets, although I don't suppose they see many of these type now! I think they were assigned to individuals, although never having seen one, I don't know if they had ID printed on them.

[lyn1]

You could try phoning them to ask, I am sure they will be able to help. I am not sure if this is the number, but if not they should be able to put you through to the right department 0800 16 90 730

[Nimbus]

There is talk of Lifetime passes on the internet but these seem to be very, very rare. They are valid for everyday of a person's life and never run out. I'm not sure how Disney would convert them to the current passes? They sound similar to Golden Passes which, again, are rare - is it one of these?

Lifetime passes are different to Non-expiry passes. Non-expiry passes for a limited number of days (eg. 10 days) but those days could be used at any time and any year. However, after using them for the stated number of days then they would expire.

As already mentioned, Disney will honour all valid tickets.

[YorkshireT]

I've yet to see a photo of one, or hear a story from someone who actually bought one. All the stories I can find are:

"I once saw them being sold but they were too expensive"
"X who I met in the park told me they had one"
" My dad (aunty, grandma) said they were offered one and seriously considered it".

I'm not saying they don't exist but would love to see someone who own one, holding this never expiration ticket.

The only ones I'm sure they did give were the first ever visitors to the parks.

[Bee happy]

We had tickets from the 90s, I emailed Disney who told me I had to take them to Disney customer service at Downtown Disney so they could validate them. We found out there was 2 days left on them so they swapped them for new tickets and we just bought the kids extra tickets. This was about 2/3 yrs ago.

[Nimbus]

Originally Posted by YorkshireT

I've yet to see a photo of one, or hear a story from someone who actually bought one. All the stories I can find are:

"I once saw them being sold but they were too expensive"
"X who I met in the park told me they had one"
" My dad (aunty, grandma) said they were offered one and seriously considered it".

I'm not saying they don't exist but would love to see someone who own one, holding this never expiration ticket.

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Me too! If only to see what they look like.

I've seen a photo or two of a Golden Pass, which is very similar. Disney award these to people who become "Disney Legends" at the D23 events as well as a few other people. But I've never seen a Lifetime Pass. They must be worth a fortune!