This post is part of our Frequently Asked Question Series in the Disney Armed Forces Salute Ticket FAQ section.
The Disney’s Armed Forces Salute offers huge savings on theme park tickets and resort rooms to those Service Members who are eligible to participate.
Can I Upgrade My Disney Armed Forces Salute Ticket?
Yes you can in a couple of ways. And No you can’t in one significant way!
First and most important! You must still have days available for use on your ticket at the time of upgrade. You cannot upgrade a old used ticket.
The Disney Armed Forces Salute tickets come in 2 varieties for Walt Disney World: Park Hopper and Park Hopper Plus. At Disneyland they only come with the Park Hopper option.
All varieties can be purchased without or with Disney Genie+.
Upgrading Ticket Options
At Walt Disney World, if you’ve purchased the Park Hopper version you may upgrade your ticket to the Plus option.
If you purchased tour Salute Tickets without Disney Genie+, you may also add that to your tickets.
All upgrades must be done in person at a Disney Ticket or Guest Relations location.
To upgrade just drop by any WDW ticket or Guest Relations location and pay the price difference between the ticket that you have and the ticket that You are upgrading ti. You will pay the price deferance plus tax on the price difference.
If you originally purchased your ticket from Shades of Green you can also upgrade your tickets there to the new price without tax. Or you can upgrade your Shades of Green purchased ticket directly with Disney World with the tax added.
You cannot upgrade tickets purchased elsewhere at Shades of Green!
Upgrading to an Annual Pass
Any Disney Armed Forces Salute ticket can be upgraded to any pass.
At Walt Disney World, if you’d like to upgrade to one of the many different annual passes you can go to any WDW ticket location and pay the price difference between the Salute ticket and the desired pass plus tax.
At Disneyland, if you’d like to upgrade to an annual pass you can go to any DLR ticket location and pay the price difference between the Salute ticket and the desired pass.
Adding a Day
Prior to 2017 Disney did not allow you to add days to the 4-day Walt Disney World or 3-day Disneyland Resort Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets.
But with the addition of the 5-day Walt Disney World Armed Forces Salute Tickets and 4-day Disneyland Resort Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets there had been a change to this policy.
If you buy the shorter tickets (4-day at WDW & 3-day at DLR) you can upgrade them to the longer versions (5-day at WDW & 4-day at DLR) for the price difference.
No other additions of days are allowed.
There is no other way to add days! 5 days at WDW and 4 days at DLR are the maximum lengths allowed for Disney Armed Forces Salute tickets. If you need longer tickets you’ll need to consider other options, see What is the Right Military Ticket for Me?
Walt Disney World Locations to Upgrade:
- All four theme park ticket and Guest Relations windows
- The Transportation and Ticket Center Ticket or Guest Relations windows
- Magic Kingdom Ticket or Guest Relations windows (Outside the main entrance, Town Hall, and Next to the Hall of Presidents in Liberty Square) Note: Liberty Square location currently closed
- Epcot – Main Entrance or International Gateway Ticket or Guest Relations windows (Outside both entrances and behind and to the left of Spaceship Earth in Guest Relations)
- Hollywood Studios Ticket or Guest Relations windows (Outside the main entrance and Ticket Central at Hollywood and Sunset Boulevards) Note Ticket Central currently closed
- Animal Kingdom Ticket or Guest Relations windows (Outside the main entrance and the Ticket Corner at Island Mercantile on Discovery Island)
- Both Water Parks
- Typhoon Lagoon
- Blizzard Beach
- Disney Springs Shopping and Entertainment Area (formerly Downtown Disney)
For full information on the Disney Armed Forces Salute, please see our Disney Armed Forces Salute Page.
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Amanda says
Can salute tickets purchased prior to Feb 2021 with the expiration of Sept. 26th 2021 be upgraded to the new AP?
Can this be done tax free at Shades?
Steve says
Hi Amanda,
They are allowing 2020 upgrades to 2021 Salute Tickets, APs would be the same.
Shades no longer carries APs. When they did they would only upgrade tickets purchased there.
Kimberly says
I have a 2021 salute ticket (not used) and a cast member on the phone told me that we can not upgrade to an AP with it. Do I need to try to call again? This seems so wrong…
Steve says
I would definitely try calling again Kimberly.
Kimberly says
Thank you so much!
Christy M Diebold says
Hi Steve!
I may have missed this in the comments or article, but I am interested in upgrading our 4 day to 5 day park hopper at the park. I know that we will pay the difference to Disney + tax. I confirmed the price difference with a cast member, so I understand that. My question is will we need to pay the tax on the difference or will tax be applied for the full cost of the 5 day ticket?
Thank you for your help and love the site!
Steve says
Hi Christy,
You just pay the tax on the price difference. Disney considers the 4 days as fully paid with tax.