{"id":11417,"date":"2018-08-17T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/?p=11417"},"modified":"2024-06-17T08:40:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T12:40:46","slug":"if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"If I Buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets While I&#8217;m a Military Member Can I Use Them After I Separate From the military?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-I.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-I.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-I-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-I-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-I-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>This post is part of our&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/frequently-asked-questions\/\">Frequently Asked Question Series<\/a>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/tag\/faq-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets\/\">Disney Armed Forces Salute Ticket FAQ<\/a>&nbsp;section.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/the-disney-armed-forces-salute-military-ticket-and-room-discounts\/\">Disney\u2019s Armed Forces Salute<\/a>&nbsp;offers huge savings on theme park tickets and resort rooms to those Service Members who are&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/am-i-eligible-to-participate-in-disneys-armed-forces-salute\/\">eligible<\/a>&nbsp;to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1718377275514\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">If I Buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets while I&#8217;m a Military Member can I use them after I separate from the military?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\"><strong>Sorry, absolutely not!<\/strong><br\/><br\/>These special discounted tickets are only for current or retired military members (and 100% Service Connected Disabled DAVPRM).<br\/><br\/>A current, valid military CAC or ID is required in order to activate Disney Armed Forces Salute tickets upon arrival. Tickets or vouchers purchased on base need to be activated in person with proper ID at a Disney location prior to use.<br\/><br\/><strong>Once you leave the military without retiring you are ineligible to participate in the Disney Armed Forces Salute.<\/strong><br\/><br\/>Disney will look for a CAC or ID as depicted on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/Special\/How-100-Percent-Disabled-Vets-Can-Get-Their-Military-ID.html\">this page<\/a>\u00a0during the activation process.<br\/>Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/disney-military-discounts\/how-to-activate-your-disney-armed-forces-salute-theme-park-tickets\/\">Activating Disney Military Tickets<\/a>.<br\/><br\/><strong>Your Options<\/strong><br\/><br\/>There are a couple of options available to you:<br\/><br\/><strong>Pre-Activate Tickets<\/strong>. This requires 2 trips within the same Salute Offer period for your whole party though. On the first trip buy all the tickets that you\u2019ll need (up to the ticket limit) and activate them all. The tickets will remain active until used up. No ID is required to use them later, just to activate them. Note Shades of Green now sells pre-activated Salute tickets and only the member or spouse needs to be present for the purchase.<br\/><br\/><strong>Buy the Regular Military Discounted Magic Your Way tickets<\/strong>. These slightly discounted military tickets are sold ready to go and do not require activation. There is no Regular Military Discounted Magic Your Way tickets\u00a0purchase limit. You will only save 4-8% off of the full gate price on these tickets though.<br\/><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/the-disney-armed-forces-salute-military-ticket-and-room-discounts\/\">Disney Armed Forces Salute\u00a0full info<\/a><br\/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/disney-military-discounts\/regular-disney-military-discount-for-walt-disney-world-and-disneyland-tickets\/\">Regular Military Discounted Magic Your Way ticket info<\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/military-discount-theme-park-tickets\/disneyland-military-discounted-theme-park-tickets\/\">Shades of Green Regular Military Discounted Magic Your Way tickets\u00a0Prices<\/a> (Base Ticket Offices are similar).<br\/><br\/><strong>But I&#8217;ve already purchased my Tickets<\/strong>!<br\/><br\/>Quite a few people fall into this predicament.<br\/><br\/>They either buy their\u00a0Disney Armed Forces Salute tickets and then find out that they are being separated prior to their scheduled vacation dates or they don&#8217;t realize\/weren&#8217;t advised that they cannot use them after separation.<br\/><br\/><strong>I highly recommend rescheduling the vacation to prior to separation in order to use this huge savings!<\/strong><br\/><br\/>If that is not possible, then Disney should allow\u00a0you use the ticket purchase value towards full price tickets. A polite escalation up the management chain might be required.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"milit-3181230165\" class=\"milit-after-content milit-entity-placement\"><br>\r\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/ncp\/payment\/4V6YWP2M2DNAU\">Send Steve a Tip<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is part of our&nbsp;Frequently Asked Question Series&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Disney Armed Forces Salute Ticket FAQ&nbsp;section. The&nbsp;Disney\u2019s Armed Forces Salute&nbsp;offers huge savings on theme park tickets and resort rooms to those Service Members who are&nbsp;eligible&nbsp;to participate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":10467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[210,301,300],"tags":[212,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-11417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-faq","8":"category-faq-disney-armed-forces-salute","9":"category-faq-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets","10":"tag-faq-disney-armed-forces-salute","11":"tag-faq-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets","12":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>If I Buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets While I&#039;m a Military Member Can I Use Them After I Separate From the military? - Military Disney Tips<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If I buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets while I&#039;m a Military Member can I use them after I separate from the military? See the Military Disney Tips Answer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"If I Buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets While I&#039;m a Military Member Can I Use Them After I Separate From the military? - Military Disney Tips\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If I buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets while I&#039;m a Military Member can I use them after I separate from the military? See the Military Disney Tips Answer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Military Disney Tips\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MilitaryDisneyTips\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MilitaryDisneyTips\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-17T10:00:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-17T12:40:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-Post-e1535217258695.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Bell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@MilitaryDisney\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MilitaryDisney\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Bell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Bell\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5dd4928c6708aa4f00cc1b128fdb8560\"},\"headline\":\"If I Buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets While I&#8217;m a Military Member Can I Use Them After I Separate From the military?\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-17T10:00:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-17T12:40:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":478,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5dd4928c6708aa4f00cc1b128fdb8560\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/05\\\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-Post-e1535217258695.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"FAQ - Disney Armed Forces Salute\",\"FAQ \u2013 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets\"],\"articleSection\":[\"FAQ\",\"FAQ \u2013 Disney Armed Forces Salute\",\"FAQ \u2013 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":[\"WebPage\",\"FAQPage\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/\",\"name\":\"If I Buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets While I'm a Military Member Can I Use Them After I Separate From the military? - Military Disney Tips\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/05\\\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-Post-e1535217258695.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-17T10:00:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-17T12:40:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"If I buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets while I'm a Military Member can I use them after I separate from the military? See the Military Disney Tips Answer\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"mainEntity\":[{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/#faq-question-1718377275514\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/05\\\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-Post-e1535217258695.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/05\\\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-Post-e1535217258695.jpg\",\"width\":540,\"height\":360,\"caption\":\"Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-Post\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"If I Buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets While I&#8217;m a Military Member Can I Use Them After I Separate From the military?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Military Disney Tips\",\"description\":\"By Military for Military\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5dd4928c6708aa4f00cc1b128fdb8560\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5dd4928c6708aa4f00cc1b128fdb8560\",\"name\":\"Steve Bell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/Steve-and-Mickey-at-Shades-of-Green-1.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/Steve-and-Mickey-at-Shades-of-Green-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/Steve-and-Mickey-at-Shades-of-Green-1.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":584,\"caption\":\"Steve Bell\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/Steve-and-Mickey-at-Shades-of-Green-1.jpg\"},\"description\":\"Hi, I'm Steve Bell, Founder and Editor in Chief of the Military Disney Tips website. Military Disney Tips has been serving the needs of the U. S. Military Community for their Disney Destination Vacations for over 17 years! My mission is to offer you the best advice I can, specific to the U.S. military community, to plan for, save money on, and enjoy your\u00a0Disney vacation!\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/steve-bell-founder-and-editor-in-chief-military-disney-tips\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/MilitaryDisneyTips\",\"www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/stephen-bell-416b3139\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/militarydisney\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/MilitaryDisney\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@ThatDisFam\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/roys\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/#faq-question-1718377275514\",\"position\":1,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\\\/#faq-question-1718377275514\",\"name\":\"If I Buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets while I'm a Military Member can I use them after I separate from the military?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"<strong>Sorry, absolutely not!<\\\/strong><br\\\/><br\\\/>These special discounted tickets are only for current or retired military members (and 100% Service Connected Disabled DAVPRM).<br\\\/><br\\\/>A current, valid military CAC or ID is required in order to activate Disney Armed Forces Salute tickets upon arrival. Tickets or vouchers purchased on base need to be activated in person with proper ID at a Disney location prior to use.<br\\\/><br\\\/><strong>Once you leave the military without retiring you are ineligible to participate in the Disney Armed Forces Salute.<\\\/strong><br\\\/><br\\\/>Disney will look for a CAC or ID as depicted on\u00a0<a href=\\\"http:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/Special\\\/How-100-Percent-Disabled-Vets-Can-Get-Their-Military-ID.html\\\">this page<\\\/a>\u00a0during the activation process.<br\\\/>Read more about <a href=\\\"http:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/disney-military-discounts\\\/how-to-activate-your-disney-armed-forces-salute-theme-park-tickets\\\/\\\">Activating Disney Military Tickets<\\\/a>.<br\\\/><br\\\/><strong>Your Options<\\\/strong><br\\\/><br\\\/>There are a couple of options available to you:<br\\\/><br\\\/><strong>Pre-Activate Tickets<\\\/strong>. This requires 2 trips within the same Salute Offer period for your whole party though. On the first trip buy all the tickets that you\u2019ll need (up to the ticket limit) and activate them all. The tickets will remain active until used up. No ID is required to use them later, just to activate them. Note Shades of Green now sells pre-activated Salute tickets and only the member or spouse needs to be present for the purchase.<br\\\/><br\\\/><strong>Buy the Regular Military Discounted Magic Your Way tickets<\\\/strong>. These slightly discounted military tickets are sold ready to go and do not require activation. There is no Regular Military Discounted Magic Your Way tickets\u00a0purchase limit. You will only save 4-8% off of the full gate price on these tickets though.<br\\\/><br\\\/><a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/the-disney-armed-forces-salute-military-ticket-and-room-discounts\\\/\\\">Disney Armed Forces Salute\u00a0full info<\\\/a><br\\\/><a href=\\\"http:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/disney-military-discounts\\\/regular-disney-military-discount-for-walt-disney-world-and-disneyland-tickets\\\/\\\">Regular Military Discounted Magic Your Way ticket info<\\\/a><br\\\/><a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/www.militarydisneytips.com\\\/blog\\\/military-discount-theme-park-tickets\\\/disneyland-military-discounted-theme-park-tickets\\\/\\\">Shades of Green Regular Military Discounted Magic Your Way tickets\u00a0Prices<\\\/a> (Base Ticket Offices are similar).<br\\\/><br\\\/><strong>But I've already purchased my Tickets<\\\/strong>!<br\\\/><br\\\/>Quite a few people fall into this predicament.<br\\\/><br\\\/>They either buy their\u00a0Disney Armed Forces Salute tickets and then find out that they are being separated prior to their scheduled vacation dates or they don't realize\\\/weren't advised that they cannot use them after separation.<br\\\/><br\\\/><strong>I highly recommend rescheduling the vacation to prior to separation in order to use this huge savings!<\\\/strong><br\\\/><br\\\/>If that is not possible, then Disney should allow\u00a0you use the ticket purchase value towards full price tickets. A polite escalation up the management chain might be required.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"If I Buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets While I'm a Military Member Can I Use Them After I Separate From the military? - Military Disney Tips","description":"If I buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets while I'm a Military Member can I use them after I separate from the military? See the Military Disney Tips Answer","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"If I Buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets While I'm a Military Member Can I Use Them After I Separate From the military? - Military Disney Tips","og_description":"If I buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets while I'm a Military Member can I use them after I separate from the military? See the Military Disney Tips Answer","og_url":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/","og_site_name":"Military Disney Tips","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MilitaryDisneyTips","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MilitaryDisneyTips","article_published_time":"2018-08-17T10:00:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-17T12:40:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":540,"height":360,"url":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-Post-e1535217258695.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Steve Bell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@MilitaryDisney","twitter_site":"@MilitaryDisney","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Steve Bell","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/"},"author":{"name":"Steve Bell","@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/5dd4928c6708aa4f00cc1b128fdb8560"},"headline":"If I Buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets While I&#8217;m a Military Member Can I Use Them After I Separate From the military?","datePublished":"2018-08-17T10:00:44+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-17T12:40:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/"},"wordCount":478,"commentCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/5dd4928c6708aa4f00cc1b128fdb8560"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-Post-e1535217258695.jpg","keywords":["FAQ - Disney Armed Forces Salute","FAQ \u2013 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets"],"articleSection":["FAQ","FAQ \u2013 Disney Armed Forces Salute","FAQ \u2013 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":["WebPage","FAQPage"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/","url":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/","name":"If I Buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets While I'm a Military Member Can I Use Them After I Separate From the military? - Military Disney Tips","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-Post-e1535217258695.jpg","datePublished":"2018-08-17T10:00:44+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-17T12:40:46+00:00","description":"If I buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets while I'm a Military Member can I use them after I separate from the military? See the Military Disney Tips Answer","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/#breadcrumb"},"mainEntity":[{"@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/#faq-question-1718377275514"}],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-Post-e1535217258695.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-Post-e1535217258695.jpg","width":540,"height":360,"caption":"Military-Disney-Tips-FAQ-Friday-Post"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"If I Buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets While I&#8217;m a Military Member Can I Use Them After I Separate From the military?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/","name":"Military Disney Tips","description":"By Military for Military","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/5dd4928c6708aa4f00cc1b128fdb8560"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/5dd4928c6708aa4f00cc1b128fdb8560","name":"Steve Bell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Steve-and-Mickey-at-Shades-of-Green-1.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Steve-and-Mickey-at-Shades-of-Green-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Steve-and-Mickey-at-Shades-of-Green-1.jpg","width":600,"height":584,"caption":"Steve Bell"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Steve-and-Mickey-at-Shades-of-Green-1.jpg"},"description":"Hi, I'm Steve Bell, Founder and Editor in Chief of the Military Disney Tips website. Military Disney Tips has been serving the needs of the U. S. Military Community for their Disney Destination Vacations for over 17 years! My mission is to offer you the best advice I can, specific to the U.S. military community, to plan for, save money on, and enjoy your\u00a0Disney vacation!","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/steve-bell-founder-and-editor-in-chief-military-disney-tips\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MilitaryDisneyTips","www.linkedin.com\/in\/stephen-bell-416b3139","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/militarydisney\/","https:\/\/x.com\/MilitaryDisney","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ThatDisFam"],"url":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/author\/roys\/"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/#faq-question-1718377275514","position":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/faq\/if-i-buy-disney-armed-forces-salute-tickets-while-im-a-military-member-can-i-use-them-after-i-separate-from-the-military\/#faq-question-1718377275514","name":"If I Buy Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets while I'm a Military Member can I use them after I separate from the military?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<strong>Sorry, absolutely not!<\/strong><br\/><br\/>These special discounted tickets are only for current or retired military members (and 100% Service Connected Disabled DAVPRM).<br\/><br\/>A current, valid military CAC or ID is required in order to activate Disney Armed Forces Salute tickets upon arrival. Tickets or vouchers purchased on base need to be activated in person with proper ID at a Disney location prior to use.<br\/><br\/><strong>Once you leave the military without retiring you are ineligible to participate in the Disney Armed Forces Salute.<\/strong><br\/><br\/>Disney will look for a CAC or ID as depicted on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/Special\/How-100-Percent-Disabled-Vets-Can-Get-Their-Military-ID.html\">this page<\/a>\u00a0during the activation process.<br\/>Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/disney-military-discounts\/how-to-activate-your-disney-armed-forces-salute-theme-park-tickets\/\">Activating Disney Military Tickets<\/a>.<br\/><br\/><strong>Your Options<\/strong><br\/><br\/>There are a couple of options available to you:<br\/><br\/><strong>Pre-Activate Tickets<\/strong>. This requires 2 trips within the same Salute Offer period for your whole party though. On the first trip buy all the tickets that you\u2019ll need (up to the ticket limit) and activate them all. The tickets will remain active until used up. No ID is required to use them later, just to activate them. Note Shades of Green now sells pre-activated Salute tickets and only the member or spouse needs to be present for the purchase.<br\/><br\/><strong>Buy the Regular Military Discounted Magic Your Way tickets<\/strong>. These slightly discounted military tickets are sold ready to go and do not require activation. There is no Regular Military Discounted Magic Your Way tickets\u00a0purchase limit. You will only save 4-8% off of the full gate price on these tickets though.<br\/><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/the-disney-armed-forces-salute-military-ticket-and-room-discounts\/\">Disney Armed Forces Salute\u00a0full info<\/a><br\/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/disney-military-discounts\/regular-disney-military-discount-for-walt-disney-world-and-disneyland-tickets\/\">Regular Military Discounted Magic Your Way ticket info<\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/military-discount-theme-park-tickets\/disneyland-military-discounted-theme-park-tickets\/\">Shades of Green Regular Military Discounted Magic Your Way tickets\u00a0Prices<\/a> (Base Ticket Offices are similar).<br\/><br\/><strong>But I've already purchased my Tickets<\/strong>!<br\/><br\/>Quite a few people fall into this predicament.<br\/><br\/>They either buy their\u00a0Disney Armed Forces Salute tickets and then find out that they are being separated prior to their scheduled vacation dates or they don't realize\/weren't advised that they cannot use them after separation.<br\/><br\/><strong>I highly recommend rescheduling the vacation to prior to separation in order to use this huge savings!<\/strong><br\/><br\/>If that is not possible, then Disney should allow\u00a0you use the ticket purchase value towards full price tickets. A polite escalation up the management chain might be required.","inLanguage":"en-US"},"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11417"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33113,"href":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11417\/revisions\/33113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.militarydisneytips.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}