We went to Epcot Guest Relations this morning to try to change our 10 day park hopper tickets into annual pass holder tickets but it could not be done - not yet, not easily. Because we are more than a couple days away from our Nov. 3rd Ft. Wilderness stay, they could not access our tickets, and they are combined in a bundle with our on-property stay and dining plan.
We could have purchased the APH tickets today, $1300+, and then request a refund of our 10-day tickets on Nov. 3rd, BUT we did not feel totally comfortable with the idea of getting a refund later. Just the way the CM phrased it. She was going to create a file on our dealings for later reference, but again, we did not feel 100% comfortable. It wasn't the idea of paying the $1300 now and getting a credit later, it was the possibility of not getting the credit later. We both agreed on that feeling. She also wasn't sure when they could access our 10-day tickets, if it was 2 days out or 10 days out. A second option was presented which entailed separating the stay from the tickets and dining plan. I did that once at 62 days out and the cost of our stay went up immediately because it was no longer a bundled deal. The CM also confirmed that we would surely lose all of our fast passes associated with the 10-day tickets. Not an option to me. She said "you can start making new fast passes now."
I had started out this morning very happy and now I was very unhappy. The CM told me to call reservations by phone to see what they could do to separate the 10-day tickets. Before we left the booth I was on the phone. Rick was dealing with getting the parking fees refunded and I was on the phone. The line was getting long. I was not happy, but glad we didn't have kids with us. They would have been crying, I was almost. It took the CM on the phone a long time to understand what we wanted to do. She kept suggesting that we separate/cancel the tickets and forfeit the fast passes. I kept saying that was not an option.
We rode the monorail around while I thought things through. We drove to DTD since we couldn't get into a park and what a mess that area is! So much construction and so many cars. We parked and walked to Guest Relations to see what they could do. The CM, Michelle from NY, understood what we were trying to do, but thought we had to be 2 days away from our stay in order to access our tickets and convert them. She understood that we did not want to lose any reservations, FP's, or for our stay to go up in cost. I asked if we could purchase annual pass tickets now and get a refund Nov. 3 for the 10-day tickets when we check in and she said it was doubtful, very doubtful, because they would be 2 separate purchases. We were glad we didn't use that option earlier. She went into the back room and took awhile to work on it. She called reservations and really tried, but could not get it done. She said it is because they bundle the stay with the tickets and dining and want it to stay that way (as long as possible). She also said we had some great FP's and understood not wanting to give them up. HOWEVER, she gave us both a free 1-day park hopper ticket to be used anytime between now and Nov. 3rd.
I wish we could have gotten our APH tickets today, but we will keep busy and have fun until we do. We will drive to some of the resorts and explore since we've only stayed at Fort Wilderness. Growing up near Disneyland I used to love riding the monorail and the trams, so that will suffice for now.
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I can share with you my experience and *maybe* it can help. I booked a 6N/7Day package last year. Resort/Tickets/Dining. When the time came, I booked all dining and FP. At 48 days before arrival, we decided to switch to AP. I called the AP line directly and spoke to a CM that deals with AP issues. She was wonderful!!! She used her pixie dust and worked some Disney magic. She was able to switch our reservation over to a Passholder Dining Package, which gave us a cheaper rate for our room and allowed us to stay on the dining plan. Now I might add here that if you have a general public discount and you switch to the Passholder package, you may not get the full discount due to room availability in that category, but the CM should be able to price it out for you and tell you so you can decide. We retained all of our FP selections, but I am not sure what she did on her end to make that possible. All I know is that My Disney Experience continued to say we had park tickets even though we didn't. Since we were 48 days out, they sent us the AP voucher in the mail. I had to call back in to have a CM link the voucher card number to My Disney Experience because the system would not allow me to link it myself. 
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