Ticket Fundamentals:
Regular "Magic Your Way Base" tickets includes entrance to ONE theme park on a given day. You can add on options to the base ticket such as:
- Park Hopping - purchase this option if you want to visit more than one theme park on a given day
- Water Park Fun & More - purchase this option if you want to also enjoy a smaller park such as the water parks, DisneyQuest in Downtown Disney, the miniature golf courses and ESPN's Wide World of Sports complex.
- Non-Expiration - typically, your tickets will expire 14 days from the first day you use them. This will allow your ticket to be used after the 14 days. If you are not sure how many days you are going to spend in the parks, but know that you are going to come back to WDW, this maybe a good option for you and your family to save money in the long-run.
Do note that if you want to go to a special event, some special events require an additional ticket. Such events like Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party, require guests who want to attend to purchase a ticket for the event.
How to Choose your Ticket Package:
1) Evaluate your travel plans - many days are you planning to visit the parks? Do you want to hop from park to park? Are you traveling with children or seniors? Do you think you will head to a water park, Disney Quest, miniature golf, etc? Are you planning on returning to Disney in the future?
In evaluating your ticket decision remember the Magic Your Way tickets start with the "base" ticket which is entrance to one theme park per day. This ticket is the most basic and offer the best price per day, especially with longer visits (greater than 4 days). The longer your stay, the more discounted your ticket will be. The down side to this ticket is that the ticket will expire after 14 days. Therefore, if you do not use a ticket on one of your days, you will lose it unless you have purchased the "No Expiration" option for an additional cost.
2) Determine if you want to add on the additional options. Park Hopper is a popular add-on; for an additional fee, this option gives you the flexibility to go from park to park in one day on one admission ticket. So if your family is planning on going to Animal Kingdom for the morning and afternoon, but catching dinner at Epcot, this ticket would be highly beneficial to you.
In addition to the Park Hopper option, if your family thinks they will be spending time at any of the Disney water parks, DisneyQuest or ESPN's Wide World of Sports, the Water Park Fun & More option maybe beneficial to you. This is almost like having a second set of tickets. This option also expires after 14 days. No hopping is allowed unless you purchased the Park Hopper pass. Therefore, if you wanted to go from Blizzard Beach to DisneyQuest, this would not be allowed unless the Park Hopper option was also purchased. But...since this is like having a separate ticket, you can go from major theme park to a WPF&M location in the same day.
Ticket Pricing:
For ticket and package pricing, I highly recommend consulting Disney directly as pricing and package offers change frequently. One of my favorite websites allears.net has excellent ticket information that is usually kept up to date.
In addition, if you call Disney directly, the cast member on the phone can also help you decide what package is best for your family. I have called before for questions and pricing and they were extremely helpful and talking with the cast member was easy too.
Hopefully this entry will help you get one step closer to your visit to Disney World!
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