Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Purchasing your Park Tickets

Just like everything else Disney, you have many options for purchasing your park tickets. Purchasing the right tickets will depend on the length of your stay, what parks you intend of visiting, and if you plan on returning to Disney multiple times in a year.

Let me first start with the length of stay. The more nights you purchase, the better deal you will receive. You can purchase tickets with a no expiration option (additional fee) and the unused days of your tickets can be used the next time you visit. My husband and I take of advantage of this option every time we buy a ticket. The price for the "no expiration" option varies based on the number of days you purchase. The more days you have with the "no expiration" option the higher the price per day.

Which parks do you plan on visiting? This is definitely an important question. Disney has more to offer than just the four main theme parks. There is also two water parks Disney's Blizzard Beach and Disney's Typhoon Lagoon. In addition, there is Downtown Disney/Pleasure Island, and Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex. If you plan on visiting any of these places, you will need to add these to your park tickets.

One of the best tickets you can buy is the park hopper option. This ticket will allow you to visit different parks in the same day. The Park Hopper ticket will help you plan your time at the Disney parks efficiently, allowing you to do more with the time you have. For example, if the Magic Kingdom Park offers extra magic hours from in the evening, you can visit another park at the beginning of the day, and then go to the Magic Kingdom later that day since you have up to three extra hours. The price park hopper option is based on the length of your ticket, the longer the cheaper the park hopper option.

Disney park tickets can be purchased online at http://www.disneyworld.com/ , at a Disney store, or at the parks. Disney's website has a helpful chart that will be beneficial in helping you make your ticket decisions.

2 comments:

Joe said...

You said: "The price park hopper option is based on the length of your ticket, the longer the cheaper the park hopper option"

The park hopper option can be added for only $45.00 plus tax to any ticket, the number of ticket days doesn't matter.

The same for the water parks and more option - its a flat fee of $50.00 plus tax per ticket.

Only the non-expiration option changes with the length of the ticket.

Greg & Jennifer Bush said...

Hey Joe,

I was meaning that the price per day is less because the $45 is a flat rate so, for a 7 day ticket it comes to $6.43 per day. Guess I could have said it differently. The way you said it was much easier to explain.

Thanks for the feedback.