Your tickets are your keys to the World, and there are so many keys to choose from.
Disney offers a variety of ticket options and packages so you can build a vacation to suit your needs and budget. It’s kind of like building a hamburger. You start with the bun and the meat, and then layer on as many extra goodies as you want. The “bun” of your Disney hamburger is the Magic Your Way Base Ticket. This $82 ticket is for one park for one day. You can add options to this base ticket to suit your needs.
Add-on Ticket Options
* Water Park Fun & More option gains you admittance to Disney’s two water parks, as well as Disney’s virtual theme park called Disney Quest. This option is only available when you purchase tickets for 5 days or longer. It costs about $54 per person for a 5 day ticket.
* No Expiration option allows you to save some of your days for another vacation. My family and I have done this a few times. Let’s say you can only stay at Disney for 4 days, but you have extra money and can afford the 7 day tickets. You can go ahead and purchase the 7 day tickets with the No Expiration option, only use them for 4 days, and then the next year you can go for 3 more days and it will already be paid for (your tickets will be, but not your hotel). This option costs about $142 per person on a 7 day ticket.
* Park Hopper option allows you to visit multiple parks in the same day. I always purchase this option because it offers so much flexibility to your vacation schedule. Without this option you can only visit one park per day, and once your ticket is scanned, you can’t leave the park and get back in. With Park Hopper you can start your morning at one park, leave at lunch time and head to another park to catch a parade, then leave and go to another park that night for the fireworks. This way, you won’t waste a minute of the magic, and it allows you to see more in fewer days. It costs about $54 per person for a 5 day ticket.
Disney offers a variety of ticket options and packages so you can build a vacation to suit your needs and budget. It’s kind of like building a hamburger. You start with the bun and the meat, and then layer on as many extra goodies as you want. The “bun” of your Disney hamburger is the Magic Your Way Base Ticket. This $82 ticket is for one park for one day. You can add options to this base ticket to suit your needs.
Add-on Ticket Options
* Water Park Fun & More option gains you admittance to Disney’s two water parks, as well as Disney’s virtual theme park called Disney Quest. This option is only available when you purchase tickets for 5 days or longer. It costs about $54 per person for a 5 day ticket.
* No Expiration option allows you to save some of your days for another vacation. My family and I have done this a few times. Let’s say you can only stay at Disney for 4 days, but you have extra money and can afford the 7 day tickets. You can go ahead and purchase the 7 day tickets with the No Expiration option, only use them for 4 days, and then the next year you can go for 3 more days and it will already be paid for (your tickets will be, but not your hotel). This option costs about $142 per person on a 7 day ticket.
* Park Hopper option allows you to visit multiple parks in the same day. I always purchase this option because it offers so much flexibility to your vacation schedule. Without this option you can only visit one park per day, and once your ticket is scanned, you can’t leave the park and get back in. With Park Hopper you can start your morning at one park, leave at lunch time and head to another park to catch a parade, then leave and go to another park that night for the fireworks. This way, you won’t waste a minute of the magic, and it allows you to see more in fewer days. It costs about $54 per person for a 5 day ticket.
Ticket & Hotel Packages
Disney offers packages that include hotel and tickets. There are also options that add dining to the package as well. (I’ll briefly touch on that here, but I’ll post a whole blog devoted to dining plans later, as well as one on hotels.) Packages include a minimum 3-night/4-day stay at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel and base theme park tickets. The price for each type of package varies depending on which hotel and ticket options you choose.
* The Magic Your Way Package is the most basic package on the menu. It includes base theme park tickets and hotel stay. For a family of four at a value resort for the minimum stay costs around $1,350.
* Magic Your Way Plus Quick- Service Dining includes base tickets, hotel, and 2 quick-service meals and 2 snacks per person per day. This is the smallest dining plan that Disney offers. For a family of four at a moderate resort for the minimum stay costs around $1,950.
* Magic Your Way Plus Dining includes base tickets, hotel, 1 table-service meal, 1 quick-service meal and 1 snack per person per day. For a family of four at a value resort for the minimum stay costs around $1,800.
*Magic Your Way Plus Deluxe Dining includes base tickets, hotel, 3 meals and 2 snacks per person per day. For a family of four at a moderate resort for 6 nights/7 days it costs around $3,800.
* Magic Your Way Premium includes base tickets, hotel, 3 meals and 2 snacks per person per day, unlimited use of Disney recreation and tickets to Cirque du Soleil. For a family of four at a deluxe villa resort for the minimum stay costs around $4,000.
* Magic Your Way Platinum includes everything in the Premium package plus pre-arrival planning services, a fireworks cruise, reserved seats at Fantasmic, spa treatment, turn-down service and more. For a family of four at a deluxe resort for the minimum stay costs around $5,200.
Disney offers packages that include hotel and tickets. There are also options that add dining to the package as well. (I’ll briefly touch on that here, but I’ll post a whole blog devoted to dining plans later, as well as one on hotels.) Packages include a minimum 3-night/4-day stay at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel and base theme park tickets. The price for each type of package varies depending on which hotel and ticket options you choose.
* The Magic Your Way Package is the most basic package on the menu. It includes base theme park tickets and hotel stay. For a family of four at a value resort for the minimum stay costs around $1,350.
* Magic Your Way Plus Quick- Service Dining includes base tickets, hotel, and 2 quick-service meals and 2 snacks per person per day. This is the smallest dining plan that Disney offers. For a family of four at a moderate resort for the minimum stay costs around $1,950.
* Magic Your Way Plus Dining includes base tickets, hotel, 1 table-service meal, 1 quick-service meal and 1 snack per person per day. For a family of four at a value resort for the minimum stay costs around $1,800.
*Magic Your Way Plus Deluxe Dining includes base tickets, hotel, 3 meals and 2 snacks per person per day. For a family of four at a moderate resort for 6 nights/7 days it costs around $3,800.
* Magic Your Way Premium includes base tickets, hotel, 3 meals and 2 snacks per person per day, unlimited use of Disney recreation and tickets to Cirque du Soleil. For a family of four at a deluxe villa resort for the minimum stay costs around $4,000.
* Magic Your Way Platinum includes everything in the Premium package plus pre-arrival planning services, a fireworks cruise, reserved seats at Fantasmic, spa treatment, turn-down service and more. For a family of four at a deluxe resort for the minimum stay costs around $5,200.
Later, I’ll talk more specifically about the first three dining plans and the different types of resort hotels, but for now you can have idea of what each package includes and costs. As always, you can find more info on the Walt Disney World Resort website. See the Links panel at the right for the URL.
Now that we've got the business part out of the way, I thought I'd share something with you guys. I told you in the first post that I've been going to Disney World since I was 3 years old. Here's a photo from my very first visit in April of 1990. I remember it every detail like it was yesterday, and so will your little ones!
Have a good one!
Miranda
Hey...were goin to to fl. for a family reunion in july and I was wondering if you know if they have a special show or anything for 4th of July? Im gonna take Bradley...He's never been...and I havent been since i was like 7...Im so excited!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome!! Bradley will love it!
ReplyDeleteThey don't really do a big resort-wide event for 4th of July, but the Hollywood Studios park does a special fireworks show at 10 p.m. July 4th.
Alright...Thanks:)
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