4 day park hopper vs 5 day

[abbyndrewmom]

Here is the dilema,

WE (2 adults 2 children 4&2) are going to DW in Sept. We will be staying at the BC for 5 nights. We want the park hopper so we can go to park to park but I'm not sure if we should get the 4 day for Disney and then have the 5th day as a shopping hanging out at the pool day. anyone have any thoughts or suggestions. FYI I love to shop and am really looking forward to hitting the Orlando outlets!!!

[Disneydenise]

I think that a 4 day park hopper will be enough for you and your family. If you like to shop that will easily fill a day and if the spouse and children are tired then a day at the resort is great. Sept. is a warm month and the ages of your children I am sure they will love swimming and relaxing at the pool for the day. We always try to take one day to enjoy our resort.

[imgoingtodisney]

Originally we were going to get the 4 day hoppers for our Oct trip. However when I thought back to our 1996 trip we had 5 day hoppers for 3 parks. Now that Animal Kingdom is there my MIL bought the 5 day hoppers for us. An annual pass for herself so I was able to get the discount on the Wilderness Lodge - yippee!!

[NancyIL]

The difference in price between a 4-day and a 5-day hopper is small enough that I'd get the 5-day. The tickets never expire, and it will be cheap admission on a future trip.

[Kermit]

I would probably get 5 day tickets, too. There is just so much to do that you're going to miss a lot if you only go 4 days. Your kids would probably like to spend 2 days at MK.

[barbliny]

I vote for the 5-day tickets. There definitely is such a small difference in price -- I think it's only about $20. This is much less than the price of a one-day one-park ticket -- don't use the 5th day and save it for another trip if you choose.

We're also doing a short trip in mid-Sept, only 3 full days and 1/2 day on our last day (the first night we don't arrive until about 10pm). But, I have decided that we'll be buying the 5-day hoppers, saving the 2 extra days for the next trip and doing a character meal outside the parks on the last day.

[LisaRay]

My 1st thought would be to just get the 4 day hopper and take advantage of Stormalong Bay and shopping on the 5th day.

On the other hand since your kids are young you could go with the 5 day hopper and just make it a much slower paced 5 days. Taking a nice long nap/swim each day. You won't feel as rushed around knowing you have 5 days and at that age your kids will likely need or want a nap and a swim both. Since the 2 year old is free on this trip that might be something to think about.

[abbyndrewmom]

Thanks for all the insight. I think we will go with the 5 day park hopper and just save the extra day if we don't use it. I didn't realize there was such a small price difference. We are staying at Beach club so we can enjoy the pool area so I do hope we can spend some extra time down there.

Thanks you all.