Blizzard Beach tickets

[Astewart]

Hi there! I need some help with how the water/sports option works with theme park tickets. If you purchase a 5 day park pass with the water/sports option, and its valid for use on non-consecutive days, can you go to the water park on one of the non-consecutive days you are not visiting a theme park? or does using it at the water park, count as one of your days? I understand you would get 5 visits but i can't figure out if its 5 visits but have to be on the same day as using your ticket for the park. Thank you for helping! never been to Blizzard Beach

 

[lanejudy]

Your water park or sports options can be used on different days from your theme park days. Or the same days. They are completely separate and do not impact each other.

 

[godfather927]

Hi there! I need some help with how the water/sports option works with theme park tickets. If you purchase a 5 day park pass with the water/sports option, and its valid for use on non-consecutive days, can you go to the water park on one of the non-consecutive days you are not visiting a theme park? or does using it at the water park, count as one of your days? I understand you would get 5 visits but i can't figure out if its 5 visits but have to be on the same day as using your ticket for the park. Thank you for helping! never been to Blizzard Beach

They do not have to be on the same day. We used ours on a rest day to kill a few hours in the afternoon. Same goes for the mini golf tickets (though the only restriction there is that you must have a tee time prior to 4pm.)

 

[BarbLynnM]

So, if I understand this correctly, a person (me, for example ) had a 1 day park hopper plus ticket, but I’m staying on property for 2 days, I could go to the parks one day, and Blizzard Beach the next?

 

[lanejudy]

So, if I understand this correctly, a person (me, for example ) had a 1 day park hopper plus ticket, but I’m staying on property for 2 days, I could go to the parks one day, and Blizzard Beach the next?

Well... that had been my understanding since the date-based tickets were instituted a few years ago. But I just checked and found this language on the ticket purchase screen:

1-Day Tickets with Park Hopper Plus Option​

Your tickets are valid for admission to multiple theme parks on any one day from Jan 27, 2023 through Jan 27, 2023, subject to theme park reservation availability. Your ticket also provides one visit to a water park or other Walt Disney World fun during the same date range. Tickets are nonrefundable. View Park and Attraction Information​

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After expiration date, the price paid for a wholly unused ticket can be applied to the purchase of a new ticket with an equal or higher price.​

I actually checked a few ticket lengths and NONE seem to have the additional valid day that used to be included if purchasing PH+. Wow!

 

[lanejudy]

But wait...the website is confusing...if I go further into the purchase I get this:

Current Selections​

1-Day Ticket with Park Hopper Plus Option​

Valid any 1 day from Fri, Jan 27, 2023 – Sat, Jan 28, 2023..​

OP - you have a really good question. My initial response was going to be "yes, you can use that 1-day PH+ on 2 days" but there is definitely conflicting info from WDW. Did you already purchase the ticket? If so, please let us know what it says for the "Valid..." period.

 

[godfather927]

So, if I understand this correctly, a person (me, for example ) had a 1 day park hopper plus ticket, but I’m staying on property for 2 days, I could go to the parks one day, and Blizzard Beach the next?

Assuming you mean a 1 day PH with the water & sports add-on, yes, I think that's correct, but a couple things I'd be concerned about:

I'm not sure on the valid date range for 1-day tickets, make sure you know what it is before buying

I'm not sure you'd be saving much by adding the water & sports option to a 1-day ticket if you're not going to be going to the water park for both days. You might have better flexibility by just paying for the water park passes when you're already down there so that you can pick your exact day based on weather. You'd have to run the numbers there, but from what I remember, going to the water park for a single day of your trip more or less allows you to break even (maybe with some savings if you take advantage of mini golf.) The savings by pre-paying really only kicks in if you're able to go to the water park for at least 2 days.

 

[lanejudy]

The savings by pre-paying really only kicks in if you're able to go to the water park for at least 2 days.

A 1-day PH+ would only include 1 plus option (waterpark entry) along with the 1 theme park day.

Price may vary somewhat by date, but what I checked is only about $30 to add the "Plus" (waterpark) to a 1-day PH. Upgrade from a 1-day base costs significantly more because it also includes hopping. There is no option to add just the "water park & sports" option to a 1-day base without also adding hopping.

 

[seashoreCM]

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[godfather927]

A 1-day PH+ would only include 1 plus option (waterpark entry) along with the 1 theme park day.

Price may vary somewhat by date, but what I checked is only about $30 to add the "Plus" (waterpark) to a 1-day PH. Upgrade from a 1-day base costs significantly more because it also includes hopping. There is no option to add just the "water park & sports" option to a 1-day base without also adding hopping.

Doh, you're right. Then the cost benefit must be there, though maybe it's marginal? Would need to look into that.

 

[Astewart]

Your water park or sports options can be used on different days from your theme park days. Or the same days. They are completely separate and do not impact each other.

Thanks so much!!

 

[BarbLynnM]

@lanejudy and all: I don’t want to distract from the OP’s main question, but to answer: We had bought park hopper plus tickets last Sept/Oct when Ian hit. I had thought we’d used up all our available days before we went home, but when I went on MDE to make park reservations for a quickie trip we’re making next week, I found that we had an extra day left. I didn’t think that was right, so called customer service and the cast member told me I was being credited for a day due to the hurricane.

So we ended up with an extra park hopper plus day already paid for. I’d already made reservations for a 2 day park hopper ticket (no plus this time). I used the extra day to make MK park reservations on our arrival day. I wanted to make sure my understanding of the rules were correct before we went marching to BB and being turned away at the gate.

 

[BarbLynnM]

Well... that had been my understanding since the date-based tickets were instituted a few years ago. But I just checked and found this language on the ticket purchase screen:

1-Day Tickets with Park Hopper Plus Option​

Your tickets are valid for admission to multiple theme parks on any one day from Jan 27, 2023 through Jan 27, 2023, subject to theme park reservation availability. Your ticket also provides one visit to a water park or other Walt Disney World fun during the same date range. Tickets are nonrefundable. View Park and Attraction Information​

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After expiration date, the price paid for a wholly unused ticket can be applied to the purchase of a new ticket with an equal or higher price.​

I actually checked a few ticket lengths and NONE seem to have the additional valid day that used to be included if purchasing PH+. Wow!

This is a screenshot of what MDE shows—not much info. I thought it was a glitch, but the cast member said it was valid. I donno,lol.

 

[lanejudy]

This is a screenshot of what MDE shows—not much info. I thought it was a glitch, but the cast member said it was valid. I donno,lol.

WDW extended those out to Sept. 30, 2023.

Partially used multi-day theme park tickets with a validity window impacted by closure due to Hurricane Ian will be automatically extended to allow use of the remaining unused ticket days through September 30, 2023. In order to enter a park, both a park reservation and valid ticket for the same park on the same date are required.​

If you had any unused entitlements on the ticket, it was extended. I don't recall the specifics, but possibly if you used your last theme park entry on a day WDW shut down early it wasn't counted. Just realize that your extended ticket is not subject to the same use-window as a standard 1-day ticket.

 

[seashoreCM]

Yesterday I did a quick test trying to buy a 1 day park hopper plus using the Disney ticket buying pages. The fine print said the same thing mentioned previously "... any one day from {I used} May 10, 2023 through May 10, 2023 subject ...". On the same screen there was larger print elsewhere, "any one day from May 10, 2023 - May 11, 2023 ... " The latter reflects the somewhat long standing rule that a (post 2006) hopper plus ticket has a usage lifetime one day longer than the same kind of ticket without the plus option. So you can plan your water park the day before or the day after your theme park visit, within the date span specified.

Some tickets with more days will require that you use two or more fun visits on the same day and/or use some fun visits on the same days as theme park visits if you want to use up every last thing (entitlement) -- because the usage lifespan was less than twice the number of theme park days such as 15 days for a ten day hopper plus..

(I did not follow through and actually buy the ticket.)