Buying MORE days vs Park Hopper

[dyanat]

Quick question for you experts...

Instead of buying a 4 day Park Hopper.... could I buy a 5 or 6 day "Single Park" ticket and go to more than one park in one day by using 2 different tickets?

For example: I buy a 6 day single park ticket but plan to use it within a 4 day period. I go to MK one day. I go to Epcot the next. The 3rd and 4th day I go to two different parks.... but not hop back and forth between them... just split it into the 1st and 2nd part of the day?

 

[Muskegon78]

No. You can't enter 2 parks in one day without hoppers or a season pass

 

[siskaren]

The 3rd and 4th day I go to two different parks.... but not hop back and forth between them...

Going to more than one park in one day is the definition of park hopping.

 

[subtchr]

Since it's cheaper to do what you are suggesting than adding park hopper, you can be assured it's not permitted. Otherwise no one would buy the park hopper option.

 

[FCDub]

Your theme park ticket has DAYS, not ADMISSIONS.

Now, if you wanted to buy two separate tickets to enter two parks on the same day, that's fine – but it's much more expensive than paying the charge to add a hopper.

 

[ZoZo]

Since it's cheaper to do what you are suggesting than adding park hopper, you can be assured it's not permitted. Otherwise no one would buy the park hopper option.

YEP, Disney has it figured out. You can't use additional "days" on the same day - the only way to go to two parks in the same day is to purchase a hopper. Your ticket "knows" you've already been to a different park that day and will deny you entry to the second park without a hopper. As someone else mentioned, you're purchasing "days," not single-use admissions.

Disney is aware that it would be cheaper to do what you're suggesting, but it's not set up that way. Sorry!

 

[Mike Mantis]

In some ways your circumstances makes Disney's pricing work in your favor. We originally were going to purchase 3 day passes with the park hopper (with one hotel day with no park) and it was cheaper and made more sense for us (with a 5 year old) to just get a 4 day 1-park pass. We're going to use it for EPCOT and spend a few hours. Otherwise we would have split a MK day and park hopped.

I get trying to sell the "value" of a Park Hopper but unless you have the situation (and family!) to get to a park at Rope Drop, stay all day, and then go to another park with extended hours, I don't see the true financial benefit.

When I went to Disney pre-kids, and could spend 7 am - Midnight at parks it was worth it!

 

[cigar95]

Disney is aware that it would be cheaper to do what you're suggesting, but it's not set up that way. Sorry!

Another way of describing it is that the pricing structure has been set up with the "no hopping" description explicitly in mind. Were they to permit burning multiple days, the cost for adding additional days would be significantly higher.
There are still a few ways that one can "work the system" in your favor at WDW, but this isn't one of them.

Keep looking for angles, though! And if you find one, let us know.

 

[Figmentmommy]

In some ways your circumstances makes Disney's pricing work in your favor. We originally were going to purchase 3 day passes with the park hopper (with one hotel day with no park) and it was cheaper and made more sense for us (with a 5 year old) to just get a 4 day 1-park pass. We're going to use it for EPCOT and spend a few hours. Otherwise we would have split a MK day and park hopped.

I get trying to sell the "value" of a Park Hopper but unless you have the situation (and family!) to get to a park at Rope Drop, stay all day, and then go to another park with extended hours, I don't see the true financial benefit.

When I went to Disney pre-kids, and could spend 7 am - Midnight at parks it was worth it!

Our family park hops every trip - even when our children were very young - and we are definitely not rope drop people! (We might be midnight/2AM types though!) We often now go here for several hours and then hop there for dinner and a few more hours. I think the value/worth of park hopping tickets can be measured many different ways.

OP - you cannot do what your asking. The definition of park hopping just means you move from one park to another on the same day. It doesn't mean you actually have to go back and forth between the parks. But of course you can do that too!

 

[**Courtney**]

My travel agent suggested against the park hopper, but I really see the value in it as well. On our trip it will just be two adults, so we wont have many limitations, so the park hopper will be great for us! Ive loved being able to go check somewhere else out mid-afternoon, or check out EMH at a different park, Escpecially during Food and Wine!

 

[Babsy]

My travel agent suggested against the park hopper, but I really see the value in it as well. On our trip it will just be two adults, so we wont have many limitations, so the park hopper will be great for us! Ive loved being able to go check somewhere else out mid-afternoon, or check out EMH at a different park, Escpecially during Food and Wine!

Plus, with the new Express transportation between the parks, it is easier and less time consuming to park hop than ever before! We LOVE park hopping!

 

[goofyernmost]

I love to park hop because I have been so many times that there are only a few things that I consider must see, so I go to, for example, MK in the morning and Epcot in the afternoon. Or I might go to AK in the morning and afternoon and go to MK at night. I find it a good way to catch a little break by traveling between the parks. It also fills my need to ride the Monorail just once between MK and Epcot. I have my own car and I can get between any of the parks very quickly. I have even gone to MK, parked my car in the lot. Taken the Monorail to Epcot and the boat to DHS and then the boat back, monorail back to TTC and my car. All a fun adventure as I consider the transportation options. Trams, Monorails and Boats to be attractions as well.

 

[DOOM1001]

My travel agent suggested against the park hopper, but I really see the value in it as well. On our trip it will just be two adults, so we wont have many limitations, so the park hopper will be great for us! Ive loved being able to go check somewhere else out mid-afternoon, or check out EMH at a different park, Escpecially during Food and Wine!

Definitely ignore your travel agent,what works for one person someone else may see no point in it,its why people are different.In your situation a park hopper is almost a must,how many people finish off most of their days at Epcot after doing another park earlier,or how about exiting AK at 6-7pm and MK is open until 12-1am.The original question of adding days to your pass to not get the park hopper is often referred to on these boards as the most frequently asked question,simply put Disney doesn't overlook things like that.You're buying days and not admissions,if you want to visit a second park you need a hopper add on.

 

[Accident]

There is no price advantage to getting a hopper early so I recommend you just get your ticket and decide when your there if you want to hop or add a day. it'll cost exactly the same and takes a few minutes stopping at guest relations or a ticket booth as you enter the park your hopping too (and stopping to add a day before your ticket is used up, you must add the day before the end of our 4th park day).

you can't get a refund but you won't spend extra buying it later when you decide what works best or if you want either of them when on your trip. (and who knows, maybe it'll be bad weather and you won't want to do it and save a nice chunk of change).