Do I need park hoppers? Change my mind.

[katyringo]

I don't think you need hoppers!

 

[NashvilleMama]

As my kids are getting older (young teens) we no longer feel like we need PH as we're all more jazzed about resort time or finding a good meal somewhere outside of a park.

 

[BroadwayHermione5]

So while I agree with others you are there all this time and don’t necessarily need it there are two things that I would get them for (even if you did like 3 days park hopper and the rest without though idk if they even do that anymore).

1) on Party nights at MK, the park is not as crowded during the day. You can head there for rope drop, return to Swolphin and relax and then at night boat to DHS or Epcot for dinner

2) Connecting to what I mentioned above-minus a resort or Disney springs restaurant, let’s say you really really wanted Le Cellier for dinner….but it’s only available at 4 pm in a day you wanted to do MK because that was the BOG breakfast reservation you got. Having the park hopper helps immensely with food reservations AND if you miss something and want to go back.

 

[RoseGold]

I'd buy an extra day over the hoppers. Then you can hop into the Epcot fireworks one night or do a half day at AK and not sweat it.

 

[DisneyKidds]

Park hopping used to be our standard MO for nearly three decades, and then Genie+ and COVID happened. No more Annual Passes and $$ we would have spent on Hopper upgrades went to G+, and we haven’t hopped parks since. While we may get an Annual Pass now that they are back it won’t be for hopping necessarily, as we did just fine without Hoppers. Are Hoppers nice? Sure, they add an element of flexibility to your day, perhaps open up dining options. Do you need them? No, not really.