Everything Park Reservations - Please Read Post 1

[Murron]

Made our park reservations. Have a hopper and know we need to enter the reserved park and can then hop after 2 pm. My question, however, is this -- If my park reservation is say for Epcot and we leave at 11 am to stroll on Boardwalk, can we reenter Epcot at 1 pm because it is our reserved park? Hope this makes sense.

 

[gharter]

yes you can.
With a park reservation, you can come and go to that park as you please.
To park hop, you must tap in the park with the reservation first. Then at 2, you can hop to another park as long as there is room. No guarantees, but so far, haven't read about anyone having problems hopping to a different park.

 

[Aimeedyan]

Sure, you can always enter your reserved park anytime that day

 

[Murron]

gharter -- Thanks!

 

[lanejudy]

You can always return to your reserved park, at any time of day.
Be aware that Epcot has been opening much later than other parks for the past few month -- officially open at 11am, though allowing guests in approx. 45 minutes earlier. I mention this because you said "leave at 11am."

 

[Murron]

Another question! If I make an Epcot dinner reservation and cannot hop there due to capacity will they still let you in because you have a dining reservation? (Can you tell I'm working on dining today...ugh...this use to be easy!)

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

Another question! If I make an Epcot dinner reservation and cannot hop there due to capacity will they still let you in because you have a dining reservation? (Can you tell I'm working on dining today...ugh...this use to be easy!)

As of yet they have never restricted park hopping due to capacity, so this is really a non-issue.

 

[Murron]

As of yet they have never restricted park hopping due to capacity, so this is really a non-issue.

While that may be true to date, the possibility exists and I do not want a charge to my account because I did not show up for the reservation. Thinking now I'll just stick with either resort dining reservations or just eat around the world in Epcot each afternoon for the Food & Wine fest.

 

[lanejudy]

If I make an Epcot dinner reservation and cannot hop there due to capacity will they still let you in because you have a dining reservation?

Technically, the rule says no. An ADR does not guarantee access if hopping is not available. But as PP mentions, there has yet to be a day in the past 4.5 months that hopping was not available.

 

[StacieNorthern]

I have infant twins, I know they don’t need tickets but what about reservations? Do I make them for just me & husband or all 4 of us?

 

[GBRforWDW]

I have infant twins, I know they don’t need tickets but what about reservations? Do I make them for just me & husband or all 4 of us?

Reservations are only available with a ticket. Meaning, if they don't need a ticket, they don't need a reservation.

 

[Newbie500]

As of this writing only Epcot is available for reservations June 27-July 2 this year. We have ours but my DD wants to bring her friend last minute. Assuming we can even get her on our flight (from CT) should we chance that more reservations open up by the time we get there?

 

[FCDub]

Maybe. Maybe not. There’s literally no way to know. Depends how strong your appetite for chance is.

 

[Leigh L]

Capacity seems to open up from time to time, but it's not a guarantee.

Does she already have a ticket? If so, I would say try to book it even if the calendar says no availability. I was able to get my DH and DD DHS park passes for late June that way when they decided to join other DD and myself. The third person who joined maybe a week or two later (also a DD's friend situation), it took me about 1-2 weeks of constantly checking and either Disney opened up more capacity or they shifted slots from the AP bucket. In our case, I think it was the former.
Good luck! I hope something opens up

 

[RoseGold]

I can't believe all of the Wednesdays in June are booked for AK for hotel guests! I never thought that would happen.

AK still shows availability to AP holders, but of course no APs for sale. Do they open the slots last minute? I'm trying to decide between trying to get last minute tickets and just going to Legoland.

I am really frustrated with Disney right now.

 

[FCDub]

Maybe. Maybe not. This question comes up a lot, so you’re definitely not alone. You can also hop after 2 PM if you have entered your first park reservation of the day and have the park hopper option attached to your ticket.

 

[RoseGold]

There's no parks at all, unless you're AP! And there's no APs!

Wouldn't Disney want the full price guests? This makes no sense!

 

[OKWFan88]

I just left Disney after a five day last minute trip that we booked two days before we came. We stayed at Saratoga Springs and I have out of state AP and was with a person who just had a 5 day park ticket. We were able to get park reservations for every day even though we booked two days before coming. We got HS twice. MK twice and AK once. So it can be done.

 

[FCDub]

There's no parks at all, unless you're AP! And there's no APs!

Wouldn't Disney want the full price guests? This makes no sense!

Oh your post is confusing then. You said no park reservations for AK specifically.

There are still capacity restrictions, so everyone is trying to do the best they can.

 

[RoseGold]

Oh your post is confusing then. You said no park reservations for AK specifically.

There are still capacity restrictions, so everyone is trying to do the best they can.

I meant I couldn't buy a hopper because there are no parks at all.

But it shows availability (except HS) for APs. Weird that AP and not full price can get in.