Help with ticket options

[Disneymommie]

We are planning a trip in June. We just got back in Aug. We had the MYW hopper pass. On our next trip we want to got the water parks, how do the tickets work? We will be there 6days. Do I have to buy a 6 day pass?

Here is what we want to do, 5 days in the parks and 1 day water park. How do I buy the tickets? Do I have to buy a 6 day with the water park option or do I buy a 5 day with the water park option. I am confused.

Thanks

 

[GoldenOldie]

If all you plan besides the theme parks is a single visit to a water park and you prefer the 14 day expiring MYW tickets, you would be better off simply purchasing a single water park admission on the day you go (approx $36). Adding plus options will cost you $45.

OTOH, if you will be putting the no expiration option on the ticket, your best long term startegy is to purchase the plus options (now called Water Park Fun & More) for your MYW ticket.

You do not need to figure an extra day in ticket length. With a 5 day MYW WPF&M addon, you'll get 3 plus options. With a 6 day, you'd get 4. Even with the expiring tickets, you have 14 days from first use of the ticket to use up anything on it.

 

[seashoreCM]

If you are going into the theme parks for five days, you only need a five day pass. The water park fun admissions, if you bought that option, can be used on the same or additional days as you choose. If you are visiting water parks (or Disney Quest) altogether more than once, even if one of the visits is on the same day as you also visit a theme park, the Water Parks Fun option is worthwhile.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/dispass.htm

 

[Disneymommie]

Thank you for the help. For some reason my brain could not figure it out.

 

[Florida113]

Can I ask if you can go in and out of a water park for that day with just paying once?

 

[cnaumann]

I have been worrying about ticket options all week. The pricing of the MYW tickets is really tricky!

Be warned if you have never been to the water parks before, the kids love them! I aksed my kids what they wanted to do on their next Disney vacation and the Water Parks was their #1 choice. A single day in the water parks might not be enough.

I finally ended up buying the 10 day, magic plus, park hopping ticket that expire after 14 days. There is little diffference in price between 4 days and 10 days. We will be going to the water parks and Disney Quest, so the Magic Plus option was a given. I debated a bit about park hopping. I ended up getting it because it has been handy in the past and it is not a very expensive option.

I elected to go with the expiring tickets. It is my understanding that I can upgrade to non-expiring anytime before my 14 days are up and pay the difference. Although the non-expiring option sounds like a great deal, especially to us since we tend to take 1 week vacations and could easily get two vacations in on a 10 day ticket, I did not buy the non-expiring option up front. There are several reaons for this. First, it is a very expensive option, although it has the potential to save us nearly $500 on our next vacation. I also don't want to feel like I have to ration parak days on this vacation. If we feel like going to the park for an hour on the day we leave, I don't want to feel that we are burning an entire day from our next vacation. If we spend all day in a water park, I don't want to feel like I am burning a day from our next vacation if we want to try evening extra magic hours.

When the vacation is over, I will then decide if I want to make the tickets non-expiring (assuming I understand the rules correctly). If they are less than half used, I will probably make them non-expiring, if not, I will just let them expire.

 

[cnaumann]

Can I ask if you can go in and out of a water park for that day with just paying once?
In general, once you have paid for a park for the day, you can come and go to that same park as you please without paying again. I do not know of any exceptions to this.