Can I get a little help please? Family is going for 6 days in November. We will be purchasing the 4 day military tickets and I have the free dining packages for both families that I only purchased the 2 day hoppers with. We will be arriving on the 13th but our packages dont start until the 15th.
A. Do I use the military tickets for the first 2 days, switch to the package for 2 days then back to the military ones.
B. Or...can I use the military ones for the first four days and THEN use my 2 day package tickets? And how do I do any of this?
A. You can.
B. That's another way to do it.
Either will work.
C. Put all of your tickets into your MyDisneyExperience account(s)
and just use your MagicBands (or hard plastic tickets) to enter the parks.
If you wish to use "X" tickets FIRST, stop by any Guest Relations before you go to a park and
have the ticket you want to USE NEXT set to the
highest priority.
You can book advance FP+ or all days of your trip.
It does not matter at all which ticket you use to enter a park on any given day
as to whether your FP+ for that day will work.
The booked FP+ will simply
work if you have entered the park using any valid ticket that day.
EDIT:
I think you may be making a ticket-buying error.
In order to get the "Free" dining:
You must buy (minimum) the 2-day Hopper which costs $257, plus tax.
If you buy a 4-day Military Hopper, it costs $196, plus tax.
So, to get 6 days worth of Hopper tickets, you would be paying $453.00, plus tax.
HOWEVER,
If you buy a 6-day Hopper, it only costs $424, plus tax.
You don't need to buy the Military tickets... and you will save $29 per person, plus tax.
And, you CAN use tickets bought with the package BEFORE checking into the package resort.
(But, you can't book FP+ in advance for the two days before your package check-in... until you actually get to WDW and activate the package tickets for those first two days.)
You CAN advance-book FP+ for the 4 days you will be checked-in for the package.
