Park Hopper - Plus teach me

[lizzie64]

Can anyone explain exactly how these work. I've always had the unlimited length of stay passes. I was thinking about doing the php's this time, but I'm not sure how they work. If I go to a water park (plus option) and a theme park at night, then i've blown a full day of my pass right?

 

[Bill From PA]

The Park Hopper Plus are bought for a certain number of 'park' days. For instance we get the 7 Day pass which gives us 7 days to hit any or all of the 4 theme parks. We can go to MK and stay there all day or bounce to all parks that day and we've used one day. Days not used on a given trip never expire, they can be used next year or next century. The 'Plusses' are a little different. The 7 Day Hopper Plus comes with 4 plusses. Go to a waterpark and you've used a plus. Bounce to another waterpark the same day and you've used another. Go to PI that night or any other night and you've used a third plus. The unused plussed also never expire. If our daughter decides to join us for a for days this Nov. we have a 7 Day Hopper Plus from last year with no 'park' days left but with 3 plusses, so she'll buy a regular 4 Day Hopper with no plusses and use the old pass for PI. To answer your last question, if you go to a waterpark in the morning and a theme park at night and you had a 7 Day Hopper Plus, you've used one of your park days leaving you with 6 and one of your plusses leaving you with 3. You can spend a vacation at WDW and do nothing but go to waterparks 4 times and still have 7 park days left for another trip or as my son did last year hit the parks 7 days and PI once leaving us with 3 plusses to give to my daughter this year.


Bill From PA

 

[lizzie64]

Wow Bill,

Thanks for the tutorial. I'm trying to decide whether it works out better to do the PHP rather than the unlimited stay. I guess it does. We have a 9 night reservation and plan to go to Sea World one day. Any opinions on how many days PHP I should go for?

 

[Bill From PA]

We're staying 9 nights with 8 park days in Nov. We're buying the 7 Day Hopper Plus and a 2 Day pass to Universal/IOA. To hop between Universal and IOA you must have the 2 day pass. We'll use the remaining day on our next trip. The 2 day Uni/IOA pass also gets you into City Walk. Check out the web site below. They have 7 Day Hopper + tix for $295.95 and great prices on other attraction passes. We used them last year and will this year.

Bill From PA



https://www.floridaticketsinc.com/secure/tickets/index.htm

 

[Lewisc]

Bill the Universal webiste is still offering the web only bonus passes. Five consecutive days for about $90. Not much more tha the 2 day tickets and it gives you flexibility to go back (crowds/weather/see fireworks again).

 

[Bill From PA]

Lewisc,

Thanks for the info, I'll look into it but I don't think it will benefit us. Those 5 days expire if I'm not mistaken. We really only want to put in one day at Universal/IOA per vacation so having an unused day that doesn't expire is better than 4 that do. Universal had a buy-2-get-one- free deal but they changed that offer so that the days had to be used in a certain time frame. I'll keep my eye on the Universal site until we actually buy the passes, probably mid Oct. unless we come across a deal.


Bill From PA

 

[Lewisc]

Definitely 5 consecutive days, guess it won't help you.

 

[Debbie7452]

Over on the Unviversal board someone mentioned Sam's Club is selling 2 day Universal tickets that don't expire for about $85. Check it out if that interests/helps you!

 

[Maci A.]

Ok , so it is cheaper to buy a package that includes the length of stay passes, OR just book the hotel and buy the park hoppers. We will stay 5 nights, and wont be going to the water parks.