Park Hopper???

[ciera321]

We've been to DW many times and have ALWAYS gotten PH or had APs, but in December we're going for a short 6 night trip. It would cost $172 to add the PH to our tickets and we would only hop twice, so it's not worth it. My question, is there any reason I shouldn't just add a day or 2 onto the tickets at $15 per day and just use those extra days to hop to the other parks??? Maybe I'm missing something, but I can't see any reason why I shouldn't do this...

 

[chartle]

We've been to DW many times and have ALWAYS gotten PH or had APs, but in December we're going for a short 6 night trip. It would cost $172 to add the PH to our tickets and we would only hop twice, so it's not worth it. My question, is there any reason I shouldn't just add a day or 2 onto the tickets at $15 per day and just use those extra days to hop to the other parks??? Maybe I'm missing something, but I can't see any reason why I shouldn't do this...

Sorry it won't work you would need the park hopper.

 

[Josh'sDad1974]

Sorry, only one park per day if you don't have the park hopper option.

 

[Lumiere Lover]

With out the park hopper option, your passes won't work. Disney will only allow you in one park on one day. You can't use two days of admission on one day, the system doesn't allow it.

I had that thought also, but we don't tend to hop. The only time we did it was when we had to pay for the water park on site, then went to HS that day.

 

[ciera321]

I guess Disney already thought of that..... Thanks!!!

 

[mesaboy2]

I guess Disney already thought of that..... Thanks!!!

And a few hundred others on here.

 

[seashoreCM]

You can hold off on adding the real park hopper feature until you decide to go to a second park on a given day.

You do not need the hopper feature to use water park fun on your ticket on the same day as a theme park visit.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

A base ticket is one major (theme) park per day. You are allowed to re-enter the same park if you leave it on one day, but it can only be used at the one park.

Note that the ticket will state on it either "Not Valid For Park Hopping" or "One Theme Park Per Day". That should be a hint.

If you put the ticket in the turnstile of another park the display on the Guest side of the turnstile will be "ACCESS DENIED". The top line of the display on the Greeter side will give information about the ticket, and the second line of the display will say "CROSSOVER NOT PERMITTED". The turnstile will not unlock.

This is because Disney charges $8.00 per day over four days on a ticket, but charges $55 to allow hopping. It does not make economic sense for Disney to allow this.

If you actually have multiple tickets (more than one physical ticket per person) as opposed to multiple day tickets, you can use these tickets for multiple entries. But it makes absolutely no economic sense as a separate ticket costs a lot more than adding hopping to a ticket.

Or, as I have occasionally told Guests who were arguing with me about using a different day on the ticket: (note day of week stated can vary)

The turnstile computer thinks today is Friday. The turnstile computer at the other park also thinks today is Friday. The two turnstile computers talk to each other. If you can convince this turnstile computer that today is not the same Friday as the other computer thinks, it will let you in.

The cost to add hopping (or WPF&M) is $55 ($58.58 including tax) per ticket. It does not matter if it is adult or child, two days or ten days, first day of use or last day of use, the price is the same. (For a Florida Resident it is $27 plus tax.) (Note to add hopping to a one day ticket is $35 ($37.28 including tax).)

So if you are not sure, don't order them. If you find you do need them, then upgrade your tickets at any ticket window or Guest Relations Office. It only takes a minute or so.