Tickets? Question on usage (park hopper vs. extra day)

[ashestrips]

So, I am purchasing a vacation package (Incl. hotel, tickets, and dining plan)
The park hopper option makes it so much more expensive..So, my Question is:
Can I buy an Extra day (would only cost about $38 for my family of 4) and use two regular day passes in one day rather than use the park hopper option which would cost me in the upper amounts of $300...
(Staying @ Disney 6 nights, one of those days going to The Wizarding World, buying 6 day passes instead of 5 and using two day passes in one day) IS that allowed?
Thank you!!

 

[ashestrips]

Not sure if I was very clear on that question!
I wanted to know if you can use two day passes in the same day at different parks (it is cheaper than purchasing park hopper options)

So, I am purchasing a vacation package (Incl. hotel, tickets, and dining plan)
The park hopper option makes it so much more expensive..So, my Question is:
Can I buy an Extra day (would only cost about $38 for my family of 4) and use two regular day passes in one day rather than use the park hopper option which would cost me in the upper amounts of $300...
(Staying @ Disney 6 nights, one of those days going to The Wizarding World, buying 6 day passes instead of 5 and using two day passes in one day) IS that allowed?
Thank you!!

 

[momto3pirates]

No. You must have the hopper option in order to visit another park on the same day. I know you cannot search right now, but this is a very common question. There is a ticket stickey that explains it very well.

 

[aubriee]

This question gets asked on here at least twice every week. As soon as the search function starts working again, do a search. In fact, just a few posts down below yours someone else asked the same question. Here is their thread:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3066531

CheshireFigment is a ticket CM that posts here on the DIS. He has a comprehensive sticky that tells you anything you could ever possibly want to know about tickets. Because people are always asking about doing exactly what you are wanting to, he included the following explanation about base tickers vs hopping:


Frequently Asked Questions

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Here are a few of the most commonly asked questions about tickets and expanded answers for them.

A(1). I have a base ticket for eight days, although I will only be spending six days in the Parks. The day I have for Animal Kingdom I also have a dinner reservation at Epcot. May I use one of my extra days for evening admission to Epcot?

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 may 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 $10.00 per day over five days on an adult ticket, but charges $57.00 to allow hopping. ($35.00 on a one-day ticket.) 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.

 

[ashestrips]

With purchasing the package, are you allowed to purchase park hopper on one or two of the five days? Or do you have to do all five?
Thanks for the help!

 

[aubriee]

With purchasing the package, are you allowed to purchase park hopper on one or two of the five days? Or do you have to do all five?
Thanks for the help!

Park hopping costs the same whether it is for two days or fourteen days.
Check out CheshireFigment's ticket sticky:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1452684

A(2). I Want To Hop For Only One Day On A Multi-Day Stay

Hopping is an "all or nothing" situation on a MYW ticket. It is not possible to add only one day of hopping to a two-through ten day ticket.

Park Hopping is a $57.00 option which can be added to any base ticket, whether adult or child, whether two days or ten days. For a one-day ticket the cost is $35.00. The price is the same whether you buy it the first day or the last day of a ticket's use.

The PH option allows you to go to two, three, or even all four of the major parks per day. Just as a base ticket allows entry to one major park per day, as well as unlimited exits and re-entries to the same park without extra charge, there is no charge to your entitlements when you enter or reenter the second or subsequent major theme park on the same day.

It is important to remember that park hopping only involves the four major theme parks. Having a Park Hopping Ticket does not allow access to any of the minor parks.

 

[ashestrips]

Thank you for all the help!