When is it not park hopping?

[Richard Costa]

We have 6 days remaining on our tixs and do not have Park Hopping on them. Can we go to two parks in the same day, understanding that would reduce the number of days we have to 4?
Thank you.

 

[lizard1]

You cannot use an extra day of tickets to visit a different park on the same day. You have to have the park hopping option.

 

[Alesia]

Park hopping is going to 2 different parks on the same day. If you do not have park hoppers, you cannot park hop.

 

[CAS239]

If you could visit two parks in the same day and just use two park days instead of the park hopper option, no one would buy the park hopper as it would be cheaper to use two day tickets in the long run

So if you only have regular tickets, then it's one park per day

 

[seashoreCM]

Water park fun works the same way with or without the hopping feature on your ticket. Visiting minor parks (Blizzard Beach, Disney Quest, etc.) does not involve or require the hopping feature at any time.

Using two different ticket cards to enter two major theme parks respectively on the same day does not count as hopping. For example you can come from Epcot and then use your Not So Scary ticket to enter Magic Kingdom (after 4 PM on the appointed day). If the "contents" of more than one ticket card have been linked to the same Magic Band, then it requires an administrative move (reprioritizing) to use that Magic Band instead of the ticket card at the second park.

 

[Hopefully]

We have 6 days remaining on our tixs and do not have Park Hopping on them. Can we go to two parks in the same day, understanding that would reduce the number of days we have to 4?
Thank you.

No
You can not do what you ask. To go to 2 of the MK, Epcot, DHS and AK parks on the same day you need the park hopper option (unless you have paid an additional fee to purchase a ticket to a special after hours holiday party at the MK)

 

[happymommy]

You can add park hopping if you want, though. About $50 and change per ticket.
We always have park hopping (except the couple of years we had Annual Passes!).

 

[larryz]

Believe it or not, this is one of the most commonly asked questions on the DISboards. It'd be nice if we had some kind of sticky about tickets...

 

[fairy oma]

We always buy park hoppers...we usually do multi-family vacations at WDW, for example, we will go to breakfast at Tusker Hse, DH & I have done AK so we will duck out to Epcot after breakfast and leave the kids and their families to do what they like at AK. We may then go to dinner at another park that day, the added expense of PH just tends to give everyone more freedom to do what they choose.

 

[Robo]

Believe it or not, this is one of the most commonly asked questions on the DISboards. It'd be nice if we had some kind of sticky about tickets...

I know you're kidding, but we, in fact, don't have a ticket sticky.

 

[Kalliope]

You can add park hopping if you want, though. About $50 and change per ticket.
We always have park hopping (except the couple of years we had Annual Passes!).

Hopping is $64 plus tax per ticket.

 

[susanrose73]

In all seriousness, I remember the sticky about tickets. Why is it gone now?

 

[ariane37]

We have 6 days remaining on our tixs and do not have Park Hopping on them. Can we go to two parks in the same day, understanding that would reduce the number of days we have to 4?
Thank you.

I have nothing to add but have to tell you this. My dad was Richard Costa. He passed away almost 17 years ago so when I saw your name I did a double take! I wish he were here now to enjoy WDW and I hope you're having a great trip

 

[goofyernmost]

If you add Park Hopper $64.00 will cover all six days and you can use them throughout or just once. Same price. Using two days would probably be more expensive anyway. Of course if you are only going for 4 days those last two days will expire within 14 days of their initial use. So they are going to be lost anyway, but, the difference between 4 days and six days usually isn't that much anyway.

 

[DebbieB]

You could change your tickets to 4 days plus hopping and pay the difference. That would give you credit for the 2 days if you are not going to use them.

 

[Robo]

In all seriousness, I remember the sticky about tickets. Why is it gone now?

It was not being maintained and had not been updated for over two years.
All of MyMagic+ and FastPass+ had been implemented since that time, and non-expiring tickets have been eliminated.

(Kind of some big changes.)

 

[AngiTN]

Water park fun works the same way with or without the hopping feature on your ticket. Visiting minor parks (Blizzard Beach, Disney Quest, etc.) does not involve or require the hopping feature at any time.

Using two different ticket cards to enter two major theme parks respectively on the same day does not count as hopping. For example you can come from Epcot and then use your Not So Scary ticket to enter Magic Kingdom (after 4 PM on the appointed day). If the "contents" of more than one ticket card have been linked to the same Magic Band, then it requires an administrative move (reprioritizing) to use that Magic Band instead of the ticket card at the second park.

What? I understand fully tickets, party tickets, hoppers, all of it but this makes zero sense to me

 

[Alesia]

What? I understand fully tickets, party tickets, hoppers, all of it but this makes zero sense to me

Sometimes seashoreCM likes to add tangentially relevant information to muddy the waters.

 

[Disneyholic]

I know you're kidding, but we, in fact, don't have a ticket sticky.

What happened to the ticket sticky? I am trying to help my son & his fiancé plan their honeymoon & trying to explain tickets. I was going to refer her to the ticket sticky, but since we have the new forums it has disappeared.

 

[TwinPrincessMermaids]

OP, Id enjoy your base days to the full or add hopping to them. You have six days, its plenty. To answer your title, its only Hopping when its HOPPING, and its only base (one park one day) when its Base. Wherever you start, there is where you stay. Both are great experiences. Just depends on which you choose and if it's worth upgrading. If you want the flexibility, you have to add it to the ticket. If not, have a great trip!