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Exploring Disney’s Tickets -Part 1: Ticket Options

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I thought it might be a good idea to break down the different ticket options available to guests.

We’ll start with base tickets:

This is your basic option. It will allow you to enter one park per day of the length of the ticket. So if you buy a 5-day base ticket and decide to go to Magic Kingdom on your first day, that is the only park you can attend that day. If you want to visit one of the other three parks you will have to go on another day.

You can leave and re-enter the same park on the same day with a base ticket. So if you make rope drop at the Magic Kingdom, but want to leave in the afternoon for pool time and still see Wishes later the same night, you can do that.

You can leave and re-enter the same park on the same day as many times as you want. I wouldn’t recommend doing that during busier times of the year, because the park can fill to capacity and you won’t be able to get back in the park.

Next, adding the Park Hopper Option:

This option will allow you to park hop every day for the length of the ticket. So if you want to spend the morning in Epcot and then see Wishes at night, you can.

If you are feeling ambitious, you can try to hit all four parks in one day. I would need a large amount of caffeine to accomplish that!

Finally, the Water Park Fun and More Option:

This will give you the ability to go to one of the places listed below. This is in addition to the parks, however it is not a park hopper ticket. So you can visit one park and one of the attractions below per day for the length of your ticket.

If your ticket is for 5 days and you have the Water Park Fun and More option, you can pick one of these for each day of your 5 day ticket:

  • Blizzard Beach
  • Typhoon Lagoon
  • DisneyQuest Indoor Interactive Theme Park
  • ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
  • Disney’s Oak Trail Golf Course
  • Disney’s Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf Course
  • Disney’s Winter Summerland Miniature Golf Course

You can get both the Park Hopper and Water Park Fun and More option added, if you think you will use both enough to make it worth the cost.

Part 2 will cover the cost and why it costs less the more days you add on to the tickets.

Thanks for reading!

*Liz*

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Weekly Tip #17

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There is so much to do on Disney World property! Even when you don’t include the parks and resort hotels, you still have tons of stuff to experience on property. One of these experiences is Pick-a-Pearl.

There are a few locations on property that offer this experience.

  • In Epcot you will find this in the Mitsukoshi Department Store in the Japan Pavilion. I have picked a pearl here a few times and it’s a lot of fun!
  • There is also a Pearl Factory located at Typhoon Lagoon.
  • The Pearl Factory also has the Yacht and Beach Club listed as a store location.
  • In Downtown Disney look for the Pearl Factory located near the Marketplace Train.
Pearl Factory
The Pearl Factory by the Marketplace Train in Downtown Disney

 

Here are the addresses and phone numbers for the Pearl Factory locations in Disney World:

Downtown Disney

Walt Disney World
1780 Lake Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Phone : (407) 827-0966

Typhoon Lagoon

Walt Disney World
1800 Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Phone : (407) 828-8915

Yacht and Beach Club

Walt Disney World
1700 Epcot Resorts Boulevard
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Phone : (407) 934-0124

I love doing this when we go to Disney World! My friend and I have already put it on the list of must-dos with our daughters for the next trip. We know the girls will have as much fun as we will picking out their own oysters to see what is inside.

So, here is the tip for this week. If you are going to do the Pick-a-Pearl, look for the ugliest oyster. I have not personally tested this theory, but I can’t tell you how many times I have read that this is the way to get a good pearl.

So when you go to pick your oyster, the one that makes you think “Wow, that’s pretty gross looking” is the one you want to pick! Again, I haven’t tested this out myself, so this is just going by what I have read on other blogs and heard from people. I’m excited to test out the theory during the next trip!

Have you tried the “ugly theory” when picking a pearl? If so, please feel free to comment below and let us know how it worked for you!

Thanks for reading!

*Liz*