Hello there, Nikia. Welcome to planDisney.
Your nephew can gift your standard
theme park tickets to the
Walt Disney World Resort and he does not need to be present at the parks for you to use them. However, if he is a Florida Resident, it's important to note that he cannot purchase
Florida-resident theme park tickets for you as those are exclusively for Florida residents. In fact, any Guest 18 years of age or older would need to
prove their Florida residency when picking up those tickets. So as long as they aren't Florida resident tickets, he can follow the
Gifting Tickets guidelines on the website, input your information (as listed on your government-issued photo ID), and check off that "this order will be a gift." Make sure that he does this more than 2 days before you are going to use these tickets as they may not be ready in time if he does it any later than that. Also, as long as he is purchasing date-based tickets, meaning he selects a specific window of dates from a calendar as to when the tickets can be used, you are not required to make
Theme Park Reservations at this time.
I see that you are planning to arrive at the resort in late June, so you'll probably be at the theme parks when
Tiana's Bayou Adventure opens on June 28, 2024 in
Magic Kingdom Park. When it opens, it will be using a
Virtual Queue system, so make sure that your tickets are linked to
My Disney Experience and that everyone is connected to you through the
My Family & Friends list. This way, you can try for a Boarding Group exactly at 7 a.m. as I'm sure they will go fast. If you don't get a spot in the 7 a.m. drop, you'll have another opportunity at 1 p.m. as long as you are in Magic Kingdom Park. Of course, you can always purchase the
Disney Genie+ Service to try to reserve a
Lightning Lane for this attraction. For your best chances of success, you'll want to ensure you've purchased the service before 7 a.m. and you're on the M
y Disney Experience mobile app exactly at 7 a.m. to reserve a Lightning Lane. I don't know about you, but I've been following along with
all the updates (but avoiding spoilers as much as possible) and I can't wait to
go down the bayou!
If you have any other questions,
be sure to reach out to me.
The only thing required is to be true to the very unique thing that makes you you,
Matt