Hi Sean, and welcome to planDisney!
It sounds like you had a very merry Christmas, indeed. What a wonderful thought for your parents to give you and your girlfriend tickets to Walt Disney World! I bet you're excited to get your weekend adventure started, so let's go!
Okay, the first thing we need to do is determine the process your parents used to purchase the tickets. There is a method for
gifting Disney tickets to someone, which would prompt the purchaser to enter the name of the gift recipient in their order. In other words, if your parents put your names on the tickets and not their own, you should be golden. If they didn't use the gifting method and their names are on the tickets, the purchaser would need to pick up the actual Admission Cards by showing their ID and the credit card used to buy them. You can check your ticket confirmation to see whose name is on them, or just ask your parents. If they are under your parents' names, I suggest having them
call Guest Services and explain that they were meant as a gift, and see if they can be switched to you and your girlfriend. Then, when you arrive at the Theme Park, just head to a ticket window with your confirmation and your IDs and you can pick up your ticket to the World!
Once that's done and we're all squared away with the names on the tickets, let's make some plans! One important thing to know right now is that Disney is requiring allGuests to make an advance reservation for the Theme Park they plan to visit eachday as part of its
phased reopening plan. If you haven't already, go ahead and download the
My Disney Experience app on your phone and link those tickets using the number you should have received in your confirmation. While logged into your My Disney Experience account, hop on over to the
Disney Park Pass page and choose the date and Park you want to visit. Then just follow the prompts, and you'll receive a confirmation of your reservation for that day. Repeat the process for the other days of your trip, and BOOM! You've got your weekend plans!
I hope you find this helpful, Sean. If you still have questions, please feel free to stop by and see us again, or call Guest Services at the link I provided above. I wish you lots and lots of Disney magic!
Keep Disney Dreaming,
Kathy K.