Hey Howdy hey Jennifer and welcome to planDisney!
One of the biggest tips I give to anyone thinking about a trip to Walt Disney World Resort is to come up with a plan! I love that you are thinking about your trip next year at this point which gives you plenty of time to save and plan out your trip with plenty of time. Let's talk about these tickets and some things to look forward to for your trip next year!
About
theme park tickets, unfortunately, Disney does not allow payment plans on tickets. You must purchase them with the full amount due at the time of the transaction if you are doing a ticket-only purchase.
If you were to do a vacation package purchase, which includes the room and theme park tickets, you can make payments towards the total as the total will be due 30 days before your date of travel.
If you are still planning a trip in August of 2023, I would say you still have plenty of time to save up for the tickets. If you could plan on purchasing at the end of 2022, you should have plenty of availability and freedom to book your park days as you wish.
One thing to keep in mind as you are going forward with your plans is to keep an eye on availability. Disney does have a
Theme Park Availability tool that you should be able to use in real-time to give you information on the status of the park reservation limitations. When visiting Disney's Theme Parks, you not only need your tickets but
Theme Park Reservations as well. These are free to set up, just make sure you complete this step when purchasing your tickets! I would recommend you keep an eye on the availability going forward in case things start to book up, you can make your purchase in time to get the parks you wanted.
There are two things I wanted to give you a little recommendation to look into as the late summer and early fall can be really great times to visit Walt Disney World. The first is one of the more popular festivals over at EPCOT.
EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival is a celebration of all things to eat and drink. There are so many many great offerings around the park to stroll around and try, it makes for a great time to experience various seasonal offerings unique to different stands and countries. The other is over in Magic Kingdom. This year we are fortunate enough to welcome back the epic Halloween celebration,
Mickey's Not-So-Scarry Halloween Party in Magic Kingdom. This separate ticket event takes place on select nights in Magic Kingdom starting in mid-August this year. This special event comes with unique parades, character meet-ups, Halloween additions to some attractions and of course, trick-or-treating at various locations around the park! Keep your eye on Disney Parks Blog for more details as you get closer to your date of travel next year.
I hope this information helped get a plan together to help plan your trip. If you have any further questions please feel free to reach out, we would be happy to help!
Happy Planning,
Nick