Hi Pam,
Greetings from a fellow Hoosier! I'm so excited to hear that you're planning a getaway to "The Most Magical Place on Earth" sometime soon! Spending three days in the theme parks will leave you with wonderful Disney memories that you'll cherish for years to come!
Since 3-day
theme park tickets expire five days after their first use, unfortunately you won't be able to enter a theme park with your ticket if it has already passed the
expiration date. Hakuna Matata...no worries, though, as you do have a couple of options. First, if it's possible, you can move your start date back. Your theme park days do not need to be consecutive, but you won't be able to take more than two days off from theme park fun and still fit in all of your visits before your ticket expires. If you'd like to slow your pace down a bit and find some other magical things to do around the Walt Disney World Resort like visiting
Disney Springs, splashing around the
Disney Water Parks, or just enjoying all of the amenities at your
Disney Resort hotel, you'll want to add the Flexible Date Option to your tickets. This will not only allow you to have some flexibility with your start date, but your tickets will be valid for
14 days after their first use, freeing you up to spread your theme park days out a bit further. You'll find this option once you click the blue "Continue" button at the bottom of the page once you've selected your tickets. Hopefully this will allow you to enjoy your trip exactly the way you'd like it!
Thanks so much for visiting us at the Disney Parks Moms Panel, Pam, and please feel free to come see us again if you have any other questions as you're
planning your visit. I hope that you have a truly magical vacation!
Missy