Hello Alexandrea! Welcome to planDisney! Like Jiminy Cricket guided Pinnochio, I’ll guide you through an answer to your question!
A Walt Disney World Resort vacation package includes a room at a hotel in the
Disney Resorts Collection, as well as park tickets. The minimum number of park tickets included in a vacation package is two days.
If you would prefer just one day at a park during your vacation, you’ll simply book your resort hotel as a “room only” reservation. That is an option you'll see when making your reservation. After you make your hotel reservation, you can then go about
purchasing your one-day park ticket. You can make your hotel reservation and purchase your one-day park ticket on the Walt Disney World Resort website! After you purchase your one-day park ticket you can then make your
Disney Park Pass reservation to select the park you want to visit, as well as the day you want to visit that park!
I hope that clarified the difference between a vacation package and booking your hotel and park ticket separately!
Hakuna Matata! Jonathan