Greetings, Cathy and welcome to planDisney!
I love that you’ll be visiting Walt Disney World Resort with your family, the memories you’ll make will be priceless, how exciting!
Firstly, please ensure you and your family create Disney accounts and
link all reservations. Then, please create a
Family & Friends list in your My Disney Experience account to facilitate planning before your arrival and managing plans during your visit. You will be able to select from those in your travel party for your planning during your visit.
Cathy, you will be able to make changes to your Disney Park Pass -
Theme Park Reservations, but before you do please decide which theme park you would like to be at together, and then check the Walt Disney World Resort -
Theme Park Reservation Availability calendar to see if that theme park has availability. If it does, then you will need to cancel the existing Theme Park Reservation/s and secure a new one.
Since you have Walt Disney World Resort theme park tickets with the park hopper option, another plan would be for you to keep your existing Theme Park Reservation, visit that reserved theme park and then at 2:00 PM or later you can park hop to join the rest of your family or vice versa with your family. The only factor to consider here is whether the second theme park will be available. This is when you will need the
My Disney Experience mobile app as you will receive a push notification in real-time if the second theme park does not have availability. To ensure that you have push notifications enabled, go to "Settings" on your phone, then "Notifications," then select Disney World to enable "Notifications."
Cathy, kindly refer to the current
Enchanting Extras Collection to enhance your visit - I am really looking forward to seeing the new
Drawn to Life Presented by Cirque du Soleil® & Disney as I am hearing outstanding reports from many of my friends.
I hope this information is helpful, Cathy, good luck with the Theme Park Reservations, and I wish you all a most magical visit to Walt Disney World Resort - thank you!
Best Disney wishes from a fellow Canadian Disney fan ~ Jacqueline