Hello Andrew!
Thanks for stopping by planDisney and asking a great question! It sounds like you are planning some exciting days at Walt Disney World in the
theme parks and
water parks!
If you purchase the Park Hopper Plus Option on your Walt Disney World tickets, you can have a certain number of visits to a Water Park or other Walt Disney World fun. At Walt Disney World, a water park is not considered a theme park but an extra option that can be used on a separate day or the same day as a visit to a theme park. For example, a six-day ticket will entitle you to six theme park days and six options, such as a water park. So you can choose to use an option to enjoy a water park for an entire day without using one of your theme park tickets, or you can go to a water park and a theme park on the same day. If you desire to park hop, If you have the Park Hopper Option on your Walt Disney World Tickets, you can Park Hop after 2:00 pm as long as there is park availability for the park you are going to. To do this, first, you will have to make a
Theme Park Reservation for the Walt Disney World Theme Park, where you will begin your day, and you must enter that park before you are eligible to Park Hop on that particular day. You do not have to reserve the second theme park of the day that you are planning on Park Hopping to. Remember that park hopping is currently available after 2:00 pm each day based on availability. You can check the
Park Hours Calendar or the
My Disney Experience app for the most up-to-date Park Hopper hours for each theme park.
You do not need to make a theme park reservation for a water park, but you currently need to make a theme park reservation for each of your theme park days. So you can start your day at a water park and then go to the theme park that you have your theme park reservation for in the afternoon. Also, after you have been to your first park of the day, and it is after 2:00 pm, you can park hop to another park.
I hope that your upcoming Walt Disney World vacation is incredible!
Marc L