Welcome to the Disney Parks Moms Panel, Shannon!
If you’ve purchased a
multi-day ticket for the
Walt Disney World Resort Theme Parks, you’ll see a validity period indicated with your ticket. As long as you activate and then use all of the days within that period, it doesn’t matter when your first use date is. For example, if you purchased a 4-day Theme Park ticket for a vacation that begins Sept. 5, you have any of the seven days between Sept. 5 and Sept. 11 to use the ticket. Validity windows vary with the ticket length, so check your ticket receipt/ email confirmation for the specific dates for your ticket. As long as you don’t wait too late in your window to activate your ticket, days do not have to be used consecutively. According to the “fine print,” you can make changes to your tickets, including your ticket dates, prior to midnight ET of the day before your ticket’s first valid use date. After your first valid ticket date, you can use the
My Disney Experience mobile app to add additional days to an eligible ticket or add ticket options.
Before my family and I became
Annual Passholders, we typically purchased 4-day Park Hopper tickets and would use them over the course of a full week. We love the flexibility of the Park Hoppers, as it allows us to flit from Park to Park depending on our mood, the weather, wait times and crowd levels. I also enjoyed using two back-to-back days and then taking a day “off” in the middle of our vacation to enjoy our
Walt Disney World Resort hotel pool and other amenities. This break was usually just the right amount of R&R needed to fully enjoy our final two days in the Parks. Depending on our travel schedule, I would often try to work in a final day of rest and relaxation (and maybe some shopping at
Disney Springs) before heading home.
Hopefully these tips help you make the most of your
Walt Disney World Resort vacation, Shannon! Please let us know if there are any additional questions we can answer for you.
Amy