Disney World Tickets

Tapping into the desire of Americans to take longer vacations, the Walt Disney World® Resort has re-engineered its ticket lineup to offer increasing savings for vacationers eager to spend more time in the theme parks. The new Magic Your Way Tickets launch Jan. 2, 2005, and feature significant vacation value and increased savings with each day you add.

The new ticket product centers around the Magic Your Way Base Ticket, a ticket offering admission to any one of the four Walt Disney World® theme parks for each day of the pass and available in 1- to 7-day increments. The per-day cost of the pass is reduced with each day that's added, so that a 7-day ticket averages less than $29 per day for ages 10 and up - or less than half the price of a single-day ticket ($59.75).

A roster of options can be added to the Magic Your Way Base Ticket - like park hopping or water park visits - enabling you to select, and pay for, only the features they want. These new options and increased flexibility allow travel counselors to better design vacations that meet your specific needs and budget.

Vactioneers that have already purchased Disney Park Hopper passes or booked a 2005 vacation package with other ticket types can still use those tickets for their vacation, or they may elect to change their tickets to the new Magic Your Way Tickets by simply paying the difference (no refunds will be issued if the new ticket is of lesser value).

Park Hopper Option

For the first time, Park Hopper® is now an optional feature for Walt Disney World® Passes. The Park Hopper® Option allows you to come and go as they please through all four Walt Disney World® theme parks on the same day for each day of their pass. This option can be added to the entire length of a Magic Your Way Base Ticket for just $35 - whether it's a 1-day or 7-day ticket.

The Magic Plus Pack Option is a great recommendation for those looking to experience Disney fun beyond the theme parks. Similar to the "Plus" feature previously available on 5-, 6- and 7-day Park Hoppers, the Magic Plus Pack Option can be added to the Magic Your Way Base Ticket to provide admission to water parks and other popular fun spots like Downtown Disney Pleasure Island, DisneyQuest® Indoor Interactive Theme Park and Disney's Wide World of Sports® Complex (some events require separate admission). The Magic Plus Pack Option can be added to any ticket for $45, and the number of Plus visits varies with the length of the ticket purchased.

Because the Magic Your Way Tickets expire 14 days after first use, some may be interested in adding the No Expiration Option, a feature that allows unused days and Plus visits to be used at a later time, or on a future visit. The price of this option is based on a sliding scale - from $10 for 2- and 3-day passes to $55 for a 7-day pass.

The Park Hopper® and Magic Plus Pack Options can be combined and added to the Magic Your Way Base Ticket to create the new Magic Your Way Premium Ticket. The No Expiration Option can also be added to this ticket.

People who reside in the Sunshine State have several new options to present in 2005. The new Florida Resident 3-Day Play Pass offers three days of theme park admission for the price of a regularly priced two-day ticket, so the third day is free! And Floridia Residents can add the Park Hopper® Option, Magic Plus Pack Option, and the No Expiration Option. That same pricing scale is also available for multi-day ticket lengths of 4-days and more - so Florida Residents can purchase a 5-day Magic Your Way Base Ticket for the gate price of the 4-day Magic Your Way Base Ticket, and a 6-day for the price of a 5-day.

Talk about losing wait and having more fun: Walt Disney World studies indicate that guests using Disney's FASTPASS are experiencing approximately 25 percent more rides and attractions during their theme park visit.

Disney's FASTPASS is a computerized system that gives guests an alternative to standard "lines" at many popular attractions in all four Walt Disney World theme parks.

According to Disney surveys, FASTPASS "wait loss" is freeing up an average of one-and-a-half to two hours for guests who use the innovative, patented system on multiple attractions.

Since the debut of Disney's FASTPASS in summer 1999, the revolutionary system has been expanded to include 25 attractions -- at least five in each of the four Walt Disney World theme parks. At FASTPASS attractions, guests can choose the regular wait line or put any valid theme park ticket into a special machine and receive a FASTPASS ticket denoting a one-hour window of time when they can return and enter the attraction with little or no wait.

In 2001, Disney's FASTPASS earned a Themed Entertainment Association "Thea Award" for Breakthrough Innovation. Earlier, the Florida Engineering Society honored Disney's FASTPASS for its ingenuity and innovation by bestowing it the 2000 Governor's New Product Award.

Currently, Disney's FASTPASS is offered on the following Walt Disney World attractions:

FASTPASS, Step-By-Step
Disney's FASTPASS is a revolutionary guest enhancement at Walt Disney World Resort enabling guests to have an alternative to waiting in lines for many of the most-popular attractions. There is no additional charge to use the FASTPASS service. Here's how it works:

1. Ticketed guest or annual passholder enters the park main entrance gate.

2. Guest visits any attraction offering the FASTPASS service. Here, guest has the option of waiting in the regular standby line or choosing FASTPASS. To assist, there's a digital clock denoting regular wait time and the return time for FASTPASS.

3. If the FASTPASS option is chosen, a guest inserts his or her theme park ticket into the FASTPASS machine. Out comes the FASTPASS denoting when to return to the attraction. Holders of FASTPASS are given a one-hour window for their return -- for example, 10:05-11:05 a.m. That means the guest cannot enter the attraction using FASTPASS before 10:05 but is free to return at any time during the designated one-hour window.

4. Upon returning at the designated time, the guest heads straight for the FASTPASS entrance and proceeds directly to the attraction pre-show or boarding area with little or no wait.

5. Guests are able to get several FASTPASS tickets during a day in the Disney theme parks. However, they cannot immediately obtain multiple FASTPASS tickets. How often can they get one? While the answer varies, it is printed on the guest’s current FASTPASS ticket.

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