Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
MAGIC YOUR WAY
WALT DISNEY WORLD OFFERS AN ARRAY
of theme park ticket options, grouped into a
program called Magic Your Way. The simplest option, visiting one theme park for
one day, is called a
1-Day Base Ticket
. Other features, such as the ability to visit
more than one park per day (“park-hopping”), or the inclusion of admission to Dis-
ney's minor venues (Typhoon Lagoon, Blizzard Beach, DisneyQuest, mini-golf, and
the like), are available as individual add-ons to the Base Ticket.
In 2013 Disney introduced separate pricing for a single day's admission to the
Magic Kingdom versus the World's other theme parks. An adult 1-Day Base Ticket
for the Magic Kingdom costs $105.44, while one day's admission to any other theme
park is $100.11 (including tax).
Multiday pricing is still uniform across the parks. The more days of admission
you buy, the lower the cost per day. For example, if you buy an adult 5-Day Base
Ticket for $323.76 (tax included), each day costs $64.75, compared with $100.11 a
day for a one-day pass to Epcot, the Studios, or Animal Kingdom and $105.44 for the
Magic Kingdom. Tickets can be purchased from 1 up to 10 days and admit you to ex-
actly one theme park per day; you can reenter your chosen park as many times as you
like on that day.
Disney says its tickets expire within 14 days of the first day of use. In practice,
they really mean 13 days after the first day of use. If, say, you purchase a 4-Day Base
Ticket on June 1 and use it that day for admission to the Magic Kingdom, you'll be
able to visit a single Disney theme park on any of your three remaining days from
June 2 through June 14. After that, the ticket expires and any unused days will be
lost.Throughanotheradd-on,however,youcanavoidthe14-dayexpirationandmake
your ticket valid forever. More on that later.
BASE-TICKET ADD-ONS
NAVIGATING THE MAGIC YOUR WAY PROGRAM
is like ordering dinner à la carte at an
upscale restaurant: many choices, mostly expensive, virtually all of which require
some thought.
Three add-on options are offered with the Magic Your Way Ticket, each at an ad-
ditional cost:
