Loophole hopper inside regular ticket?

[Allie_V]

If we're buying 7-day tickets but only want to park hop one or two days, why doesn't Disney offer that option the same way they do the water park options? It's too expensive to upgrade to a hopper for all 7 days.

So here's my question: If I buy a 9-day ticket instead, can I go to two different parks in one day by using two 1-day passes? Or will I just be denied entry to the second park? I hope this question makes sense.

 

[Wilt Dasney]

This has been asked before, and as I recall, the answer is no, you can't. Entering two parks on the same day is the definition of park hopping, which you need an upgrade for.

(I do feel your pain, though.)

 

[Allie_V]

Thanks, Wilt. I did a search for "ticket hopper" and read threads back to early 2010 but didn't see any discussion. If anyone has that thread link, please post.

This kinda sucks because if you stay in the Boardwalk area and want to go into Epcot for dinner at one of the "countries", you can't unless you went to epcot that same day.

So how would one go about getting into a second park just for one or two days? Would you have to buy a second 2-day pass? This still might be cheaper than adding on the hopper option. maybe.

 

[Wilt Dasney]

Hi Allie_V,

I found two threads I was thinking of earlier. The first is directly related to your question, and the second cycles around to it eventually:
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?p=4296949
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=551711

Disney did at one time sell a "dinner" ticket to Epcot that allowed admission after 4 p.m. However, a quick search tells me that it was only sold as an Annual Pass, not on a daily basis, and was only available to Florida residents. I wish there were a more helpful option available to you. Your best bet might be to purchase a separate 2-day Park Hopper pass, as you said.

 

[Monty]

The park hopper costs about 57 dollars as an add-on, no matter how many days your ticket is for. A single day ticket costs more than 80.

If you want to go to two parks in one day, you either buy the hopper option [cheapest option] or buy a second ticket [very expensive option], there is no way to use two "admissions" from one ticket in the same day. Your non-hopper admission can be used for multiple entries to the same park it was first used at that day.

Think of a base ticket as having a specified number of admissions, each admission is only valid for one day. If you want to go to more than park in the same day, you have to purchase the hopper option to be able to use that day's admission at a second [or multiple] park.

 

[Wilt Dasney]

Your best bet might be to purchase a separate 2-day Park Hopper pass, as you said.

On second thought, this is an awful suggestion.

A 7-day Park Hopper is $301.

A 5-day 1-park ticket combined with a 2-day Park Hopper is $237+$216=$453.

 

[Allie_V]

Thanks again. One of these threads says the person upgraded to a 1-day hopper on the last day of their ticket. Is that an actual option? I could use up 5 days of my 7 day ticket then add the park hopper option just for those last two days?

 

[Monty]

On second thought, this is an awful suggestion.

A 7-day Park Hopper is $301.

A 5-day 1-park ticket combined with a 2-day Park Hopper is $237+$216=$453.

I wasn't going to specifically mention it, but since you did... :lookaroun

 

[Wilt Dasney]

Thanks again. One of these threads says the person upgraded to a 1-day hopper on the last day of their ticket. Is that an actual option? I could use up 5 days of my 7 day ticket then add the park hopper option just for those last two days?

The upgrade isn't pro-rated, so it would cost you $54 to park hop for 2 days or a week. In short, if you're going to hop, buy it for the length of the ticket.

I wasn't going to specifically mention it, but since you did... :lookaroun

I can admit it. :lol:

 

[Allie_V]

A 5-day 1-park ticket combined with a 2-day Park Hopper is $237+$216=$453.

Well if I had my 7 day ticket already and wanted to park hop just two of those, I could buy a separate 2-day 1-park ticket (that wouldn't have been scanned that morning) and use for dinner at epcot one night and an afternoon elsewhere another day. So I'd use one 1-park ticket in the morning an my second 1-park ticket in the evening.

I haven't done the math, so I don't know if this is good financially vs upgrading the entire 7 day ticket to a PH.

EDIT: Monty Mon was posting as I was typing and I see the math calculations now. Thanks. PH add-on it is.

 

[Allie_V]

The upgrade isn't pro-rated, so it would cost you $54 to park hop for 2 days or a week.

Geez, I don't think I'd ever picked up on that. I thought it was a fee per day. I didn't realize it was a lump sum upgrade regardless of days.

 

[Wilt Dasney]

Well if I had my 7 day ticket already and wanted to park hop just two of those, I could buy a separate 2-day 1-park ticket (that wouldn't have been scanned that morning) and use it at night for dinner at epcot one night and an afternoon elsewhere another day. So I'd use one 1-park ticket in the morning an my second 1-park ticket in the evening.

I haven't done the math, so I don't know if this is good financially vs upgrading the entire 7 day ticket to a PH.

It would still cost you more than a 7-day PH, even if it worked. (247+162) That first day of admission on a "new" ticket is always going to set you back more than the hopper option.

I'm guessing Disney thought of all these options, and intentionally made them too expensive to be worth it. :lol:

 

[hrcollectibles]

Thanks again. One of these threads says the person upgraded to a 1-day hopper on the last day of their ticket. Is that an actual option? I could use up 5 days of my 7 day ticket then add the park hopper option just for those last two days?

Why not just add the park hopper form the beginning as it would be the same price.

 

[Rob562]

Geez, I don't think I'd ever picked up on that. I thought it was a fee per day. I didn't realize it was a lump sum upgrade regardless of days.

Both the Park Hopper option as well as the Water Parks & More option are both flat-rate fees, no matter if it's a 1-day or a 10-day ticket.

The only option that varies according to how many days are on the ticket is the No Expiration option. (And that's based on how many *total* days are on the ticket, not just how many unused days are left on the ticket...)

As for the whole "can I use two admissions on the same day", I like to refer to a 7-day Magic Your Way ticket as being for 7 *calendar* days. People thinking of them as getting 7 *admissions* sometimes inadvertently end up thinking the way the OP did, and don't understand why you can't do what they want to.
So, your ticket gets you into the parks for 7 *calendar* days. If it's a Base ticket, you can only go into one park on each of those days. If you add the Hopper, you can go into multiple parks on any or all days.

-Rob

 

[gallerie]

I think there was a guest survey recently that asked, among other questions, if a pay per hop option is something that I would use. I think they are always looking to better the world and add new options. Not that it helps you now but apparently they are thinking about it

 

[DisneySaint]

Simple question with a simple answer: no. Disney isn't silly, they don't have loopholes in something so critical as ticket sales. In my experience, your question, though is a lot more common than you think. With literally hundreds of posibilites for ticket types, it can be confusing. Plain and simple: buy the PH from the start. You'll be glad you did.

 

[Master Gracey 5]

I think there was a guest survey recently that asked, among other questions, if a pay per hop option is something that I would use. I think they are always looking to better the world and add new options. Not that it helps you now but apparently they are thinking about it

The surveys I took after my last trip included something like this too. My response was basically "I'd consider it depending on the price", ultimately the park hopper makes sense for us since we visited multiple parks on 7 of the 8 days of our last trip and it would be very cost prohibitive if we had to pay per hop.