General Information
Location: Lake Buena Vista, Florida (20 miles southwest of Orlando)Phone #: 407-824-4321
Number of Parks: 4
Number of Hotels: 28
Other Activities:
Buying tickets for Walt Disney World can be surprisingly complex, and most vacation planners buy their tickets at the same time they book hotel reservations.
Park tickets are available in many different combinations, from One-Day, One-Park tickets all the way up to 10-Day Park Hopper Plus tickets. A one-day ticket for the Magic Kingdom can run as high as $129 plus tax, and tickets for a 10-day vacation can run as much as $565 per person. Regardless of which you choose, all tickets expire within 14 days of first use.
As the name implies, the Park Hopper option allows you to visit multiple parks in the same day. This can add anywhere from $55-75 to the base price of your ticket, so you can save a bit of cash if you're willing to stick to one park per day.
The Park Hopper Plus option also allows you to visit multiple parks per day, and includes admission to the two water parks (Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach), the miniature golf courses (Fantasia Gardens and Winter Summerland), the Wide World of Sports Complex, and the 9-hole Oak Trail golf course. The number of admissions depends on the length of the base ticket.This option adds $80- $100 to each ticket.
Where to Buy
Tickets and annual passports are available from a variety of sources, and we strongly recommend that you purchase your tickets in advance of your visit. You'll definitely need to purchase tickets and link them to your My Disney Experience account before you can begin to make FastPass+ selections in advance of your trip.
Advance-purchase tickets are available from the Walt Disney World website, and also from MousePlanet travel partner Get Away Today.
If you wait until you arrive, ticket booths are located at the main entrances of each Animal Kingdom, Epcot, and Disney's Hollywood Studios. The main ticket booths for Magic Kingdom are located at the Transportation & Ticket Center, though tickets can also be purchased at the Guest Relations window to the right of the main entrance gates of the park.
You can also purchase park tickets at any of the resort hotels on property, and certain ticket types can be purchased at Disney Stores and local grocery store chains.
Be cautious of "Ticket Discount Centers," which are usually fronts for timeshare organizations. You might get a small discount, but not before you ward off a hard sell pitch.
Walt Disney World Resort – Prices Effective February 11, 2018
The following list lays out the different pricing options, and shows the $ increase from the last price change in 2017.
Note: Prices below do not reflect sales tax.
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Two Day |
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Three Day |
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Four Day |
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Five Day |
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Six Day |
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Seven Day |
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Eight Day |
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Nine Day |
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Ten Day |
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Tickets and any options purchased must be used within 14 days of first use. The first day of use must be on or before December 31, 2019. The purchase price of an unused, expired ticket can be applied towards the purchase of a new ticket at the then-current price, but unused, expired tickets can not be returned.
Walt Disney World Annual Passports– Prices Effective February 11, 2018
The following list lays out the different pricing options, and shows the $ increase from the last price change in 2017.
Note: Prices below do not reflect sales tax.
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Platinum Plus |
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Gold |
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Silver |
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Water Parks Annual Pass |
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Water Parks After 2 Annual Pass |
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Premier Pass: This pass is equivalent to a Signature Plus Pass at Disneyland and a Platinum Plus Pass at Walt Disney World combined.
Gold Pass: Only Florida residents and Disney Vacation Club members are eligible to purchase this pass. The Gold Pass has blockout dates around the Christmas and New Year's holidays as well as Spring Break periods.
Silver Pass: Only Florida residents are eligible to purchase this pass. The Silver Pass has more blockout dates than Gold, including most of summer, and does not include the PhotoPass benefit.
Florida Weekday Select: Exclusively for Florida residents, this pass offers admission on weekdays only, and includes other peak period blockout dates. Parking is included.
Florida Epcot After 4: Exclusively for Florida residents, this pass offers admission to Epcot after 4 p.m. only. Parking is included.
Each of the four theme parks has its own parking, which is free for guests of the on-property resorts and annual passholders but otherwise costs $20 for regular cars, $22 for RVs, and $25 for buses and tractor trailers. Except for Magic Kingdom, the theme park parking is right in front of the gates. For Magic Kingdom you'll need to park at the Ticket & Transportation Center and take the monorail or ferry to the park.
Once on property, there is a resort-wide system of free buses. For the most part it is possible to get to every park from every hotel. If nothing else, every location with a bus stop connects to the hub at Downtown Disney from where you can connect to any other location. There is also a ferry that connects Epcot to the hotels in the Epcot area.
For additional information on getting around the parks with wheelchairs and ECVs see our Walt Disney World Mobility page.
Modeled on the original Disneyland, Magic Kingdom is still its own unique destination.
One half explores science and the future while the other half presents the cultures of the world.
Celebrate the history and wizardry of Hollywood.
As the ads used to say, this is not a zoo, but it does mix a zoo with a theme park.
Disney's East Coast race targeted at women, occurring in February each year.
5K on Thursday, 10K on Friday, half marathon on Saturday, and full marathon on Sunday of the second weekend in January.
Half marathon begins at ESPN Wide World of Sports complex and finishes outside of Epcot
Hear the Christmas story with music, a choir, and a celebrity narrator. (December)
The amazing Disney World gardeners pull out all the stops showcasing horticultural skill and techniques. (March - May)
Sample food and beverages from around the world. (September 14 through November 14, 2016)
A night of trick-or-treating at the Magic Kingdom. (September - October)
Celebrate Christmas at the Magic Kingdom in this after hours party. (November - December)
A two-night Christian music festival. (September)
Disney Springs — Shop, dine, or see a movie.
Water Parks
Typhoon Lagoon
Blizzard Beach
Miniature Golf
Fantasia Gardens
Winter Summerland
Golf
Lake Buena Vista
Magnolia
Oak Trail
Palm
Sports Activites
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Open Water Activities