{"id":1457,"date":"2022-07-05T12:02:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T12:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wdwtripplanning.com\/?page_id=1457"},"modified":"2025-06-02T07:12:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T07:12:54","slug":"how-de-get-our-theme-park-tickets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wdwtripplanning.com\/?page_id=1457","title":{"rendered":"How do we get our theme park tickets?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1457\" class=\"elementor elementor-1457\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62589f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62589f3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58fd396\" data-id=\"58fd396\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52c5723 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52c5723\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do we get our theme park tickets?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c37ace5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c37ace5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ae767e\" data-id=\"3ae767e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d1f45a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d1f45a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disney theme park tickets can be bought in advance directly from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyholidays.co.uk\/walt-disney-world\/tickets\/\">Disney<\/a> or through any number of authorised brokers.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authorised brokers tend to be a little cheaper, and we\u2019ve had no issues in buying from them previously. Their tickets can just as easily be added to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyworld.co.uk\/plan\/my-disney-experience\/\">My Disney Experience<\/a> as tickets purchased directly from Disney.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, tickets can be bought at the gate on the day at any of the theme parks, but they are extremely expensive, may not have availability, and do not enable you to plan your day or trip in advance. So, pre-purchasing a multi-day ticket in advance is the only sensible option.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ticket most UK visitors will want is the 7 or 14-day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyholidays.co.uk\/walt-disney-world\/uk-ireland-exclusive-tickets\/\">Magic Ticket<\/a>, only available to residents of the UK and Ireland.<\/p><h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Disney Magic Tickets for UK and Ireland guests for 7 or 14 days<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a fantastic ticket that gets you unlimited access to the four theme parks and the two water parks, enables you to visit more than one park in a day, gives you all of the photos taken automatically when you\u2019re on the rides (known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyworld.co.uk\/guest-services\/photopass-service\/\">Memory Maker<\/a>), and a round of mini golf on any of the four courses (before 4pm).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everything that you need for Walt Disney World is included in this one ticket.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please note, you cannot purchase this ticket at any of the theme parks! The Magic Ticket has to be purchased in advance.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Magic Ticket can be purchased in both 7-day and 14-day versions. Often (from around mid-November), the 14-day Magic Ticket is sold at the 7-day ticket price. Any deal offered directly by Disney is available from their authorised ticket brokers too.<\/p><h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Buying your tickets<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can find any number of authorised ticket brokers offering these Magic Tickets on the web. We have used, and would recommend, the following providers:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoattractions.com\/tickets\/walt-disney-14-day-magic-tickets\">Orlando Attractions<\/a> (our preferred ticket provider)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoattractiontickets.co.uk\/Ticket\/Disney-14-Day-Magic-Ticket\">Orlando Attraction Tickets<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyholidays.co.uk\/walt-disney-world\/tickets\/\">Disney Holidays<\/a> (effectively Disney direct)<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>Magic Tickets are supplied as e-ticket confirmations (via a PDF document), which you add to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyworld.co.uk\/plan\/my-disney-experience\/\">My Disney Experience<\/a> account.<\/p><h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Managing your Disney tickets through the My Disney Experience website\/app<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, now that you have purchased your Disney tickets (and received a unique confirmation number sent to you on a PDF), you can allocate these tickets to members of your family or group.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is all accomplished online through Disney\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyworld.co.uk\/plan\/my-disney-experience\/\">My Disney Experience<\/a> website and\/or mobile app.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyworld.co.uk\/plan\/my-disney-experience\/\">My Disney Experience<\/a> website and app are easy to navigate, feature rich, and are THE resource that you\u2019ll use to manage your day in the park.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the parks you can choose your rides in advance (with the additional cost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyworld.co.uk\/lightning-lane-passes\/\">Lightning Lane Multi and Single Passes<\/a>), order food, check on ride queues, make dining reservations, view and manage any MemoryMaker photos, and view the interactive park maps.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process for allocating your tickets to your family or group members is as follows:<\/p><ol><li>If you haven\u2019t already, create an account online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyworld.co.uk\/login\">My Disney Experience<\/a> or download the app to your mobile phone.<\/li><li>Add members of your family or group on My Disney Experience.<\/li><li>Add your tickets to your account through the unique confirmation number that you were sent.<\/li><\/ol><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>This is a very straightforward process! Only one of your party needs to do this. You can group your party together, making future allocations of priority ride purchases with the Lightning Lane passes nice and easy.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, you\u2019ve bought your tickets and added them to your My Disney Experience account, but, at this point, you haven\u2019t actually got something (i.e. a ticket) that you can use to physically get into a park!<\/p><h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Getting into the parks<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t worry, as there are a number of ways of converting your ticket purchase confirmation into actual tickets to gain park access:<\/p><ul><li>Create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyworld.co.uk\/guest-services\/magic-mobile\/\">MagicMobile<\/a> tickets from within your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyworld.co.uk\/plan\/my-disney-experience\/\">My Disney Experience<\/a> account and send\/save them to one or more of your mobile phones. With this option you\u2019re using your phone to tap into the park and to get on to rides that you have chosen through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyworld.co.uk\/lightning-lane-passes\/\">Lightning Lane passes<\/a> (an optional, additional daily charge that gets you to the front of the ride queue, covered <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwtripplanning.com\/?page_id=1824\">here<\/a>!). You can have multiple tickets on one phone, so the kids don\u2019t have to have their own phone in the parks.<\/li><li>Buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyworld.co.uk\/plan\/my-disney-experience\/bands-cards\/\">MagicBands<\/a> ($25 each) when you\u2019re in Disney and allocate your tickets to each of the wrist bands through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyworld.co.uk\/plan\/my-disney-experience\/\">My Disney Experience<\/a>. Each of your party would have their own band and would tap into the park and on to rides that you have chosen with any Lightning Lane passes. The bands are convenient, lightweight, click firmly in place, are easy to wear, last a number of years, and come in a variety of colours. This is what we use, though ours came when Disney used to give these out free when you stayed in a Disney hotel! You can also use your MagicBand for charging and for room access, if you\u2019re staying in a Disney resort hotel.<\/li><li>Pick up plastic, credit card-sized tickets from Guest Services at any of the parks on your first visit to a park. Guest Services will then allocate your previously purchased electronic tickets to your plastic tickets, and you\u2019ll use these to tap into the parks each time you enter, and for any Lightning Lane rides. Again, nice and easy to use.<\/li><\/ul><h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><br \/>Disney tickets for shorter visits of between 2 and 5 days<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re only going to be in the Disney parks for a few days, then it can be better value to buy multi-day tickets for a reduced number of days, rather than the UK and Ireland\u2019s 7 or 14-day Magic Ticket.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These tickets (which you can also buy at the gate in any of the parks) can still be purchased in advance and entered in to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyworld.co.uk\/plan\/my-disney-experience\/\">My Disney Experience<\/a> to set up and manage your park days.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have a few more options with these tickets: you can buy base tickets and just visit one park per day, or you can buy a Park Hopper ticket that enables you to visit multiple parks in one day, or you can buy a ticket that gives you the water parks, too.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, much more complicated than the UK and Ireland\u2019s simple 7 or 14-day Magic Ticket. To compare prices with the Magic Ticket, take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.undercovertourist.com\/orlando\/walt-disney-world-resort\/\">Undercover Tourist<\/a>, a highly reputable, Disney-authorised, US-based ticket broker who we have used previously when we were only in the Disney parks for a couple of days.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Undercover Tourist also provides a nice discount over the cost of buying these tickets directly at a Disney park.<\/p><h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Universal Orlando tickets<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re planning on visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\/web\/en\/us\">Universal Orlando<\/a>, then the ticket you want is the 14-day Universal Orlando Resort 3-Park Explorer Ticket. This ticket gets you in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.co.uk\/Theme_Parks\/universal-studios-florida.aspx\">Universal Studios<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.co.uk\/Theme_Parks\/islands-of-adventure.aspx\">Islands of Adventure<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.co.uk\/Theme_Parks\/Volcano-Bay.aspx\">Volcano Bay<\/a> (Universal\u2019s water park) as many times as you like over a 14-day period.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.co.uk\/Theme_Parks\/Wizarding-World-Of-Harry-Potter.aspx\">Wizarding World of Harry Potter<\/a> land in both Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure, connected by a ride on Hogwarts Express. To visit both of the lands (which are in different parks) you would need either a single day, multi-park ticket or a multi-day ticket, such as the 3-Park Explorer Ticket.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As with the Disney Magic Tickets, you can find any number of authorised brokers offering the 14-day Universal Orlando Resort 3-Park Explorer Ticket. We have bought Universal Orlando tickets from both of these providers:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoattractions.com\/tickets\/universal-3-park-explorer\">Orlando Attractions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoattractiontickets.co.uk\/Ticket\/Universal-3-Park-Explorer-Tickets\">Orlando Attraction Tickets<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>Once purchased, you will be supplied with an electronic ticket confirmation that can be redeemed for gate-ready tickets from the Will Call Kiosks at the front of each of the Universal Orlando parks. You will need your ticket confirmation number, the original credit card you used to purchase the tickets (for verification only), and your given telephone number.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re only going to be in the Universal Orlando parks for a few days, then it can be better value to buy multi-day tickets for a reduced number of days, rather than the full 14-day Universal Orlando Resort 3-Park Explorer Ticket.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.undercovertourist.com\/orlando\/universal-orlando-resort\/\">Undercover Tourist<\/a> has all of the 1 to 5-day single and multi-park tickets that are available at the gate available for pre-purchase, with a nice discount, too.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once at Universal Orlando, you can also purchase an optional add-on to your daily ticket (known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\/web\/en\/us\/tickets-packages\/express-passes\">Universal Express<\/a>) that enables you to ride each of the attractions once without having to queue. We have never used this feature \u2013 though many do \u2013 we prefer to get to the park when it opens and ride the big attractions first. This approach doesn\u2019t appeal to everyone!<\/p><h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Combined Disney and Universal tickets<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re planning on visiting Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando during your vacation and feel that the 14-day Disney Magic Ticket and the 14-day Universal Orlando Resort 3-Park Explorer Ticket are what you need, then you can save a little further money by purchasing a \u201ccombined\u201d Disney and Universal ticket.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This \u201ccombined\u201d or \u201ccombo\u201d ticket isn\u2019t a single ticket that gives you access to both worlds, rather it\u2019s just a packaging together of a 14-day Disney Magic Ticket and a 14-day Universal Orlando Resort 3-Park Explorer Ticket, and giving you a small discount for buying both tickets from the same ticket source at the same time.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll receive both Disney and Universal electronic ticket confirmations that are redeemed for actual gate-ready tickets in the respective parks, as described previously.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can purchase these combo tickets from the following two authorised ticket brokers:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoattractions.com\/tickets\/real-steal-disney-universal-combo-2022\">Orlando Attractions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoattractiontickets.co.uk\/Ticket\/Disney-Universal-Switch-Ticket\">Orlando Attraction Tickets<\/a><br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ul><h2 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wdwtripplanning.com\/?page_id=1459\"><strong>Next up \u2013 Step 1.8: Should we rent a car, and from whom?<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do we get our theme park tickets? 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