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You’ve heard of a Disney World park hopper pass…but you’re not quite sure what it is.  Or why it’s so popular.  Not to worry, here’s what you need to know before you buy your Disney park tickets with a park hopper pass option.

What the Park Hopper Pass Does

The Disney park hopper option, when added onto the base “Magic Your Way” ticket, lets you visit multiple theme parks in one day.  Hmm, doesn’t sounds like a big deal, but here’s why it it.

While all the parks have parades, only the Magic Kingdom has an evening parade with all kinds of illuminated costumes.  Nor does any other theme park have as good a fireworks show as the Magic Kingdom.

But say you want to spend your day at the Animal Kingdom.  It closes earliest of all the parks, due to the animals.  And along those lines, there aren’t any fireworks.

If you have a regular ticket, you can’t go over to visit the Magic Kingdom after Animal Kingdom closes.

But if you have a Disney World Park Hopper pass, you can go on over and spend the evening at the Magic Kingdom, see the light parade, fireworks and ride a few rides while you’re at it.

Two Other Hopper Advantages

This really applies more if you are staying at a Disney World resort, but the advantage here is that when you get hot and tired in the afternoon (and maybe a little cranky), you can go back to your resort room for a power nap, a dip in the pool or both!

The refreshed, you can go off and visit whichever park you’d like to see that evening.

Another advantage that most people don’t think about is dinner reservations.  Maybe you’ve spend most of the day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, but you really want to eat at the Coral Room at EPCOT (where the walls are an aquarium).  If you have a Disney World park hopper pass, it’s no problem.

If you don’t have the hopper option, you either have to skip the Coral Room or buy a full-price ticket to go to EPCOT for dinner.

How Do You Get a Disney Park Hopper Pass?

When you purchase your ticket, you almost always have the option to add park hopper to it (I can’t remember not being asked if I wanted it).  It is an extra cost, in the range of $10/day, but it’s worth it.

It’s worth it, that is, unless you only have 1 day for Disney, in which case I’d say just pick a park and stay at it for the day.  But if you’re staying multiple days, it’s the one Disney park ticket option I always recommend (and yes, which I also get).