Walt Disney World Tickets

General Information

• How many parks does Walt Disney World have in Orlando?

  There are six parks - Magic Kingdom Park, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park and Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park. To explore them all, we offer the Disney 14-Day Magic Ticket which gives you access to all parks for the duration of your ticket, subject to park availability.

• When can I book my Disney Park days?

  If you are visiting Walt Disney World before 9 January 2024 both a valid Disney Ticket AND a date-specific theme park reservation are required to enter the four Disney theme parks - Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom. 

  Making your Disney Park Reservations is easy! First, you need to pay in full for your Disney Tickets. As soon as this is done a Disney Ticket confirmation will be uploaded to your Customer Account.

  • On receipt of your Disney Ticket Confirmation, set up an account on My Disney Experience
  • Link your Disney Ticket confirmation to your My Disney Experience account.
  • Use the Disney Park Pass tool in My Disney Experience to start booking your Disney Theme Park reservations

  See our Disney Theme Park Reservation Guide for more information on linking your Disney Magic Ticket confirmation and booking your Disney Park Days.

   

• How do I book my Disney Park days?

  If you are visiting Walt Disney World before 9 January 2024 both a valid Disney Ticket AND a date-specific theme park reservation are required to enter the four Disney theme parks - Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom. See our Disney Theme Park Reservation Guide for more information on linking your Disney Magic Ticket confirmation and booking your Disney Park Days.

  Disney Park reservations are no longer needed for guests visiting the Disney Parks after 9 January 2024. 

• What is My Disney Experience?

  My Disney Experience is a free digital planning tool that helps you get the most from your Walt Disney World holiday. Link your Disney Tickets or Disney Hotel Booking to My Disney Experience to make and manage your Disney Park reservations, access the Disney Genie Service, mobile order food and make restaurant reservations tickets, access Photopass for memory maker and much more. See our guide to My Disney Experience for more information. 

• What is Disney Memory Maker?

  Memory Maker is a great way to capture and relive your Walt Disney World Florida memories without having to reach for your camera. The whole family can pose for photos at any Disney PhotoPass location as well as select attractions and dining locations throughout Walt Disney World Resort. Ride photos are included too!

  Photos and videos can then be downloaded to your Disney account on My Disney Experience. You do this by tapping your Disney Ticket, MagicBand or MagicMobile pass at the attractions.

• What is Disney Genie Service and Disney Genie+

  Disney Magic Tickets include complimentary access to the all-new Disney Genie Service, a handy digital service that lets you create your best Disney Park day with a recommended personal itinerary. Upon launching the Disney Genie tool in the My Disney Experience App, share what you’d like to do in a few easy steps - you can highlight specific attractions, foodie experiences and entertainment, plus special interests like Disney princesses, villains, Pixar, Star Wars, thrill rides and more. Disney Genie service will then create a personalised itinerary that seamlessly and smartly maps out your day. It displays a good time to go to a specific attraction and gives an idea of the forecasted wait. Also, enjoy features like a virtual tip board with forecasted ride wait times for all the park's attractions, make dining reservations, mobile food ordering and more. With Disney Genie Service you’ll have quicker access to the most up-to-date park information, so you can be more spontaneous and have more fun.

  Want to take your day to the next level? Disney Genie+ service featuring Lightning Lane entry on select attractions and experiences, new audio experiences and access to exclusive Disney PhotoPass camera lenses may be purchased on the day you visit a Disney Park using the My Disney Experience App.

• When is the best time to visit Walt Disney World?

  September is historically the quietest month at the parks, with children in the US and the UK back at school. Weekdays in January, February, October, November and early December are usually quieter as well. However the best time to visit Florida weather wise, is during spring from March to Mid-May when the weather is pleasant, with temperatures relatively milder than the peak summer and clear skies.

• What hotels are there in Walt Disney World?

  There are currently more than 25 Disney Resort hotels to choose from.

• Is Universal Orlando part of Walt Disney World?

  No. Walt Disney World and Universal Resorts are separate attractions and require separate Disney Tickets or Universal Tickets for admission.

  • Walt Disney World features 4 Theme Parks - Magic Kingdom Park, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park and Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park - plus 2 water parks, Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park* and Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park.
  • Universal Orlando Resort contains three parks - Universal Studios Florida, Universal's Islands of Adventure, Universal’s Volcano Bay* water theme park

  However, we offer a combined Disney and Universal Combo Ticket for extra savings!

• What else is there to do in Walt Disney World?

  Disney Springs is an outdoor shopping, dining and entertainment complex. ESPN Wide World of Sports is a multi purpose sports complex. There are also 4 golf courses and 2 themed miniature golf courses. The Disney 14-Day Magic Ticket includes all of this.

Ticket Information

• I have a valid Disney Ticket, do I still need to book days at the Disney Parks?

  It depends on your visit dates to Walt Disney World.

  • For visits from now until 8 January 2024, both a valid Disney Ticket AND a date-specific theme park reservation are required to enter the four Disney theme parks - Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom. You won’t require a reservation for the 2 Disney Water Parks.
  • For visits after 9 January 2024 no Disney theme park reservations are needed! Just a valid Disney ticket is all you need to enter a Disney Park.

• How will I receive my Disney Magic Tickets?

  When you purchase a Disney 7-Day Magic Ticket, or Disney 14-Day Magic Ticket you will receive a Disney Ticket confirmation in your AttractionTickets.com Customer Account as soon as you pay for your tickets in full (for those securing their Disney Magic Tickets with a deposit, your confirmation will only be made available once you have cleared your balance). Upon receipt of your Disney Ticket confirmation, create your gate-ready Disney MagicMobile passes in My Disney Experience - see our Disney MagicMobile guide for more information on Disney MagicMobile passes, a new contactless way to enter the Disney Parks using your smartphone.

  For those that would prefer to have physical tickets, simply take your Disney Ticket Confirmation to any ticket window located at the entrance of each Disney Park to redeem printed physical tickets.

• I have received my Disney Ticket Confirmation, how do I create my Disney MagicMobile passes?

  Once you receive your Disney Ticket Confirmation, create your Disney MagicMobile passes in a few easy steps:

  1. On receipt of your Disney Ticket Confirmation, set up an account on the My Disney Experience website.
  2. Link your Disney Ticket Confirmation to your My Disney Experience account.
  3. After you have created your My Disney Experience account and linked your Disney Ticket Confirmation, download the My Disney Experience App
  4. Set up a Disney MagicMobile pass for each linked ticket in the My Disney Experience AppS
  5. Add your MagicMobile Pass to the Wallet app on iPhone or the digital wallet on other smart devices.
  6. For added ease, you can store multiple passes on a single device, a great option for families!

  Disney MagicMobile passes are gate-ready and give instant admission to Disney Theme parks (a Disney Theme Park Reservation is also needed for visits before 9 January 2024). 

  For those that would prefer to have physical tickets, you can take your Disney Ticket numbers to any Will Call/Ticket window located at the entrance of each Disney Park to redeem your Disney Ticket IDs for printed physical tickets. Please ensure you have a valid ID.

• I would like to get a physical Disney Magic Ticket posted to my home address - is that possible?

  Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to post physical printed Disney Magic Tickets to your home address. Like most worldwide attractions, Walt Disney World has transitioned to digital tickets that can be downloaded to a smartphone and no longer issues printed tickets in advance. Disney MagicMobile passes are gate-ready and give direct admission to the Disney Parks. Simply hold your iPhone, smartphone or Apple Watch near an access point when entering the Disney Parks just like you do with a physical ticket or MagicBand - See our Disney MagicMobile guide for more information on how to create gate-ready Disney MagicMobile passes.

  For those that would prefer to have physical tickets, simply take your Disney Ticket Confirmation to any ticket window located at the entrance of each Disney Park to redeem printed physical tickets.

• Is Memory Maker included with my Disney Tickets?

  Yes, Memory Maker is a standard inclusion with adult Disney Magic Tickets. Memory Maker is not included with Disney Event Tickets such as Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party

Rides & Attractions

• Can I pre-book Lightning Lane access to Disney attractions in advance with the Disney Genie+ service?

  No, access to the Lightning Lane entrance can only be booked on the day of your visit with availability opening every day at 7.00am. Guests with Genie+ can select the next available arrival window for their first attraction at this time. Once you’ve redeemed your initial Lightning Lane selection (or the arrival window has passed), you can make another Lightning Lane selection using the Genie+ service and can keep making one selection at a time throughout the day. Attraction arrival windows are provided as next available. See our Disney Genie Guide for more information Genie+ and featured Lightning Lane attractions.

• Are all Disney rides and attractions included with Genie+?

  No. There are more than 40 experiences across all 4 theme parks that are eligible, but currently, you cannot use Genie+ to access the Lightning Lane entrance for the following attractions.

  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
  • Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
  • Avatar Flight of Passage

  To access the Lightning Lane for these highly demanded attractions, guests must pay for individual Lighting Lane entrance on the day of their visit. Only two individual Lightning Lane selections can be purchased each day. Selections and payments must be made via the My Disney Experience App. Unfortunately, we are unable to book this for you. See our Disney Genie Guide for more information on the Disney Genie Service and Lightning Lane attractions.

• Are any attractions scheduled to be under refurbishment when I visit Walt Disney World?

  To learn about any unplanned closures or long-term refurbishments, please check the individual page for each attraction on My Disney Experience.

Fun Facts

• How big is Walt Disney World in Orlando?

  It's huge at nearly 40 square miles /25,000 acres. That's the same size as San Francisco, which is why we offer fully flexible 7 and 14 Day Disney's Ultimate tickets to allow you enough time to enjoy all 6 of Walt Disney World's incredible parks at your own pace. 

• How old is Walt Disney World in Orlando?

  The first park to open was Magic Kingdom on 1st October 1971. It was then followed by Epocot 1982, Hollywood Studios and Typhoon Lagoon 1989, Blizzard Beach 1995 and Animal Kingdom in 1998.

Opening Information

• What time does Walt Disney World open?

  The parks' opening hours vary throughout the year - see My Disney Experience for details.

Location

• How far is Orlando Sanford airport from Disney World?

  It is around 50 minutes away by car - 44 miles.

• How far is Walt Disney World to Universal Resort Orlando?

  It is 10 miles away which takes approximately 20 minutes by car. If you’re looking to visit both parks, take a look at our Disney World & Universal combo ticket deals.

• How far is Walt Disney World to SeaWorld Orlando?

  Walt Disney World is 5 miles away from SeaWorld, Aquatica and Discovery Cove which takes approximately 10-15 minutes by car. If you’re looking to visit both parks,
  take a look at our Disney World & SeaWorld combo ticket deals.

• How do you get to Orlando Premium Outlets from Walt Disney World?

  You can take a 15 minute taxi ride or catch a bus which takes just over an hour with one changeover.

• Is Walt Disney World in Orlando?

  The Walt Disney World Resort is in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It is near Orlando and Kissimmee.

• Which airport in Orlando is closest to Walt Disney World?

  Orlando International Airport is the closest airport which is around 17 miles away and 20 minutes by car.

Food & Drink

• Can I bring my own food into Walt Disney World parks?

  Guests are allowed to bring outside food and nonalcoholic beverage items into the park for self-consumption, provided they are not in glass containers and do not require heating, reheating, processing, refrigeration or temperature control and do not have pungent odors.

• Which Walt Disney World restaurants take reservations?

  To see a list of all restaurants you can pre book, please visit My Disney Experience. All Guests may now make dining reservations online up to 60 days in advance.

Accessibility

• How does Walt Disney World accommodate guests with disabilities?

  Walt Disney World Resort theme parks provide numerous accommodations for Guests with mobility disabilities, Guests with visual disabilities and Guests with hearing disabilities. For more information, please contact Disability Services at (407) 560-2547. Rentals cannot be pre-booked and are first come first served only. Wheelchairs start from $12 a day.

Parking

• What are the parking charges at the Walt Disney World parks?

  Parking charges start from $25 per day. If you stay in a Disney resort, most hotels offer free theme park parking but charge an overnight fee to park instead.