Walt Disney World is huge, the site covers some 47
square miles or nearly 31 000 acres. It's been said that the UK's Alton Towers and Thorpe
Park would comfortably fit into just one of Disney's car parks. That gives you some idea
of the scale of the place and shows how important good planning is.
If you don't plan your visit here carefully you could miss an awful lot. It also gets very
busy here, with the Magic Kingdom having a single day record attendance in the region of
92 000 people. So if you don't want to spend the entire day standing in queues, planning
is essential.There are now a number of different tickets you
can buy for Disney and although you can get single day entrance tickets to individual
parks, this would work out more expensive than getting one of the multi-day passes. For
specific information and current prices have a look at our Ticket information page.
To help you get on some of the more popular attractions within the
four main parks Disney now use a system called Fastpass. This allows you
to collect a ticket at the entrance to the attraction which has a time slot printed on it.
You return during this time and can enter through the FastPass line which should take you
straight to the front with very little queuing. For a more detailed explanation of
FastPass click here. We have made a note on
each attraction through the guide that uses the FastPass system.
Another way of gaining fast access to some of the major rides are E-Ride
Nights. We don't hear much about this in the UK but basically an E-Ride
Night is a special event held at the Magic Kingdom on selected nights each month.
The park remains open for another 3 hours after the stated closing time allowing E-Ticket
holders the chance to go on selected rides without much queuing. Ticket sales are very
limited (possibly around 5000) so it's much easier to access the rides. (A slow day at MK
would normally be around 25,000 visitors.)
Now the bad news. To be able to buy one of these tickets you must be
a Disney Resort (Hotel) guest with a multi-day pass.
Tickets cost $10 + tax for adults and $8 + tax for children. To obtain one of these
tickets you will need to ask at your hotel front desk or Guest Services area.
For detailed information of the Disney parks and attractions click
on a link below:- |
