Theme park reservations scrapped for Walt Disney World holidays
And the "2pm park hopping" rule has also been dropped (yah!!) - maybe the return to normality is with us!
There are some tickets that will require theme park reservations, but the majority of UK guests won't run into these.
Disney has confirmed which tickets still require theme park reservations and the tickets that won't.
No Theme Park Reservation Required * Date-based 1-day ticket * Date-based multi-day ticket * Vacation package with date-based tickets
Theme Park Reservation Required * Student group tickets * Sport and Convention ticket * Annual Pass * All other ticket types not mentioned above
The good news is that the high majority of UK guests will not have to make any theme park reservations for stays the commence from January 9th, 2024, and beyond. This is because the primary two ways UK guests visit Walt Disney World are covered.
If you have booked a 2024 hotel+ticket package, or a 2024 flight+hotel+ticket package you WILL NOT need to make any theme park reservations, as this falls into the "Vacation package with date-based tickets" category.
If you've booked an off-site hotel or villa and have purchased the UK-exclusive 7 or 14-day Magic Ticket you also WILL NOT need to make any theme park reservations as this again falls in the "date-based multi-day ticket" category.
A "date-based ticket" is a ticket that requires you to choose a start date at the time of purchase, which the UK-exclusive 7 or 14-day Magic Tickets require you to do. The start date of your tickets on a hotel+ticket package will be your check-in day.
As a regular visitor to Walt Disney World and Orlando, I can make sure that any planning you want to do prior to your adventure is all done with you - I still have my spreadsheet for each visit so that I know which park I am planning on visiting each day and which restaurants I have dining reservations for. The planning side is all part of my personal service for all Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, Orlando Florida and Disneyland Paris bookings.
