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View Poll Results: Do you exercise your option to Park Hop?
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We are always park hoppers!
șoș David, Lisa, Aaron and Allison
98-PO
00-CB & ASMo
01-Swan
02-CS
03-POR
04-POP
05-PO / CR
07-PO / CR
08-ASMu
09-AKL
10-CR, CS & PP DL
11-NB DLP & SSR
12-BLT & BLT
13-GC DL & BLT
15-Aulani & BLT
16-ASMu & GC DL
17-BWI, THV, CSR, BLT
18-BLT, OKW, OKW, CBR, GF & BLT
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Hoppity hop hop and then some! We always park hop, sometimes several times a day. But we only started doing this after we had visited WDW several times and gotten to know the parks and exactly what we wanted to do, and when. We didn't hop so much on our first couple of visits.
1971 (age 15) MK was new!
1974 off-site (Senior Trip)
1982 off-site
1988 off-site
May 2002 AS-Sports, with DW & kids
May 2004 Pop Century
Feb 2005 Wilderness Lodge
Oct 2006 Pop Century
Oct 2008 Camped at Fort Wilderness
Feb 2010 Cruise on the Wonder
Dec 2014 POFQ for Christmas!
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My wife and I have purchased park hoppers for both of our trips. On our first 7-day trip, we never hopped. On our 5-day trip, I think we hopped once from AK to MK, but I'm not even sure we did that.
We were always so scared of being forced to stay at one park, that we bought the hoppers. Since I have become an Intercot junkie, I have realized that we can NOT buy the hoppers, save $50 each, and if the mood hits us to hop, we can easily upgrade the tickets then.
As long as the trip is more than 4 days, that will be our plan.
PS: We made the same mistake on our first trip with the No Expiration option. I had three family members very ill, and purchased the No Expiration option because I was afraid of having to leave early for a death in the family. I now realized that I can NOT buy the No Expiration option, then if I have to leave early, I can upgrade the ticket at the front desk before I leave (if the number crunching says the cost would be worth it.)
Disney Dream May 2019, WDW Dec 2019
18 Oct ASMv
16 (APs) Jan POR, Feb CSR, April ASMv, June BC, Oct Pop & Cabins, Dec ASMv & AKL & Pop, Jan '17 POFQ (10k!)
15 May Pop&CBR pirates
13 Oct ASMu&AoA
10 (APs) June CR, Oct AKL&Pop, Dec Pop
07 March ASMv
04 June POR
94 June Onsite
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We also park hop, if for no other reason than for eating access.
We tend to eat lots of meals at World Showcase and could not do that without the Hoppers.
We tend to eat almost no meals, if we can help it at MK. Other than Crystal Palace.
We like to have the option of skipping out on one and heading to another. We also like to Do EMH then head to another park , either after or before.
Not having Hoppers would take some of the spontaniety out of the trip, not to mention many great dining chances.
Kim, Mom of Two Russian Angels
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For us we hop most days. It really depends on how we feel, the weather, diner reservations or special events going on at the parks. The only trips that I have not hopped were before there was an option. We will often head back to our hotel, DTD or another resort relax, explore and then hit the parks again. We don't want to be tied to just one park - one day.
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Just having the option to park hop is worth it for me, but yes, we always use the option. If we get to one park in the morning and it gets too busy, we will hop to another after having a break.
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We always get the park hopper option. We usually spend whole days at MK and Epcot and then will hop after AK & DHS days. Our older kids also have the option of going off to do something at another park while we are doing rides with the younger ones. We would never go back to life without hopping .
Feb '19 Aulani
Aug '18 Pop Century
Feb '18 Disneyland
Dec '16 Yacht & Beach Club
Oct '13 Carribbean Beach
Dec '10 AK Kidani Village
Dec '09 Port Orleans FQ
Dec '08 Polynesian
Dec '05 Pop Century
Dec '02 AS Sports
'73- '92 numerous off site
'71 Disneyland
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My family loves to park hop. We usually don't park hop the day we go to MK since I love to take my time there. But Epoct, I will do Future World and maybe MGM or AK the same day. Then World Showcase and MGM or AK another day. Then MGM for 1/2 a day and maybe another park another 1/2 day depending on our time there and what we have planned.
Sometimes we park hop because of dinner reservations. Last time it was fun planning the trip trying to figure out the best way to visit the parks with our convoluted dining options.
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We don't park hop just for the sake of park hopping. We use it to extend our hours in the parks. We usually go somewhere else after AK closes for instance. We may go to Epcot one day, then go that evening to MK for EMH. We also use it for dining. We like a lot of the restaurants at Epcot, but we don't want to spend every day there. So, we go to another park, then go to Epcot for dinner.
Jul80 DLR, Dec75 FW, Sept91 offsite, Sept95 ASSp, June00 offsite, June01 ASMo, July02 WL, June03 ASMo, Oct03 POR, Poly, Aug04 Pop,ASMu, Oct04 ASSp, Sept05 CSR,Pop,CBR, Dec06 WL,Pop, Sept07 POP,POR, Dec07 POP,May08 POP, Sept08 CR,Sept09 POP,Aug10 CBR, Feb11 POP, July11 AKL, Nov12 POP, March13 offsite
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We park hop every day, winding up at MK just about every night. Walking down Main Street with the lights on, and watching the fireworks..it just doesn't get any better.
1986 and 1991 offsite
1998,2000,2001,2003,2004,2006,2008 movies
1999, 2002 sports
2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 pop
2008 Riverside (Christmas Parade)
2010 CB (25th anniversary)
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well when me and dw go on our long summer trips we park hop allot, on our long weekend trips we just stay at the park that we tend to visit for that day.
Victor
95-97,99(dixie landings)
06/06(asmo- mighty ducks)
06/07(asmu - jazz inn)
12/07(asmu - broadway)
06/08(asmu - calypso)
12/08(asmu - rock inn)
09/09(asmu - broadway)
03/10(boardwalk)free upgrade
09/10-(asmu- rock inn)
10/11-(asmu-country+7 day west carib cruise)
3/12- (okw resort dvc)
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I feel we waste too much time traveling from one park to another. Unless we are doing AK in half of a day and continuing to MGM, we like to take our time and do one park at a time.
BKJ
Wilderness Lodge May '13
FW Campsite Jan '13
FW Cabins May '11
FW Campsite Dec '10
Offsite Nov '10
FW Cabins May '10
FW Cabins Dec '09
FW Cabins May '09
FW Campsite Dec '08
FW Cabins May '07
Swan Dec '06
FW Cabins May '06
Offsite June '99
FW Campsite Aug '79
Contemporary '76
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Originally Posted by GrmGrninGost
We don't park hop just for the sake of park hopping. ... We also use it for dining. We like a lot of the restaurants at Epcot, but we don't want to spend every day there. So, we go to another park, then go to Epcot for dinner.
Ditto. There are days when we go to EPCOT all morning, come back for dinner and stay until closing. But most days it just fits into our plans better to visit two different parks.
Two additional reasons we park hop are:
1) frequently we stay at an EPCOT resort, and sometimes we'll take the monorail from MK to EPCOT, and then walk back to our resort through EPCOT.
2) Early Admission days are great - for the first two hours or so. Then it can get super-crowded at that park, which makes it a good time to head to a different park.
Stan
11/72 CR 10/73 PR 7/75 PR 7/77 PR 8/79 PR 7/81 PR 7/83 PR 7/85 PR 8/87 Grosvenor 6/89 PR 7/90 CBR 7/92 POR 8/97 POFQ 6/99 POR 9/00 BWV 1/03 OKW 6/03 POR 8/03 BCV 5/05 BWV 5/06 BCV 12/06 SSR 1/07 ASMv 8/08 BCV 1/09 BWV 8/09 PR 1/10 PC 5/11 PC 7/11 AKL&BCV 1/13 OKW 6/13 BCV&AKL 1/15 OKW 7/16 PR
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We usually hop 2x a day...
♥ Amy ♥
80 Camping șoș
89 Offsite șoș
05 ASM șoș
06-07-08-09-10-10-11-12-13-14-15 POR șoș
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I love the hopping option, and get it when booking a package. I didn't do the hopping in 2007 when we stayed in the "time share" at Bonnet Creek. It was going to be an extra $180 for my family and we were only getting a 5 day ticket, with the one day just using it for a few hours at night. We figured one park a day for this trip.
The Time-Share was my most expensive trip to Disney ever! We were invited to stay with friends and we discovered that the "free accomodations" cost us a fortune!
Beware of the timeshare I always say...
Julie
Next Up:
Summer 2018... WE ARE BACK!!!
2 families
4 teenagers and Larry
Taking on the parks!
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We rarely stay at only one park for the entire day. We've been so many times that we know where everything is and what we want to do. So we don't really need to stay at only one park the entire day.
Some parks its also difficult for us to stay at the same place the entire day. For example DHS it really isn't a full day park for us especially now with them closing certain attractions early and not having Fantasmic every night it would be difficult to stay there all day.
Park hopper is also a very good thing if you do decide to stay for a longer trip that way you can go back and do different things that you missed out on or wanted to do again.
Chris
Recent Trips
January 09
May 08
Oct-Nov 07
May 07
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We park hop all the time!
Early in our trip we are more likely to spend the entire day at one park, however later in the trip we may head back to one park to ride something or see a show we missed.
As others have said we often hop for dinner and then we usually spend the evening in the park where we ate.
Then of course there is the day that we go to Animal Kingdom! What are we supposed to do with the rest of the day if we didnt have Park Hoppers?
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Originally Posted by Faver
I just love having the option, and really utilize the hopping, on EMH evenings. We like to take a mid day break, then head out to dinner then onto the EMH park for the evening. The freedom is great!
We like having the option, too. To me the freedom really makes it feel like a vacation. It makes it possible to make ADR's, and yet still have the days open to impulse.
79,0,1
91 Co
8 M
00,1,2 S
3 CB 25
4 P,Mu,AKL
5 S
6 Pp,CB,G 30
7 S/D,CB
8 CB,G 30
9 Mu,CBP/Or,P
10 CBP,P
11 Mu,Do/Ret,P
12 Mu,CB,AA AK
13 P 35
14 P,CB,Mu
15 P,FQ,C,M,S
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