Disney Park Pass Theme Park Reservation System for Walt Disney World

The Disney Park Pass System is an online tool that allows guests to make reservations to visit the four Walt Disney World theme parks: Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

NEWS: A CHANGE is coming to the Park Pass Reservation process for guests buying 1-day, 1-park tickets starting December 8, 2022. You can find more information on this page or by clicking HERE.

Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom

Introduced as part of new safety measures to limit guest capacity in order to promote physical distancing upon Walt Disney World’s reopening, the Disney Park Pass System enables guests with valid theme park admission to make the required reservations to enter a theme park.

Animal Kingdom Entrance

Park Reservation Eligibility

The Disney Park Pass System is open to guests with valid theme park admission. The number of park reservations guests may hold at one time varies as follows:

Disney Resort and other select hotel Guests with valid theme park admission may make reservations for their length of stay. (Select hotels include Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotels, Shades of Green Resort, Four Seasons Resort Orlando, and Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels.)
Theme Park Ticket Holders can make reservations for the number of days for which they have valid admission. (Be advised that guests are able to view theme park availability BEFORE making a ticket purchase.)
Walt Disney World Annual Passholders can make a different number of reservations based on the type of Pass they carry. (Additionally, Annual Passholders can make reservations for their length of stay if booked at a Disney Resort or select hotel).
- Disney Incredi-Passholders may hold up to 5 reservations at a time
- Disney Sorcerer Passholders may hold up to 5 reservations at a time
- Disney Pirate Passholders may hold up to 4 reservations at a time
- Disney Pixie Dust Passholders may hold up to 3 reservations at a time

Park Pass Reservations are currently available for booking through January 18, 2024 for Disney World Resort guests and regular Ticket holders. Annual Passholders may book reservations through their Annual Pass expiration date.

PLEASE NOTE: Starting December 8, 2022, Disney will introduce a NEW park-specific pricing structure for 1-day, 1-park tickets. (This means that, starting December 8th, guests will purchase a 1-day, 1-park ticket for a specific park (i.e. a 1-day, 1-park ticket for Magic Kingdom, as opposed to just a generic — or non-park-specific — Disney World theme park 1-day, 1-park ticket). When you purchase that 1-day ticket for a specific date and theme park, a Park Pass reservation will actually be AUTOMATICALLY made at the time of purchase.

⚠️Click HERE to see our Disney World Park Pass Reservation System FAQ⚠️

Disney Park Pass System Step-By-Step

Disney has provided the following steps-at-a-glance for this system.

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Step 1: Link Your Valid Theme Park Admission to Your Disney Account

Guests will need to create or login to their Disney Account. (You can begin the process here.) This allows guests to access the My Disney Experience online planning tools.

My Disney Experience Linking Options

Guests (and everyone in their party) will need to link their valid admission to their account (and Disney Resort hotel booking, if applicable) following the prompts in My Disney Experience.

Step 2: Create Your Party in Your Disney Account

As you start to make a reservation, you’ll be prompted to Create Your Party from your existing Family & Friends list.

Disney Park Pass Screenshot

Select any friends who will be joining you on your reservation, then “Continue.” (You can choose to Add a Guest to include additional guests with valid theme park admission.)

Step 3: Select the Date and Park You Wish to Visit

Upon creating your party, you will see prompts to:

Select a date from the available options on the calendar. (PLEASE NOTE: Disney World Annual Passholders will see a unique integrated calendar, which you can learn about by clicking here.)

Disney World Select Date Screenshot

Select the theme park you wish to visit

Disney World Park Pass Screenshot

Step 3: Confirm (or Modify) Your Plans

Review your plans, and select “Confirm.”

Disney World Confirm Reservation Screenshot

Note that you will need to agree to the Terms & Conditions in order to confirm. (If you’d like to make changes, you’ll have the chance to select “Back” to modify your selections.)

Disney World Terms and Conditions Screenshot

Upon confirmation, your theme park reservation will appear under “Future Plans” in your My Disney Experience account.

You will also have the opportunity to “Make Another Reservation,” if you wish and are eligible.

Disney Park Pass Screenshot

Conversely, if you wish to cancel your reservation, you will be able to view your reservation under “My Plans” and select “Reservation Details” to proceed.

Remember:

Dates and theme parks are limited and subject to availability;
Reservations are not guaranteed until they are finalized;
Guests who have a multi-day ticket will be required to make a park reservation for each date of their visit.

THESE are the Park Pass Reservations you’ll want to book for 2023 NOW.

Modify a Park Pass Reservation

PLEASE NOTE: What if you simply wish to change — instead of altogether cancel — your Park Pass Reservation? As of August 23, 2022, you can modify both your date and your park for your Park Pass Reservation WITHOUT canceling it first (which was the only previous option). The My Disney Experience app updated to reflect this change — now you will see a button that says “Make or Modify Park Pass Reservations” instead of just “Make Park Pass Reservations.”

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Is the Disney World park you want to visit BOOKED SOLID? See your options HERE.

Step 4: Enjoy the Magic*

Balloons in Magic Kingdom

(*We added this step!)

Checking Park Availability

Here is a handy additional feature: guests are able to view park availability before making their reservation… and even prior to purchasing tickets!

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The availability calendar is posted for viewing on the Walt Disney World website. Disney allows guests to filter the availability view by booking eligibility (at least, in this opening phase of the system), and also provides a key so guests can see:

1. If Some, All, or No Parks are available through the month at a glance; and
2. Availability of specific parks on an exact date (as seen under “Parks with Available Reservations”).

CLICK HERE to see the hardest dates to get a Disney World Park Pass Reservation in 2022. You can also CLICK HERE to see the easiest dates to get a Park Pass Reservation!

What About Park Hopping?

Park Hopping is the ability to visit more than one of the Walt Disney World theme parks — Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom — in one day.

PLEASE NOTE: In order to Park Pop, you will need to have a ticket with Park Hopper benefits or an Annual Pass.

Park Hopping Procedure

STEPS to Park Hopping:

STEP ONE: Make a Disney Park Pass reservation (using the process as described on this page) for the FIRST PARK you would like to visit during the day.

STEP TWO: CONFIRM Park Hopper Hours via the Disney World’s Park Hours page or the My Disney Experience app to identify the park hours for Park Hopping.

STEP THREE: VISIT your first theme park on the day of your Disney Park Pass reservation.

STEP FOUR: VISIT ANOTHER theme park when Park Hopping hours start, as noted above — no additional Park Pass required! Guests will need to book a Park Pass at their first park of the day AND enter that park in order to Park Hop.

Note that Park Hopping to each park is limited by the parks’ capacity limitations.

Click HERE to see our Disney World Park Pass Reservation System FAQ

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