Employee and Membership Discounts
Theme park employees often receive discounts, but these are typically accessed through showing an ID or work badge rather than online [1:1]. For Disney parks, cast members can get a 10% discount on theme park tickets and up to 50% off water park tickets, which can be purchased at ticket windows
[3:1]. Additionally, D23 Gold members and Expo attendees may have access to special discounts, though these require specific codes sent via email
[4:1].
Discount Websites
Several websites offer discounted theme park tickets. "http://Ticketsatwork.com" is frequently mentioned as a source for cheaper tickets, especially for longer visits (four days or more) compared to buying directly from Disney [2:2]. "Undercover Tourist" is another popular site that offers discounted tickets and sometimes additional deals like dining dollars
[2:3],
[2:6]. "Unlocked Magic" is noted for having deeper discounts than Undercover Tourist and is part of the same company as DVC Resale/Rental Market
[2:4].
Special Offers and Packages
Costco has been known to sell discounted multi-day packages for Disneyland [2:7]. Additionally, there are offers like the "1/3 off advanced tickets" for Thorpe Park if you travel by train, available through Days Out Guide
[5:0].
Tips for Finding Discounts
Always compare prices across different platforms before purchasing, as discounts can vary based on dates and availability [2:8]. It's also beneficial to check social media groups or forums dedicated to theme parks, such as DVC Fan on Facebook, which might offer insights into the best ticket prices
[2:5].
In conclusion, while discounts are available, they often require some research and comparison shopping. Utilizing employee benefits, membership privileges, and specialized discount websites can lead to significant savings on theme park tickets.
Which park? I know each has it's particular discounts and curated page for such.
Are you thinking of Ticketsatwork.com?
It tends to be you only get discounts with your ID or work badge at certain locations. They are not websites you just click a link and get the deal - would be awesome though if that was the case. (Context: worked at Universal and very briefly Disney World)
Is there any discount for buying regular tickets at Disneyland or Disney World? I know there are some privileges with season passes, but didn’t know about regular tickets.
Tickets at work is cheaper with anything 4 days or longer compared to Disney site. Disney site cheaper for 1,2 or 3 days.
I started to buy tickets through undercover tourist last year. They are discounted and had a deal for dining dollars or something on my last order, which saved me something like $40 on Disney gift cards.
I've used them a few times and they're great! I also started using Unlocked Magic bc they have had even deeper discounts than Undercover Tourist. They're part of the same company as DVC Resale/Rental Market.
I’ll check them out - still have some tickets to buy for December.
Undercover Tourist is the best, been using them for more than 15 years. Sometimes it’s only a handful of dollars cheaper and their website can be so bloated these days but they are very reliable.
Is there any risk to doing this?
I will say always price compare though, they other day I checked and they weren't the cheapest option for the certain date I was going
NO!!! Holy hell, this company is wonderful. I had to change plans twice for my latest trip and each time, full refund - if it’s a full cancel, they charge 5% or 10% but for modifications, nothing.
Oddly enough, I’ve followed them for years on socials. Had zero clue they are technically a travel agency.
DVC Fan on facebook have the best ticket prices!
costco was recently selling a really good 3 day pack for disneyland
Membership magic allows you to purchase a 5 day weekday pass for 5-10% discount for WDW. The also have a 3 day pass for Disneyland that is pretty good.
Hi! Do cast members get discounted tickets for the parks and water parks as well? If so, how do you buy those?
You can buy them at the GR booths in front of any park in advance for park tickets and day off at the water park ticket booths for them.
You only get like a 10% discount on theme park tickets. We used to get 50% off water park tickets. You have to go to one of the ticket windows
Hi All,
I have yet to book Disneyland tickets (I'm a procrastinator.) I figured D23 Gold members, or at the very least, Expo goers could access to theme park ticket discounts, but I could not seem to find it anywhere. I emailed D23 Guest Relations and they told me that there was a ticket discount code in my Expo ticket confirmation email, however... I cant find said email.
Now here's the thing, I dont delete emails. I searched high and low using all relevant search terms, and cannot find my ticket confirmation. Now, I got my badge in the mail, I Signed up for panels, I know im going lol. Guest Relations said they CANNOT (in all caps) resend the confirmation email, so can anyone help? Either telling me the subject line or/sender address of said email, or even better, maybe send me the link to the discount tickets (in DMs of course)
Any help is appreciated! This will also be my first time on the West Coast, and still have some questions about just like, transportation, Genie+ and whatnot, so if anyone wants to help me figure some things out, that would be pretty great too!
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Thanks in advance!
WOW, youre a literal legend! and you saved me $60! I am forever in your debt!
Just venmo me $75 and we’ll call it even
This is the exact same link on my e-mail, which I received way back on January 19, 2022. So you should be able to use it.
I don't know if it asks for a confirmation number. Hopefully, you just need to be logged in with the account your badges are tied to.
It came from DisneyD23@events2email.com. Subject is "Your Receipt For D23 Expo 2022 presented by Visa".
I 100% do not have it. Ugh this is annoying. I appreciate your help.
I found an email that was sent in regards to the discounted park tickets back in May. The subject on that was "D23 Expo 2022 presented by Visa: Specially-priced Disneyland® Resort Theme Park tickets" in case you wanted to look for that.
1/3 off if you travel by train (but never been checked by anyone I know) we used twice in last month and it works well. Sorry to anyone at the park now or if you’ve Litterly just bought a ticket
Damn. 2 days late on this!!
Thank you, gonna come in handy this!! 💪🏼
Hi! My and my boyfriend go to FSU and are looking to go to universal and Disney for a day each. I was wondering if we can get a student discount? Or if my friend from ucf can get us a ticket for cheap? Also what are the best hotels to stay? Thanks.
At UCF the student government ticket office in the Student Union has student prices tickets for less.
I would assume FSU has the same type of deal.
Our student union is closed right now.. do you know if there are alternatives to going online?
Buying the tickets at the entrance or at one of the resorts
We have a conference coming up at the end of June and they stated there will be an opportunity to purchase discounted Disney Park tickets. Either full day, after 1 and after 4pm. The link to the site is not going to be active for a few weeks and I'm trying to get a ballpark idea of the pricing. Anyone have recent experience they can share?
thanks in advance
$185 for 2 day is what I saw. $89 for after 5pm. But a few years ago when we did this we were at IT Nation and it was at the Gaylord Palms which with a flash of our room key allowed us to stay after they made general admission leave the park. We were there until around 1:30am. Some rides weren't running and vendors were closing or closed but it was a perfect time for the carousel, sword in stone pics, and some other stuff. Trying to scrape together enough to do after 5 pm this year on short notice, we planned to visit Grandma and leave in a few days so budget to do another vacay is tight.
The price of five 2-day tickets purchased through the conference was $500 cheaper than purchasing through Undercover tourist.
The conference I’m going to this spring ticket prices are roughly $85 for after 5 pm, $100 for after 1 pm, $185 for full day
Is there a reason they're $185 for a full day? Hopefully that includes food or LL or other stuff, because a regular park day ticket is $119.
I might’ve had a typo. I went back and checked and it looked like prices dropped. Roughly $75, $85, $110 depending on time you go and park.
That’s the info I needed for planning. Thank you!
Ticket prices might fluctuate and I think my $185 was a typo. Hope it’s enough to get you a ballpark at least!
OMG we’re going to a large conference in July (ugh 🥵) but didn’t even think to check to see if they’ll be offering reduced ticket pricing. Thanks for bringing this to my attention! I was all ready to purchase park tickets - now I’ll hold off a bit!
So I’m wondering what is the go with those stalls I’m seeing around Surfers that advertise crazy discounted theme park ticket prices? What’s the catch? Surely there is one. I’ve thought about just going up and asking, but I don’t wanna get sweet talked into something I’m going to regret so I thought I’d ask on here has anyone had experience with these? What’s the catches involved and if there are any, are they worth it?
It’s a scam. They want to sell you time shares on apartments. You have to go to a meeting to get them. They always ask the kids if they want the tickets
Scam is a bit harsh. They do legitimately give you the tickets just for sitting through the pitch/tour. On the other hand if you’re willing to waste their time on a pitch you know you’re not going to buy then you just got a very reasonable discount on a good weekend.
It’s a time share type deal. You go to a seminar and get pressured to buy $30k of timeshare accom.
I went to one of these years ago when I was unemployed. Sat through the seminar (which was only one hour) and when they started the high-pressure sales spiel, I told them I was on Centrelink and asked for my theme park tickets. They gave them to me in a huff and I enjoyed the rest of my day on free rides. :)
It's just Wyndham tours running a time share scam, they ask you attend a 5 hour "conference" in exchange for discounted theme park tickets. Nearly fell into the trap myself once.
It's 5 hours now? Was only 1 when I did it many years ago.
I booked a hotel stay for my family at the Swan for the end of August. Staying in one of the alcove rooms. Where should I purchase theme park tickets? AAA or Undercover Tourist? We used to always go for Park Hopper, but I'm debating if it is worth the extra cost. My kids are 9 and 2, so in total I am buying 2 adults and 1 child ticket. Bonus if it'll code for travel on my Chase Sapphire Reserve card.
It’ll be august (hot as hell) and you have a two year old who’s probably going to want to nap or get cranky at some point in the day. I say skip the park hopper in case you all need to go back to the room and get out of the heat.
Either should be fine and depending on where you work you might have access to discounted tickets through your jobs benefits portal. It’s not a huge discount anywhere though, like $5 at most per ticket.
Sam’s Club has the best discount.
Have you used Sam's Club before? I'm looking at the pricing and wanting to purchase through them but don't want to have any issues....
Yes, I have. No issues whatsoever. You’ll receive an email with a link to your tickets and be able to connect them to your MyDisney account. Seamless experience.
Costco has a great packages with dolphin/swan
They definitely do! I wanted a slightly bigger room and was able to get a good deal using the teacher discount.
May I ask about the teacher discount? How did you use it through Costco travel?
I like Undercover Tourist most for their 95% refund policy. However the cheapest tickets I’ve found have been with Boardwalk Ticketing, but no refunds. AAA never worked out to be less expensive than even Disney direct with taxes/fees added in. Regarding PH, I personally stick with one park/day (to save money) but it’s really a touring plan decision - how does your group tour the parks? I’d also prefer to splurge on G+/ILL purchases over PH.
Good point regarding spending the money on G+/ILL. Our last trip was summer 2019 when we had the Dining Plan, so that was how we used PH. We would go to one park from around rope drop until afternoon, go back to the hotel for a break, and then back out for dinner. But with no dinning plan, we won't feel like have to make dinner reservations certain places each night. It seems like the extra cost of the Genie + probably the same as upgrading to park hopper.
Definitely recommend using the money saved from hoppers to G+! For recommendations on how to utilize G+ and plan with it, I 1000% recommend the YouTube channel EarScouts. 🐭
Not through Costco. Through the Swan website directly.
Hi, I'm planning on going for the first time at the start of April 2020. There are so many websites that sell tickets. What's the best place to go to for the cheapest possible tickets? I'm looking at doing either a 2 day base ticket or 2 day with hopper. Also, which parks would you recommend for 2 days? All advice welcome. Also, the best I've found is $245 for 2 day base.
I just did two day park hoppers for WDW and ended up buying them direct from Disney. The third party sites usually don’t have deals on the shorter tickets - you need to start getting into the 4-6 range to start seeing deals. Undercover Tourist, my go-to, even says their two day ticket costs more than hate price.
I've found a site called Tickets2you.com and they have 2 day base tickets that are $25 cheaper than the official Disneyworld website.
The only third party ticket site that is endorsed by most Disney fanatics/bloggers is undercover tourist, I would be hesitant to buy from anywhere else because fake tickets are a thing and a big problem. If you’re looking to save money, I’d try to do so elsewhere, like staying off property, bringing your own water bottle and eating sandwiches/bringing your own snacks. Tickets are expensive and you don’t want to risk losing that money.
With such a short trip, a park hopper ticket only makes sense with very narrow, specific goals of what you plan to visit in the parks. As a first timer, I don't think this would make the most sense.
Yeah, I think it's just best to pick 2 parks and attempt to fully explore them in 2 days. Which ones would you recommend?
Magic Kingdom is definitely one day. Right now I would probably do either Hollywood Studios or Animal Kingdom. HS has Star Wars Galaxy's Edge and Toy Story Land recently added, so if you're a fan of either that would be a good draw. Animal Kingdom has some wonderful theming and Flight of Passage is a fantastic ride, and I think its food situation is underrated. I love Epcot, but there's a lot of construction going on.
I've bought Disneyland tickets from both UnderCoverTourist and GetAwayToday with no problem, and my brother used aResTravel with no problem. The best discount I've gotten by far as been through TicketsAtWork, but that isn't publicly accessible - it requires your workplace participating in an employee perks program.
discounts on theme park tickets
Key Considerations for Finding Discounts on Theme Park Tickets:
Official Websites: Always check the theme park's official website first. They often have promotions, seasonal discounts, or package deals that aren't available elsewhere.
Membership Discounts: If you belong to organizations like AAA, AARP, or military groups, you may qualify for exclusive discounts on tickets.
Multi-Day Passes: Consider purchasing multi-day passes, which often provide a better per-day rate compared to single-day tickets.
Third-Party Sellers: Websites like Undercover Tourist, Get Away Today, or Costco Travel can offer discounted tickets. Ensure they are reputable and check reviews before purchasing.
Promotional Events: Keep an eye out for special events or promotions, such as "buy one, get one free" days or holiday specials.
Social Media and Newsletters: Follow the theme parks on social media and sign up for newsletters. They often announce flash sales or exclusive discounts to their followers.
Off-Peak Visits: Visiting during off-peak times (like weekdays or during the school year) can sometimes lead to lower ticket prices.
Recommendation: If you're planning a visit, consider purchasing tickets in advance and looking for bundled deals that include hotel stays or dining options. This can save you money overall and enhance your experience. Always compare prices across different platforms to ensure you're getting the best deal!
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