What is the difference between preferred parking and standard parking at Disney World?


What is the difference between preferred parking and standard parking at Disney World? Our special preferred parking lots are located conveniently close to the theme park entrances. All parking fees include applicable sales tax. Standard theme park parking is included for registered Guests of Disney Resort hotels and select Annual Passholders.


What are preferred parking lots at Disney?

Our special preferred parking lots are located conveniently close to the theme park entrances. All parking fees include applicable sales tax. Standard theme park parking is included for registered Guests of Disney Resort hotels and select Annual Passholders.


How much is Disney parking per day?

One big perk of driving to Walt Disney World is that you can drive to and from the parks. Parking at Disney World parks costs $30 for standard parking and $45 to $55 for preferred parking. Guests of Disney hotels enjoy free theme park parking as a perk of their stay.


Can I prepay for preferred parking at Disney World?

Parking at Walt Disney World Resort Theme Parks and Disney Resort hotels can not be prepaid. You can however use a Disney Gift Card to pay for the parking. You could purchase a Disney Gift Card at home and use those each time you park to pay. Parking at Disney Springs is complimentary.


How do I decide which Disney park to visit?

A; As a general rule of thumb we find EPCOT to be the best park for adults visiting Disney World and Animal Kingdom to be the better park for guests who enjoy animals and live stage shows. We do find that EPCOT and Animal Kingdom are great parks to consider combining when you plan to park hop at Walt Disney World.


Can you leave Disney World parking and come back?

So if you'll be leaving a theme park and returning later in the day to the same theme park, you don't need to pay any additional fees. Simply show your parking receipt when you return to the lot and you'll be granted access to enjoy more Disney magic!


Which Disney park is best for adults?

As a general rule of thumb, EPCOT is the best Disney park for adults as it has some of the most thrilling rides in Walt Disney World including Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind, Test Track and Soarin. EPCOT is also known to have some of the best restaurants on Disney property.


Can I bring food into Disney World?

A: Guests are allowed to bring outside food and nonalcoholic beverage items into the park for self-consumption, provided they are not in glass containers and do not require heating, reheating, processing, refrigeration or temperature control and do not have pungent odors.


Can I do all 4 Disney parks in one day?

So yes, it's entirely possible to visit four Disney parks in one day, even with kids in tow. All you need is a hopper ticket and a lot of enthusiasm. My boys have the latter in spades. This was honestly one of the best days of our whole 9 months of non-stop travelling to date and certainly of our USA road trip.


What is the best day of the week to go to Magic Kingdom?

Wednesdays are good days to go to the Magic Kingdom. Without extra crowds there to make a long weekend trip – extended with a Monday or Thursday – Wednesdays have lighter crowds.


Can you bring water into Disney?

Non-alcoholic drinks and waters are totally something you can bring into Disney, it's even encouraged! It is so nice to have a drink on hand whenever you need to quench your thirst. You can bring refillable water bottles and refill them at water stations throughout the parks.


Which Disney park is the least crowded?

As a general matter, Animal Kingdom is the park that requires the least strategy and is the easiest place to beat the crowds in all of Walt Disney World. It doesn't require Genie+ or Individual Lightning Lanes, and is pretty easy to knock out everything–and then some–if you stay for a full day.


Which two Disney parks to visit in one day?

I would say Hollywood studios and animal kingdom, but as others have said doing Epcot and Hollywood studios on the same day make sense because they are so close together. The only problem with starting at Hollywood and ending at Epcot is it would preclude you from attempting to ride Guardians of the Galaxy.


Which park to visit first at Disney World?

Many guides suggest that you start with Magic Kingdom first, followed by Epcot and then Hollywood Studios. This leaves Animal Kingdom as the last Disney theme park to visit on your trip.


How to get free parking at Disney?

If you are a Guest staying at a Disney Resort hotel, you receive complimentary standard parking at Disney theme parks for the length of your Resort stay. You must present valid Disney Resort hotel identification to enter the parking lots.