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About Your Tickets

Be sure to take your Sea World® Tickets to the window immediately to your left as you enter the park.  Just hand them your tickets & they will upgrade them to 7 consecutive day tickets for no extra charge.  Remember to do this or you’ll miss out & we won’t be able to help you.  Also, take note that 7 days means 6 more days after the day you use them, not 7 more days. EX: If you use them Monday, they are not good next Monday too.  That would be 8 days!

Unlike past years, Walt Disney World® Tickets expire 14 days from use unless you purchase the No Expiration Option.  It’s often a good idea to add the no expiration option so that for just a little bit more, unused days can be saved for another year.  Just take your tickets to a guest services window at any of the 4 major parks.  It’s best to wait until after 2pm to do this to be sure to avoid long lines.

Be on the lookout for Fast Pass® signs at Walt Disney World® theme parks.  When you see one, insert your tickets in the machines to obtain your passes which allow you to return in about an hour & use the Fast Pass® line. This feature is free and included in your ticket. You must use it before you can get another one.  However, when you see an attendant helping at a distribution center, you may want to ask him for help.  They will often give you passes which were already printed without inserting your tickets.  This will allow you to get more at the next distribution center without having to wait the required time!

Tickets for Universal Studios & Islands of Adventure DO NOT include express passes.  They can be purchased at select booths through out both parks. Also notice that when they say 7 consecutive days, they mean 6 days after the first day of usage. For lost or stolen Walt Disney World® Tickets, call us immediately.  Or else, sorry it’s just like losing cash.

30 Top Tips for your trip to Florida

1.     Don’t go to Magic Kingdom on Mondays.

2.      Ask locals for advice, not foreign authors, not coupon booklets.

3.      Go to the beach.

4.      Take frozen water bottles & snacks to the parks.

5.      Avoid Universal and Islands of Adventure on Friday or Saturday.

6.      Turn left, only at traffic lights.

7.      Watch out for tourists while driving.

8.      Go to all-you-can-eat restaurants for breakfast.

9.      Buy a vacation home (or two).

10.   Wear sun block.

11.   Buy souvenirs at the Disney owned Character stores at the outlet malls.

12.   Buy clothes & footwear only at outlet malls.

13.   For fine dining & character breakfasts call Disney on 407-939-3463.

14.   Arrive early at the parks.

15.   Relax.

16.   Write down the serial numbers on your Flex Tickets.

17.   Avoid timeshare booths.

18.   Do kids’ rides at night.

19.   Get out of the sun during the afternoon. Start by being on the right side (the shaded side) of Main Street in Magic Kingdom for the parade. If it rains, don’t leave the park.  It will be over soon & all the crowds will be clogging the roads.

20.   Log the time you parked at Disney & attendants can tell you what row you’re in if you forget.

21.   If your child is too short for a ride at Disney, ask for a VIP card signed by Mickey to get to the front of the line on a future visit.

22.   Use the center lane to turn right from Lake Wilson onto 192.

23.   See the Tips board at Disney theme parks for wait time on each attraction.

24.   Be flexible. Itineraries don’t work that well if it rains or you get tired.

25.   Try The Pub (on 27 just South of I-4) for real British food, beer, & sports.

26.   Go clockwise in the parks.

27.   Eat at restaurants that don’t offer coupons. Ask locals for advice.

28.   Don’t buy too many tickets, and only do Gatorland if you really have to.

29.   Learn alternative routes to avoid traffic.

30.   Be nice to your guest service rep. 

Get there quicker! Alternative Directions

NOTE: Green roads on map have tolls. Have coins ready.

Disney World - Alternative

192 East, Left at Black Lake Road to end, Left on Sherberth to traffic lightRight on Osceola Parkway You’re now in Disney.  Follow the signs or make a U-turn for Animal Kingdom.

192 East - Alternative

192 East, Right on Lindfields Blvd. (at white colonial office building), Left at stop sign on Funie Steed Road, Left at 2nd stop sign on Lake Wilson Road then 1st right on 192. You can pick up Funie Steed from Formosa Gardens Blvd. as well.

Universal Studios - Alternative

I-4 East to Exit 68 then go left to 3rd light.  Right on Palm Parkway (Changes to Turkey Lake Road) to back of Universal.

Sea World - Alternative

I-4 East to 536 East.  Left on International Drive (before entrance to 417).Left on Central Florida Parkway. Entrance is on the right.

Wet ‘N Wild - Alternative

I-4 East to 536 East. Left on International (before entrance to 417).Right on Universal Boulevard. Rides are on the left but parking is on the right.

All Theme Parks from Highway 27 - Alternative

27 South to I-4 East.

Airboats

Take 192 East to Poinciana Blvd.  Turn right.  Take Poinciana Blvd 19 miles.  Poinciana Blvdturns into Southport road.  Southport Road dead ends at the airboat rides.

Kennedy Space Center - Alternative

192 East then I-4 East.  Take Osceola Parkway East (1st exit).  Go a ½ mile then take 417/ Central Fl. Greenway North.  Take 528/ The Beeline East. Take 407 North then 405 East.

Busch Gardens

I-4 West to 75 North to Exit 54 (1st exit)  Left for about 2 miles then left again.

Gatorland

Osceola Parkway (not 192) East.  Left/ North on Orange Blossom Trail. Its about 1 mile on right.

Arabian Nights

192 East then left at the 2nd  traffic light after I-4.

Pirates Dinner Adventure

I-4 East to Exit 74A.  Turn right on Sand Lake Road.  Turn left at 1st light onto International Drive. Turn right at the 1st light onto Carrier Drive. It’s 1 block on the right.

Sleuth’s Mystery Dinner Show

I-4 East to Exit 74A.  Turn right on Sand Lake Road.  Turn right on International Drive at the 1st light. Turn left into Gooding’s Shopping Plaza. It’s behind Ripley’s Believe It or Not.

Medieval Times- Alternative

192 East then turn into Disney’s main entrance.  Take the 1st right onto Osceola Parkway.Exit on Poinciana Blvd.  Turn right, go over 192 then take the 2nd left on Oren Brown Road. The back entrance is on the left just before Wal-Mart & 192.

Premium Factory Outlet/ Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede

I-4 East to Exit 68. Continue straight through traffic light at bottom of exit ramp.Mall parking lot is about a ½ mile down the road.

Clearwater Beach

I-4 West to end in Tampa.  275 South then 60 West (by airport) to the end at beach.

Daytona Beach

I-4 East to 95 North. Take the 1st exit then turn right & go to end at the beach.

Cypress Gardens

U.S. Hwy. 27. Turn right off U.S. Highway 27 at State Road 540/Cypress Gardens Boulevard. Park is 4 miles on the left.

Orlando Magic (TD Waterhouse)

I-4 East to exit 83B, Turn Left on Amelia Street, Complex on left, parking on right.

Silver Springs

Take US Hwy 27 North to Florida Turnpike.  Take Florida Turnpike North.  Florida Turnpikedead ends at I-75.  Take I-75 North to exit.  Take Exit 352 towards Ocala/Silver Springs. Park is 8 miles on right.