Booking hotels.com & buying tickets on ticketsatwork.com

[Aflyingbuttress]

A couple questions about booking on-site hotel and buying park tickets somewhere other than Disney’s website.

If I book at hotels.com and then buy my park tickets the]rough ticketsatwork.com can I link them to my MDE account, can I still book FP at 60 days? Can I still set up Magic Express?

Are there any major negatives to planning this way? I can get major discounts through these sites but I don’t want to end up with any major inconveniences as a result.

 

[dansdad]

1. If I book at hotels.com and then buy my park tickets the]rough ticketsatwork.com can I link them to my MDE account, can I still book FP at 60 days?


2. Can I still set up Magic Express?

3. Are there any major negatives to planning this way?

1. Yup.

2. Yup.

3. None that I can think of.

 

[Heffalump2761]

I have had no problems linking tickets from tickets at work to MDE and once linked just booked fast passes as normal. Can't help with hotel question as DVC member.

 

[Aflyingbuttress]

Thank you, thank you.

 

[lanejudy]

Are there any major negatives to planning this way? I can get major discounts through these sites but I don’t want to end up with any major inconveniences as a result.

The only negative that I can think of depends on the length of your trip and how many park days. The new tickets have a valid "use window" that only allows a cushion of 2-3 days. So for example if you are planning a 7-night stay but only 3 park days, you'll only have 5 days to use those 3 park days and you'll have to plan accordingly or your tickets will expire before you fully use it. If you book a package (room + tickets together), the "use window" defaults to your length of stay. It is possible to add a "flexible" option to the new tickets which will extend the use window, but may or may not be expensive (depends on your dates).

Enjoy your vacation!