Discounted Ticket Offer For Florida Residents Visting Disney World

Florida residents, want to hear about a special ticket price offering to attend Disney World?

You can go to Epcot or Disney's Animal Kingdom for $159 when you purchase a 2-day/2-park ticket.

Florida residents can visit Walt Disney World for as little as $159 with the purchase of a two-day, two-park ticket.

There are date restrictions on this offer. You can only use the park tickets between August 1 and September 29. So head to Orlando in two of the hottest months of the year and enjoy the theme parks. But you don't have to use the passes on consecutive days.

One other caveat is that you must use the reservation system and book the day you are going when you are using this ticket. So obviously, if it's all booked up, the ticket won't work on that day without a res. You must also prove you are a Florida resident with proper identification when you purchase the ticket.

This can work out to be a great deal if you hit the park during a weekday when the weather is projected to be spotty and rainy. That's when I find theme parks like Disney World parks are most enjoyable for Florida residents. When less people come out to the park because they think it's going to be a bad weather day. But then it ends up being less hot and less crowded. You have to have some flexibility to do this, and again still be able to make the reservation.

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Last weekend I took my kids to Disney World. MJ teased me that I was a bad mom for not taking them to the parks. But there's no hard and fast rule that you MUST take your kids to a park while you are staying at Disney World. We found plenty of other things to do that, some of which were free with our stay. My kid are 5 and 2 and they were THOROUGHLY entertained. (These ideas may not work for kids of all ages).

And by the way, I titled this "less expensive" things to do at Disney, but technically, they are all free (with your hotel stay).

We spent half a day riding around on Disney transportation and my kids LOVED it. No lines and we got great views of all the Disney properties, from Epcot's Spaceship Earth to MGM's Tower of Terror and all the cool hotel properties.

You can walk around and look in all the shops. Of course, you'll spend money on shopping and dining, but you gotta eat, right?! My kids just enjoyed seeing some of the musical performances and all the hustle-bustle.

If you are at a park all day, you can't even take the time to enjoy a dip in your hotel pool. And they all have cool themes and amenities. At the pool at the Art of Animation Hotel, there were plenty of fun places for the kids to climb on and explore.

Again, what's the point of spending all that money on your hotel room if you're only in it to crash after a park firework show, and then you bounce out to hit a park first thing in the a.m. They have colorful themes and furniture. And we packed all of our Disney princess costumes, so one night we just chilled in the room and did fashion shows.

Whether it's the Animal Kingdom Hotel with all of the animal viewing opportunities or the Art of Animation hotel with photo ops around every corner, take the time to walk around whatever resort you at and take in all the Disney details.