LEGOLAND TICKET coupon for Free Kids Ticket with purchase of Adult TicketTheme Park Insider - January 2015 You can't tell anyone that you cover theme parks for a living without being asked: "How do I get cheap tickets for Disney World?" (Or Disneyland, if you're talking with someone on the west coast.) People have been conditioned by hotels and airlines never to pay the "full price" and always to look for discounts. But theme parks don't change their prices from customer to customer like hotels and airlines do.Still, you can find discounts if you take the time and know where to look. Always start with theme parks' own websites to learn about ticket options and to find what you should consider the "baseline" price.Links to theme parks' online tickets:Many other retailers sell theme park tickets, too. If you buy from the parks themselves, you know that you're getting legitimate tickets that will work. When you buy elsewhere, that might not always be the case. Never buy theme park tickets from Craigslist, eBay, or people on the street.
Multi-day Disney and Universal theme park tickets are linked to photos or finger scans of the people who first use them, so unused days are worthless to anyone else. If you try to use the unused days on someone else's theme park ticket, the park won't let you in. Fortunately for deal-seekers, theme parks work with a small group of authorized sellers who will provide tickets every bit as legit as those you can buy from the parks themselves. Here are links to the online stores of five major authorized theme park ticket resellers. No single retailer offers the best available deals on tickets to all of America's three major multi-park resorts — Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and Universal Orlando — so be sure to look around to find the best deal. (Discount levels might vary over time, too.) We've focused on the Disney and Universal resorts here, but many of these retailers also sell tickets to SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Cedar Fair, Six Flags, and Legoland parks, too.The American Automobile Association sells a wide selection of discounted attraction tickets to its members.
That link is to the Southern California Auto Club's website, but if AAA doesn't redirect you automatically to your club via that link, just look for the "Not Your Club?" link at the top of the page to find your local AAA chapter's discount page./universal, but the prices there are the same as you will find on Universal Orlando's online ticket store — which are $20 off the gate price for multi-day tickets.Disneyland: AAA sells Disneyland tickets in person at its branches, for $4.75-8.50 off the gate price. That discount might not be enough to entice you to make an extra trip, but if you're already in or near a branch anyway, go ahead and get your tickets in advance and save a few bucks while you do.This online travel agency also sells a variety of attraction tickets.Walt Disney World: Not currently available.Universal Orlando: You can find discounted Universal Orlando tickets here for up to $23 off on certain multi-day tickets.Disneyland: aResTravel sells Disneyland tickets for up to $24 off the gate price of a multi-day ticket.
Another online travel agency, Kijubi lists several online theme park ticket deals.Walt Disney World: No discounts, but you can buy Disney World tickets at the same price as you can get from Disney, at the gate or online.Universal Orlando: Same deal with Universal Orlando. The prices here are the same as on the Universal Orlando website.Disneyland: You will find some Disneyland discounts here, with prices $3-6 off the gate price per ticket.Recreation Connection handles ticket discounts for many corporate HR departments across the country. If your employer offers things such as discounted movie and attraction tickets, they might becoming through Recreation Connection. But deal-seekers also can buy direct through Recreation Connection's website. For what it's worth, we've found that the lineup of attractions sold through this source changes more often than with other resellers.Universal Orlando: Not currently available.Disneyland: Recreation Connection sells one park per day and Park Hopper tickets to Disneyland, at prices $8-29 off the gate price of those multi-day tickets.
Once pretty much limited to the Orlando area parks, Undercover Tourist now is an authorized reseller for a wide variety of theme parks across the country.Walt Disney World: Undercover Tourist's Walt Disney World tickets will save you up to $27 per multi-day ticket, though be careful as the site's prices on one- and two-day tickets are actually more expensive than the gate prices. (To give Undercover Tourist credit, it does note that fact on its sales page.)Universal Orlando: These Universal Orlando tickets are prices up to $10 off the prices for multi-day tickets available on the Universal Orlando website.What's your favorite sources for buying theme park tickets? Tell us in the comments whom we should be using... or whom we should be avoiding when we want to find the best deals on theme park tickets. This article has been archived and is no longer accepting comments. Disneyland Announces New Parade, Fireworks, World of Color for its 60th AnniversaryYou can resell tickets to entertainment events, including sporting events, concerts, and plays.
However, when you list a ticket on eBay, you're responsible for making sure that selling your item doesn't violate any applicable laws. Make sure that you follow the specific guidelines for ticket resale prices in your area. You are also responsible for following the standards of professional conduct.If you bought a ticket to a canceled or postponed event If the event was canceled: Contact your seller for more information about what to do next. If the event was postponed: Wait for rescheduling information. Make sure you keep your tickets. Your original tickets will still be good for the new date. If you want a refund, open a refund request through the listing in My eBay. If you sold a ticket to a canceled or postponed event If the event was canceled: In some cases, you can get a refund from the ticket outlet automatically. In other cases, you may have to return the tickets. Please refund your buyers and ask that they return the tickets to you.If the event was postponed: If a buyer opens a request for a ticket refund, we encourage you to work with the buyer to resolve the issue.
If the event is rescheduled, you may be able to get a refund from the ticket outlet, or you can relist the tickets. For more details on getting a refund, contact the ticket outlet where you originally purchased your ticket.Make sure your listing follows these guidelines. If it doesn't, it may be removed, and you may be subject to a range of other actions, including limits of your buying and selling privileges and suspension of your account. You can resell event tickets as long as you make sure that the transactions don't violate any laws. No matter where you live or on what eBay site you're registered, listings for events that take place in regulated locations must follow the guidelines for that location. Primary tickets are tickets sold directly by the artist, team, promoter, or organizer of the event. Primary ticket sales are exempt from state ticket resale regulations. You must clearly and explicitly state in the listing that it is an authorized first sale of the ticket to the public and that it's being listed directly by the artist, team, promoter, or organizer.
Send us an email if you want more help with primary ticket sales. Ticket packages are exempt from state ticket resale regulations. You can list ticket packages sales on eBay as long as they qualify as a ticket package. To qualify as a ticket package, you have to sell a ticket with one of these combinations: At least one item or experience of significant value that relates to the ticket event that you've coordinated with the event artist, team, promoter, or organizer. Here are some examples: A backstage passA meeting with the performerAn "experience" like being a ball boy at a baseball game A complete travel package for the event that includes: Air transportation to the event locationCommercial lodging for at least one night Note: You must include both the air transportation and the lodging with the event ticket. Tickets to charity events The sale of tickets to charity events is allowed on eBay. However, for major charity events where 50% or more of the proceeds will be dedicated to charity, sellers must donate at least 20% of the final sale price of the listing to a charity of their choice through eBay for Charity.
Sellers of tickets for these events need to be registered with eBay for Charity. 1-day and 3-day listings are not allowed. Learn more about creating an eBay for Charity listing. Tickets to free events Most tickets to events where all tickets are free to the public are not allowed. However, eBay may consider requests from event organizers whether to prohibit the sale of these tickets. Examples include, but are not limited to, charity events, religious events, memorial services, and school graduations. To promote safe selling of event tickets on eBay and to make sure the sales follow all laws related to tickets sales, we've developed standards for professional conduct for selling tickets on eBay. These standards neither replace nor dismiss eBay's general seller rules and policies, but rather supplement those rules. Sellers need to follow these guidelines when selling tickets on eBay.I agree not to sell, trade, produce, or advertise tickets that I do not have in my possession.