Should I Buy the Park Hopper Pass?

My quick answer is definitely yes…but I guess there are some conditions. If you are planning a short trip, maybe 5 days or less, I would not get the park hopper and would just pick a park each day and stay there for the day. I would reserve any sit down dinners for the park you are planning to stay in all day and then there is no time lost in travel. But if you are planning to stay longer then the park hopper pass is a must. This allows you to go to any of the parks multiple times in a day. The way we did it was to book our sit down lunches or dinners with characters months in advance and then when we got to Disney World we would go to one park for most of the day, then go to the park where we were having dinner for the evening, have dinner and then enjoy that park. For example, on one occasion we went to Animal Kingdom from about 9 AM until about 3 PM. This allowed us to go on Expedition Everest, Dinosaur and Kali Rapids, as well as seeing the Nemo and Lion King shows, before boarding a bus for tickets and transportation and a monorail ride to Magic Kingdom for dinner at Crystal Palace Buffet, where we ate with Winnie the Pooh and friends. After dinner we went on Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Peter Pan, It’s A Small World, Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin, Monster’s Inc. Laugh Floor and more if you can believe it. All before watching the fireworks at 10 PM and heading back to the hotel for a swim. Pretty full day I know, but it was amazing, all because of some simple planning and the park hopper pass. It is essential that you go to Disney World with a plan. Plan where you will eat, plan what parks you are going to, check the park hours beforehand to maximize your days. Failure to do so can result in lost time, and a lot of frustration. By planning where you will eat and where you will go, the day will be more relaxed and you will less pressure to hurry through things. I know for us many of the places we wanted to eat were at the Magic Kingdom so we would start our days somewhere else, have dinner at Magic Kingdom and then enjoy the many rides in that park, as well as the fireworks and parades. You can really cram in a lot of fun things if you plan properly. Part of that planning should be the Park Hopper pass. With what the trip costs already, adding a couple of hundred bucks for the hopper is really nothing.