Student Government announced Thursday that UF students can buy cheaper tickets to Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando indefinitely.
Students, faculty and staff with a valid Gator 1 Card can buy Disney World tickets from 11 percent to 15 percent off, depending on the ticket package and day, said Action SG chairman Ty Robare. Anyone can buy up to six tickets every 90-day period, and multi-day tickets are valid for two weeks after first using one.
“We thought it was pretty universally applicable for students, faculty and staff,” Robare said.
Robare said he and Emily Daw- son, the Action SG director of operations for on-campus projects, worked with Disney College Days after learning the University of South Florida offered the discount to its students. Previously, the discount was only available to students from the University of Central Florida.
The discount comes at no cost to UF, Robare said. Disney and UF Information Technology created an online portal for students, faculty and staff to purchase tickets with their Gator 1 Card.
One-day and multiple-day packages are available at starter, hopper and premium levels, according to Disney’s website. Blackout dates, when some pass holders cannot enter the park, only apply to one-day tickets.
Savannah Oglesby, 19, said when she learned about the discounted tickets, she immediately began planning a trip with her Delta Delta Delta Sorority sisters.
“I think it’s an amazing thing that they did this,” the UF business management sophomore said. “Whenever you’re at Disney, it’s like you’re transporting back in time.”
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