Passholders can ride shotgun for free at Walt Disney World Speedway

A Mom and The Mouse, Featured, Kristin Ford — By Kristin Ford on January 8, 2010 at 12:03 am

Fans of stock-car racing can get behind the wheel or ride shotgun at Walt Disney World Speedway. (Walt Disney World photo)

Passholders, here’s a pretty sweet deal if you’re into NASCAR. Stop by Walt Disney World Speedway — it’s situated right in front of Magic Kingdom — and you can do a Ride Along from Richard Petty Driving Experience for free. This program normally costs more than $100 per person.

Show your Disney pass and you’ll get to ride shotgun for three mile-long laps in a NASCAR-style race car reaching speeds up to 140 mph with a professional driving instructor. This offer is good through March 31.

You must be at least 14 years old to ride, and participants younger than 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Free ride-alongs are limited to one per passholder for the three-month promotion.

While at the track, passholders can enter to win an 18-lap King’s Driving Experience valued at $919.04 and Richard Petty-signed diecast car. Monthly winners also will be drawn to win an 8-lap Rookie Driving Experience, valued at $486.04. These contests are open to passholders 18 and older with valid drivers licenses.

Tags: Disney World, Magic Kingdom, passholders, Richard Petty Driving Experience, Walt Disney World Speedway

14 Comments

Lena says:

January 10, 2010 at 3:17 am

Does anyone know if this works with the Florida Resident Weekday Year Pass?

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- Kristin Ford says:
  
  January 10, 2010 at 12:11 pm
  
  Lena: The Disney rep i spoke to said the offer is good for all types of passholders. (The fine print on the passholder Web site does not limit the offer to certain passholders, either.) Enjoy!
  
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  - Lena says:
    
    January 11, 2010 at 3:16 pm
    
    Thanks!
    
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  - lola says:
    
    January 12, 2010 at 10:35 am
    
    This is awesome – I’m going this week! Keep looking for these little “sidelines!” Even though I am 10 mins. from the park I often miss these little tidbits. THANKS
    
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nerdly says:

January 11, 2010 at 5:00 pm

WOW! We went today and it was a blast. Highly recommended for a real rush.

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- Cookied says:
  
  January 17, 2010 at 2:51 pm
  
  Do you have to make a reservation or do you just show up?
  
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Joe says:

January 13, 2010 at 7:30 am

While the representative indicated it was available to all passholders, I wonder if the Florida Resident “Epcot After 4″ pass still counts. It’s not the traditional annual pass, but nonetheless a year round ticket. A group of us got them to go for the all the Epcot festivals.

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