Some programs use a lottery system instead of standard registration. Customers interested in participating must submit a lottery entry during the enrollment period.
Follow the steps in this article to submit your entry and confirm that it was received. After the lottery drawing is completed, you will be notified of your results and any next steps.
Step 1: Find the Program
Using the information provided in the program announcement, Your Guide, or promotional email, search for the program in PARKS DIRECT.
When hovering over the green shopping cart icon in the "Add to cart" column next to the program, those available through a lottery will display a Lottery Enrollment status bubble. To begin the process of entering the lottery, click the icon to continue.
Step 2: Select Participating Family Members
Select the household member or members you would like to enter into the lottery. Only eligible household members will be available for selection.
Step 3: Select an Enrollment Type
Choose how participants should be entered into the lottery. Use Linked Lottery Enrollments when family members need to participate together. Use Individual Lottery Enrollment when each participant can be considered independently.
For example: A parent entering two children into the same lottery may prefer for both children to receive the same lottery outcome - either both children will be enrolled, or neither will. Linked Lottery Enrollment allows household members to be considered together rather than independently.
Step 4: Select Enrollment Choice(s)
Select your preferred program option under Choice 1.
If additional choices are available, you may also select Choice 2 and any additional available choices.
Choices should be ranked in order of preference.
You are not required to select multiple choices. If you only wish to be considered for a single option, please leave the additional choice fields blank.
Step 5: Submit Your Lottery Entry
After selecting your family members, enrollment option, and lottery choice(s), click Submit Lottery Selections.
Submitting your lottery selections records your entry and enters the selected participant(s) into the lottery.
Submitting a lottery entry does not guarantee enrollment in a program. After the lottery drawing has been completed, you will be notified of your results and any next steps.
Step 6: Confirm Your Entry
Click your account name in the upper-right corner of PARKS DIRECT and select My Pending Enrollments.
Your lottery entry should appear on the My Pending Enrollments page, and you're all set to wait for the drawing of the lottery!
After the lottery drawing is completed, you will receive notification of your results and any next steps needed for enrollment.