Free admission is being offered for Cast Members, family and friends

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Walt Disney World offers its Cast Members free admission to theme parks and also gives them a certain number of tickets for family and friends, but earlier this year Cast Members were given a new perk: free admission to the newly-opened NBA Experience. 

Complimentary admission to the NBA Experience does not count toward a Cast Member's allotted number of Main Entrance Pass theme park admissions, and Cast Members may redeem this offer once per day, as many days as they would like to visit before the end of the year.  Block-out dates may apply, but have not been announced yet. Guests of the Cast Member must be present when redeeming this offer at the NBA Experience ticket window, and can also get free admission other guests (who do not need to be Cast Members) who want to visit this attraction. 

Could more free admissions be coming?

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Though Cast Members are the only group right now that can get into the NBA Experience for free, we're going to guess that the next time Walt Disney World raises prices for annual passholders, they will bundle admission to the NBA Experience  with the medium and premium tiers of annual passes to try and get more guests inside this new facility. 

When it was announced many thought the NBA Experience was a strange addition for Walt Disney World, and though it has only been open a few months, attendance has been incredibly low due to reports, and if Disney can't at least goose merchandise sales with free admissions for Cast Members (and eventually passholders, potentially), the NBA Experience may not be a very long-lasting experience at Disney Springs, and could be one of the biggest flops at Walt Disney World, ever.