The one-day price for the Magic Kingdom goes to $105, as we reported. The one-day price for Disneyland and Disney California Adventure goes to $99. The price for Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom goes to $97.
Of course, few visitors pay the one-day price, with substantially less expensive per-day prices available for multi-day tickets.
Here are the current ticket prices for Walt Disney theme parks in the United States. Prices do not include sales tax.
One-day, one-park:
Magic Kingdom: $105, was $99
Disneyland: $99, was $96
Disney California Adventure: $99, was $96
Epcot: $97, was $94
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $97, was $94
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $97, was $94
Two-Day, One-Park-Per Day at Disneyland Resort: $185 ($92.50 per day), was $178
Two-Day Park-Hopper at Disneyland: $225 ($112.50 per day), was $217
Five-Day, One-Park-Per Day at Disneyland Resort: $275 ($55 per day), was $266
Five-Day Park-Hopper at Disneyland: $315 ($63 per day), was $305
Four-Day, One-Park Per Day at Walt Disney World: $305 ($76.25 per day), was $294
Four-Day Park Hopper at Walt Disney World: $369 ($92.25 per day), was $354
10-Day, One-Park Per Day at Walt Disney World: $365 ($36.50 per day), was $354
10-Day Park Hopper at Walt Disney World: $429 ($42.90 per day), was $414
Disneyland Premium Annual Pass: $779, was $699
Disneyland SoCal Select Annual Pass: $299, was $289
Walt Disney World Annual Pass: $654, was $634 ($529 for Florida residents, was $485)
Walt Disney World Florida Seasonal Annual Pass: $329, was $319
Last year, the Universal Orlando resort matched Disney's price increases four days later, so be prepared for a price increase on those tickets, too.
Earlier: The Magic Kingdom Breaks the $100 Barrier This Weekend
Last Year:
Disney doesn't offer a big discount, unless you upgrade to the 4 or more days plans. Would this pricing strategy seem to indicate that most customers purchase 3 day plans or less?
The crowds are a problem, but not for Disney. The price increases are not enough to fix the crowding. I'm not sure why Disney would want to alleviate the crowds in that sense if they also want to suffer from lower profits. If you're in favor of higher ticket prices as a solution to the crowding, it invites a response that you might not like. Disney wants just enough of an increase to pad Disney's wallets and lighten your wallet and there is no relief on crowds. A lose lose.
But Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom at $97?
Nobody can tell me that's even a halfway decent deal.
Every year, I have to wonder what the limit on price increases is for the Disney parks. For the past several years, I've felt the parks were getting close to it yet none of them have had a noteworthy attendance drop. I know Disney is a business, but there's a point where they'll start to lose money if they end up pricing themselves out of the market. They've definitely shifted to more of a focus on multi-day visitors, as nobody can deny that once you get above three days (and especially above five in Florida) you're getting a pretty good value compared to other major parks as long as you can use that many days.
There's speculation that Disney is trying to discourage annual passholders from dropping in for visits of just a few hours by making them pay for parking each time. If they don't want to pay for parking for each visit, Disney is trying to entice them to upgrade to a higher-level and more expensive pass.
I Respond: I'm sorry, but when exactly is this "off season" you speak of?
At first I was disappointed they barely raised some of the AP prices, however it sounds like a parking upgrade is no longer an option. You now have to purchase a premium pass to get free parking.
This would piss off Disney and maybe drive some more attention to Universal.
I now every time one of these two have a price increase - the other company also has an increase. But why not buck the trend and stick it to Disney...
So I am officially calling for a Universal decrease in Price... Unofficially of curse..
Disney is busy all year, but there are still times that are relativity quiet. Having a lower rate on the least attended days would boost attendance on those days, and would stabilize crowds on busy days. Disney probably wouldn't do it because it means eliminating it's premium price, but they already do that with hotel prices, and multi-day ticket discounts.
With that said, I do find this rather sad. The company's actions on this, and on other fronts, are sending me a message that it doesn't want-- or need me.
We have a timeshare, so obviously staying on property is not something we're going to do. Our visits to Orlando are about once a year. We see a rock-bottom airfare and we grab a timeshare week and we go. Sometimes, it's a rather quick decision (when we happen to spot an Allegiant Airfare sale of $30!!!!). Because of our pattern, we have typically bought non-expiration ten day park hopper passes. We go one or two days during our week in Orlando, depending on our mood. Our tickets last about five or six years. We bought new ones last year, so we have eight days remaining to use.
But as we've already discovered with our 10-day non-expiration ticket, we've got to plan sooo far in advance to reserve dining and ride times with this new (and improved ;-) fastpass system that it just doesn't work for us. There is no longer the leisure decision of it's sunny on Monday so we'll do timeshare pools on Monday and go to Disney when it's cloudy and cooler on Tuesday.
If a trip to Disney World is a trip of a lifetime, then fastpass+ is wonderful. For us, who have been before, who just want to go for a day or two, without much planning to visit our favorites, then we're up the creek.
I understand "most" people do not buy a single day ticket. However, there are reasons to purchase one... maybe your family is driving back from a cruise or the beach and wants to stop for just one night in Orlando. Or maybe you're spending a week at the beach and want to drive over to Orlando for just one day... and you play it by ear which "day" (depending on sunburns and weather). The people buying the most expensive tickets will have the worst experiences because they'll encounter no reserve times for rides or dining since they didn't/couldn't plan in advance.
When you buy the multi-day pass or the no-expiration day passes, you locked up lots of money for the short or long term. Is it a good use of your money to invest a $300 for a 5 day pass or $700 for a 10 day no-expiration day pass? The economics is even worse when you have a family of 4. That's $1200 or $2800 worth of passes.
Certainly, the more days you use, the cheaper the cost as it spreads out. However, if you change your perception and use the single day pass as a benchmark, you'll try to get more use out of that day.
Going more times a year makes you want more. Going once and making it count could be more lasting in your memory.
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