Value is always relative — a high-priced ticket might offer better value to a tourist than a lower-priced ticket to a less desirable destination. But looking at the prices side by side can help consumers make a more information comparison between resorts.
Obviously, if you are considering visiting any of these Disney theme park resorts, the additional costs of travel and accommodations change the price of visiting significantly. But it's interesting to see just how much the price of Disney tickets varies around the world.
For this report, we looked at non-resident prices, quoted on the parks' official websites, converted to US dollars at today's exchange rates. In one case, we found confirmation of the long-established travelers' rule that you can get a better deal buying in local currency than buying abroad in US dollars.
To help you make apples-to-apples comparisons of ticket prices, we looked at one-day, one-park tickets, as well as unrestricted annual passes for each resort. We have listed the prices from highest to lowest for one-day tickets, and highest to lowest per park for the annual passes. (Three of the five Disney resorts offer two parks, while Disney World offers four and Hong Kong just one.)
*Update: As readers have pointed out, many visitors use multi-day tickets, so we've added a third option - the price of a multi-day ticket, with one day for each park. We did not include the Park Hopper option in Orlando, Anaheim or Tokyo, though that appears to be required in Paris. Also, we have changed the prices for Walt Disney World throughout to reflect the added expense of local taxes, which WDW does not include within its posted ticket prices.)
One-day, one-park tickets
Walt Disney World Resort (Magic Kingdom): US$111.83
Walt Disney World Resort (all other parks): US$103.31
Disneyland Resort: US$99
Disneyland Paris Resort: The U.S. version of the DLP website cites US$94, but the UK version offers £57= US$86.76, while the French website charges €69 = US$75.88.
Hong Kong Disneyland: HK$539 = US$69.55
Tokyo Disney Resort: ¥6900 = US$57.16
Multi-day tickets
Disneyland Paris, two days*: US$190 ($95/day); £115 = US$175 ($87.50/day); €139 = US$152.81 ($76.41/day)
Disneyland, two days: US$185 ($92.50/day)
Walt Disney World, four days: US$324.83 ($82.21/day)
Hong Kong Disneyland, one day (there's only the one park): HK$539 = US$69.55 ($69.55/day)
Tokyo Disney, two days: ¥12,400 = US$102.51 ($52.26/day)
*Disneyland Paris multi-tickets allow entry to both parks on both days.
Annual passes
Disneyland Resort (2 parks): US$1049 [$524.50 per park]
Hong Kong Disneyland (1 park): HK$2988 = US$385.53 [$385.53 per park]
Tokyo Disney Resort (2 parks) ¥86000 = US$712.40 [$356.20 per park]
Walt Disney World Resort (4 parks) US$882.89 [US$220.72 per park]
Disneyland Paris Resort (2 parks): DLP reports its AP price in Euros on all versions of its site. €223 = US$245.22 [$122.61 per park]
The takeaways?
Which Disney theme park resort do you think offers the best value to its visitors?
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Who buys single day tickets to WDW or Disneyland???
As such, an unrealistic comparison since multiple day tickets reduce the cost of admission vs single day.
Tokyo Disney is the top item on my bucket list. Someday...
Tickets to Japan aren't as bad as you might think. I've travelled there for as low as 600$ roundtrip and have never paid more than 1000$.
It's astounding how affordable park tickets are in Tokyo. Kind of blows a hole in the defense of those who think high ticket prices are a necessity for Disney to be profitable.
Or maybe it is that they don't get that many non-annual pass holders visiting. I know some resorts have a different number of gates, but if you just look at how many visits (based on the one day price) per year you would need to make to get your money out of the pass, you can see it is the most for Tokyo at 12.5 visits per year and Disneyland(CA) at 10.5 per year. Disneyland Paris is the fewest number of visits with 3.2. So for people who live within driving distance, want to visit frequently, and that don't want any restrictions on days they can visit, Disneyland Paris is the best deal.
I think a lot of people would say Tokyo was the best deal even if all ticket prices were the same because they think the quality is better, and that seems to be backed up by how much people pay for the annual passes vs. the one day price.
Japan tickets are really cheap and you can get some really great rates at the Hilton and Sheraton. Just stayed 3 nights at the Sheraton for $156 per night.
BTW, while DLP looks cheap to enter the park, it is very expensive on Food and resort stay. We are talking Grand Floridian and Contemperatry pricing.
BTW, while DLP looks cheap to enter the park, it is very expensive on Food and resort stay. We are talking Grand Floridian and Contemperatry pricing.
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