by Beth Keating
News
DisneyBizJournal.com
October 11, 2023
You could get whiplash these days from trying to follow which parks are offering discounts to encourage 2024 travel dates, while other parks will be seeing ticket price increases. Some parks are getting both discounts and ticket increases. And while the Disney World Annual Passes will still be available, they are now going to cost you more, anywhere from $30-$50 more.
At Disney World, the Annual Pass changes include:
Pixie Dust Pass moves from $399 to $439 (plus tax). This pass sees an increase of 10%. This level is for Florida residents only.
Pirate Pass increases from $749 to $799 (plus tax). This pass sees an increase of 6.7%. This level is for Florida residents only.
Sorcerer Pass goes from $969 to $999 (plus tax). The Sorcerer Pass is seeing an increase of 3.1%. This level is for Florida residents and eligible Disney Vacation Club members only.
Incredi-Pass bumps up from $1,399 to $1,449 (plus tax). The Incredi-Pass is seeing an increase of 3.6%. This level has no blockout dates.
As always, there is a varying range of benefits and blockout dates for each level, which you can check out on the Disney World Annual Pass website.
While Annual Passholders might be feeling the whoosh of their wallets this time, the price of daily tickets to Disney World theme parks did not increase. (However, Disneyland in California can’t say the same… more on that in a moment.) Disney World one-day tickets currently range from $109-$159, depending on day and season.
Annual Passholders get free parking as a perk of their pass, but for everyone else, the cost of parking at one of Disney World's theme parks is going up $5, to $30 per vehicle per day.
In other news, All-day Park Hopping returns to the Walt Disney World Resort starting January 9, 2024. (Currently, Park Hopping does not start until 2 p.m. at Disney World parks.)
Now, over to the West Coast…
According to the Orange County Register, “Disneyland raised prices nearly across the board effective today, Oct. 11, for every type of ticket except the most basic day pass, which will remain $104 per day.”
With the increase, daily admission prices will be $104, $119, $134, $154, $169, $184 or $194 for the seven different tiers, depending on the day, reports the O.C. Register. The $194 admission days represent an 8.4% increase for that particular one day, one park pass.
“Price hikes on regular daily tickets and multiday passes vary from $5 to $65, depending on the offering. This represents increases from 3.9% to 15.7%,” as reported in the Orange County Register.
There were also increases in costs for the Park Hopper add-on, which allows guests to visit both of California’s parks in the same day. While there was no change in the single day Park Hopper price, it will now cost from $5 to $15 more for the other options, depending on length of ticket. At an increase of up to 25%, the new Park Hopper prices will range $65-$75.
And while Disneyland has not reopened sales of its Magic Key Annual Passes, several of the levels are available for renewal (with varying benefits per level) at increased costs. The Orange County Register lists the new prices, with increases from 3.1% to 21.5%, as:
- Imagine Key Pass went from $449 to $499 (up $50).
- Enchant Key Pass went from $699 to $849 (up $150).
- Believe Key Pass went from $1,099 to $1,249 (up $150).
- Inspire Key Pass went from $1,599 to $1,649 (up $50).
Details on Magic Key Passes are available at Disneyland’s website.
The Orange County Register also reported on a number of parking fee changes at Disneyland, noting,
“It will now set you back $35 to park a passenger car at the theme parks, up $5 for most types of parking. Most hotel parking also went up $5. Downtown Disney is the only parking cost that remains unchanged, at $10 for the first hour to a maximum of $66 for the day, without validation.”
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Beth Keating is a theme parks, restaurant and entertainment reporter for DisneyBizJournal.
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