Walt Disney World has raised ticket prices across the board including single day, multi-day, park hopper and annual pass options. The move does not come as a surprise, as the first week of the new fiscal year is generally when these increases happen. In this post, we’ll share the details on the price increase while adding our commentary.

Before we get to a price breakdown there are places to get tickets cheaper than the prices we’ll be discussing. We prefer Undercover Tourist where they have a number of discounts going. If you’re coming to this post just looking a way to score cheaper tickets then you don’t really need to look any further than this link. Then again, if you stop reading now you’ll miss out on my commentary that some are saying is award winning. Have I paid off those people to say that? I’ll never tell.

Discussing these price increases isn’t noteworthy, there’s just not much to add. This happens every year and the discourse is not enjoyable until we all move on a few days later. I’ll keep most of my commentary pretty short in this post, as the majority of it is already in our Disneyland article from earlier today. Later in the post I’ll comment on the Walt Disney World specific topics. Let’s get to the price increase breakdown.

With so many dynamic prices in play at WDW, the easy formatting of the Disneyland tier system isn’t available for this post. The new price ranges for different days are:

• Animal Kingdom: $119 to $184 (was $119 to $174)
• EPCOT: $129 to $209 (was $129 to $194)
• Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $139 to $204 (was $139 to $194)
• Magic Kingdom: $139 to $209 (was $139 to $199)

The easy analysis is that the lowest prices stayed the same while the high end has been bumped up by $10 or $15. In scrolling through the price calendar, the most common increase is a $5 increase year over year. That same $5-$15 increase is applicable to the year over year multi-day tickets too.

All of this amounts to a small percentage increase overall, under 5%. Like we mentioned in the Disneyland version of the post, we never want to see prices increase but we also don’t think a $10 bump on a 4-day ticket is going to dissuade anyone’s vacation. That’s an extra $2.50/day.

The problem is that the prices were already high and only continue to climb. This shows no signs of stopping as the demand will always be there. I would like to see WDW lower their cheapest option for single day tickets, similar to the west coast, so that there’s more of an option. I don’t mind the high prices during the peak times, it’s the floor that is most interesting to me.

Along with the ticket price increases, parking has been raised by $5 across the board. Peak Lightning Lane Multi Pass pricing has also been raised by $6, from $39 to $45. Annual passes saw an increase that we’ve detailed below:

• Pixie Dust: Now – $489, Was $469
• Pirate: Now – $869, Was $829
• Sorcerer: Now – $1,099, Was – $1,079
• Incredi-Pass: Now – $1,629, Was $1,549

Like the other tickets, the bottom tier of tickets saw minimal changing while the top pass saw an $80 increase. Not to beat a dead horse but I do prefer an increase on the top tier passes over the cheaper options. That gives more people a chance to get into the theme parks even if that’s on limited days.

That said, both Disneyland and Walt Disney World’s annual pass programs keep climbing in price. I’m curious how far they’ll be able to stretch that price before hitting a breaking point. Disneyland’s Magic Key program is probably farther away from that breaking point than Disney World’s due to the local base.

Overall, the news from today has left me thinking that it could be worse but I’m not happy about it. Frankly, I have some resignation to these annual increases. There’s no fighting it, especially since I’m part of the problem. Regardless of prices, I’m still going to buy tickets and passes! And I’m definitely not the only one, there are way more than dozens of us.

There’s the usual talking points:

• When will the theme parks hit a price breaking point?
• Disney is a business first.
• There’s still value in a theme park day.
• Seriously, will they just keep going up??

But I find less and less interest in rehashing that year after year. Until demand dries up, the prices will be increased in the first week of October. My sincere hope, instead of a dejected resignation, is that the company keeps investing in the theme parks at a high clip while raising the prices on their very loyal customers. The next few years are promising in that regard and I look for it to continue into the 2030’s.

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