Barbershop quartet Dapper Dans performs at Disneyland on Tuesday, August 15, 2023 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Disneyland and Disney World have kept the price of their cheapest tickets stable while increasing admission prices annually on the busiest days of the year to counter critics who say the parks have become too expensive – but that argument will soon disappear.
According to the Washington Post, Walt Disney World will increase its cheapest $109 one-day park ticket to $119 in 2025, increasing the price of the cheapest ticket, which has remained unchanged since 2018.
Which raises the obvious question: Will Disneyland follow Disney World's lead and increase prices on the cheapest tickets?
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A similar 9% increase would raise the $104 low price for Disneyland tickets to $114.
According to Disneyland officials, there are currently no changes to ticket prices for the Disneyland Resort.
Disney World's latest price increase was announced as the Florida theme park resort extended its ticket calendar through October 2025. Disneyland's calendar currently only extends through August of this year.
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Like its sister parks on the East Coast, Disneyland has kept its cheapest tickets steady at $104 since 2019, while continually increasing prices for higher-tier tickets each year.
The latest round of hikes at Disneyland late last year saw the highest ticket price rise to $194, while the price of the cheapest single-park day ticket remained at $104.
Disneyland increased ticket prices in October 2021, 2022 and 2023 after keeping prices stable as the parks first emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Anaheim theme park is keeping ticket prices around $100 on its cheapest days in a decade. Admission for one day and one park at Disneyland or Disney California Adventure was $92 in 2013, $96 in 2014 and $99 in 2015.
In 2016, Disneyland broke the $100 barrier with a new three-tier pricing system, with tickets costing $95, $105 and $119 depending on expected attendance. Since then, the number of tiers has increased and the price of the most expensive tickets has steadily increased.
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Disneyland and Disney World don't always work together.
Operations at Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort vary because each market is different, guests visit and experience the parks in different ways, and offerings at each destination are unique, Disneyland officials said.