Though Walt Disney World typically raises prices on tickets every February, this year, the shortest month on the calendar came and went without a price hike. However, now that we’ve passed the announcement of the early opening for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, prices for single and multi-day tickets have gone up.. Here’s the new price breakdown for single-day (non-park hopper) tickets, effective immediately:
Single day tickets go up across the board
Peak season: During the peak Christmas period, ticket prices for adults will rise to $159 up from $124, which was what the price was raised to last year. During other busy times, including Easter, Memorial Day and from mid-December to Christmas Eve, peak tickets cost $139 each
Regular season: Though there is a lot of variation with mid-range dates, tickets typically cost $125, up from $114 or $117, a $3 increase for dates in the fall and spring.
Value days: The only price point that is unchanged is the lowest “value” tier, which covers August and September, which still costs $109 per guest. Interestingly, this currently covers the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, but that’s before any upcharges, so perhaps this makes some sense.
In addition to the single day price hikes, multi-day ticket prices are up between 15-30%, and vary substantially based on date. You can check out a detailed breakdown at Theme Park Insider that includes price ranges for a variety of multi-day ticket scenarios. Of course, it’s impossible to have an exhausted list because the new system is so complicated, so if you have dates in mind for your next Disney trip, your best bet is to go to the Disney website to see exactly how much you’ll need to pay for tickets.
Finally, the cost to add park-hopping to a ticket is up $5 to $60, with two and three-day add-ons now $65 and four to ten-days now $80.
No hike for annual passholders yet, but we’re probably going to get one soon
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Though we’ve gotten used to twice-annual price hikes for annual passes at Walt Disney World, it looks like Disney has skipped the annual pass increase for now, though we’re betting one will come very soon, either in the next month or in the weeks before the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Disney could also be gauging early interest in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and may be still deciding exactly how much to raise prices for annual passholders between now and August.
Preferred parking now comes with two prices depending on date
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Interestingly, standard parking fees are currently unchanged at $25, but Disney has slightly altered the structure of its preferred parking option. Guests who want to park closer to the park gates will pay $45 for most of the year, which is $5 cheaper than the previous price. However, during peak season, preferred parking will return to $50 per vehicle. This seems like an upper limit for parking (both standard and preferred) and we can’t see Disney going any higher with these prices, even with the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge this summer.
4. Florida Residents can still save with the 2019 Discover Disney ticket, which is unaffected by price hikes
Back in February Disney announced that they will again allow Florida residents to purchase special “Discover Disney” tickets that offer deep discounts on regular theme park admission during a specific period. And fortunately, it looks like these discounted tickets have not been affected by the recent price hike
Tickets can be used anytime now through June 30, 2019 with no blockout dates.
- 3-day ticket: $175 for all guests 3 and older
- 4-day ticket: $195 for all guests 3 and older
This new ticket deal offer a huge savings over the traditional Magic Your Way tickets, but the catch here is that in order to upgrade to a park hopper ticket, guests will need to pay an additional $75, which makes these substantially more expensive, but is of course still a savings over the newly-raised prices mentioned previously.
How do you feel about all of these price hikes? Will they deter you from visiting a Disney park in 2019, or are you happy to pay more for the Disney experience as the parks add new attractions and experiences?
