Two weeks after Disneyland launched new charges for tickets and annual passes, the Magic Kingdom has adopted swimsuit: Walt Disney World at the moment introduced pricing for its four-tier annual cross program, efficient instantly.
The common enhance throughout the tiers is 6.25%. For comparability, the Shopper Value Index rose 2.5% within the 12 months interval ending in August 2024. That’s in keeping with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The CPI’s fee of enhance is anticipated to fall additional in 2025.
The chief distinction between the tiers of passes are the blackout dates, with extra reservation availability opening up for weekends and holidays as the value will increase.
See the brand new charges and who should buy every degree of cross under. Costs for renewing annual cross holders are $250-$120 decrease, relying on tier.
Disney Incredi-Move
$1,549 (up $100 or 7%)
Availability: All visitors
Disney Sorcerer Move
$1,079 (up $80 or 8%)
Availability: Florida residents and eligible Disney Trip Membership Members
Disney Pirate Move
$829 (up $30 or 3%)
Availability: Florida residents solely
Disney Pixie Move
$469 (up $30 or 7%)
Availability: Florida residents solely
For comparability, Disneyland’s highest-rung Encourage Key rose a whopping 20% year-over-year earlier this month.
Additionally at the moment, Walt Disney World launched tickets, Disney Resort lodge rooms and packages for November and December 2025. These year-out availabilities additionally embrace will increase. Walt Disney World didn’t make any pricing modifications to tickets that have been already on sale, which incorporates dates by October 2025.
The park introduced the pilot launch of its “Lightning Lane Premier Move” earlier this month. Supplied in very restricted portions, Lightning Lane Premier Passes are priced from $137.39 to $478.19, relying on the WDW park you’re visting, and can be out there on October 30.
Costs of some Magic Kingdom eating choices have been additionally elevated earlier this week.
Earlier this 12 months, a report from Finance Buzz confirmed costs for concessions at Walt Disney World have elevated a median of 61% over the previous 10 years — greater than the common enhance in a single park ticket, which has gone up 56% over the previous decade.
The precise fee of inflation for the final 10 years was pegged at 32% by the report.
Rising excessive have been such fan favorites because the Dole Whip dessert, which has gone up 58%, and the Mickey Mouse-shaped ice cream bar, which has elevated 63% prior to now 10 years.
Disney CEO Bob Iger has pledged $60 billion funding within the firm’s parks, 70% of which can be put into new points of interest and 30% of which can be for expertise and upkeep to make the expansions occur.
Michael Hundgen, Walt Disney World web site portfolio govt, mentioned earlier this 12 months that the corporate’s Orlando resort is present process “most likely the biggest enlargement ever.”
Dubbed “Past Massive Thunder,” the undertaking is so named as a result of it’s going to develop the park right into a swampy, wooded space behind the present Massive Thunder Mountain Railroad at one nook of the property.
Hundgen mentioned the enlargement can be on par, size-wise, with the 14-acre Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge.
Earlier this 12 months, Disney CFO Hugh Johnston mentioned on a Q2 earnings name that Parks progress within the fiscal third quarter can be flat for a number of causes together with “some normalization of post-Covid demand because it pertains to demand. Whereas shoppers proceed to journey in report numbers and we’re nonetheless seeing wholesome demand, we’re seeing some proof of a worldwide moderation from peak post-Covid journey.”
Bruce Haring contributed to this report.
