Ticket prices at Walt Disney World experienced an increase
on Sunday, June 2, 2013. No big
surprise. The prices have typically gone
up in August, but that would be after the peak summer season, so that last
couple of years, prices have gone up in early June. You can click here to read more about the specific prices. The increases,
including Annual Passes and even parking, are 2-4%,.
What is interesting about the increase in prices is that now
a 1 day ticket for the Magic
Kingdom is $5 more than a
1 day ticket for any other park. That’s
right, Magic Kingdom that had a 2.3% increase in attendance for 2011 (those
figures were just released this week) and had over 17 million people enter its
turnstyles as compared to 9 and 10 million for the other parks, will now cost
more to enter if traveling to “Disney” for just one day.
The funny thing is that I was just conversing with a another
Disney traveler about how Magic Kingdom seems (and is) much more crowded than
other parks and that people visiting central Florida or the nearby costs take a
day trip—saying they are going to Disney—and spend the day at the Magic
Kingdom. The theme park attendance
numbers indicate that Magic
Kingdom has more day
guests than any other park. Disney is
smart to raise the 1 day admission for Magic Kingdom
higher than the other parks. It may cause
thrifty guests to try a different park!
The increase in ticket prices for Walt Disney World comes two
weeks after Universal increased its admission charges (which are higher for a 1
day admission than a 1 day admission to even Magic Kingdom). Expect SeaWorld to follow suit.
Will the increase in ticket prices affect us? Not this next trip, as our tickets have
already been purchased, but it will make our next trip a bit more expensive.
Disney is in the middle of its Monstrous Summer promotion
with discounts for rooms and packages which ends June 14. Imagine you called your travel agent on
Friday to inquire about a trip to Walt Disney World for this summer and you were
quoted one price—if you purchased that day—but decided to wait and “think about
it” over the week-end only to discover the price of your vacation had gone up
due to the increase in ticket prices that happened on Sunday! That would take some explaining or possibly
the travel agent had a heads up about the increase in tickets that was coming
very soon.
Will the ticket price increase change the way you “do
Disney?”
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Check your employer discounts page at work some give park discounts. Friend works at Nationwide Insurance and they have awesome park discounts that we use. I wouldn't care if the price was 150.00 for a 1 day admission I would pay it because it's so worth it. 5 months 28 days 16 hours 58 mins to go LOL : )
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DeleteExcellent suggestion! AAA also has discounted rates for park tickets, including Universal.
I agree with you--not sure the price would stop us from coming.
You will be in the magic before you know it!
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