Posted on 01/06/2019 9:32:06 AM PST by rktman
Only months before the opening of its $1-billion Star Wars expansion, the Disneyland Resort announced price increases of up to 25% for daily tickets, annual passes and parking.
The increases, which took effect Sunday, come less than a year after the resort adopted price hikes of up to 18%. Under the latest increases, the cheapest daily ticket will be more than $100. Daily parking prices are rising to $25 from $20 — a 25% increase.
Disneyland’s annual ritual of charging more is partly aimed at crowd control, although price hikes in the last few years have not diminished the throngs at Disneyland and its neighboring California Adventure Park.
Disneyland expects visitor demand to hit new heights when it opens its newest area, dubbed Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, this summer. The 14-acre expansion will feature two attractions, including a ride that lets visitors pilot the Millennium Falcon, the spaceship flown by Han Solo in the “Star Wars” movies.
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If a large percentage of their customers are foreigners who are happy to pay the higher prices, sucks to be a domestic customer. Fortunately I have never had any desire to visit.
My Disneyland AP pass cost $189 from 1997 to 2001 when I ended it and got as high as $649 a few years later before breaking the $1,000 barrier. Now, I would rather go to a roller coaster theme park for much less. Cedar Fair Platinum pass cost around $200 a year. Add a little over $100 to eat twice a day. Unlimited soft drinks is another $30.00
History of Disney ticket prices:
https://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/History-Disney-World-Ticket-Prices-44491025
Does your daughter like working there?
I moved away from SoCal in 2015 partly because my premium pass was being discontinued and the equivalent replacement was over $1000. I enjoyed going to the park and pin trading but you can have only so many pins!
And once I accidentally was there on Gay Days. Not pleasant. Goth day was interesting, Harry Potter and Dr Who days were fantastic, and I miss Dapper Day!
Former son in law mistakenly went to D-world on gay days wearing a red shirt. And of course a red face. LOL!
I don’t think so, at least not for one single admission ticket book in 1972. First of all, admission did not include ride tickets. Admission alone was about $3.50 I think up into the early 1980s.
This page shows the admission to Disney World when it opened in 1971 was $3:75.
https://www.dadsguidetowdw.com/disney-ticket-price-history.html
This one states $3.50 with ticket books less than five bucks.
http://allears.net/walt-disney-world/wdw-planning/1970s-walt-disney-world-tickets/
Disneyland went to a one price admission and ride acces basis in 1982.
I agree. The passes should be paid only annually. The passes should be quite expensive. We did it for 3 years and it was fantastic but that is a special treat. It shouldn’t be for everyone.
Thanks for that. It’s been 46 years, my mind is hazy on that. That’s quite the deal in its day tho.
We did take a few rides, I wasn’t paying anyway. I had an aunt&kids in San Juan Capistrano that footed the bill.
I remember the Lincoln display, pirates and hippos, not too crowded as most kids were in school.
Went to Disney World in FL in the early 70s. That was enough for me.
I don’t know why people are willing to spend so much money for the “disney experience”, but so long as they are, more power to Disney, keep jacking up the prices and returning value to your investors.
I went for the first time last year, we did 6 days so it was only grossly overpriced, not insanely overpriced. We stayed in one of the slightly less expensive Disney properties, which got us a slight discount on tickets.
They used to give free parking at the hotels, but now they charge for hotel parking, and give hotel guests free parking at the parks, so if you have a car, it can be a good thing to drive to the parks, realizing that if you get there about opening, and leave about closing, you will regret it traffic-wise.
We used the disney buses, which did take some time, but on the other hand were convenient.
I’ll probably go back because I have disposable income and my adult kids seem to enjoy it and keep inviting me.
Disney keeps expanding, but the desire of people to get away from reality is insatiable. There are 6 Disney parks in Florida now, and every one of them is packed to the gills.
On the other hand, by staying at a resort, we got advance use of the “fast pass” system, which allows you to pick 3 rides each day and schedule a time, and then only have to wait in a 10-15 minute line instead of a 1-3 hour line.
It worked out OK, it’s not like there are hundreds of rides for adults anyway, I managed to get on every ride worth riding I think, frankly Cedar Point and other parks are much better for thrill seekers, and the Busch (Seaworld) parks are almost as well-themed as Disney at 70% of the cost.
And as a note, personally a park hopper for 1 or 2 days visit is stupid. You can’t get halfway through a park in one day, much less all of two parks. Much cheaper to get a 2-day one-park-a-day ticket.
If you do 5 or more days, the “park hopper” is only 10-20 bucks more than the non-hopper version, and is worthwhile since some parks really don’t take all day.
We also spent $25 to add water parks to our 6-day pass, which can actually allow you 7 days if the water-park day you do ONLY the water park.
Hated it. But the kids seemed to generally like the experience so I sucked it up for them. Soon as they grew up however, I started taking the wife to Las Vegas instead (the adult Disneyland). I actually spend less money in Vegas than I did with Disney.
There was one memorable Disney experience I must share however. One night at Epcot, my wife let me cut loose for a while as she had her mother with her and they wanted to see the fireworks or parade or whatever with the kids. So I wandered over to where they have all those restaurants from around the world. I bought a beer in Germany, a Margarita in Mexico, some saki in Japan, and so on. I never did make it to every country and never was able to hook back up with the wife and kids. I somehow made it to our room but still to this day don't remember exactly how.
A fool and his money...
Be a cold day in the Halls of Hell before I give them one thin dime of my money.
Never have, never will.
$50 today would be about $300 today. Maybe that $50 figure in your memory included all the admissions with parking, food, etc.
Yup, and I didn’t even buy any Mickey ears.
I’ve been quite a few times and would enjoy going to EPCOT again. Rides like “Soaring and a few others are worthwhile for a bit of fantasy. Meals in the various “countries” have always been very good, tho expensive. Particularly enjoy Morocco, Japan, Germany and several others.
Those who use a cane or wheelchair are accommodated very kindly by the staff and put at the front of lines. Disney is not for everyone, for those of us who want something other than humdrum daily life, it can be a pleasure.
We stayed at the Swan hotel that ferries you from its front lawn to Epcot. This Floridian appreciates Disney.
Well, I’ve been to Disney World three times, Tokyo Disneyland once, but the article is about the original, Disneyland! In any case, I’m glad you enjoyed Disney World.
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