Disneyland increases ticket prices again

[left-of-center2012]

Planning a trip to Disneyland in the near future? Get ready to shell out some extra cash.

The price for entry into one of the two Anaheim theme parks -- Disneyland or California Adventure -- will now set you back $154 on the most expensive day. Upgrading that one-day ticket to the park-hopper option increases the price to $209. (park-hopper includes entry to both Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park)

It’s part of a new five-tier pricing structure, which has varying costs depending on the date you attend:

Tier 1: $104 for one park or $159 for park-hopper.
Tier 2: $114 for one park or $169 for park-hopper.
Tier 3: $124 for one park or $179 for park-hopper.
Tier 4: $194 for one park or $194 for park-hopper.
Tier 5: $154 for one park or $209 for park-hopper.

Taking a look at the pricing calendar, Disneyland has set every Saturday now through June at the most expensive tier. The lowest pricing is mostly set for Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Meanwhile, the MaxPass feature, which allows Disneyland guests to book FastPasses on their phones, has also increased to $20 per day – a $5 spike. (Beat the lines at popular rides, etc)
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So, for a family of 4 who wants to go to one park (Disneyland or California Adventure), it’ll cost $416 plus tax just to get in the gate.

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/national/disneyland-increases-ticket-prices-again-with-new-five-tier-structure/509-967275ec-84a6-4bca-9470-a2c63bd0896d

[Brother Buzz]

1. Times have been better

[Happy Hoosier]

2. And yet, it's STILL crowded...

Supply and demand really. Not to mention Anaheim is an expensive place.

[PlanetBev]

3. My family first went to Disneyland in August 1955

Once month after the park opened. I was going on five and I will never forget it. I still have the ticket booklets from all the times I went.

Just for the hell of it, I looked up how much it cost to get into Disneyland in 1955. $1.35. Not kidding.

[left-of-center2012]

7. "I looked up how much it cost to get into Disneyland in 1955. $1.35"

Our family doctor and his family went when it first opened.
He said "You need a wheelbarrow of money!"

Times were different way back then. I was 9 at the time.

PRICES IN 1955

House: $9,100
Average income: $4,137
Ford car: $1606 - $2944
Bread $.18
Postage stamp: $.03
Ivory Soap, 2 bars: $.29

https://fiftiesweb.com/pop/prices-1955/

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. That $1.35 was for admission only, not rides

Back in the 50’s and 60’s admission to Disneyland was separate from the ride tickets, which were priced in tiers for A, B, C, D, and E tickets. You could buy books of tickets at a discount, but you always had lots of A and B tickets left after using the others.

[left-of-center2012]

16. Yep

I had to buy the tickets when I went in the 70's.

[Ilsa]

4. Your Tier 4 looks weird. nt

[left-of-center2012]

5. I just checked the link

That's what they have. Guessing it's a typo.

[Luciferous]

6. Good thing I have no interest in paying hundreds of dollars to stand in lines...

[left-of-center2012]

8. The MaxPass feature lets you in front of the lines

An extra $20 per person

[Luciferous]

10. So the poor suckers who don't pay the extra money wait even longer because some people paid

to cut in line? Yeah, still not interested

[Roland99]

14. No, FastPasses are still free. Only MaxPass (used via the mobile app) is an extra cost

MaxPass adds a lot of convenience but it’s not necessary

[kimbutgar]

9. I'm booking a Disneyland trip for my husbands 60th birthday

A three day hopper at AAA will cost us $350 a person.

And don’t get me started on the hotel rates. But he took me to Venice Italy for my 60th and it actually will cost us the same even though we live in Northern California.

[jimfields33]

17. That's amazing (price)

It awesome that you do things for each other.

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. Almost no one buys single day passes anymore

Locals buy season passes, and most out of towners buy multi-day park hopper passes.

Without knowing what the price hikes for the season passes and multi-day passes (which have in the past been much better bargains than the single day passes) are, it’s hard to judge.

Here in Canada, Disneyland regularly offers 20%-25% discounts on multi-day passes that don’t expire until the end of the year.

[Roland99]

12. Most SoCal residents have annual passes (APs) and they constitute the bulk of guests at DLR

WDW in Orlando is more of an international destination, guests from all over the US and from the UK and Brazil

When spread out over a week’s stay at WDW, per day costs drop a lot. And those SoCal residents make those passes pay for themselves after just a few trips

[left-of-center2012]

18. "Most SoCal residents have annual passes"

Uh, no.

I lived in SoCal and have friends/family there.

The average southern Californian can not afford an annual pass to Disneyland.
The cheapest annual pass per person, 3 and up, is $649.

Annual passes for a family of four = $2,596.00

https://disneyland.disney.go.com/passes/

[Roland99]

20. There are over a million passholders...mostly from SoCal

That’s about 4% of all residents

My statement wasn’t quite what I meant. I meant most SoCal guests who frequent the parks have APs

[left-of-center2012]

21. "most SoCal guests who frequent"

Yes, most SoCal guests who frequent the park may have an annual pass.

“There are over a million passholders...mostly from SoCal”
Where does "mostly from SoCal" come from?

Google tells me there are 24.12 million people who live in SoCal.
So, 23 million people who live in SoCal don’t have an annual pass to Disneyland.

[msongs]

15. there's a sucker born every minute etc nt

[maxsolomon]

19. Anyone gone skiing recently?

>$100 for a day pass at a local hill.