Walt Disney World Resort is offering three new special ticket offers for this spring and summer through its Disney Destinations Travel Agents program, including one way Florida residents can save big on their next trips to Disney this year.
28.02.2024 - 15:39 / forbes.com
Disney World started taking 2025 reservations on Tuesday and announced a ticket price hike for next year. But park-goers who stay at one of 31 on-site Disney hotels will get a very cool perk: complimentary waterpark admission on check-in day.
The benefit is worth at least $302 for a family of four with two young children. Currently, one-day tickets to Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon or Blizzard Beach waterparks start at $74 for adults and kids age 10 and up and $68 for children ages 3 to 9. Add tax on top of the $284 and the total cost tops three Benjamins.
Single-day theme park tickets at Disney World are priced on a dynamic sliding scale depending on which of the four parks you’re visiting and when. The price of the least expensive single-day, single-park ticket—Animal Kingdom park during the slowest periods—will go up by $10 in 2025, from $109 to $119. The priciest one-day ticket, Magic Kingdom during the peak holiday period around Christmas and New Year’s, will remain at $189.
While the one-day, one-park ticket is often seen as the benchmark for Disney ticket pricing, most visitors purchase multi-day hotel-and-ticket packages. The complimentary waterpark perk will be available to those who choose one of the eligible Disney Resorts Collection properties, which run the gamut from the Campsites at Fort Wilderness Lodge to the five “value” resorts all the way up to the deluxe villas at the dozen most on-site luxurious resorts.
To make the most of the waterpark perk in 2025, families should plan for an early arrival to make the most of the lazy rivers, water slides, wave pools, interactive play areas for younger kids.
Disney’s parks-and-experiences division was a major profit driver last year. According to the company’s year-end financial report for 2023, the parks business saw a 13% increase in revenue to $8.16 billion, mainly due to its locations in Asia.
Comparatively, Walt Disney World in Florida did not fare as well, with the company blaming year-over-year declines on a number of factors, including the end of its 50th anniversary celebrations, which had boosted attendance in 2022; the closing of its Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser hotel; and wage inflation.
But even so, when the Florida park’s 2023 numbers are compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, Disney World saw growth in revenue and operating income of over 25% and 30%, respectively.
Walt Disney World Resort is offering three new special ticket offers for this spring and summer through its Disney Destinations Travel Agents program, including one way Florida residents can save big on their next trips to Disney this year.
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A visit to the “happiest place on Earth” will soon be more expensive. Walt Disney World recently released ticket availability through Oct. 31, 2025, and the lowest price for a single park, one-day visit, has increased from $109 to $119. (Disney hasn't raised prices at its flagship resort in Orlando, Florida, since December 2022, reported USA Today.) According to Disney’s ticket price calendar, the last day visitors can visit a park for the $109 rate is Sept. 26, 2024. Travel + Leisure spotted some of the highest one-day tickets for the Magic Kingdom at $184 for a visit to 2025 on the Disney calendar. For the «Park Hopper'' ticket, which provides access to multiple parks in one day, the cost is $247.
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Walt Disney World is making it even more appealing to book a vacation at the Orlando park in 2025.The entertainment giant just announced that Disney Resort hotel guests visiting next year can enjoy free admission to one of its popular water parks – Typhoon Lagoon or Blizzard Beach – on check-in day as part of a stay.The free day at the water parks, which feature lazy rivers, wave pools, and interactive play areas, will only be made available to guests staying at properties within the Disney Resorts Collection.“With this water park benefit, it’s easy to unwind on the day you arrive. Get ready to zip down thrilling water slides, relax on sandy beaches, float along a lazy river... and let your cares drift away,” states the Disney website announcement.Additional details about the new water park benefit will be made available by Disney later this year. Details will also be provided to guests who have booked a stay at a Disney Collection property in advance of arrival at the park.But Disney has confirmed that the water park benefit is exclusive to registered guests staying at a Disney Resort hotel with check-in dates between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025. Additionally, all guests must be on the room reservation.And to be clear, the water park benefit is only available on the day of check-in at a resort property.Walt Disney World resort stays and theme park tickets for 2025 are available for purchase starting tomorrow (February 27, 2024).
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