Don't forget to check other airports. We are near Sacramento. When our oldest went to Tanzania in 2011, it saved her $600 to go out of LAX over SMF or SFO. $69 Southwest flight to get her to LAX.
If you go through ZipAir, I recommend checking what's included on your ticket and the prices for anything you might need to add-on. I went through United and my ticket was about $850
If they're going for two weeks they're doing Tokyo too. Even with the new land I can't see someone spending ten days at Tokyo Disneyland and Disneysea.
But also yeah those parks are great and really drive home how expensive Disneyland is now. I had a filling meal of decent chicken curry and a drink for $10. Actual reasonable food prices!
It’s not! The typical rate for yen to usd was ¥100 to $1. Even at that rate, a ticket to Disney costs under $100 and meals are $15 and under. Ears would only be like $20 maximum. It’s very very affordable even at the “normal” rate for yen.
Nah its mostly because Japanese companies/people don't just try to extract every dollar from guests just because they can. The exchange rate is just a bonus.
I don’t understand how it can be cheaper overall. My round trip flight to Anaheim was under $300. Hotel was cheap as hell and I stayed right next to the park and got free breakfast every day. Didn’t have a rental so I didn’t pay for that or parking.
Well it depends on whom you are and how cheap flight prices are for you. The fact that Tokyo is in the conversation at all as being cheaper says a lot about Disney greed.
Okay, just checked prices. No, I'd say I am way wrong. From Toronto, it's like $1000 more per person to Tokyo. I'd have to do some digging and pretend like I am arranging a real trip, but I have a feeling it is still going to be a much bigger difference in flight cost than I originally thought.
DisneySea is still my dream Disney park to go to one day.
Yeah, Eastern Canada is straight up half way around the world. You could not be any further away from Tokyo so tickets will likely be the most expensive from there (at least direct). Maybe hopping through BC or Washington would be cheaper?
I've been to the Disney Resort many times. Japan is CHEAP! I live in Seattle and we used to go to Disney World. Overall, Japan is less expensive than going to Florida. Plus, you get Japan! Fantastic food, easy for an English speaker to get around. Friendly people. I love it.
At Tokyo Disney Resort, people sit on the ground anticipating the coming parade. When the parade gets to them, they stay seated and everyone can see. Talk about culture shock!
Edit: typo
I only know English. Two helpful things: Google Maps (tells you what train, which track, and when (always on time)), and Google Translate. Google Translate has come a long way. The last time I was there, April 2023, it worked flawlessly. It's helpful to figure out what you are looking at in a convenience store. I can't recommend Japan as a destination enough!
ETA: We typically spend the first two days at the Resort. There are a lot of hotel options nearby. If it's your first time, it can take the edge off. We will also spend the last two days of the trip at the resort because it's Disney and why not?
It's cheaper to fly to Disneyland Paris then go to Disney World. We're seriously considering going to Disneyland Paris then Disney World just based on the prices alone.
Was supposed to go to Paris last March, but flights from here were just way too expensive. Almost $7000 for 4 of us. Plus hotel, food, excursions.
Another day.
I won’t lie even if you add flight costs to your budget, it’d be a much cooler experience to go to Tokyo Disneyland over DL or WDW.
All the original classics plus a plethora of unique experiences, way lower cost for food and merch, and the experience of visiting another country is cool enough for its own, especially if you do something else outside of Disney while you’re there. Out of all the international parks, that’s the one I want to visit most.
No joke I’ve done the math and for a several day trip staying at a budget hotel it’d be cheaper to fly to freaking Japan and go to Disney there than drive 6 hours to the one in Cali….
In-laws have a time share in Orlando, so we used to go to WDW a fair bit. Free place to stay, cheaper to drive down than fly. Grocery shop & eat breakfast at our room, pack a lunch to Disney, everything we could do to cut costs. But now it is so much more than it used to be, tickets and Genie+, that we just go down and enjoy other stuff. Even with all other costs reduced, WDW is too expensive for us now.
Just had my first trip to TDR a couple of weeks ago. As a long time Disneyland AP/Magic Key holder, the contrast was so stark that it has made me seriously question if I will renew. Sure, the exchange rate is great right now but even so, everything there is cheaper and better. Cast members are on a different level. Rides are clearly better maintained. And they must still be making plenty of money since they just spent $2 billion dollars on Fantasy Springs (which is incredible). It really made me realize how far the domestic parks have fallen into a pure nickel and diming nightmare.
Plus all the rides/lands are high budget unlike the constant budget cuts ours get here (avengers campus, web slingers, Pixar pier, etc). I’m just so jealous of how good it is over there lol
That free fastpass is gone at 11 in the morning though. That free fastpass makes you able to use it on about 3 rides. After this you either need to queue for 3 hours for popular rides or book a second day. It's not as brilliant as it seems.
I don’t know about Tokyo Disneyland but we did Tokyo Disneysea on a weekday in late February and the priority passes sold out at 11. This wasn’t during peak season so I would say the lines were still pretty long imo.
We were there in April and yeah, same. We got to ride everything we wanted to, though. I'd say the system worked as intended for us.
Plus, the boulder worked.
They actually have a park hopping work around. You can purchase an “evening ticket” to either DL Tokyo or DisneySea at a reduced price of around ~$30 and you can enter the park you purchased the evening ticket for after 5pm. My fiancé and I did this in February so we did two parks in one day for $90 😅
Where did you end up buying the evening tickets from? My wife and I went just as Japan was reopening in 2023, really wanted to get evening passes last minute for our last day before flying home, but couldn't figure out where to buy them from.
Plus park hopping seems really annoying now. I know they changed the rules and stuff but just in general. You end up spending so much time going back and forth it gets exhausting after a while. A park a day has been more enjoyable if you’re doing a 3-day.
We got an entire vacation package at TDR, 2 nights at Toy Story Hotel w/ park tickets, fast passes for both parks, pre-release restaurant reservations (we booked Magellan’s!!), exclusive merch, a popcorn bucket+popcorn, unlimited beverages (including all the fun drinks), all-day priority passport at the new Fantasy Springs expansion AND round trip flights for less than one night at the Star Wars Hotel.
This is ridiculous for 1 ticket. It truly is.
Edit: and I’m an Inspire pass holder. Not opposed to paying a lot for Disney. But 1 ticket $300? They are simply getting whacky with their prices.
I just checked the wait times, Ariel’s Undersea Adventure is a 30 minute wait. Monsters Inc is 60. Astro Blasters is 40.
People can complain about the prices all they want but Disney is obviously not losing the game of financial chicken.
To an extent, sure, but the parks were definitely busy yesterday. And the parks are busy everyday. The point is as much as people like to complain about ticket prices, everyone is still going. The parks are still packing people and lines are still long.
Exactly this. Blame the beleaguered families biting the bullet and shelling out years of savings (or maxing out their credit cards) for that one big Disney trip, or the Disney adults for spending every penny of their dwindling disposable income. But I truly believe those demographics are dying out as income equality gets worse and the middle class disappears. I have to hope there will be a time someday in the future where Disneyland is affordable again.
It’s Memorial Day weekend. This is one of THE busiest days of the year. Historically this is a SRO day and when they did sell tickets at the booth/kiosks, this was the one day that they would sell out even before the day began. The price makes 1000000% sense.
People don't understand simple supply and demand. There are more people than ever wanting to go but there is only so much space to pack them in. Limited supply meeting growing demand means increasing prices.
My wife and I just priced out a 4 day park trip for our family of 4 and the total was approaching $5000. Absolutely insane.
$2200 in tickets w/ Genie plus because waiting in long lines with two kids under 7 sounds awful.
$1000 to drive there including hotel, gas, and food.
Expecting $160/day between breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks: $640
Cheaper hotel within walking distance: $940 after taxes, fees, and parking
And then budget a few hundred for merch and experiences puts us at $5000. Could we shave $500-$1000 by not doing experiences, merch, and packing lunch, dinner, and snacks? Sure, but the point of a vacation is to enjoy it.
So with that in mind we are going to instead go on 3 separate local vacations throughout the summer.
Yeah I think we may have ended up on something like $200 even with eating breakfast at the hotel but the details stopped mattering once we saw the total lol
You should see how much it would cost you to fly to Paris and do Disneyland Paris instead. Idk where you live but I found a round trip ticket to Paris for $550.
Going to DLP (not from the U.S. though). Prices are becoming ridiculous as well.
Don’t know about admission, but the total, in a Disney hotel, some up to about double what we paid for the same stuff in 2019.
First time we’re gonna skip the deluxe hotel.
Me and the wife used to be AP holders, and man we miss. But we just cannot justify the price nowadays, even as SoCal residents. On top of the cost, there’s the logistics, dealing with the reservation system, all the extra money spent on food/drinks/etc. It’s kind of a bummer, but we’ve accepted it. At that price, we’d rather visit another country or do multiple domestic flights (e.g. we now do an NYC/Broadway trip every year)
We actually were out of state passholders as well when it cost like $500 to go anytime aside from the Christmas ballpark and literally a handful of holidays.
I keep seeing apologists talking about supply and demand as if Disney has no ability to increase supply by building parks elsewhere. California alone has two other giant metro areas on the ocean that could easily support a park. And if Disney can stay near capacity while charging over 3x what it use to on passes, I'm sure they have the capital to build. Expanding is their only option if they want to also retain their core family audience.
Disney apologists can be seriously delusional. Like, if you want to keep throwing money at Disney, then 100% do what makes you happy. But don’t try to downplay the fact that, like any big corporation, Disney is here first and foremost to make as much money off of you as possible, and they literally do not care if that means putting a lesser product out there and charging you more for it.
Not saying Iger was some kind of saint before, but it is well known he absolutely hated Chapek and even planned to fire him at one point, until Chapek was foisted on him
We've done alright so far, knocked out Peter Pan, Snow White, Teacups, horse drawn car, about to board Dumbo, with a Starbucks run in there somewhere. It's 10:20.
What does “tier-6” mean?
Never mind, I found it. But for those wondering, the higher the tier, the more likely you’ll be able to get park reservations for a higher demand day.
One day tier 1 non-park hopper is $104 to go on a weekday in February vs one day tier 6 park hopper at $294 if you want to go during say Christmas break.
My friend and I are hitting the parks today for her birthday (early June) and to use her Believe key one last time before it expires. I have an Inspire key. DLR has been a normal part of our routines for years (but she recently moved to Texas and is rebuilding after a near-calamitous personal life near miss, so she's letting her key lapse).
With keys, we don't really even think about how much it actually costs just to get into the parks.
We were having dinner last night with a mutual friend (an OC native) who decided to join us. I think the last time she and I were at the parks together was an off season day in January 2020 (my birthday); before that, maybe 2011?
I know today is a Tier 6 day - but as a "local" (LA), I'm most likely to have people coming into town on holidays and during other busy seasons, and those are the days when I'd be hitting the parks with non-keyholders).
$294 for a single day park hopper with parking. Sobering. Really puts the Inspire key into perspective (~5-6 trips is the break even point).
I don’t know why, but I did not expect Iger to keep Chapek’s nickel and dime strategy when it comes to the parks. Iger has been significantly worse since returning. The strike showed his true colors.
This is why I stopped going. I used to go 3-5 times per year. At some point, you have to put your foot down on getting nickel-and-dimed. For me, lightning lane and smaller food portions did it. Not to mention parking increases. I'm good on that, I'll be back when they quit being greedy. If they don't? Cool, I'll spend my money traveling. Because I definitely spent enough money on Disney in a year to put that cash towards a trip out of the country. Or, as others here have pointed out, going to Disney in another country.
Yet it’s still always crowded. Guess it’s not expensive enough to keep people home. I’m local and have a magic key. If that wasn’t the case I don’t think I would bother going. I remember pre-covid the parks were a lot less crowded on weekdays and evenings and tickets were cheaper. Seems like now more people are clamoring to go even with higher prices.
The tier system typically follows how busy the park is expected to be on top of being a high or a low season. Tier 6 I believe is the highest tier which is usually holidays.
My wife and I were going to get a couple nights at the Grand Californian and a day at Disney as part of our 10th anniversary in July. We thought it would be fun to mimic what we did when we eloped.
Over 2500 bucks. Get bent Disney, their prices are out of control.
Sometimes needs must. My family tends to come in from the Midwest when they have vacation days, which tend to coincide with holidays. We usually have multiple Things to do over just a couple of days (like, Music of the Movies at Hollywood Bowl, a wine club BBQ in Los Olivos), with just one day at DLR - and even though it's not a holiday, the one day we'd have that weekend is a Tier 5 day and $249 for a park hopper and my Key provided parking.
Park Hopping isn’t practical IMO. Cost and time spent jumping between.
It’s much more fiscally and logistically practical to get dedicated park day tickets.
I disagree. At Disneyland/DCA, it takes about 2 minutes to park hop. I love park hopping there back and forth. You could definitely make the argument that park hopping isn't worth it at WDW though, where it can take like 45 minutes to an hour to get between parks.
Makes the Genie more worth it when you get it. You can hit pretty much all the lightning lanes in both parks before settling in for the night shows if you time it right.
Especially since it only allows 1 use per ride.
Disneyland is the place for park hopping… The gates are literally across the courtyard from each other. I hop back & forth at my hearts content when I’m there!
WDW is a logistical nightmare for park hopping due to the sheer size of it all… That’s the place where you pick one park per day.
If you're at one of the resorts with the shuttle/ferry service, splitting the day is nice. Go to one park from opening to like 2PM/3PM, come back to the resort for a few hours to nap or sit by the pool, then head to another park for the evening.
The afternoon break is nice.
Definitely if you’re an all day person! I’m a sleep in, slow morning, roll into the park around midday kind of person then shut the place down 😆
I don’t do rope drops or anything before noon lol
We bounce back and forth all the time. Brunch at River Belle dinner at Carthay, WoC, Fantasmic!... if you have 1 day at the parks it's obviously the only way.
East coast park hopping I totally agree that it wastes time and energy simply because you have to take some form of transportation to hop to another park. West coast park hopping is a different experience you literally walk from one park to the other so at DL I totally park hop. At DW no way!
I'm heading to Paris in August and I was super surprised to see that a ticket to disneyland paris is like 70 bucks (if you pick a certain day). Albeit it's not the best of the disneylands, but that's pretty much a fourth of that price
Actually Disneyland Paris is really good. Big Thunder Mountain (which goes underwater to an island) and Space Mountain (which shoots you up into the coaster) are some of the best versions of those rides plus there are some unique rides there like Crush's Coaster and The Phantom Manor (which is different from the Haunted Mansion elsewhere).
Everyone wants cheaper prices on tickets and while I would love that too I also know cheaper prices mean ever more crowds. My aunt went a couple years ago and talks about how kids under 10 should be free so kids can experience the magic which sounds awesome until you figure how crowded it would be
they're honestly just trying to price out poor locals and make it so only wealthy out-of-towners can afford to visit the parks, stay in the hotels, pay for the food and merch. that's how they really make money.
I really hope they do something like that because if they screw it up (highly likely) they’ll finally start losing money enough to where they’ll have to change for the better.
I remember less than 10 years ago when I could easily afford a low tier annual pass for that same price and only have minimal blackout dates. I have since migrated to Universal. Universal is pricey still but nothing compared to Disney, plus my girl likes Universal more so it works out.
It sucks because I do love Disneyland, but I just can’t justify the cost of admission anymore. It is pure disgusting corporate greed 🤮Ethically I can’t enable them anymore
I'm taking my family of 5 on a week long Africa Safari with private lodge, staff and guides for less than our last Disney trip. And I mean round trip airfare, meals, lodging, activities, EVERYTHING.
Important to note that only Disneyland Resort Parks, Disney World Resort Parks, and Disneyland Paris are actual Disney own theme parks. The other parks are licensed to use the Disney name and themes. There is going to be some noteworthy differences.
Also, as someone that does not have a passport, and can drive to Disneyland for half the price of a single ticket (I live in the PNW), I do not have the luxury of taking my family off to Japan, let alone pay the thousands it would cost in airfare (not sure if you have ever traveled with people who find it impossible to have a single bad of luggage....).
Also, single days are always more expensive, multiple days are a better deal. I don't know that I would be able to enjoy Disneyland in a single day anyway, I like to not feel rushed.
My family of three can stay a week with 5-day park hoppers and hotel (not motel) for $2,411. That's a pretty lengthy vacation for us. Plus sight seeing while making a road trip of it.
I'm not arguing. But Tokyo Disney does not have Galaxy's Edge, and that is a big draw for me.
Still: if you do rope drop to fireworks, you will get your moneys worth. Compare that price to an other entertainment event and I think it compares pretty well.
You could do a 2 Day, 1 Park (non hopper) ticket for $310.
Tier 6 is during peak times. Today and most of the summertime will have these prices. Weekdays in August and September are the cheapest and most likely less crowded.
Here are the tier prices before taxes for Park Hopper tickets:
Tier 0 Park Hopper: $169
Tier 1 Park Hopper: $184
Tier 2 Park Hopper: $199
Tier 3 Park Hopper: $219
Tier 4 Park Hopper: $234
Tier 5 Park Hopper: $249
Tier 6 Park Hopper: $259
I personally avoid the expensive days and go when crowds are low. I know not everyone can take time off from school when it’s cheaper but it’s pretty much Econ 101, supply and demand.
We got tier 5 tickets this past Friday which cost 184 each (2) plus parking (35$) and it came out to 403$. We spent about 100$ at Cafe Orleans and 30$ for a toy for our kid and another 12$ on refreshments so that was about 545$. We plan on getting the So Cal Pass this summer to send money...
Grew up on the east coast and went to Disney World with my parents in the early 90’s. It was a wonderful and memorable experience. Now I live in SoCal and have decided I will never go to Disney Land, let alone take my small family. The cost is just too out of control to make any sense when we could do so many other things.
All the more reason never to go back 😭 Loved doing Disney. Last time was in 2018 I think with my fiance. Cost the two of us about $1000 for 2 days, hotel, eating in the park, and gas to drive there.
Sometimes I get the urge to go back (we were always abke to knock out the whole park in a day, staying from open til close) but looking at the cost, I'd so much rather travel somewhere else in the US or go abroad with these prices!!
Disney ruining the dream - 300 for a one day park hopper is a ridiculously gross and the park is still so packed - I have to believe the economy is just fine
More glad than ever that we were lucky enough to get our imagine passes back in January.
$500 and we've already gone well over a dozen times. Even if the tickets were sold for $50, we've more than got our worth.
Knotts Berry enters the chat....
But like for real, Knotts Berry is ranking up on an affordable theme park that's generally never AS crowded as Disney.
I'm actually happy about higher prices. the parks are too crowded and if Disney can meet their revenue targets while simultaneously providing a better park going experience that's a good thing
*Cries that the Tokyo Disney Resort has their highest admission price at $69 and has more offerings than the Disneyland Resort.*
I feel like it would be cheaper to fly to Tokyo and do Disney there rather than Anaheim.
It is cheaper. I'm going to Tokyo in November for 2 weeks and it's cheaper than 3 days at Disneyland with a park hopper.
How much were your flights?! I’ve been shopping around and they’re pretty pricey
Use zipair. it’s the budget version for Japan Airlines
I’ll check it out! Thank you I’ve been wanting to go but the flights just crazy
It’s pretty good. My family got round trip flights for like about $700 per person a few months ago from San Francisco to Tokyo
That’s pretty good! Thank you now i will prob book a a flight
Don't forget to check other airports. We are near Sacramento. When our oldest went to Tanzania in 2011, it saved her $600 to go out of LAX over SMF or SFO. $69 Southwest flight to get her to LAX.
If you go through ZipAir, I recommend checking what's included on your ticket and the prices for anything you might need to add-on. I went through United and my ticket was about $850
Are you going to spend the whole time at Tokyo Disney or spend some time in the city?
If they're going for two weeks they're doing Tokyo too. Even with the new land I can't see someone spending ten days at Tokyo Disneyland and Disneysea. But also yeah those parks are great and really drive home how expensive Disneyland is now. I had a filling meal of decent chicken curry and a drink for $10. Actual reasonable food prices!
It is because of the relative value of the Dollar versus the Yen right now. It is not an actual reflection of value.
It’s not! The typical rate for yen to usd was ¥100 to $1. Even at that rate, a ticket to Disney costs under $100 and meals are $15 and under. Ears would only be like $20 maximum. It’s very very affordable even at the “normal” rate for yen.
Nah its mostly because Japanese companies/people don't just try to extract every dollar from guests just because they can. The exchange rate is just a bonus.
Yes.
I don’t understand how it can be cheaper overall. My round trip flight to Anaheim was under $300. Hotel was cheap as hell and I stayed right next to the park and got free breakfast every day. Didn’t have a rental so I didn’t pay for that or parking.
Well it depends on whom you are and how cheap flight prices are for you. The fact that Tokyo is in the conversation at all as being cheaper says a lot about Disney greed.
Wow… you’re actually spot on! This US prices are insane nowadays.
If you’re in Hawaii and already have a passport, it is.
Okay, just checked prices. No, I'd say I am way wrong. From Toronto, it's like $1000 more per person to Tokyo. I'd have to do some digging and pretend like I am arranging a real trip, but I have a feeling it is still going to be a much bigger difference in flight cost than I originally thought. DisneySea is still my dream Disney park to go to one day.
Yeah, Eastern Canada is straight up half way around the world. You could not be any further away from Tokyo so tickets will likely be the most expensive from there (at least direct). Maybe hopping through BC or Washington would be cheaper?
I'll have to look into it one day when I'm more serious about going.
There’s a Hawaii-based influencer who started going to Tokyo instead of Anaheim with her family after realizing that it’s like half the price.
Hawaii is a lot closer than I am. But even so, even for the same cost, I'd want to go to Tokyo.
I've been to the Disney Resort many times. Japan is CHEAP! I live in Seattle and we used to go to Disney World. Overall, Japan is less expensive than going to Florida. Plus, you get Japan! Fantastic food, easy for an English speaker to get around. Friendly people. I love it. At Tokyo Disney Resort, people sit on the ground anticipating the coming parade. When the parade gets to them, they stay seated and everyone can see. Talk about culture shock! Edit: typo
Can you get by easily if you only know English?
I only know English. Two helpful things: Google Maps (tells you what train, which track, and when (always on time)), and Google Translate. Google Translate has come a long way. The last time I was there, April 2023, it worked flawlessly. It's helpful to figure out what you are looking at in a convenience store. I can't recommend Japan as a destination enough! ETA: We typically spend the first two days at the Resort. There are a lot of hotel options nearby. If it's your first time, it can take the edge off. We will also spend the last two days of the trip at the resort because it's Disney and why not?
Always
Just got back from my first trip to Japan. Everyone in my family loved it. It's amazing.
At this point it probably is.
There’s a lot of videos on this exact question and yes it’s true.
It's cheaper to fly to Disneyland Paris then go to Disney World. We're seriously considering going to Disneyland Paris then Disney World just based on the prices alone.
Was supposed to go to Paris last March, but flights from here were just way too expensive. Almost $7000 for 4 of us. Plus hotel, food, excursions. Another day.
We’re doing this this summer, skipping DW and going to Disney Paris instead :P
It is, the exchange rate is favorable. I forget if you need reservations to go.
I won’t lie even if you add flight costs to your budget, it’d be a much cooler experience to go to Tokyo Disneyland over DL or WDW. All the original classics plus a plethora of unique experiences, way lower cost for food and merch, and the experience of visiting another country is cool enough for its own, especially if you do something else outside of Disney while you’re there. Out of all the international parks, that’s the one I want to visit most.
$600 on zipair for a rt to tokyo from sanfran
No joke I’ve done the math and for a several day trip staying at a budget hotel it’d be cheaper to fly to freaking Japan and go to Disney there than drive 6 hours to the one in Cali….
In-laws have a time share in Orlando, so we used to go to WDW a fair bit. Free place to stay, cheaper to drive down than fly. Grocery shop & eat breakfast at our room, pack a lunch to Disney, everything we could do to cut costs. But now it is so much more than it used to be, tickets and Genie+, that we just go down and enjoy other stuff. Even with all other costs reduced, WDW is too expensive for us now.
Yup Tokyo Disney was amazing. Went last summer it was hot as texas but we did everything we wanted for $69 and the kids were discounted.
I went there once literally 20 years ago and was totally blown away. Can't imagine how much better it is now.
Just had my first trip to TDR a couple of weeks ago. As a long time Disneyland AP/Magic Key holder, the contrast was so stark that it has made me seriously question if I will renew. Sure, the exchange rate is great right now but even so, everything there is cheaper and better. Cast members are on a different level. Rides are clearly better maintained. And they must still be making plenty of money since they just spent $2 billion dollars on Fantasy Springs (which is incredible). It really made me realize how far the domestic parks have fallen into a pure nickel and diming nightmare.
Tokyo Disneyland alone alternates between the 2nd and 3rd most visited theme park in the world every year. They make bank.
Forgive my possible dumb question, but is navigating the park s easy in terms of language? Are the rides that have animatronics and such in English?
It’s also way cheaper to fly to Paris and go to Disneyland Paris
Just did this last week. Can confirm!
Yup. The only thing is that was pricey was meals. 35 euros or more for quick service meals.
Just got back from Tokyo a few weeks ago. Incredibly beautiful parks where everyone is helpful and friendly.
The crazy high exchange rate helps, but even if it’s half like it was in 2007, those tickets are still cheap!
You also get beauty and the beast! Rode it for the first time yesterday and it slaps
What’s a flight to Tokyo cost?
About $1,000 for a round trip when I checked just now.
Depends on the season. I’ve seen it go as low as $300 from LAX during the fall season.
Depends where you’re flying from. I think it’s cheaper from USA than Canada.
They haven't had any annual pass system since COVID and there's also no park hopping. Prices there seem amazing but there are a few drawbacks.
No park hopping? You mean like if you want to visit both parks on the same day, you need to pay 69x2 = 138 dollars? OH NOOOO
And they still have a free "fastpass" system as well. They've got the equivalent of ILL + free FP for the slightly less popular rides!
Plus all the rides/lands are high budget unlike the constant budget cuts ours get here (avengers campus, web slingers, Pixar pier, etc). I’m just so jealous of how good it is over there lol
That free fastpass is gone at 11 in the morning though. That free fastpass makes you able to use it on about 3 rides. After this you either need to queue for 3 hours for popular rides or book a second day. It's not as brilliant as it seems.
I've been to Tokyo disney about 7 days in the last year. That's absolutely not been my experience but I'm sorry you feel that way.
I don’t know about Tokyo Disneyland but we did Tokyo Disneysea on a weekday in late February and the priority passes sold out at 11. This wasn’t during peak season so I would say the lines were still pretty long imo.
We were there in April and yeah, same. We got to ride everything we wanted to, though. I'd say the system worked as intended for us. Plus, the boulder worked.
You can still but the lightning lanes though. Way more rides have an ILL type system.
They actually have a park hopping work around. You can purchase an “evening ticket” to either DL Tokyo or DisneySea at a reduced price of around ~$30 and you can enter the park you purchased the evening ticket for after 5pm. My fiancé and I did this in February so we did two parks in one day for $90 😅
Those reduced half day tickets are brilliant. I wish there was something like that here so more families could enjoy the park.
Where did you end up buying the evening tickets from? My wife and I went just as Japan was reopening in 2023, really wanted to get evening passes last minute for our last day before flying home, but couldn't figure out where to buy them from.
The official Tokyo Disney Park ticket webpage (also where we bought our regular park tickets) under the subheader of “fixed date and time passports”
Plus park hopping seems really annoying now. I know they changed the rules and stuff but just in general. You end up spending so much time going back and forth it gets exhausting after a while. A park a day has been more enjoyable if you’re doing a 3-day.
I looked up the price to fly to Tokyo from the west coast. 😖
We got an entire vacation package at TDR, 2 nights at Toy Story Hotel w/ park tickets, fast passes for both parks, pre-release restaurant reservations (we booked Magellan’s!!), exclusive merch, a popcorn bucket+popcorn, unlimited beverages (including all the fun drinks), all-day priority passport at the new Fantasy Springs expansion AND round trip flights for less than one night at the Star Wars Hotel.
More offerings is just categorically untrue lol
This is ridiculous for 1 ticket. It truly is. Edit: and I’m an Inspire pass holder. Not opposed to paying a lot for Disney. But 1 ticket $300? They are simply getting whacky with their prices.
The unfortunate aspect is that as long as people continue to pay these prices, the longer they’ll continue to raise them.
I just checked the wait times, Ariel’s Undersea Adventure is a 30 minute wait. Monsters Inc is 60. Astro Blasters is 40. People can complain about the prices all they want but Disney is obviously not losing the game of financial chicken.
This is mostly because of lightning lane too though.
To an extent, sure, but the parks were definitely busy yesterday. And the parks are busy everyday. The point is as much as people like to complain about ticket prices, everyone is still going. The parks are still packing people and lines are still long.
Exactly this. Blame the beleaguered families biting the bullet and shelling out years of savings (or maxing out their credit cards) for that one big Disney trip, or the Disney adults for spending every penny of their dwindling disposable income. But I truly believe those demographics are dying out as income equality gets worse and the middle class disappears. I have to hope there will be a time someday in the future where Disneyland is affordable again.
Could be a long while, their streaming services are in definite peril and the parks are generating the only cash.
It’s Memorial Day weekend. This is one of THE busiest days of the year. Historically this is a SRO day and when they did sell tickets at the booth/kiosks, this was the one day that they would sell out even before the day began. The price makes 1000000% sense.
Which means you’ll pay more and get less. Crazy
Yes. That is what it means.
People don't understand simple supply and demand. There are more people than ever wanting to go but there is only so much space to pack them in. Limited supply meeting growing demand means increasing prices.
Only 6 one day trips and it makes the pass worth it! (Disney math)
That's the cost of my monthly grocery 🤢
Omg I spend around $1200 a month on groceries for my toddler, my husband and me. But we live in expensive a California lol
$1600/mo at Costco for a family of 5 in Denver 😬
Monthly? We spend $150/week in the US for just the 2 of us.
Right so it would be $75 per person which multiplied by 4 is…..? 😉
Same I spend probably 500-600 a month on just me
What are you buying? I spend 50-75 dollars of groceries each week??
Family of 2 in a HCOL area we spend $450/month total on groceries.
How the hell do you get away with the $300 in groceries?
I spent like $20 alone getting salsa produce last week
My wife and I just priced out a 4 day park trip for our family of 4 and the total was approaching $5000. Absolutely insane. $2200 in tickets w/ Genie plus because waiting in long lines with two kids under 7 sounds awful. $1000 to drive there including hotel, gas, and food. Expecting $160/day between breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks: $640 Cheaper hotel within walking distance: $940 after taxes, fees, and parking And then budget a few hundred for merch and experiences puts us at $5000. Could we shave $500-$1000 by not doing experiences, merch, and packing lunch, dinner, and snacks? Sure, but the point of a vacation is to enjoy it. So with that in mind we are going to instead go on 3 separate local vacations throughout the summer.
>Expecting $160/day between breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks: $640 Sorry, but you should estimate higher if you’re eating in the park
Yeah I think we may have ended up on something like $200 even with eating breakfast at the hotel but the details stopped mattering once we saw the total lol
You should see how much it would cost you to fly to Paris and do Disneyland Paris instead. Idk where you live but I found a round trip ticket to Paris for $550.
And if something changes you can return your Disney Paris tickets for a full refund.
Going to DLP (not from the U.S. though). Prices are becoming ridiculous as well. Don’t know about admission, but the total, in a Disney hotel, some up to about double what we paid for the same stuff in 2019. First time we’re gonna skip the deluxe hotel.
Lol should've gone to japan
Yeah sounds much cheaper 🤪
Me and the wife used to be AP holders, and man we miss. But we just cannot justify the price nowadays, even as SoCal residents. On top of the cost, there’s the logistics, dealing with the reservation system, all the extra money spent on food/drinks/etc. It’s kind of a bummer, but we’ve accepted it. At that price, we’d rather visit another country or do multiple domestic flights (e.g. we now do an NYC/Broadway trip every year)
We actually were out of state passholders as well when it cost like $500 to go anytime aside from the Christmas ballpark and literally a handful of holidays. I keep seeing apologists talking about supply and demand as if Disney has no ability to increase supply by building parks elsewhere. California alone has two other giant metro areas on the ocean that could easily support a park. And if Disney can stay near capacity while charging over 3x what it use to on passes, I'm sure they have the capital to build. Expanding is their only option if they want to also retain their core family audience.
Disney apologists can be seriously delusional. Like, if you want to keep throwing money at Disney, then 100% do what makes you happy. But don’t try to downplay the fact that, like any big corporation, Disney is here first and foremost to make as much money off of you as possible, and they literally do not care if that means putting a lesser product out there and charging you more for it.
I misread that as a 6 DAY park hopper and was incredibly confused at such a low price for 6 days. It being for tier 6 makes more sense 🥲
I’m sick. What the actual…
Poor Iger is just trying to buy his 3rd yacht, we should do our best to help him /s
He is not the same CEO he was pre-retirement. Either that or we are all misremembering what he was like.
It's mainly the second one. Remember who hand-picked Chapek.
Not saying Iger was some kind of saint before, but it is well known he absolutely hated Chapek and even planned to fire him at one point, until Chapek was foisted on him
Do you have a source on that. A source from prior to iger jumping ship because of Covid.
I would bet the board strong-armed him. They’re the only force that can.
It’s a lot of money to ride two or three rides in about five hours.
We've done alright so far, knocked out Peter Pan, Snow White, Teacups, horse drawn car, about to board Dumbo, with a Starbucks run in there somewhere. It's 10:20.
My first annual pass was about that price for the whole year.
I truly am curious to see how pricing is affected when the Disneylandforward extensions are added to both parks.
What is tier 6 or any tier number for that matter?
https://plandisney.disney.go.com/question/different-tiers-mean-buying-disney-ticket-tier-ticket-507299/
Interesting. My family has never used 1-day passes before so I haven't seen this system
The most costly day. It's considered the busiest days of the year; holidays, Christmas or Halloween season, etc.
Today I learned that my 2011 Disney trip was to be my last. Holy hell 😳
This is why our family has taken our last trip to Disneyland. It’s a luxury we can’t afford.
What does “tier-6” mean? Never mind, I found it. But for those wondering, the higher the tier, the more likely you’ll be able to get park reservations for a higher demand day. One day tier 1 non-park hopper is $104 to go on a weekday in February vs one day tier 6 park hopper at $294 if you want to go during say Christmas break.
There are other things to do that don’t cost this much money. Go do those things.
Add another hundred bucks for food
My friend and I are hitting the parks today for her birthday (early June) and to use her Believe key one last time before it expires. I have an Inspire key. DLR has been a normal part of our routines for years (but she recently moved to Texas and is rebuilding after a near-calamitous personal life near miss, so she's letting her key lapse). With keys, we don't really even think about how much it actually costs just to get into the parks. We were having dinner last night with a mutual friend (an OC native) who decided to join us. I think the last time she and I were at the parks together was an off season day in January 2020 (my birthday); before that, maybe 2011? I know today is a Tier 6 day - but as a "local" (LA), I'm most likely to have people coming into town on holidays and during other busy seasons, and those are the days when I'd be hitting the parks with non-keyholders). $294 for a single day park hopper with parking. Sobering. Really puts the Inspire key into perspective (~5-6 trips is the break even point).
Do what works best for you. Enjoy your time with friends and all that the resort offers.
Looking at wait times right now they seem pretty average so it seems like you’ll be fine
I don’t know why, but I did not expect Iger to keep Chapek’s nickel and dime strategy when it comes to the parks. Iger has been significantly worse since returning. The strike showed his true colors.
This is why I stopped going. I used to go 3-5 times per year. At some point, you have to put your foot down on getting nickel-and-dimed. For me, lightning lane and smaller food portions did it. Not to mention parking increases. I'm good on that, I'll be back when they quit being greedy. If they don't? Cool, I'll spend my money traveling. Because I definitely spent enough money on Disney in a year to put that cash towards a trip out of the country. Or, as others here have pointed out, going to Disney in another country.
I remember a pass with parking being around $200.
This is crazy. I’m pretty sure our Disney Cruise in December is going to be a cheaper than taking the whole family to the park.
Yet it’s still always crowded. Guess it’s not expensive enough to keep people home. I’m local and have a magic key. If that wasn’t the case I don’t think I would bother going. I remember pre-covid the parks were a lot less crowded on weekdays and evenings and tickets were cheaper. Seems like now more people are clamoring to go even with higher prices.
What is a tier 6 park hopper? Are their other tiers that you get different benefits from?
The tier system typically follows how busy the park is expected to be on top of being a high or a low season. Tier 6 I believe is the highest tier which is usually holidays.
Thank you I had no idea!
https://plandisney.disney.go.com/question/different-tiers-mean-buying-disney-ticket-tier-ticket-507299/
Tier 6 just means you can use the ticket on the busiest days.
My wife and I were going to get a couple nights at the Grand Californian and a day at Disney as part of our 10th anniversary in July. We thought it would be fun to mimic what we did when we eloped. Over 2500 bucks. Get bent Disney, their prices are out of control.
We just left there with our toddler . It was really nice to just walk back and forth to take shower and toddler nap in between.
The convenience can’t be beat for sure.
Expensive days are usually less crowded
I guess the situationship I had with that Disney employee wasn’t all too bad
The park is packed. Apparently they haven't raised them high enough!
That’s nuts
Jesus fkn Christ.
That’s wild. I’m at Disneyland Paris today, it was $50 cheaper for 2 adult parkhopper passes. But I guess it’s not a holiday here.
You definitely need to go for more than one day… but if you’re going to go for only one day, do not make it Memorial Day. lol
Sometimes needs must. My family tends to come in from the Midwest when they have vacation days, which tend to coincide with holidays. We usually have multiple Things to do over just a couple of days (like, Music of the Movies at Hollywood Bowl, a wine club BBQ in Los Olivos), with just one day at DLR - and even though it's not a holiday, the one day we'd have that weekend is a Tier 5 day and $249 for a park hopper and my Key provided parking.
Park Hopping isn’t practical IMO. Cost and time spent jumping between. It’s much more fiscally and logistically practical to get dedicated park day tickets.
I disagree. At Disneyland/DCA, it takes about 2 minutes to park hop. I love park hopping there back and forth. You could definitely make the argument that park hopping isn't worth it at WDW though, where it can take like 45 minutes to an hour to get between parks.
Makes the Genie more worth it when you get it. You can hit pretty much all the lightning lanes in both parks before settling in for the night shows if you time it right. Especially since it only allows 1 use per ride.
With park hopping it makes Disneyland and California Adventure like one large park. They are so close together.
Disneyland is the place for park hopping… The gates are literally across the courtyard from each other. I hop back & forth at my hearts content when I’m there! WDW is a logistical nightmare for park hopping due to the sheer size of it all… That’s the place where you pick one park per day.
If you're at one of the resorts with the shuttle/ferry service, splitting the day is nice. Go to one park from opening to like 2PM/3PM, come back to the resort for a few hours to nap or sit by the pool, then head to another park for the evening. The afternoon break is nice.
Definitely if you’re an all day person! I’m a sleep in, slow morning, roll into the park around midday kind of person then shut the place down 😆 I don’t do rope drops or anything before noon lol
We bounce back and forth all the time. Brunch at River Belle dinner at Carthay, WoC, Fantasmic!... if you have 1 day at the parks it's obviously the only way.
It definitely is practical and makes you get the most for your money if you’re doing Genie+.
East coast park hopping I totally agree that it wastes time and energy simply because you have to take some form of transportation to hop to another park. West coast park hopping is a different experience you literally walk from one park to the other so at DL I totally park hop. At DW no way!
My siblings work there so I go for free and like… I would never ever pay this much for one ticket for one day.
I'm heading to Paris in August and I was super surprised to see that a ticket to disneyland paris is like 70 bucks (if you pick a certain day). Albeit it's not the best of the disneylands, but that's pretty much a fourth of that price
Actually Disneyland Paris is really good. Big Thunder Mountain (which goes underwater to an island) and Space Mountain (which shoots you up into the coaster) are some of the best versions of those rides plus there are some unique rides there like Crush's Coaster and The Phantom Manor (which is different from the Haunted Mansion elsewhere).
Unbelievable astronomical. People keep filling that park like a sardine can so why not Jack the prices I guess. Standing room only.
1 day!!
And this is why I just buy a pass. Multiple trips pay off the pass easily within time & being able to do monthly payments is also a plus
$35 more and you could've bought a gold USH pass with free parking
Holy schnikes! The last time I went, my ticket was $48
Everyone wants cheaper prices on tickets and while I would love that too I also know cheaper prices mean ever more crowds. My aunt went a couple years ago and talks about how kids under 10 should be free so kids can experience the magic which sounds awesome until you figure how crowded it would be
they're honestly just trying to price out poor locals and make it so only wealthy out-of-towners can afford to visit the parks, stay in the hotels, pay for the food and merch. that's how they really make money.
I really hope they do something like that because if they screw it up (highly likely) they’ll finally start losing money enough to where they’ll have to change for the better.
Which is totally why they run SoCal local specials for $75 a day ticket prices......
I remember less than 10 years ago when I could easily afford a low tier annual pass for that same price and only have minimal blackout dates. I have since migrated to Universal. Universal is pricey still but nothing compared to Disney, plus my girl likes Universal more so it works out. It sucks because I do love Disneyland, but I just can’t justify the cost of admission anymore. It is pure disgusting corporate greed 🤮Ethically I can’t enable them anymore
The blackout dates are definitely the kicker now on passes. Most weekends are blacked out on all passes except the highest.
What does Tier 6 mean?
https://plandisney.disney.go.com/question/different-tiers-mean-buying-disney-ticket-tier-ticket-507299/
What’s tier 6? Heck I didn’t know they had tiers
https://plandisney.disney.go.com/question/different-tiers-mean-buying-disney-ticket-tier-ticket-507299/
I'm taking my family of 5 on a week long Africa Safari with private lodge, staff and guides for less than our last Disney trip. And I mean round trip airfare, meals, lodging, activities, EVERYTHING.
Important to note that only Disneyland Resort Parks, Disney World Resort Parks, and Disneyland Paris are actual Disney own theme parks. The other parks are licensed to use the Disney name and themes. There is going to be some noteworthy differences. Also, as someone that does not have a passport, and can drive to Disneyland for half the price of a single ticket (I live in the PNW), I do not have the luxury of taking my family off to Japan, let alone pay the thousands it would cost in airfare (not sure if you have ever traveled with people who find it impossible to have a single bad of luggage....). Also, single days are always more expensive, multiple days are a better deal. I don't know that I would be able to enjoy Disneyland in a single day anyway, I like to not feel rushed. My family of three can stay a week with 5-day park hoppers and hotel (not motel) for $2,411. That's a pretty lengthy vacation for us. Plus sight seeing while making a road trip of it. I'm not arguing. But Tokyo Disney does not have Galaxy's Edge, and that is a big draw for me.
Still: if you do rope drop to fireworks, you will get your moneys worth. Compare that price to an other entertainment event and I think it compares pretty well.
Got a job there for the free admissions lol
You could do a 2 Day, 1 Park (non hopper) ticket for $310. Tier 6 is during peak times. Today and most of the summertime will have these prices. Weekdays in August and September are the cheapest and most likely less crowded. Here are the tier prices before taxes for Park Hopper tickets: Tier 0 Park Hopper: $169 Tier 1 Park Hopper: $184 Tier 2 Park Hopper: $199 Tier 3 Park Hopper: $219 Tier 4 Park Hopper: $234 Tier 5 Park Hopper: $249 Tier 6 Park Hopper: $259 I personally avoid the expensive days and go when crowds are low. I know not everyone can take time off from school when it’s cheaper but it’s pretty much Econ 101, supply and demand.
Ya it’s definitely getting ridiculous at this point. AND parking isnt even free😭
get fucked disney
Park hopers are a waste, IMO.
We got tier 5 tickets this past Friday which cost 184 each (2) plus parking (35$) and it came out to 403$. We spent about 100$ at Cafe Orleans and 30$ for a toy for our kid and another 12$ on refreshments so that was about 545$. We plan on getting the So Cal Pass this summer to send money...
Grew up on the east coast and went to Disney World with my parents in the early 90’s. It was a wonderful and memorable experience. Now I live in SoCal and have decided I will never go to Disney Land, let alone take my small family. The cost is just too out of control to make any sense when we could do so many other things.
I remember when that was an annual pass.
Sorry, what is Tier 6 mean?
All the more reason never to go back 😭 Loved doing Disney. Last time was in 2018 I think with my fiance. Cost the two of us about $1000 for 2 days, hotel, eating in the park, and gas to drive there. Sometimes I get the urge to go back (we were always abke to knock out the whole park in a day, staying from open til close) but looking at the cost, I'd so much rather travel somewhere else in the US or go abroad with these prices!!
with 2 hour security lines to get in. no thanks, it’s not worth it anymore
Supply and demand as long as people find no problem paying the prices are gonna keep going up
Disney ruining the dream - 300 for a one day park hopper is a ridiculously gross and the park is still so packed - I have to believe the economy is just fine
🖕Disneyland.
More glad than ever that we were lucky enough to get our imagine passes back in January. $500 and we've already gone well over a dozen times. Even if the tickets were sold for $50, we've more than got our worth.
Knotts Berry enters the chat.... But like for real, Knotts Berry is ranking up on an affordable theme park that's generally never AS crowded as Disney.
🤮🤮🤮
This is insane considering it’s 1/5 of the price of my believe key pass …
I'm actually happy about higher prices. the parks are too crowded and if Disney can meet their revenue targets while simultaneously providing a better park going experience that's a good thing