2024 Disney Park Tickets Tips & Tricks
Our 2024 ticket buying guide covers how to save money on park admission at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and other theme parks. This covers info & tips on the best deals & time-saving add-ons for Florida, California, Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong–every park in the world! (Updated January 17, 2024.)
The first thing you need to know is that Disney typically raises ticket prices each year in February. This usually impacts a variety of park ticket durations, with off-season ticket prices usually not increasing much (or at all) to keep base prices the same (and thus conceal the increase). For example, the lowest price dates at Animal Kingdom have not increased at all since 2018–but all other parks at Walt Disney World have increased significantly, especially during peak season.
Multi-day prices and popular dates (e.g. Spring Break, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s) typically increase by much larger amounts. Unfortunately, with the date-based system, it’s easier to obfuscate the increases. The good news here is that the 2024 ticket price increase has not occurred at Walt Disney World or Disneyland. At least, not yet.
The bad news is that ticket prices at Walt Disney World did not increase at all last year, meaning that it’s highly likely–almost a sure thing–that there will be significant increases in February 2024. Accordingly, we’d recommend buying now from Get Away Today to lock-in current savings, beating the next price increase and get the lowest rates.If you’re looking for the short and sweet version of that post, that’s it–buy now from an authorized discount ticket seller to save up to $75 per ticket!
Disneyland is a slightly different story, as ticket prices increased there in October of last year. Sometimes, tickets increase in both October and February, and that may be the case this year as the California parks have continued to experience pent-up demand. However, with nothing new on the horizon in 2024 and signs of ‘revenge travel’ exhausting itself, our expectation is that Disneyland probably won’t raise rates in February 2024. We’d put the chances of it at under 50/50, whereas Walt Disney World is above 90%.
In this post, we cover other ways to score legitimate discounts on Disney Parks tickets. We cannot stress the “legitimate” part of the above enough. There’s a plague of fake and unauthorized tickets being sold for the parks. Roadside stands, eBay, Craigslist, shady websites, etc–there are many Disney ticket scams to which budget-conscious guests fall prey. Worse yet, if you innocently purchase invalid tickets from a scam, you’re going to pay twice, because Disney isn’t going to accept the fake tickets.
Suffice to say, if a ticket deal seems too good to be true, it probably is. While it is possible to save money on Disney tickets, most savings are of around $5 to $50 per ticket, with the biggest savings being on multi-day tickets for 5 days or more. (Sometimes, 10-day tickets are discounted by $80 or more.) However, you will never find legitimate, half-price tickets.
Tickets are often one of–if not the–most expensive aspects of any Disney vacation, so we understand the desire to save as much money as possible. However, you have to be smart about it. Spending money on a shady but “great deal” that turns out to be a scam will cost you more in the long run. Our Disney ticket tips & tricks cover only the best, legitimate ways to save money on Disney tickets, and authorized sellers from which to buy those tickets.
With that out of the way, let’s start by discussing the options for discount Walt Disney World tickets…
Walt Disney World
Walt Disney World has myriad ticket choices that enable you to buy exactly what you need and nothing more or less. It’s a complicated, date-based system that can be difficult for a first-time Walt Disney World guest. Disney representatives often only make matters worse, as they upsell or subtly “encourage” guests into buying the more expensive tickets.
To underscore just how much you can save by knowing which type of tickets to buy and from which authorized discount ticket brokers to buy them, Get Away Today currently has select multi-day Walt Disney World park tickets discounted by up to $75 off! This will save you a lot of money over buying park tickets directly from Disney. Use code DTB23 at checkout for even bigger savings.
Another excellent ticket seller we recommend is Undercover Tourist. These two typically compete with each other on prices, and are usually within a few dollars of one another. Which is better often depends upon the ticket type and when you’re searching. Both sellers offer huge savings on 10-day tickets with all the add-ons, but that’s an extreme example–more common savings are around $35 to $40 for multi-day base tickets.
You can order tickets for use now through December 31, 2024, and you will receive confirmation codes via email for My Disney Experience. In our Tips for Saving Money on Walt Disney World Tickets post, we discuss which add-ons you should and should not get, how many days you might want tickets, and also compare prices among the four reputable Orlando discount ticket brokers.
Simply knowing about the different options so you don’t purchase unnecessary add-ons and buying from the discount sellers with the best price on particular tickets can save you a lot of money, and significantly cut down on the cost of your park tickets. It’s pretty easy to do, especially since many guests (especially those families with small children) don’t truly need Park Hopper or other add-ons.
Disneyland
Disneyland Resort park tickets are slightly more straightforward. Since there aren’t water parks and only two parks–Disney California Adventure and Disneyland–it’s a pretty simple process. It’s basically a question of whether or not to get the Park Hopper option, and how many days to stay in the first place. (There are also various ticket tiers with different pricing, which effectively means you’ll select dates for visiting when buying the tickets.)
AAA, Safeway, Costco, and a handful of other SoCal retailers have small discounts of a couple dollars per ticket in store from time to time, but those savings are usually smaller. Additionally, there is a Southern California resident special on tickets from now through June 2, 2024. If you’re not a Southern California local (with ID to prove it), your best option is purchasing online via authorized discounted sellers.
The best deals for buying Disneyland tickets safely and securely via Get Away Today, which is an authorized seller of Disneyland tickets with the best prices and customer service that we’ve found. They have tickets that are valid for admission from now until December 31, 2025.
One thing to note here is that Disneyland tickets are available through the end of 2025, not just 2024. Although we’re uncertain that a price increase will happen this February, we’re pretty confident one will happen in February or October 2024, and there’s a 99.99% or higher chance that Disneyland will raise prices before December 31, 2025. Buying now locks in current prices, and could mean avoiding between one and three price increases! If you already know how many days worth of tickets you need and are looking for the best price, that’s all you need to know.
If you need more assistance with determining how many days to buy tickets, if you should get the Park Hopper option, and whether a Magic Key might actually make sense, check out our Tips for Saving Money on Disneyland Tickets post.
Tokyo Disney Resort
Your options are pretty limited when it comes to tickets for Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea, but the good news is that park tickets there are significantly cheaper than for the US Disney Parks. The Japanese parks most definitely are locals’ parks, so the pricing strategy there is to charge a premium for Annual Passes and less for one to four day tickets.
Not only are the single and multi-day ticket prices lower, but for Americans, the dollar-to-yen exchange rate is excellent right now, making park tickets for us a relative steal. Of course, you still have to pay for airfare to get there in the first place. Read our Money-Saving Tips for Tokyo Disneyland Park Tickets post for our full recommendations on buying the best tickets–and at the best prices–for Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea!
Although not at a discount, you can purchase Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea park tickets in advance from Klook. This is what we strongly recommend doing because the official TDR website has issues with foreign credit cards. (Some work, most don’t. If you run into a problem, it’s them–not you!)
Unfortunately, these are the exact same price as buying directly from Tokyo Disney Resort. However, the big difference–and huge advantage–is that you can actually buy them with a U.S. credit card and purchase them before you arrive. While buying tickets upon arrival is an option (physical credit cards do work once you’re on the ground in Japan), that’s only if tickets don’t totally sell out. Not worth the gamble when flying halfway around the world, in our estimation.
Hong Kong Disneyland
Hong Kong Disneyland has by far the easiest ticket system. There are 1-day and 2-day park tickets (no Park Hopper since there’s only one park), and three tiers of Annual Passes: Silver (valid for 250 days per year), Gold (valid for 340 days per year), and Platinum (valid for 365 days per year). Each of these passes also offers discounts on food, merchandise, and hotels. The break even point on the Silver is 3 days, with the other passes having varying break even points of ~6-10 days based upon whether you’d buy 1 or 2 day tickets.
About the only way to save on single day Hong Kong Disneyland tickets of which I’m aware is to buy from Klook, which will save you about $8 per ticket, and will allow you to instantly print your ticket. You can also use the coupon to purchase a discounted meal voucher for Hong Kong Disneyland.
Disneyland Paris
It used to be the case that Disneyland Paris Annual Passes were a bargain, and we recommended those over regular tickets to anyone spending at least 3 days in the park. Despite living in the United States, we were Disneyland Paris APs for several years. That has changed in the last couple of years due to massive price increases.
Disneyland Paris has also adopted surge pricing on regular tickets, meaning that single day ticket prices vary based upon anticipated attendance. This makes things a bit more complex, since there are three tiers of normal single day tickets now: Mini, Magic, and Super Magic.
Note that only the single day tickets are subject to the tiered pricing. If you purchase a multi-day ticket, the tiers are irrelevant. However, even if you are going for multiple days, you should look at the tiered pricing calendar, as 2 Mini tickets (if you’re going during a slow season) is actually a cheaper option than one 2-day ticket. Zut alores, très compliqué!
For multi-day tickets, there are also some money-saving options available, particularly for Europeans. Americans might have a more difficult time scoring deals, but we cover all the ways to save in our Disneyland Paris Park Ticket Tips & Info post.
Shanghai Disneyland
The good news is that park tickets for Shanghai Disneyland are inexpensive as compared to the US parks, especially during their low seasons (they also have surge pricing); the bad news is that prices have already increased and upcharges have been introduced since Shanghai Disneyland opened two years ago.
Fortunately, there are now discounted 1-2 day tickets available via Klook. Depending upon the ticket season, you’re looking at a savings of around $5-10 per ticket. Not huge savings, but considering that tickets are in the $65-75 range, that’s not bad–and it all adds up.
Regardless of how you purchase your Shanghai Disneyland park tickets, we recommend getting digital tickets. Once you have them, take a screenshot of the ticket (for safety in case the internet is down) as well. Make sure to bring your passport in case the Cast Member requests to check your ID (you should always have your passport on your person when traveling internationally).
Shanghai Disneyland also offers “Disney Premier Access” which is a paid, digital FastPass service for its most popular attractions. If you only have 1-day in Shanghai Disneyland and don’t arrive at rope drop, this can be a good, time-saving purchase. If you do rope drop, stay late, or have multiple days in the park, we view this as unnecessary.
Planning a visit to one of the Disney theme parks? Check out our Disney Parks Trip Planning Guides for everything you need to start planning a trip to Walt Disney World, Disneyland Resort, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disney Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, and Aulani in Hawaii.
Your Thoughts
As for tickets, what are your preferred type of tickets to get? Do you purchase optional add-ons, like Park Hopper or MaxPass? Do you have an Annual Pass? Any tips or tricks of your own to add? Any questions? Hearing feedback about your experiences is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
Hello!
I am going to DisneyWorld very soon and i’m considering buying on Orlando Fun Tickets as they are cheaper there, do you know if it’s an official discount broker?
Other question is that someone i know told me it’s cheaper to buy in Orlando, that they are good deals with venders in the biggest avenue of the city is that true?
Thank you for all the infos 🙂
Hello!
I am going to DisneyWorld very soon and i’m considering buying on Orlando Fun Tickets as they are cheaper there, do you know if it’s an official discount broker?
Other question is that someone i know told me it’s cheaper to buy in Orlando, that they are good deals with venders in the biggest avenue of the city is that true?
Thank you for all the infos 🙂
Hi there, I have a ticket question that I cannot get an answer to that I don’t find very frustrating.
My wife and I had season passes for years and when our children turned 3 we bought them season passes as per Disney policy. The result is that the kids passes and ours expire at different times.
This leaves us where unless we renew our passes forever, we will have children with passes and parents without passes for nearly half a year. (In other words totally wasted passes.)
Disney flat out doesn’t care and refuses any accommodation to align passes, either as a courtesy or for a price. (We would happily pay extra to align them.)
Has anyone else experienced this and had any different solution or success? Thanks!
Ian
I call WDW because I was a little confused on ticket pricing and trying to plan a future trip. If you go to purchase tickets on WDW website you will notice that the calendar pricing stops at 12/31/19. The customer reps I spoke with said that tickets will not available for purchase beyond that date until the pricing guide is released. When exactly that will be released sounds like a guess. I got two different answers, The 3rd quarter and Sept/Oct time frame. I wanted to know if anyone had any other information concerning 2020 ticket prices???
We would like to take our granddaughter to Disneyworld in2020 around March. Is there a free video that we could watch that would help us plan our trip? Are there any discounts for around that time?
Hello Tom & Sarah!
My family and I love Disney and we usually go once a year. We live very far away otherwise we would be there more. We’ve contemplated moving there but I’m not sure how Cinderella would feel about having roommates.
So we’re planning another trip for May but in 2020. We’ve never planned a trip so far out before and this year has A LOT going on. (Our oldest turns 18 & graduates, we both turn 40, it’s our 10 year wedding anniversary, we’re moving this summer, etc.) So this year doesn’t really seem like a great fit. How far in advance can we purchase tickets and when would you recommend doing so? We haven’t even booked our accommodations as of yet. We have an ongoing search for a few Disney properties. Thank You so much and stay Magical! (Adore you blog and photographs btw! You have saved us so much time, hassle, and money over the years!)
I am eligible to purchase tickets from Tickets at Work. They are currently less expensive than buying through Disney or some of the sights you have listed. I know I will still be eligible for fast passes, however, if I am staying on property will I still be eligible for the 60 day advance reservations? Thanks!
One of the biggest draws for me to go to Disneyland is the night time shows. Right now the only show at night that isn’t rumored to be closed for the foreseeable future is the fireworks which is only shown on the weekends. Couple that with the increased crowds because of cheap tickets = not much of an incentive to go before the 23rd. What I see is that they are going to give guests much less before the 23rd and there are going to be high crowds. I regret buying that promo ticket now – hope I can apply the value in the future. I’d rather fight crowds and have the option of the night time shows that just rides (not a fan of daytime shows/parades) and fighting crowds at a lower price.
Here is a question. When is the next Rate increase??
Does that come around February?? I am wondering how hard Disney will hit tickets with Star Wars on the Horizon.
I am still not going till everything slows down! I have been going all my life but with the crazy amount of guests I can’t justify it currently for the price!!! I went to eat at the Contemporary over thanksgiving week while in Orlando and good grief the lines and people going into Magic Kingdom. I have been many times during the holidays but it seemed to be more people than the normal holiday rush to me.
Hi everyone,
Does anyone know of a place where I can buy tickets just for 1 day to Magic Kingdom at a discounted price? (legitimate tickets) we are planning to go on 03 JAN 2019.
I grew up going to Disneyland living in Southern Ca. I feel like it has now become an”Elitist” establishment. I work hard being a Father to two amazing kids who want to go so badly. I can no longer afford to buy tickets pay for parking, and food in the park that will total $800.00 for one day for my Family of 4 on average. It is sad what Disney is doing what it has become, and what it continues to do. There is no reason I can see that a multi billion dollar company has to charge such prices. I hope soon people will boycott all the parks movies, and merchendise so they will come back to reality.
the problem is the people. Disney keeps raising prices and people still go, if anything it’s getting worse, crowds are worse than ever even with high prices.
Hi! Need your help on validating if these tickets are real, thanks.
My sister has purchased our tickets through Parksaver multiple times. We even were able to link our My Disney Experience app and fast passes. We bought the specific tickets that state “link with my disney experience”
We have never had an issue!
My 10 year old son and I have been traveling around and going to all the Disney resorts. This year is Paris Disney. We have time to do 1 park and 1 day. My 10 year old is a thrill junky and needs roller coasters. He liked California Adventure and Knotts Berry farm better than Disney Land. With that said, Should my day pass be for Disneyland Paris or World Studios. Ive read reviews that studios only needs 6 hours but if there is more thrill rides, my kid would ride them MANY times. Which is better for a thrill??? He thought Disneyland and World was for small kids.
If I remember correctly, Tokyo Disneyland tickets must be used in successive days – meaning that if you start day 1 on Monday, day 2 must be Tuesday, day 3 is Wednesday and so on. I don’t think you can break that up.
Well, if you are planning on spending 8-10+ days in the U.S. Disney Parks, I would suggest just getting the Disney Premier Passport. This might seem excessive, but I have found that it pays for itself, especially if you consider that it includes MaxPass (which costs $75 to add on to a Disneyland annual passport. If you are a hardcore Disney fan who visits both coasts often, the Premier Passport can be a more economical choice than it might seem at first (it also includes all of the dining and shopping discounts found in the highest levels of DLR and WDW annual passes).
I will be going to Disneyland in Dec. 20118. When do they come out with discounts on the resort hotels for Christmas holidays?
I stayed at Grand 2 years ago and got 20% off. So expensive 20% really helps!
Hi,
we have about 4 days in Orlando and we will travel with 2 kids, age 2 and 5.
Any recommendations for parks, packages, showed?
I have a look and the water parks are good.
Thanks
Tanya
Is parksaver.com still a reliable source for purchasing tickets in 2018 for Disneyland? The website says it’s a Disney authorized seller. Is this also true? Does Disney have a list to verify that Parksaver is an authorized seller of Disney tickets?
My sister has purchased our tickets through Parksaver multiple times. We even were able to link our My Disney Experience app and fast passes. We bought the specific tickets that state “link with my disney experience”
We have never had an issue!
Hi Tom and Sarah. I’m going to WDW in sept and plan to upgrade my ticket to an AP at that time for another trip to at least include November. Are AP expected to increase in price in July as well because that could chance my plans as far as savings potential to upgrade? I’m planning on a Disney Bucket List year before the Star Wars fans take over.
Thanks for all your great info
It could go either way. Right now, I would not expect any price increases other than multi-day tickets, but it never surprises me when Disney raises prices anymore.