Disney World Ticket Prices Are on the Rise

Your visit with Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse is going to cost you more starting Dec. 8.

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Sunset over the Magic Kingdom Park of Disney World in Florida — Disney World's ticketing prices are going up.
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Walt Disney World prices are going up. Disney is raising the prices of base tickets for their four parks and most annual passes on Dec. 8, Disney Parks said this week.

Disney World's theme parks, which include Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot and Animal Kingdom, will implement park-specific pricing on one-day tickets. On busy days, that Magic Kingdom ticket specifically will cost park-goers a prettier penny.

Animal Kingdom will be the only park to keep its existing one-day one-park ticket price range ($109-$159). The other three will cost as follows:

Epcot: $114-$179
Hollywood Studios: $124-$179
Magic Kingdom: $124-$189

The $189 ticket will apply only to nine days around Christmas and New Year's.

"We continue to focus on providing guests with the best, most memorable Disney experience, and we're doing that by growing our theme parks with incredible new attractions and offerings," a Disney spokesperson told CNET in an emailed statement. The spokesperson added that the cost of the lowest-priced, $109 ticket for Animal Kingdom hasn't changed in more than four years.

One-day tickets will also now automate guests' theme park reservation starting Dec. 8.

Park Hopper and Park Hopper Plus tickets, the options that let park-goers visit one or more of the theme parks per day and add on access to Disney World's water parks, will increase in price as well and vary by date. Disney has yet to provide pricing details.

The cost of annual passes will almost all increase too:

Pixie Dust Pass: $399 (remains the same)
Pirate Pass: $749 (increased by $50)
Sorcerer Pass: $969 (increased by $70)
Incredi-Pass: $1,399 (increased by $100)

The ticket increases come as families feel the weight of inflation on everyday items like groceries and gas.

The increases follow Disneyland last month raising ticket prices in Anaheim, California. Over on the West Coast, a one-day park Hopper ticket can cost up to $244. Genie Plus, the paid system that replaced free fast passes, now also costs $25 per person per day at Disneyland, a $5 increase on its previous pricing. At Disney World, Genie Plus ranges between $15 and $22 per person per day, depending on how busy the day is.