Well, we recently learned that Disney World is about to get more expensive in a LOT of different ways.
Annual Pass card
Thousands of price increases have arrived at Disney World restaurants. Special tours got more expensive. The price of Memory Maker has gone up. Parking is now higher. Even the price of Disney World Annual Passes have gone up — and as a result, some Disney World fans are saying “enough is enough.”
The new prices for Disney World Annual Passholders have gone up as follows:
- Incredi-Pass: $1449 (was $1399)
- Sorcerer Pass: $999 (was $969)
- Pirate Pass: $799 (was $749)
- Pixie Dust Pass: $439 (was $399)
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Depending on the pass, that’s an increase of $30 to $50 per year.
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We decided to ask our DFB readers if this price increase would affect whether they would renew their passes or not. 27 percent of you told us you would not be renewing your passes for the year because it’s become too expensive.
Will you renew your Annual Pass?
Although 35% still told us that they would renew their Annual Passes and that it was a priority, the majority of our readers are still trying to make a decision on whether the price increases are worth it or not. A whopping 38% of you told us that you haven’t made a decision about it yet.
Oswald Magnet for Passholders
Passholders will begin to get “Good to Go” days in January 2024, which are select dates that they can enter the parks without a park pass reservation (park pass reservations are going away for many Disney World visitors in 2024).
Oswald Cookies and Cream Shake for Annual Passholders
Disney stated that “the theme park reservation calendar will be updated periodically and will show Passholders select days when they may visit a Disney World theme park without needing a park pass reservation.” That means that these “Good To Go” dates will be shown on a rolling basis to Passholders and not all at once. Plus blockout dates will still apply.
We’ll keep an eye out for more Disney World Annual Passholder news, so stay tuned to DFB for more.
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I renewed a couple of months ago and will continue to renew yearly. It’s the cheapest way to go there if you’re there for 10 days a year.
And a great many of us are looking forward to RENEWING our annual passes for MANY years to come!
The ticket price increases are waayyyy too much toadies now. My wage is not going up and I can’t even pay for groceries.
If that 27% holds true across all tickets then Disney looks to lose a bunch of money. Take 1,000 Pirate Passholders. At $749/ticket, that’s $749,000. If only 730 renew (27% drop) Disney gets $583,270, a $165,730 decrease. Wow.
I’m sure they’ll be disappointed to hear that 35% of people are still DEFINITELY buying the Annual Pass.
My personal theory is that they are trying to phase them out completely simply through attrition, by repeatedly raising the price and reducing the “benefits.”
Riiiiight. Everyone will renew. DVC member here. No AP’s for three years. Spent WELL OVER 10k in that timeframe for day passes. Have the 27% call me. I’ll straighten them right out.
I won’t be able to afford to renew my pass.
I enjoyed having the Pixie Dust pass for 2 years & I will go to the parks a couple more times before my pass expires.
Setting aside affordability which is individual specific, the real issue with AP is the cost to benefit aspect. If used frequently AP is clearly less expensive than separate tickets. However, Disney has greatly devalued the AP experience much like it has greatly debased the entire WDW experience. For those who have been visiting WDW for decades think of all the things the bean-counters have taken away from the experience. AP holders would have no complaints about pricing if WDW delivered good value. Unfortunately it no longer does. Perhaps this can be sustained on the one-off or infrequent visitor, but ultimately brand value will be too damaged with dire consequences.