By the co-author of The easy Guide to Your Walt Disney World Visit 2020, the best-reviewed Disney World guidebook series ever.

Available on Amazon here.

(As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)





Category — Disney World Price Seasons

Heat Maps of 2024 Disney World Ticket Prices

COLOR-CODED HEAT MAP OF 2024THEME PARK TICKET PRICES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

I’ve color coded the start dates of the various base ticket lengths from four to ten days in Disney World’s date-based ticket pricing system to indicate less and more expensive ticket dates in 2024, compared to prices in all of 2024. (The basics of how tickets work are at the link.)

In what follows, compared to other dates for the same ticket length

  • The more and the darker the green, the better
  • The more and the darker the red, the worse.

Dates with a white background are everything else–you can think of them as “typical” for that ticket length.

I begin with an overview of the year see you can see the flow of 2024 heat map price colors in one spot, and then move to two-month calendars.

 

The general pattern is the same as always:

  • Lower prices, indicated by more green, in the typical semester–beginning months of January, early February, and especially later August and September; and
  • Higher prices/more red during the concentrated school break periods of spring break, Thanksgiving, and especially the Christmas/New Years holidays. Some tickets that include other typical popular student breaks (e.g. Memorial Day, 4th of July, the fall break period in October) also show red.

JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2024 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES


Ticket prices are lowish until their use periods begin to include the Presidents Day holiday.

MARCH AND APRIL 2024 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES


Ticket prices are high through the spring break season, then shift to average/lowish until Memorial day.

MAY AND JUNE 2024 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES


Ticket prices are average to lowish, except when they include the Memorial Day or Fourth of July holiday weekends.

JULY AND AUGUST 2024 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES


After the Fourth of July holiday weekend ticket prices go from lowish in July to quite low in mid- August.

SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER  2024 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES


September prices are largely low, while Octobers is a mix of mostly highish-prices.

NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2024 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES


November begins OK, then shows mostly red, peaking for tickets that include Thanksgiving week. They then turn slightly down, but rocket up to the highest levels of the year for tickets that include the period between the weekend before Christmas and New Years.

Note that my work is based on the rounded per-day prices Disney publishes. Prices shown are pre-tax.

You can find exact prices on Disney World’s ticket-buying pages.

 

Follow yourfirstvisit.net on Facebook or Twitter or Pinterest!!

August 11, 2023   No Comments

2024 Disney World Resort Hotel Prices

2024 RESORT HOTEL PRICE SEASONS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

The material below shows Walt Disney World resort hotel price seasons at different times of the year in 2024.

Resort prices can be almost twice as high during some periods as they are at others. The information on this page helps you identify lower and higher cost periods.

Disney has three price classes among its hotels: Value, Moderate, and Deluxe resorts. At all three classes, in 2024 the lowest prices go from early January into early February, and the highest prices are kin the second half of December.  You can clearly see that in the chart, which shows average prices over the next seven days by arrival date from a sample of six Disney World resort hotels:

2024 Disney World resort hotel prices are also consistently low-ish from mid-August until early September, and consistently high-ish the spring break dates leading up to Easter.  

Beyond that things vary quite a bit by price class, especially in the summer and fall.  In the two heat maps that follow (one for each half of 2024), the first three columns are a sample of three value resorts, the next three columns three moderate resorts, and the next three deluxes. (More red=higher prices, more green=lower prices.)

Note, for example July in the second heat map, which shows light red in the values, dark green in the deluxes, and light green in the moderates. This is due to the differing effects of conventions on prices. All Disney hotels compete with the hundred thousand or so rooms elsewhere, and the deluxes in particular see their prices affected by convention business.  No sensible convention is in Florida from June through September, and hence the lower prices.  The values, in contrast, compete for family business year round, and the summer continues to be a convenient time for family vacations.

In the rest of the material below, I focus on the three price classes in turn. I compare 2024 hotel prices over the year for each hotel class to that class’s lowest price of 2024, its “value season” in parts of January and February.

Grouping of dates is based on “price seasons,” a grouping tool Disney World no longer makes public, but which can be identified analytically, and named (sorta) based on past practices. Disney charges based on the actual price of the actual nights, so if your visit straddles price seasons, you’ll pay the prices of each price season.

The charts average prices for each resort’s lowest-cost rooms over the next seven nights, by arrival date.  This eliminates what would be otherwise be incomprehensible bumpiness from Thursday/Sunday and/or Friday/Saturday upcharges. Within each price class, the charts show three different resorts. For exact prices by night by room type by date, see MouseSavers.com.

2024 DISNEY WORLD RESORT PRICE SEASONS: VALUE RESORTS

The Disney World value resorts see their lowest 2024 prices for arrival dates in early January through early February, with low prices also mid-August through early September.

The highest prices are for arrival dates in March through early April, and mid-December through New Years.

There are many other low-ish and high-ish arrival dates during the year–see the heat map, where more green is better, and more red is worse:

The lowest prices of the year–the value season–are offered 1/2 through 2/7/2024

Regular season prices 2/8 through 2/15: 25-35% higher than the lowest of the year

Presidents Day holiday prices 2/16 and 2/17: 40 to 50% higher than lowest of the year

Spring season prices 2/18 through 2/25: 40-50% higher

Regular season prices 2/26 through 2/29: 35-40% higher

Spring season prices 3/1 through 3/16: 40-50% higher

Regular season prices 3/17 through 3/20: 40-50% higher

Easter holiday prices 3/21 through 4/3: 65-75% higher

Spring season prices 4/4 and 4/5: 30-35% higher

Regular 2 season prices 4/6 through 5/23: 25-30% higher

Memorial Day holiday prices 5/24 through 5/26: 35-40% higher

Summer season prices 5/27 through 8/3: 30-40% higher except

  • 4th of July holiday prices 40% higher July 5 and July 6

Summer 2 season 8/4 through 8/17: 20-25% higher

Value 2 season 8/18 through 9/7: 7-12% higher except

  • Labor Day holiday prices 8/30 through 9/1: 15-20% higher

Fall season 9/8 through 10/19: 25-30% higher except

  • 10/4 through 10/6: 35-40% higher

Fall 2 season 10/20 through 11/20:  25% higher

Thanksgiving season 11/21 through 11/29: 50% higher

Winter season 11/30 through 12/5: 35-45% higher

Winter 2 season 12/6 through 12/12: 55-65% higher

Peak season 12/13 through 12/24: 75-90% higher

Holiday season 12/25 through 12/31: 80-95% higher

2024 DISNEY WORLD RESORT PRICE SEASONS: MODERATE RESORTS

The Disney World moderate resorts see their lowest 2014 prices for arrival dates in early January through early February, then a long sweep of low-ish prices also from mid-April through early September.

The highest prices are for arrival dates in late March through early April, and mid-December through New Years.

There are other low-ish and high-ish arrival dates during the year–see the heat map, where more green is better, and more red is worse:

The lowest prices of the year–the value season–are offered 1/2 through 2/7/2024

Regular season prices 2/8 through 2/15: 20-25% higher than the lowest of the year

Presidents Day holiday prices 2/16 and 2/17: 30% higher than lowest of the year

Spring season prices 2/18 through 2/25: 30% higher

Regular season prices 2/26 through 2/29: 25-30%% higher

Spring season prices 3/1 through 3/23: 30% higher

Regular season prices 3/24 through 3/27: 35-40% higher

Easter holiday prices 3/28 through 4/10: 40-50% higher

Spring season prices 4/11 and 4/12: 20-25% higher

Regular 2 season prices 4/13 through 5/23: 20% higher

Memorial Day holiday prices 5/24 through 5/26: 20-25% higher

Summer season prices 5/27 through 8/3: 15-20% higher

Summer 2 season 8/4 through 8/17: 16-22% higher

Value 2 season 8/18 through 9/7: 10-20% higher except

  • Labor Day holiday prices 8/29 through 9/1: 15-25% higher

Fall season 9/8 through 10/19: 18-25% higher, except

  • 10/4-10/6: 20-30% higher

Fall 2 season 10/20 through 11/20:  25-35% higher

Thanksgiving season 11/21 through 11/29: 35-45% higher

Winter season 11/30 through 12/5: 25-40% higher

Winter 2 season 12/6 through 12/12: 35-45% higher

Holiday season 12/13 through 12/22: 55-75% higher

Holiday 2 season 12/23 through 12/31: 60-80% higher

2024 DISNEY WORLD RESORT PRICE SEASONS: DELUXE RESORTS

The Disney World deluxe resorts see their lowest 2024 prices for arrival dates in early January through early February, then again for a long stretch from late May through late September, with particularly low prices from mid-August through early September.

The highest prices are for arrival dates mid-December through New Years.

There are many other low-ish and high-ish arrival dates during the year–see the heat map, where more green is better, and more red is worse:

The lowest prices of the year–the value season–are offered 1/2 through 2/7/2024

Regular season prices 2/8 through 2/15: 20-25% higher than lowest of the year

Spring season prices 2/16 through 2/24: 30-35% higher

Regular season prices 2/25 through 2/29: 20-35% higher

Spring season prices 3/1 through 3/14: 30-35% higher

Regular season prices 3/15 through 3/20: 20-25% higher

Spring season prices 3/21 and 3/22: 35-50% higher

Easter holiday prices 3/23 through 4/3: 40-50% higher

Regular 2 season prices 4/4 through 5/26: 20-25% higher

Summer season prices 5/27 through 7/6: 12-18% higher

Summer 2 season 7/7 through 8/16: 5-7% higher

Value 2 season 8/17 through 9/12: 0-2% higher except

  • Labor Day holiday prices 8/29 through 9/1: 5-10% higher

Fall season 9/13 through 10/7: 15-30% higher

Fall 2 season 10/8 through 10/25: 20-30% higher

Fall 3 season 10/25 through 11/2:  30-40% higher

Fall 2 season 11/3 through 11/26: 20-30% higher

Thanksgiving season 11/27 through 11/30: 40% higher

Winter season 12/1 through 12/4: 40-50% higher

Winter 2 season 12/5 through 12/12: 45-70% higher

Peak season 12/13 through 12/22: 75-80% higher

Holiday season 12/23 through 12/31: 80% higher

OTHER KEY PAGES FOR WHERE TO STAY AT DISNEY WORLD

 

My friends at Destinations in Florida, the long-time travel agent partner of this site, can book your Disney World vacation at any Disney World hotel!  Contact them using the form below.

  • Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY

 

 

 

Follow yourfirstvisit.net on Facebook or Twitter or Pinterest!!c

July 31, 2023   No Comments

2023 Disney World Ticket Prices in a Color-Coded Calendar

2023 THEME PARK TICKET PRICES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

I’ve color coded the start dates of the various base ticket lengths from four to ten days in Disney World’s date-based ticket pricing system to indicate less and more expensive ticket dates in 2023, compared to prices in all of 2023.

The 2023 Disney World ticket prices I show are pre-tax, per ticket day, and rounded to the nearest dollar.

In what follows, compared to other dates for the same ticket length

  • The more and the darker the green, the better
  • The more and the darker the red, the worse.

Dates with text on a white background are everything else–you can think of them as “typical” or “average” for that ticket length. The technical details on how I color coded are at the end of the post.

I begin with an overview of the year see you can see the flow of 2023 price colors in one spot, and then move to two-month calendars.

The general pattern is the same as always: lower prices, indicated by more green, in the typical semester–beginning months of January, early February, and especially later August and September; and higher prices/more red during the concentrated school break periods of spring break, Thanksgiving, and especially the Christmas/New Years holidays. Various popular three day weekends also show as red.

JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2023 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES

MARCH AND APRIL 2023 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES

MAY AND JUNE 2023 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES

JULY AND AUGUST 2023 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES

SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER  2023 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES

NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2023 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES

TECHNICAL DETAILS OF COLOR CODING

For each ticket length:

  • Ticket prices approximately in the bottom 10% have darker green fill and black text, with the very lowest bolded (you’ll find these bolded ones mostly in August)
  • Ticket prices approximately in the next lowest 10% have a green mixed fill and black text
  • The next approximately 10% of prices has the lightest green fill and black text
  • Dates with prices approximately in the 70th to 80th percentile have light red, almost orange fill and black text
  • Prices approximately in the 80th to 90th percentile have a red mixed fill and black text
  • Prices in roughly the top 10% for the year have a darker red fill and black text, with the very highest bolded (you’ll find these bolded ones mostly in December)
  • Every other price in between has white fill. Prices one dollar more than the last green-fill has green text; prices one dollar less than the last red-fill has red text.

Note that my work is based on the rounded per-day prices Disney publishes. As a result, the “10%” breaks are rarely exact. Prices shown are pre-tax.

You can find exact prices on Disney World’s ticket-buying pages.

 

Follow yourfirstvisit.net on Facebook or Twitter or Pinterest!!

September 5, 2022   No Comments

2023 Disney World Resort Hotel Prices

2023 RESORT HOTEL PRICE SEASONS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

The material below shows Walt Disney World resort hotel price seasons at different times of the year in 2023.

Resort prices can be almost twice as high during some periods as they are at others. The information on this page helps you identify lower and higher cost periods.

Ticket prices also vary by date. Much of the time, you’ll find higher ticket prices when resort hotel prices are also higher, but there are nuances to this, as the hotel market is more competitive, and for deluxes in particular, is affected by both the tourist and convention markets. I’ll be publishing similar material on 2023 Disney World ticket prices shortly.

In the below, I compare 2023 hotel prices over the year for each hotel class to that class’s lowest price of 2023, its “value season” in parts of January and February.

Grouping of dates is based on “price seasons,” a grouping tool Disney World no longer makes public, but which can be identified analytically, and named (sorta) based on past practices. Disney charges based on the actual price of the actual nights, so if your visit straddles price seasons, you’ll pay the prices of each price season.

The charts average prices over the next seven nights, by arrival date.  This eliminates what would be otherwise be incomprehensible bumpiness from Thursday/Sunday and/or Friday/Saturday upcharges. For exact prices by night by room type by date, see MouseSavers.com.

2023 DISNEY WORLD RESORT PRICE SEASONS: VALUE RESORTS

The lowest prices of the year–the value season–1/2 through 2/8/2023, except:

  • January 5-7– 15-30% higher from RunDisney event than lowest of the year
  • January 13-15– 20-30% higher for MLK holiday weekend than lowest of the year

Regular season prices 2/9 through 2/16 25-30% higher than the lowest of the year

Presidents Day holiday prices 2/17 and 2/18 55% to 70% higher than lowest of the year

Spring season prices 2/29 through 2/26 40-50% higher

Regular season prices 2/27 through 3/2 25-30% higher

Spring season prices 3/3 through 3/25 40-50% higher

Regular season prices 3/26 through 3/29 25-30% higher

Easter holiday prices 3/30 through 4/12 60-70% higher

Spring season prices 4/13 and 4/14 40-50% higher

Regular 2 season prices 4/15 through 5/25 20-30% higher

Memorial Day holiday prices 5/26 through 5/28 50-60% higher

Summer season prices 5/29 through 8/5 25-40% higher except

  • 4th of July holiday prices 50-60% higher June 30 through July 2

Summer 2 season 8/6 through 8/19 25-35% higher

Value 2 season 8/20 through 9/9 7-12% higher except

  • Labor Day holiday prices 9/1 through 9/3 30-35% higher

Fall season 9/11 through 9/30 20-30% higher

Fall 2 season 10/1 through 10/21  25-35% higher except

  • Columbus Day holiday prices 10/6 to 10/8 55-65% higher

Fall 3 season 10/22 through 11/30  20-25% higher except

  • Marathon prices 11/2 through 11/4 35-45% higher
  • Thanksgiving prices 11/18 through 11/24 45-50% higher

Winter season 12/1 through 12/7 25-40% higher

Winter 2 season 12/8 through 12/14 50-60% higher

Holiday season 12/15 through 12/24 70-85% higher

Holiday 2 season 12/25 through 12/31 80-90% higher

2023 DISNEY WORLD RESORT PRICE SEASONS: MODERATE RESORTS

The lowest prices of the year–the value season–1/2 through 2/8/2023, except:

  • January 5-7– 10-15% higher from RunDisney event than lowest of the year
  • January 13-15– 10-15% higher for MLK holiday weekend than lowest of the year

Regular season prices 2/9 through 2/16 20% higher than the lowest of the year

Presidents Day holiday prices 2/17 and 2/18 40-45% higher than lowest of the year

Spring season prices 2/29 through 2/26 30% higher

Regular season prices 2/27 through 3/2 20% higher

Spring season prices 3/3 through 3/25 30% higher

Regular season prices 3/26 through 3/29 20% higher

Easter holiday prices 3/30 through 4/12 40-45% higher

Spring season prices 4/13 and 4/14 30% higher

Regular 2 season prices 4/15 through 5/25 15-20% higher

Memorial Day holiday prices 5/26 through 5/28 25-40% higher

Summer season prices 5/29 through 8/5 10-20% higher except

  • 4th of July holiday prices 20-35% higher June 30 through July 2

Summer 2 season 8/6 through 8/19 25-20% higher

Value 2 season 8/20 through 9/9 10-20% higher except

  • Labor Day holiday prices 9/1 through 9/3 30-40% higher

Fall season 9/11 through 9/30 15-25% higher

Fall 2 season 10/1 through 10/21  20-30% higher except

  • Columbus Day holiday prices 10/6 to 10/8 35-45% higher

Fall 3 season 10/22 through 11/30  20-30% higher except

  • Marathon prices 11/2 through 11/4 30-45% higher
  • Thanksgiving prices 11/18 through 11/24 30-40% higher

Winter season 12/1 through 12/7 20-30% higher

Winter 2 season 12/8 through 12/14 30-45% higher

Holiday season 12/15 through 12/24 55-70% higher

Holiday 2 season 12/25 through 12/31 60-75% higher

2023 DISNEY WORLD RESORT PRICE SEASONS: DELUXE RESORTS

The lowest prices of the year–the value season–1/2 through 2/8/2023, except:

  • January 5-7 15-20% higher from RunDisney event than lowest of the year
  • January 13-15 10-120% higher for MLK holiday weekend than lowest of the year

Regular season prices 2/9 through 2/16 20-30% higher than lowest of the year

Spring season prices 2/17 through 2/25 30-50% higher

Regular season prices 2/26 through 3/2 20-30% higher

Spring season prices 3/3 through 3/23 30-50% higher

Regular season prices 3/24 through 3/29 20-30% higher

Spring season prices 3/30 and 3/31 30-50% higher

Easter holiday prices 4/1 through 4/12 40-60% higher

Regular 2 season prices 4/13 20-25% higher

Spring season prices 4/14 30-50% higher

Regular season 2 prices 4/15 through 5/25 20-25% higher

Memorial Day holiday prices 5/26 through 5/28 30-40% higher

Summer season prices 5/29 through 6/29 10-20% higher

4th of July holiday prices 6/30 through 7/2 15-25% higher

Summer 2 season 7/3 through 8/17 5-10% higher

Value 2 season 8/18 through 9/14 0-2% higher except

  • Labor Day holiday prices 9/1 through 9/3 15-20% higher

Fall season 9/15 through 10/30 15-25% higher

Fall 2 season 10/1 through 10/5 20-30% higher

Columbus Day holiday prices 10/6 to 10/8 35-45% higher

Fall 3 season 10/9 through 11/30  20-30% higher except

  • Halloween prices 10/27 through 11/1 30-35% higher
  • Marathon prices 11/2 through 11/4 40-45% higher
  • Thanksgiving prices 11/21 through 11/24 40-55% higher

Winter season 12/1 through 12/7 35-40% higher

Winter 2 season 12/8 through 12/14 40-65% higher

Holiday season 12/15 through 12/24 70-90% higher

Holiday 2 season 12/25 through 12/31 75-100% higher

OTHER KEY PAGES FOR WHERE TO STAY AT DISNEY WORLD

 

My friends at Destinations in Florida, the long-time travel agent partner of this site, can book your Disney World vacation at any Disney World hotel!  Contact them using the form below.

  • Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY

 

 

 

Follow yourfirstvisit.net on Facebook or Twitter or Pinterest!!

September 4, 2022   No Comments

2021 Disney World Resort Hotel Price Seasons

2021 RESORT PRICE SEASONS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

The material below shows Walt Disney World resort hotel price seasons at different times of the year in 2021.

Resort prices can be more than twice as high during some periods as they are at others. The information on this page helps you identify lower and higher cost periods.

Ticket prices also vary by date. Much of the time, you’ll find higher ticket prices at when resort hotel prices are also higher, but there are nuances to this, as the hotel market is more competitive, and for moderates and deluxes in particular, are affected by both the tourist and convention markets. 2021 Disney World ticket prices are here.

In the below, I compare 2021 hotel prices over the year for each hotel class to that class’s lowest price of the year. I don’t have as many different hotels in the analysis set as I do most years, because many key hotels have not yet re-opened.

Grouping of dates is based on “price seasons,” a grouping tool Disney World no longer makes public, but which can be identified analytically, and named (sorta) based on past practices. Disney charges based on the actual price of the actual nights, so if your visit straddles price seasons, you’ll pay the prices of each price season.

The charts average prices over the next seven nights, by arrival date.  This eliminates what would be otherwise be incomprehensible bumpiness from Thursday/Sunday and/or Friday/Saturday upcharges. For exact prices by night by room type by date, see MouseSavers.com here.

Price patterns over the year are similar to those of prior years, with the exception of the fourth quarter, when–compared to the rest of the year–they are higher in early October, and do not get quite as low as they used to get after Thanksgiving into early December–while still being low these dates than the holiday dates before and after.

One distinct change that affects the early October pattern is that October 1 and October 2 see a new set of higher prices, which I have named the “Anniversary Season” in honor of Disney World’s 50th anniversary–expected to be celebrated beginning October 1, 2021.

 

2021 DISNEY WORLD RESORT PRICE SEASONS: VALUE RESORTS

When a range is given, the higher end applies to Fridays and Saturdays, and the lower end to Mondays through Wednesdays. Sundays and Thursdays vary, but are typically closer to the lower end. Disney’s Pop Century Resort prices used to illustrate value resort prices.

  • The lowest prices of the year–the value season–begin 1/3/2021
  • 40% higher prices–RunDisney rates–begin 1/7/21
  • Lowest prices of year–the value season–begin 1/10/21
  • 40% higher prices for the Martin Luther King Jr. long weekend begins 1/15/21
  • Lowest prices of year–the value season–begin 1/18/21
  • 55% higher –the spring season—covers 2/11/21
  • 80% higher for the long weekend of Presidents Day begins 2/12/21
  • 50-80%% higher –the spring season—begins 2/15/21
  • 80% higher–RunDisney rates—begins 2/18/21
  • 30%-65% higher–the regular season–begins 2/21/21
  • 50-80% higher–the spring season–begins 3/5/21
  • 85% higher–the Easter season–begins 3/28/21
  • 50-80% higher–the spring season–begins 4/11/21
  • 65% higher –RunDisney rates—begins 4/15/21
  • 30-60% higher–the regular 2 season–begins 4/18/21
  • 65% higher over the Memorial Day long weekend begins 5/28/21
  • 40-65% higher–the summer season–begins 5/31/21
  • 70% higher over the long 4th of July weekend begins 7/2/21

  • 40-65% higher–the summer season–begins 7/5/21
  • 25-55% higher–the summer 2 season–begins 8/8/21
  • 15-40% higher–the fall season–begins 8/22/21
  • 55% higher over the long Labor Day weekend begins 9/3/21
  • 15-40% higher–the fall season–begins 9/6/21
  • 30-60% higher–the fall 2 season–begins 9/12/21
  • 75% higher—the Anniversary season—begins 10/1
  • 30-60% higher–the fall 2 season–begins 10/3/21
  • 70% higher over the long Columbus Day weekend begins 10/8/21
  • 30-60% higher–the fall 2 season–begins 10/11/21
  • 20-50% higher–the fall 3 season– begins 10/24/21
  • 50% higher–RunDisney rates, I expect—begins 11/4/21
  • 20-50% higher–the fall 3 season– begins 11/7/21
  • 60% higher over Thanksgiving begins 11/20/21
  • 20-50% higher–the fall 3 season–begins 11/27/21
  • 30-55% higher–the fall 4 season–begins 12/3/21
  • 55-90% higher–the holiday season–begins 12/10/21
  • 100% higher–the holiday 2 season–begins 12/17/21
  • 110% higher–the holiday 3 season–begins 12/26/21

2021 DISNEY WORLD RESORT PRICE SEASONS: MODERATE RESORTS

When a range is given, the higher end applies to Fridays and Saturdays, and the lower end to Mondays through Wednesdays. Sundays and Thursdays vary, but are typically closer to the lower end. Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort prices used to illustrate moderate resort prices.

  • The lowest prices of the year–the value season–begin 1/3/2021
  • 20% higher prices–RunDisney rates–begin 1/7/21
  • Lowest prices of year–the value season–begin 1/10/21
  • 20% higher prices for the Martin Luther King Jr. long weekend begins 1/15/21
  • Lowest prices of year–the value season–begin 1/18/21
  • 35% higher –the spring season—covers 2/11/21
  • 55% higher for the long weekend of Presidents Day begins 2/12/21
  • 30-45% higher –the spring season—begins 2/15/21
  • 55% higher–RunDisney rates—begins 2/18/21
  • 25%-40% higher–the regular season–begins 2/21/21
  • 30-45% higher–the spring season–begins 3/5/21
  • 60% higher–the Easter season–begins 3/28/21
  • 30-45% higher–the spring season–begins 4/11/21
  • 55% higher –RunDisney rates—begins 4/15/21
  • 25-45% higher–the regular 2 season–begins 4/18/21
  • 50% higher over the Memorial Day long weekend begins 5/28/21
  • 25-35% higher–the summer season–begins 5/31/21
  • 45% higher over the long 4th of July weekend begins 7/2/21
  • 25-35% higher–the summer season–begins 7/5/21

  • 25-40% higher–the summer 2 season–begins 8/8/21
  • 25-40% higher–the fall season–begins 8/22/21
  • 50% higher over the long Labor Day weekend begins 9/3/21
  • 25-40% higher–the fall season–begins 9/6/21
  • 35-50% higher–the fall 2 season–begins 9/12/21
  • 60% higher—the Anniversary season—begins 10/1
  • 35-50% higher–the fall 2 season–begins 10/3/21
  • 50% higher over the long Columbus Day weekend begins 10/8/21
  • 35-50% higher–the fall 2 season–begins 10/11/21
  • 30-50% higher–the fall 3 season– begins 10/24/21
  • 50% higher–RunDisney rates, I expect—begins 11/4/21
  • 30-50% higher–the fall 3 season– begins 11/7/21
  • 50% higher over Thanksgiving begins 11/20/21
  • 30-50% higher–the fall 3 season–begins 11/27/21
  • 40-50% higher–the fall 4 season–begins 12/3/21
  • 45-60% higher–the holiday season–begins 12/10/21
  • 80% higher–the holiday 2 season–begins 12/17/21
  • 85% higher–the holiday 3 season–begins 12/26/21

2021 DISNEY WORLD RESORT PRICE SEASONS: DELUXE RESORTS

When a range is given, the higher end applies to Fridays and Saturdays, and the lower end to Mondays through Wednesdays. Sundays and Thursdays vary, but are typically closer to the lower end. Disney’s Yacht Club Resort prices used to illustrate deluxe resort prices.

  • The lowest prices of the year–the value season–begin 1/3/2021
  • 25% higher prices–RunDisney rates–begin 1/7/21
  • Lowest prices of year–the value season–begin 1/10/21
  • 25% higher prices for the Martin Luther King Jr. long weekend begins 1/15/21
  • Lowest prices of year–the value season–begin 1/18/21
  • 40% higher –the spring season—covers 2/11/21
  • 50% higher for the long weekend of Presidents Day begins 2/12/21
  • 40-50% higher –the spring season—begins 2/15/21
  • 50% higher–RunDisney rates—begins 2/18/21
  • 30% higher–the regular season–begins 2/21/21
  • 40-50% higher–the spring season–begins 3/5/21
  • 50% higher–the Easter season–begins 3/28/21
  • 40-50% higher–the spring season–begins 4/11/21
  • 40% higher –RunDisney rates—begins 4/15/21
  • 30% higher–the regular 2 season–begins 4/18/21
  • 35% higher over the Memorial Day long weekend begins 5/28/21
  • 20% higher–the summer season–begins 5/31/21
  • 30% higher over the long 4th of July weekend begins 7/2/21

  • 15% higher—the summer season 2—begins 7/5/21
  • 5-10% higher—the value season 2—begins 8/20/21
  • 20% higher over the long Labor Day weekend begins 9/3/21
  • 5-10% higher—the value season 2—begins 9/6/21
  • 30-35% higher–the fall season–begins 9/17/21
  • 45% higher—the Anniversary season—begins 10/1
  • 30-35% higher–the fall season–begins 10/3/21
  • 40% higher over the long Columbus Day weekend begins 10/8/21
  • 25-40% higher–the fall 2 season–begins 10/11/21
  • 35-40% higher–the fall 3 season– begins 10/29/21
  • 40% higher–RunDisney rates, I expect—begins 11/4/21
  • 25-40% higher–the fall 2 season– begins 11/7/21
  • 45% higher over Thanksgiving begins 11/23/21
  • 25-40% higher–the fall 2 season–begins 11/27/21
  • 30-50% higher–the fall 4 season–begins 12/3/21
  • 45-55% higher–the holiday season–begins 12/10/21
  • 75% higher–the holiday 2 season–begins 12/17/21
  • 80% higher–the holiday 3 season–begins 12/26/21

OTHER KEY PAGES FOR WHERE TO STAY AT DISNEY WORLD

 

Kelly, the long-time travel agent partner of this site, can book your Disney World vacation at any Disney World hotel!  Contact her using the form below.

  • Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY

 

 

Follow yourfirstvisit.net on Facebook or Twitter or Pinterest!!

December 31, 2020   No Comments

Disney World 2021 Ticket Prices in a Color-Coded Calendar

I’ve color coded the start dates of the various base ticket lengths in Disney World’s date-based ticket pricing system to indicate less and more expensive ticket dates in 2021, compared to prices in all of 2021.

The prices I show are pre-tax, per ticket day, and rounded to the nearest dollar. For 2021, I left out 1 and 2 day tickets, as they are of less interest and technically harder to color code.

In what follows, compared to other dates for the same ticket length

  • The more and the darker the green, the better
  • The more and the darker the red, the worse.

Dates with black text on a white background are everything else–you can think of them as “typical” or “average” for that ticket length. The technical details on how I color coded are at the end of the post.

I begin with an overview of the year see you can see the flow of 2021 price colors in one spot, and then move to two-month calendars.

If you compare 2021 colors to 2020 colors, you’ll note that while the rough calendar of reddish and greenish periods is the same as 2020, there are more red dates in the fourth quarter of 2021 than I have ever seen before.

JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2021 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES

MARCH AND APRIL 2021 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES

MAY AND JUNE 2021 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES

JULY AND AUGUST 2021 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES

SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER  2021 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES

NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2021 DISNEY WORLD TICKET PRICES

TECHNICAL DETAILS OF COLOR CODING

For each ticket length:

  • Ticket prices approximately in the bottom 10% have darker green fill and black text, with the very lowest bolded
  • Ticket prices approximately in the next lowest 10% have a lighter green fill and black text
  • The next approximately 10% of prices has white fill and green text
  • Dates with prices approximately in the 70th to 80th percentile have white fill and red text
  • Prices approximately in the 80th to 90th percentile have a light red pinkish fill and black text
  • Prices in roughly the top 10% for the year have a darker red fill and black text, with the very highest bolded
  • Every other price in between has black text and white fill.

Note that my work is largely based on the rounded per-day prices Disney published. As a result, the “10%” breaks are not exact. Prices shown are also pre-tax.

 

Follow yourfirstvisit.net on Facebook or Twitter or Pinterest!!

December 31, 2020   No Comments