Disneyland Discount Tickets

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Types of Disneyland Discounts

There are a number of ways to beat the prices at Disneyland's ticket booths.  Disneyland tickets are not cheap, even with a discount. (Eager visitors, such as yourself, have made Disneyland Park so popular that its tickets command higher prices than any other Southern California theme park!) Still, why wait to purchase tickets for full price at the theme park, when you can save money by planning ahead?

There are two types of discounts: those available to all guests, and discounts just for Southern California residents. On this page, we'll be talking about discounts that are available to all visitors. Some of these plans will save money for local residents, too.

If you're a SoCal resident, you'll probably want to investigate both sets of offers. In a nutshell, the discounts available to locals are mainly discount annual pass offers. Yes, they're cheaper. BUT, there's a catch...and it's a BIG one. Local residents are given good discounts MAINLY so they'll fill up the theme park during months when there are few vacationers arriving from other states and countries. If you buy a "locals only" Disneyland annual pass, your ability to visit Disneyland and Disney's California during the summertime and holidays will be very restricted...and even non-existent some months, depending on the pass you choose. You'll have a choice: cheaper prices OR a good selection of dates you may visit Disneyland. But not both. Still...if you can visit Disneyland during the off season & you don't worry about date restrictions in summertime, you'll love the savings that only local residents can get. Please see the Disneyland Discounts for Local Residents page of this website for details of this "locals only" Disneyland discount plans.

TYPES OF DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE TO ALL GUESTS:

Section 1.) Online Multi-day ticket discounts at Disneyland.com: You can save on your cost-per-day expenses if you visit Disneyland for more than just one day. You may purchase these multi-day tickets (called "Park Hopper" tickets) at the Disneyland ticket booths...BUT you'll save even MORE money if you get them online in advance! And, because you can print them at home, you can take advantage of the online discounts with very little advance notice (i.e. even if you print them up immediately before climbing into your car to head for the park!)

Section 2.) ARES Travel's online discounts for multi-day tickets: ARES Travel is a ticketing & reservations agency which is authorized to offer discount Disneyland tickets to the general public.

Section 3.) Disneyland Annual Passes: Frequent visitors will usually get the cheapest cost-per-visit deals by purchasing a Disneyland Annual Passport. The catch? If you end up NOT going to the park after all, you're going to waste a lot of money! You'll also find the list of block out dates for Disney's Deluxe Annual Passport in this section.

Section 4.) City Pass Multi-park coupon books: 5 of Southern California's most sought-after tourist attractions---including Disneyland Park---have teamed up to offer visitors super savings for visiting ALL of them within 2 weeks!

Section 1: Disneyland Discount Tickets at Disneyland.com

On-line Disneyland Ticket Specials

Why are Disneyland tickets cheaper if you buy them ahead of time? The reason is simple. If you arrive in Southern California without tickets, you might discover some OTHER attraction that you'd like to see...and NOT spend as much time at Disneyland Park. On the other hand, if you have pre-purchased your tickets online before you get to Southern California, then you WILL spend your days visiting Disneyland. You'll buy more food and eat more meals at the Disneyland Resort. You will notice a Disneyland T shirt, stuffed animal or Mouse Ears that you want to buy at the park. Disneyland's photographer will take a picture of your whole group in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle that you might purchase. AND, most importantly, if you see some other attraction you might like to visit, you won't go there...because you've already paid for your Disneyland tickets!

Is it any wonder, then, why the Disneyland folks want you to purchase your tickets ahead of time? You'll spend your money at THEIR park, instead of someone else's. And, they're willing to give you an extra incentive (in the form of savings) if you'll commit to spending time at their park before you leave home.

Disneyland Ticket Specials good through January 5, 2009

The following Disneyland ticket prices are in effect (as of May, 2008) if you buy your tickets online at the www.Disneyland.com website. You may use these tickets any time through January 5, 2009. Ticket prices may increase during 2008...but if you've already bought one of these tickets, you'll be admitted without having to pay any new, higher prices which may be announced.

1.) The 5 Day Park Hopper Bonus Ticket---"Park Hopper" tickets are the ones you'll want to buy if you plan to stay more than one day at the Disneyland Resort. The words "Park Hopper" mean that you can visit BOTH the Disneyland AND its sister-park, Disney's California Adventure, ON THE SAME DAY. You may "hop" back and forth between one park and the other if you purchase this type of ticket. Since you won't really need a full 5 days to see everything at the two theme parks, this pass is for the true Disneyland enthusiast who wants to experience favorite rides, shows and parades more than once. These prices are available at Disneyland.com, and will probably be higher if you wait to purchase them at the Disneyland Park ticket booths:

Children's discount 5-day ticket: $164 for kids ages 3--9
Adult discount 5-day ticket: $194 for adults, teens, and tweens age 10 and over

2.) 4 Day Park Hopper Bonus Tickets---As with the 5-day special discount ticket, you'll be able to switch from park to park each day of your visit (between Disneyland Park and the Disney California Adventure theme park.) On-line Disneyland special prices as of May 2008 are---

Children's special 4-day discount: priced at $154 for kids
Adult's special 4-day discount: priced at $184 for adults, teens, and guests age 10 and over

3.) The 3 Day Park Hopper Bonus Ticket---Same benefits as with the packages above...but good for 3 days only. This is a good sized Disneyland Resort ticket package to buy if you want to see everything at both parks, but you also want to visit other attractions while you're visiting Southern California. Spending 2 days at Disneyland Park and 1 day at Disney's California Adventure (making a total of 3 days,) is enough to see everything. In three day's time, you won't be able to ride everything twice...but you'll undoubtedly get to sample all of the rides, shows and parades on your "must see" list. The on-line prices for the Disneyland 3 Day Park Hopper ticket package are as follows in May 2008---

Children's 3-day deal: $139 for kids
Adult's 3-day deal: $169 for adults, teens and older children (age 10+)

4.) 2 Day Park Hopper Tickets: The online price for Disneyland 2-day tickets as of May 2008 is $112/kids and $132 for age 10 and up. This is not a special sale price, however; it's the same amount you'll pay at the gate. Your advantage, then? Convenience. By pre-purchasing, you'll skip out on the lines at Disneyland's ticket booths.

Note: Park-hopping on a one-day visit is not really a good idea. (It costs less to buy a one day-one park ticket; it's usually the better choice.) There are more rides and attractions at Disneyland than new visitors will be able to see in one day...even if they stay just at one theme park! Trying to squeeze in visits to 2 theme parks in one day simply means that they won't see anything but a quick sampling of attractions at either one of them. (On the other hand, some tourists feel differently. As one Asian reader told me, "I'll only be coming to Southern California one time in the foreseeable future. I'd rather pay a bit more and glimpse both parks, than miss out on seeing Disney's California Adventure Park altogether.")

6.) 1 day/1 Park ticket: This ticket is good for one day's admission to either Disneyland Park OR Disney's California Adventure Park...but not both. Child's ticket price (age 3-9) as of May 2008 is $56; adult price is $66. This ticket is not available online, but you may purchase it at the Disneyland Resort ticket booths once you arrive at the park.

Note: Disneyland Park reserves the right to change its ticket prices at any time. If you want to make sure you know the very latest prices. You may use the following link to view the ticket page of the Disneyland.com website to make sure prices haven't gone up before you leave on your trip.

Section 2: ARES Travel's online Disneyland Discount Tickets

While you are in the process of investigating various sources of deals & discounts for your upcoming trip, you will want to check out the ARES Travel website to see how this company's prices compare to others you have checked.

Since ticket prices and deal packages fluctuate constantly, it's impossible to say WHICH company or website will offer the best savings at the time you plan to travel. Nevertheless, as I've watched ARES' prices over the years, I've noticed that their offers are consistently some of the best savings being promoted at any given time.

This website is now an associate of ARES Travel: If you have enjoyed reading this website, you may use the following specially-tagged link to view the ARES Travel Disneyland Discount Tickets page and any purchase you make will help this website to grow even bigger and better! (On the other hand, if you don't like this website very well, here is a plain, un-tagged link to the ARES Travel website which will not send a rebate to this site for your purchases.) If you've already been checking around for Disneyland discount tickets, this page may look familiar to you. The Anaheim Visitors & Convention bureau uses ARES for its ticket fulfillment & so does the popular Mouse Saver's website.

Section 3: Disneyland Annual Passports; great savings for frequent guests!

Disneyland Deluxe Annual Passes

Out of town visitors are offered the absolute best Disneyland Annual Passes, in terms of the LEAST block out date restrictions! Here are the Disneyland Resort Annual Passes that are available to ALL Disneyland visitors. You may use them at BOTH Disneyland theme park AND at Disney's California Adventure theme park. (Once you decide on the best annual pass for your needs, you may purchase them at eithern Disneyland.com, at the Disneyland theme park ticket booths, or at the Disney stores in your local mall.

THE DELUXE DISNEYLAND ANNUAL PASSPORT--- The deluxe annual pass to Disneyland will allow you a whopping 315 days per year to visit the park. You'll be allowed to enjoy both Disneyland amusement park AND the Disney California Adventure amusement park each time you visit, hopping back and forth between the parks, if you wish, to catch your favorite performances at both. In addition, you'll be offered some Disneyland Resort discounts which are not available to the general public. (If you'd like to add a year's worth of pre-paid parking to your Disneyland passport, that option is available, as well.) Here are the Disneyland Resort Deluxe Annual Pass Port prices---
1.) $259 for children age 3--9 (no discount for children; same price as adult pass)
2.)$259 for adults (age 10 and up); no parking included
3.) $318 with pre-paid parking included.

DELUXE ANNUAL PASSPORT BLOCKOUT DATES

May 2008--- ALL Saturdays blacked out (May 3, 10, 17 & 24) PLUS Sunday, May 25th
June 2008--- ALL Saturdays are on the block out list (June 7, 14, 21 & 28)
July 2008--- The following days are on the black out date list for July: 4, 5, 6, 12, 19 & 26
August 2008--- August 2, 7, 16, 30 & 31st are listed as blackout dates at Disneyland and DCA. However, Saturday, August 23rd is NOT on the blockout list.
September 2008--- No days are blocked out
October 2008--- No dates are on the black out list
November 2008---Only 3 days on the blackout list: Thursday, November 27 (Thanksgiving Day) plus Nov 28 & 29th (the Saturday & Sunday of Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend.)
December 2008---Between Saturday, December 20 and Dec 31, all dates are blocked out during the busy Disneyland Christmas Vacation period.
January 2009---NO dates are blocked out.
February 2009---Only 2 dates blacked-out: Saturday & Sunday, February 14 & 15. These are on the President's Day holiday weekend. Oddly enough, Monday, Feb 16...President's Day itself...is NOT blocked out.
March 2009---All Saturdays except March 7th are blocked out.
April 2009---All Saturdays blocked out. (April 5, 12, 19 & 26) Easter Sunday (April 12th) is NOT blocked out.

Buying a ticket on your Block Out Days

What's another way to get around the black out dates? Simply buy your pass at the Disneyland Resort ON a block-out day! Restrictions to your pass won't take place until your SECOND visit!

Annual Passport Processing---Don't forget that on the day you first purchase your Disneyland annual pass you must save time out of your busy day to PROCESS that pass! You'll be directed to the processing center, where you'll get your photo taken and be handed your permanent Annual Pass ID card. Thanks to modern digital photo technology, you'll get your permanent annual pass immediately! (Old-timers may remember back to the days when your permanent Disneyland annual passport was mailed to your house at a later date.)

Disneyland Premium Annual Pass Info

The price for the Disneyland Premium Passport is $379, both for kids and adults. (This is the price as of May, 2008; Disneyland Park may raise its prices at any time.) Plus, this super-duper Premium Annual Passport includes parking, at no extra charge!

Disneyland Discount Tickets -- Double Checking Current Prices at Disneyland.com

Section 4: Southern California CityPass Discounts

The Southern California CityPass program DOES work and it DOES save money! This is a program primarily for tourists, because with the City Pass discounts, you buy a ticket which includes 3 days at Disneyland and California Adventure; one day at Universal Studios Hollywood; one day at SeaWorld San Diego; and another day at the San Diego Zoo. (In other words, this is a great plan for multi-park touring, but isn't the right discount plan for someone who simply wants to spend one afternoon at Disneyland Park.)

The bargain price for the 2008 City Pass is $199/kids age 3-9, and $249/age 10 & over. So, you get quite a bit of touring done for your money.

CityPass coupons are purchased at the ticket booths of any of its member attractions (including the Disneyland ticket booths), making it a very easy & convenient way to participate in a discount plan.

The "down side" of the CityPass plan is obvious: you might not want to go to all of those attractions...yet you pay for them up-front. AND you only have 14 days (from the time you first use a ticket) to complete your visits to all these tourist attractions. This is a great deal for an active tourist who wants to "see it all;" but not so great for someone who just wants to spend a day or two at Disneyland.

For further information about the Southern California CityPass discounts, please visit the Multi-Park Discount Tickets page of this website. (If the Southern California City Pass doesn't interest you, you'll find out about different discount ticket programs on this page, too.)

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