Disneyland Discount Tickets
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In the slide show above, you're viewing pictures of the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. If seeing Disneyland photos makes you want to head to the park ASAP, then the Disneyland discounts talked about on this page will help you get on your way! Quick check for discounts: Here's a link to quickly check the current Disneyland discounts at the ARES Travel Agency, one of our site's sponsors.
Types of Disneyland Discounts
En Espanol | There are a number of ways to beat the prices at Disneyland's ticket booths. Even so, 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:
On this page, you'll get details about the following types of Disneyland discount deals: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!
Disneyland Discounts that are NOT available
We get a number of questions about other types of Disneyland discounts that just aren't available. Disneyland does NOT give Coke can discounts...nor Pepsi can discounts, or any other soda can discounts of any type. Disneyland does NOT sponsor Burger King, Subway, Wendy's, McDonald's nor any other type of fast food discount coupons. On occasion, however, Disneyland does work with local supermarkets. However, the grocery store Disneyland discount tickets are not for out-of-town visitors...they're for Southern California residents. If you ARE a SoCal resident, please see our Disneyland Discounts for Local Residents page for further info.Section 1: Disneyland Discount Tickets at Disneyland.com
On-line Disneyland Ticket Specials
Disneyland.com's ticket prices are often cheaper than ticket booths: Yes, you may wait to buy your Disneyland tickets until you've arrived at the theme park. Every admission booth sells them. BUT, you'll miss getting extra discounts by purchasing your Disneyland ticket packages ahead of time on-line at Disneyland.com. 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 Online Discounts good from NOW thru December 31, 2012
The following Disneyland ticket prices are in effect (as of October, 2011) if you buy your tickets online at the www.Disneyland.com website. You may use these tickets any time throughout 2011 and 2012...all the way until December 31, 2012. Ticket prices may increase during the meantime...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.
Children's discount 6-day ticket: $231 for kids ages 3--9
Adult discount 6-day ticket: $251 for adults, teens, and tweens age 10 and over.
Important note: All visits in the 6-pack must be used within 13 days after you use the 1st ticket. In other words, you can't go to Disneyland one day in January, one day in March, 3 days in the summertime, then one day in October...etc.
Get cheaper 6-day passes: a.) 6 day NON-hopper tickets: You can lower the price of a 6-day pass by opting to get one-park tickets instead of "Hopper" tickets. What's the difference? You can go ONLY to Disneyland OR Disney's California Adventure each day...but not to BOTH parks in the same day. By choosing non-hopper tickets, the adult 6-day ticket prices comes down to $236, and the kids price comes down to $216.
Children's discount 5-day Park Hopper ticket: $226 for kids ages 3--9
Adult discount 5-day Park Hopper ticket: $246 for adults, teens, and tweens age 10 and over.
Get cheaper 5-day passes: a.) 5 day NON-hopper tickets: You can lower the price of a 5-day pass by opting to get one-park tickets instead of "Hopper" tickets. What's the difference? You can go ONLY to Disneyland OR Disney's California Adventure each day...but not to BOTH parks in the same day. By choosing non-hopper tickets, the adult 5-day ticket prices comes down to $231, and the kids price comes down to $211.
3.) 4 Day Park Hopper Bonus Tickets---As with the 5 and 6-day Park Hopper discount tickets, 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.) All 4 theme park tickets must be used within 13 days of your 1st visit. One Magic Morning early entry ticket is included in the package. On-line Disneyland.com special prices are---
Children's special 4-day discount: priced at $216 for kids
Adult's special 4-day discount: priced at $234 for adults, teens, and guests age 10 and over
Get cheaper 4-day Disneyland passes: a.) 4 day non-hopper tickets: You can lower the price of a 4-day pass by opting to get one-park tickets instead of "Hopper" tickets. By choosing non-hopper tickets, the adult 4-day ticket prices comes down to $219, and the kids price comes down to $201.
4.) 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. You'll also get one Magic Morning early entry ticket with this package. The on-line prices for the Disneyland.com 3 Day Park Hopper ticket package are as follows---
Children's 3-day deal: $198 for kids
Adult's 3-day deal: $214 for adults, teens and older children (age 10+)
Get cheaper 3-day passes: a.) 3 day non-hopper tickets: You can lower the price of a 3-day pass by opting to get one-park tickets instead of "Hopper" tickets. What's the difference? You can go ONLY to Disneyland OR Disney's California Adventure each day...but not to BOTH parks in the same day. By choosing non-hopper tickets, the adult 3-day ticket prices comes down to $199, and the kids price comes down to $183.
5.) 2 Day Park Hopper Tickets: The online price for Disneyland 2-day tickets is $161/kids and $173 for age 10 and up. These are not special online prices---it's the same amount you'll pay at the gate. Disneyland does NOT give an internet discount on its 2-day Park Hopper Tickets. Why not? Because they want to encourage you to spend a minimum of 3 days at the park!
You can get cheaper 2-day Disneyland tickets by choosing the NON-Hopper option. The 2-Day 1 Park Per Day ticket is $158 ages 10 and up, and $146 for kids ages 3 to 9.
Is there an advantage to purchasing 2-day tickets on the Disneyland website rather than at the park? Yes...your advantage is a big one: Convenience. By pre-purchasing, you'll skip out on the lines at Disneyland's ticket booths, which can be quite long. Note: With a 2 Day Park Hopper ticket, you do NOT receive a pass to the Magic Morning early entry program at the park. This omission is designed by the Disney Folks to make you want to spend at least 3 days at the resort. If getting an early admission pass is important to you, then you should consider the 3-day Park Hopper tickets instead. HOWEVER, also keep in mind that a Magic Morning entry does NOT give you access to all rides in the park. It's a limited program; you could find that your only choices on the day you attend are Fantasyland's kiddie rides, for example...when you might have been hoping that you could finally ride Space Mountain without a line. Alas, Magic Morning early entry does NOT solve all problems!
6.) 1 Day Park Hopper Tickets: The online price for Disneyland 1-day Park Hopper Tickets is $99/kids and $105/ages 10 and up. There is no discount for purchasing online; this is the same price as at the gate. Buying them online ahead of time does allow you the convenience of NOT standing in line at Disneyland's ticket booths, however...which can take an irritating chunk of time out of your day at the parkNote: "Park-hopping" (seeing BOTH Disneyland Park AND Disney's California Adventure Park) on a one-day visit is not really a good idea. There are MORE rides and attractions at Disneyland Park than visitors can see in one day...even if they stay just at that one theme park! Trying to squeeze in visits to 2 theme parks in one day simply means that visitors won't see anything but a quick sampling of attractions at either one of them. It costs less to buy a "one day/one park" ticket, which is usually the better choice. For a one-day/one-park Disneyland ticket, it costs adults $80 and kids $74. You save $25 for omitting the ability to "hop" back and forth between Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure...which is difficult to do, anyway. (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."
Disneyland.com Ticket Page: If you want to learn more about the Disneyland.com tickets mentioned above, you may use the following link to view the
ticket page of the Disneyland.com website.
Section 2: ARES Travel's online Disneyland Discount Tickets
What is the ARES Travel company? ARES Travel is a ticketing and reservations company that provides the "ticket store" for a number of well-established websites, including the websites of a number of California's convention & visitor's bureaus. You can rest assured that ARES Travel is a reputable company. ARES would not receive Disneyland's permission to sell their tickets at a discount if they were not.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.
Check for ARES Travel Co's Disneyland Discounts: Here's a link to the ARES Travel Disneyland Discount Tickets page so you can check for current special offers. 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
You may have heard---correctly---that Southern California residents can get cheaper prices on their Disneyland annual passes. Sure, it's true, BUT those Southern California annual pass tickets are chock-full of blackout dates! For example, if you bought the cheapest Southern California annual passport, you wouldn't be able to attend Disneyland on any Saturday or Sunday ALL YEAR LONG! Your summer visiting would be SEVERELY restricted...and near Christmas time? Forget it!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.)
Following are the Disneyland Resort Deluxe Annual Pass Port prices--
1.) $379 for children age 3--9 (no discount for children; same price as adult pass)
2.) $379 for adults (age 10 and up); no parking included
3.) $478 with pre-paid parking included (which works out to $99 for parking as many times as you wish during the year on NON BLOCK-OUT DAYS. You will still have to pay for parking if you are visiting Disneyland on one of the block-out days...for which you'll be purchasing a special $59 block-out day ticket.)
The $478 prices is only $21 less than the Premium Annual Pass, which includes parking, but has NO block-out dates during the entire year. You should consider making the step-up to the Premium Pass if you plan to visit the park on even ONE block out date.
Disneyland.com Annual Pass page: If you would like more information about Disneyland's Deluxe Annual Passport, here's a link to the Disneyland.com ticket & annual passport page.
DELUXE ANNUAL PASSPORT BLOCKOUT DATES
DISNEYLAND'S DELUXE ANNUAL PASS BLACKOUT DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
October 2011--- NO dates are on the black out list! You may visit Disneyland or the Disney California Adventure Park any day you'd like. One thing to remember in October, however, is that Mickey's Halloween Party (held on selected evenings after Disneyland's closing time) is an extra-fee event. Even if you have an annual Disneyland Passport, you'll still need to purchase a separate ticket if you wish to attend.
December 2011---Between Thursday, December 22nd and Dec 31, ALL dates are blocked out during the busy Disneyland Christmas Vacation period. You must purchase a blockout-day ticket if you'd like to visit Disneyland or Disney's California Adventure on any day in December between the 22nd and 31st.
January 2012---There are NO blackout dates in Jan, 2012! You may attend the theme parks on ANY day you'd like...including January 1st, New Year's Day.
February 2012---Only 2 dates blacked-out: Saturday & Sunday, February 18 & 19. These are on the President's Day holiday weekend. Oddly enough, Monday, Feb 20...President's Day itself...is NOT blocked out.
March 2012---Three Saturdays are blocked out: March 17th, March 24th and March 31st.
April 2012---Sunday, April 1st; Friday, April 6th; plus ALL Saturdays are blocked out. Easter Sunday (April 8th) is NOT blocked out, however.
May 2012--- ALL Saturdays are blackout dates, PLUS Sunday, May 27th (because of the Memorial Day weekend crowds.) However, Monday May 28, 2012...Memorial Day itself...is not a blackout day
June 2012--- ALL Saturdays are on the black out list. However, you MAY attend the theme parks on ANY OTHER dates this month
July 2012--- ALL of the Saturdays in July, plus the Wednesday, July 4th (the Independence Day holiday) are blocked out.
August 2012--- 3 Saturdays (August 4, 11 & 18) are listed as blackout dates at Disneyland and DCA. The last Saturday of the month, however (August 25th) is NOT on the blackout list. You MAY visit Disneyland on ANY Sunday thru Friday, however.
September 2012--- Saturday, September 1st and Sunday, September 2nd (Labor Day Weekend) are blocked out. However, Labor Day itself (September 3rd) is NOT blocked out. With the exception of 9/1 & 9/2, you may visit Disneyland any other day this month.
Buying a ticket on your Block Out Days
What do you do if you'd like to attend Disneyland Park on a date when you're "blocked out?" You may buy a ticket and attend the park. BUT...you won't have to buy your one-day ticket at full price! Annual pass holders may purchace special tickets to use on their black out days for a special lower price. As of October, 2011, it costs annual pass holders $59 to buy a one-day ticket during a block-out day.Parking on your block-out days: If you have purchased an annual parking pass along with your theme park passport, you need to keep in mind that your parking privileges ONLY extend to the dates your annual pass is valid. (And NOT on your block-out dates.) If you would like to park in the Disneyland parking lots on a day you'll be buying a block-out day ticket, then you'll also have to pay to park in the Disneyland parking structure on that day, too.
What's another way to get around the black out dates? You can buy your annual 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 get a picture taken for that pass! You'll be directed to find a park photographer, where you'll get your photo taken. The photographer will then scan your picture and your annual pass will be ready to use on your next visit. (Your picture will NOT appear on your annual pass; it will only show up when your pass is scanned at Disneyland's entrance turnstiles.) Thanks to modern digital photo technology, there's no more waiting in line to get your picture put onto your annual passport! (If you can't find a park photographer, there's generally one lurking by Sleeping Beauty's Castle.)
Disneyland Premium Annual Pass Info
THE DISNEYLAND PREMIUM ANNUAL PASSPORT---This is the no-holds-barred Disneyland annual pass which is good every single day of the year...all 365 days! If you purchase the Disneyland premium annual passport, you'll get into the park on even on the busiest day of the year...the annual Disneyland New Year's Eve Celebration. (As long as you arrive at the Disneyland before it reaches its full-capacity limit, that is!)The price for the Disneyland Premium Passport is $499, both for kids and adults. (This is the price as of October, 2011.) Plus, this super-duper Premium Annual Passport includes parking, at no extra charge! This is an expensive pass, but when you consider parking prices and the $59 ticket price for the Blockout day pass, this Premium pass can pay for itself quickly. If you pay the $478 for the Deluxe pass with parking, that still does not include parking on Blockout days. So even with the deluxe pass with parking, you would still pay the $15 per day to park and the $59 Blockout day ticket on Blockout days. Keeping that in mind, it is a very good idea that if you are going to buy annual passes and you are not a resident of Southern California, at least one person in the group really should buy this Premium pass.
Disney Premier Passport
Disneyland has recently introduced a brand-new type of annual pass! For a $749 annual pass fee, you'll get admission to Disneyland, Disney's California Adventure, Walt Disney World's 4 theme parks (the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney Hollywood Studios, and Disney's Animal Kingdom); Walt Disney World's 2 water parks (Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach); DisneyQuest at Orlando's Downtown Disney; ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando; and Disney's Oak Trail Golf Course in Orlando.If you're a California Disney-lover who plans to make a trip to Orlando this year, this new pass could save you lots of money on your outing. However, since it's so much more expensive than any of the other Disneyland annual passes, if you're not heading to Orlando soon, then you're wasting your money...since most of the included attractions are in Florida.
The Disney Premiere Pass cannot be purchased online, at the present time. However, when you arrive at Disneyland Park, you may purchase yours at the resort's ticket booths.
Disneyland Discount Tickets -- Twitter contests
Twitter contests for FREE Disneyland and/or Disney's California Adventure tickets! Frankly, Disneyland hasn't offered as many contests on social networking sites as some of the other theme parks have. However, there have been a FEW free-ticket giveaways...including some freebies in 2011!
How can you find out when there might be another Disneyland Resort contest? By following the Disney parks on Twitter...and/or Facebook...and/or the Official Disneyland Blog. If these happen, you'll have to act quickly because there is usually only a small window of opportunity to enter.
There is no way of knowing when...and if...another contest will be announced. But, if you follow Twitter or Disneyland's other social media, you'll be one of the few who know about it!
Southern California CityPass Discounts
How does the Southern California CityPass work? You will buy a ticket which gives you 3 days at Disneyland and California Adventure; one day at Universal Studios Hollywood; and one day at SeaWorld San Diego. (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 CityPass adult price for 2012 is $279, and the Kid's (ages 3-9) price is $239.00. This is a terrific price that's sure to save you money if you want to visit all 4 theme parks on your Southern California visit.
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. Or, you may use the colorful ad to your right to make a purchase, and our website will receive a small commission. (Thanks!)
The "down side" of the CityPass plan is obvious: you might not want to go to all of those attractions...yet you have to 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 check out the colorful ad to your right (no purchase necessary to get more info.) The very reliable City Pass program has been chosen by us to be one of our site's sponsors. We ourselves have personally used the CityPass plan in the past. They are every bit as good as they sound, and are never turned down nor questioned by the attractions, in our experience.
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