Ticket prices reach ranges far, far away for some
Nearly twice as many high-priced days are offered as compared to low-priced days through April
Not all Disneyland ticket prices are created equal with many more dates at the expensive end of the scale compared with the far fewer cheap days available for the Anaheim theme park over the next six months.
Disneyland raised admission prices last week, with the highest priced ticket topping out at $194 while holding the price of the cheapest daily ticket at $104 for a single park.
Disneyland has nearly twice as many high-priced dates (132) as low-priced days (71) on the calendar through April.
Two-thirds of the dates through April fall into the three most expensive tiers, with the remaining one-third of the dates in the four least expensive tiers, according to an analysis by News Nation reporter Scott Gustin.
All things being equal, each of Disneyland's seven pricing tiers would have about 14% of the dates — but so far Disneyland hasn't distributed the ticket prices equally across the calendar.
The top three most expensive tiers ($169-$194) make up 65% of the dates and the bottom four least expensive dates ($104-$154) make up 35% of the dates through April.
So far, there are 25 days on the Disneyland calendar at the cheapest $104 price point through April 2024 — about 12% of the available dates.
The next three lowest tiers have even fewer dates: 10 days at $119 (5%), 16 days at $134 (8%) and 20 days at $154 (10%).
By far, the three most expensive tiers have the most dates: 45 days at $169 (22%), 42 days at $184 (21%) and 45 at $194 (22%).
There are four times as many $184 dates available as $119 days, nearly three times as many $169 dates as $134 days and more than twice as many $194 dates as $154 days.
Disneyland's calendar only stretches through April at the moment — so the ticket price mix could change over the last eight months of 2024.
Consumers are facing “funflation” in all types of entertainment from live concerts to sporting events to theme parks, according to CNBC. Disney told CNBC that theme park price increases are in line with inflation.