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Walt Disney World announces changes, perks for 2025

Free water park tickets included for Disney Resort Hotel Collection guests

FILE - Minnie and Mickey Mouse perform for guests during a musical show in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, July 14, 2023, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) (John Raoux, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Your next vacation to the “Most Magical Place on Earth” may look a little different next year, as the Walt Disney World Resort announces price changes and perks for guests.

While Florida residents can still take advantage of special ticket prices, theme park ticket prices will be higher in 2025.

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According to Disney’s website, ticket prices for October 2025 will increase $5- $10 compared to 2024 pricing for one-day tickets and one-day tickets with the Park Hopper Option added.

The Disney Dining Plan is back in 2024 after a pandemic pause, but prices for the plan in a Disney vacation package are expected to increase in 2025.

Guests at Disney’s Riviera Resort at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., can see Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Daisy Duck during breakfast at Topolino’s Terrace – Flavors of the Riviera, the resort’s rooftop restaurant. During the resort’s phased reopening, characters maintain proper physical distancing while parading through the restaurant during mealtimes. (Matt Stroshane, photographer) (Copyright 2020 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)

Guests currently have two options, which include the Disney Quick Service Dining Plan or the traditional Disney Dining Plan, which does include table-service dining credits.

Guests who stay at Disney Resort Collection Hotels will continue to enjoy early entry perks through 2025.

Disney hotel guests can currently enter all four theme parks 30 minutes before the scheduled park entry time.

Disney Deluxe Resort and Deluxe Villa Resort guests will also continue to benefit from extended evening hours, depending on theme park hours.

Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park reopens to guests on Nov. 13, 2022 (Disney)

Check in day will be a good day to cool off at Disney’s Water parks. According to the Disney Park’s Blog, guests will also enjoy free park tickets to Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon or Disney’s Blizzard Beach water parks on the day they check in to any Value, Moderate or Deluxe Disney Resort Collection Hotel.

For more information about the changes slated to start in 2025, click on this link.


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