Disney World Quietly Raised Prices on Tours, Dessert Parties and Fantasmic Dining, and Ended a Favorite Discount
Beyond tickets and annual passes, Disney World raised prices on tours, fireworks dessert parties, GEO-82 and Fantasmic dining packages. Passholders also lost their discount on bottled drinks. Here's every change.
When Disney World raised ticket and annual pass prices on October 6, a second round of increases went live at the same time with a lot less attention. Tours, fireworks dessert parties, Fantasmic dining packages and other extras all went up overnight, without an announcement, as the new prices simply appeared in Disney's booking systems.
And the change fans are most upset about isn't a price hike at all. It's the end of a discount that Annual Passholders, Disney Vacation Club members and Disney Visa cardholders have used for well over a decade.
The timing isn't random. Disney's fiscal year starts at the beginning of October, and that's when the company usually resets prices across the board, from admission to the smallest add ons.
The bottled drink discount is gone
Those three groups get a merchandise discount at Disney World gift shops, usually 20%. For years that discount also worked on the bottled drinks in the gift shop coolers, which made a discounted bottle of soda or water at a shop cheaper than the same drink at an outdoor vending cart.
That's over. Signs in the coolers now say discounts don't apply to bottled beverages. With a 20 ounce Coca-Cola running more than five dollars, the discount added up for regular visitors, which is why this one has landed harder than any single price increase. Soda was already full price at carts and counter service restaurants, and now it's full price everywhere.
One exception still stands for now. Karamell-Küche in EPCOT's Germany pavilion counts as a merchandise location, so the discount still works on its baked goods.
Tours
The behind the scenes tours each went up by $10. Keys to the Kingdom at Magic Kingdom now costs $179 to $199, up from $169 to $189. At Animal Kingdom, Savor the Savanna is now $209 to $219, up from $199 to $209, and Wild Africa Trek, the most expensive of the group, rose from $229 to $239 to $239 to $249.
Smaller experiences moved too. The Colors of Coronado painting experience went from $40 to $45.
Fireworks dessert parties and GEO-82
The Magic Kingdom fireworks dessert party with pre party or post party access now costs $104 to $119 for adults, up from $99 to $109. The version with table seating at Tomorrowland Terrace Restaurant went from $124 to $134 to $129 to $144. Kids' prices didn't change.
At EPCOT, the GEO-82 Fireworks Experience moved to variable pricing. It used to be a flat $179, and now runs $179 to $194 depending on the date, so the cheapest nights cost the same as before and the busy ones cost more.
Fantasmic dining packages
The Hollywood Studios dining packages that include guaranteed Fantasmic seating mostly went up by a dollar or two for adults. The 50's Prime Time Cafe package is now $62, up from $60. Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant went from $59 to $62, and The Hollywood Brown Derby from $83 to $84.
At Hollywood and Vine, breakfast is now $68 for adults and $43 for kids, while the lunch and dinner package is $83 for adults. The one price that actually went down is the kids' lunch and dinner package at Hollywood and Vine, which dropped a dollar to $52.
Character dining
Character meals are part of this round too, though Disney didn't publish a full list. Dinner at Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary Resort now runs $72 per adult, which gives you a sense of where the big buffets have landed.
What didn't change
Plenty stayed the same. Lightning Lane Multi Pass prices didn't move, and neither did parking, Memory Maker, separately ticketed events, kids' experiences or recreation. Ticket prices for most of 2027 were already set in the spring, so this round mainly hit the holiday peak dates at the end of 2027, where a one day Magic Kingdom ticket on Christmas Day or New Year's Eve now tops out at $229.
Lightning Lane did shift at the top end, even though Multi Pass stayed put. The ceiling for Lightning Lane Premier Pass, the pricier option that covers one visit to each eligible ride in a park, went up by $50, from $449 to $499. The ceiling for Single Pass, the a la carte purchase for the biggest rides, rises by $1 to $3, with each day's price posted 21 days ahead.
Annual passes, After Hours and dining plans
The annual pass increases are the biggest dollar changes of the season. The top tier Incredi-Pass rose $120 to $1,749. The Florida resident and DVC Sorcerer Pass went from $1,099 to $1,139, the Pirate Pass from $869 to $909 and the Pixie Dust Pass from $489 to $499. Florida residents paying monthly now pay $28, $64, $85 or $139 a month depending on the pass.
Disney After Hours went up earlier, on September 10. EPCOT After Hours now runs $159 to $189 and Hollywood Studios After Hours $159 to $199, depending on the night.
The 2027 Disney Dining Plan prices were set back in the spring. The Quick Service plan costs $62.78 per adult per night, the standard Dining Plan with table service meals is $99.87 and the Deluxe plan is $163.01. If you're weighing a plan against paying as you go, the higher character dining prices above are worth plugging into the math.
How to keep costs down
If you have a refillable mug from a resort hotel or a water bottle, bring it. Every quick service location will give you free ice water, which matters more now that the bottled drink discount is gone.
For the variable priced extras, pick your nights carefully. GEO-82 and the dessert parties cost the least on quieter dates, the same days our crowd calendar marks as lighter, so a flexible plan can save you a few dollars per person on top of shorter lines.
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