Disney has announced a new ticket deal for Disneyland and California Adventure in 2025 and, unlike the current admission discount, this is available to everyone and NOT just SoCal residents. Here are dates & details about the general public special offer, plus crowd predictions, historical comparisons, an assessment of the value proposition, and notable similarities & differences between this promo and past ones.
For a limited time, guests can visit the Disneyland Resort for as low as $100 per day with a 4-day, 1-park per day ticket, or as low as $120 per day with a 3-day, 1-park per day ticket, valid May 16 through August 14, 2025. This Disneyland Anniversary Ticket Offer will go on sale March 11, 2025.
Make it your happiest time by visiting Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park during the Disneyland Resort 70th Celebration, which also starts on May 16, 2025. Get tickets soon directly from Disneyland; this deal is also available via Get Away Today with even greater savings. Then, visit multiple times from May 16 through August 14, 2025—subject to theme park reservation availability. Here’s a pricing breakdown and other important details…
3-Day, 1-Park Per Day Ticket for $120 Per Day
- Enjoy this specially priced 3-day, 1-park per day ticket—valid May 16 through August 14, 2025—for $360 total.
- Subject to restrictions and park reservation availability.
4-Day, 1-Park Per Day Ticket for $100 Per Day
- Enjoy this specially priced 4-day, 1-park per day ticket—valid May 16 through August 14, 2025—for $400 total.
- Subject to restrictions and park reservation availability.
Again, this Disneyland Anniversary Ticket Offer will go on sale March 11, 2025 and is valid for use from May 16 through August 14, 2025. It requires park reservations (which we will “only” stress a few more times throughout this post–but for good reason).
Tickets may be used on nonconsecutive days. Each day of use constitutes one full day of use. Tickets are valid for use beginning May 16, 2025, and expire August 14, 2025.
Tickets are nonrefundable, and may not be sold or transferred for commercial use and exclude activities/events separately priced. However, you may purchase up to 5 tickets per eligible person per day. (Not sure how you reconcile those two rules, but whatever!)
Offer may not be combined with other ticket discounts or promotions. This promotion is subject to restrictions, change and cancellation without notice. Sales may be paused from time to time or terminated at any time.
If the new Disneyland Anniversary Ticket Offer isn’t for you due to travel dates or because you need longer duration tickets, see our 2025 Discount Disneyland Ticket Buying Guide for additional recommendations.
All of this is basically boilerplate terms & conditions, but here’s something that’s important to understand: “To enter a theme park, both a theme park reservation and a valid ticket for the same park on the same date are required. Theme park reservations for these offer tickets are limited in number and subject to the availability of park reservations allocated to the Disneyland Anniversary Ticket Offer as determined by Disney, applicable blockout dates and theme park capacity.
“Reservation availability for these offer tickets is not guaranteed for any date and reservations may be difficult to get for any particular date, especially as the ticket expiration date approaches. To ensure best availability, make reservations early. On any given date, park reservations may be available for general theme park tickets even though park reservations allocated to these offer tickets are fully reserved. Disneyland Anniversary tickets holders are not entitled to any reservations Disney makes available to others. (Emphasis added.)
“Parks, attractions, entertainment, experiences, services and offerings may be modified, limited in availability or unavailable, and are subject to restrictions, change or cancellation without notice. Park admission and offerings are not guaranteed.”
What this means is that park reservations for the new Disneyland Anniversary Ticket Offer will pull from a different “bucket” of theme park reservations than regular full-price park tickets. This is exactly how Magic Keys already work, as well as other recent ticket promos. So it’s really nothing new.
Nevertheless, it’s critically important to understand because this ticket deal is going to be very, very popular. We know that because ticket deals are always popular, and that’s even when they’re just for California residents. This is more akin to last summer’s general public ticket deal, but with the huge twist that it’s being rolled out at the start of Disneyland’s 70th Anniversary.
It thus stands to reason that this deal will be bought by a higher percentage of guests, meaning more people in this “pool” competing for the same reservations. As Disney warns, some dates are going to be difficult to book–even when availability is wide open for other ticket types. The good news is that Disneyland does reallocate reservation availability as demand dictates; the bad news is that they aren’t very good at it, and it can be very hit or miss (requiring a strong refresh game).
Anyway, just bringing this to your attention because we know some people gloss over the terms and conditions, viewing that as CYA legal language that has no real bearing on the deal. Here, that’s only partially true. The way this new Disneyland Anniversary Ticket Offer works with park reservations is a typical legal disclaimer to avoid (another) lawsuit, but it’s also crucial for you to understand so you don’t end up with tickets you can’t use.
Right off the bat, we can tell you with complete confidence that you need to purchase tickets and make reservations ASAP if you’re planning on using this ticket between May 16, 2025 and Memorial Day weekend. Park reservations are already gone on May 16-17, 2025 for all tiers of Magic Keys, and it’s safe to assume that Sunday and the following holiday weekend will fill up fast. And this is over 2 months out!
I’m honestly surprised that Disney is offering the Disneyland Anniversary Ticket Offer starting on May 16, 2025. We’ve been speculating about the summer ticket deal for some time now, wondering when it would be released, who would be eligible, how much it would cost, and whether it would exclude weekends.
Suffice to say, I would not have bet on this permutation of ‘features’ (I expected it to debut in mid-June). It’s being released sooner than last year (by nearly 3 months) and has earlier eligible dates (by almost one month). The per day cost is comparable to last year on the 4-day tickets once you adjust for the weekends add-on, and it’s being offered again to everyone.
This is despite the Disneyland 70th Anniversary celebration, which is a big year-over-year improvement in terms of selling points. For comparison, the whole west side of Disneyland was a construction zone last year with a large swath of New Orleans Square and Critter Country offline.
Given the aggressiveness of this discount, it’s probably safe to say that pent-up demand is fully over at Disneyland! Ditto how long the most recent round of Magic Key sales lasted. Disneyland is suddenly pulling a lot of “levers” all at once to entice people to visit.
Now let’s turn to how this deal differs from past Disneyland deals. In a normal year, there are two main types of ticket deals. We’ve already covered the summer one, which has morphed from a Golden State deal for all Californians to a general public discount in the last two years. Historically, the summer deal with the wider eligibility pool costs more.
Before that, there’s the winter and spring special offer–which is currently available and runs until March 15, 2025–that’s only available to Southern California residents. Disneyland has done this consistently for at least the last decade. It’s the much more established and longstanding deal–the summer discount is more recent addition during the post-reopening era.
This year’s version of that SoCal resident deal is the best we’ve seen in a while, and is actually better than last year–and significantly so. It offers discount admission for as low as $67 per day on select days with the purchase of a 3-day, 1-park per day ticket. There’s also a limited-time Disneyland kids ticket offer for 2025, for $50 per day admission until March 20, 2025. Those offers are really attractive if judged solely on the basis of cost.
However, our running commentary has been that Disneyland needed a really aggressive ticket deal to combat decreased demand, reduced entertainment, ride refurbishments, and to entice people to visit who might otherwise be postponing visits until the start of the Disneyland 70th Anniversary celebration. From that perspective, it made sense that the per-day costs were so low.
Even with that aggressive offer, we’ve still heard from plenty of locals and tourists who were holding out until Disneyland’s 70th Anniversary. Their perspective has been that it’s “worth it” to wait and pay more for the better experience. We agree with that viewpoint and suspect it’s a common one. It’s been fully vindicated with this Disneyland Anniversary Ticket Offer, even if it does cost a lot more than the 2025 SoCal ticket deal.
Speaking of pricing, here are special offer ticket prices from the last several years so you can see how things have changed…
2025 SoCal Resident Winter & Spring Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-day, 1 park per day ticket – $199
- 3-day Park Hopper ticket – $289
- 3-day, 1 park per day ticket with Lightning Lane Multi Pass – $295
- 3-day, Park Hopper ticket with Lightning Lane Multi Pass – $385
2024 All Guest Summer & Fall Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-Day (Monday-Thursday), 1-Park Per Day Ticket – $249
- 3-Day (Monday to Sunday), 1-Park Per Day Ticket – $299
2024 SoCal Resident Winter & Spring Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-Day (Monday-Thursday), 1-Park Per Day Ticket – $225
- 3-Day (Monday to Sunday), 1-Park Per Day Ticket – $275
2023 California Resident Summer & Fall Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-Day (Monday-Thursday), 1-Park Per Day Ticket – $249
- 3-Day (Monday to Sunday), 1-Park Per Day Ticket – $299
2023 SoCal Resident Winter & Spring Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-day, 1 park per day weekday ticket – $219
- 3-day Park Hopper weekday ticket – $279
- 3-day, 1 park per day weekday ticket with Disney Genie+ service – $294
- 3-day, Park Hopper weekday ticket with Disney Genie+ service – $354
2022 California Resident Summer & Fall Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-Day (Monday-Thursday), 1-Park Per Day Ticket – $249
- 3-Day (Monday-Sunday), 1-Park Per Day Ticket – $299
2022 SoCal Resident Winter & Spring Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-Day, 1-Park Per Day Ticket — $199
- 3 Day, 1-Park Per Day Ticket with Disney Genie+ Service — $259
- 3-Day Park Hopper Ticket — $259
- 3-Day Park Hopper Ticket with Disney Genie+ Service — $319
2021 California Resident Disneyland Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-day, 1-park ticket for $249
- 3-day Park Hopper ticket for $304
2020 SoCal Resident Disneyland Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-day, 1-park per day ticket for $201
- 3-day Park Hopper ticket for $254
2019 SoCal Resident Disneyland Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-day, 1-park per day ticket for $179
- 3-day Park Hopper ticket for $234
2018 SoCal Resident Disneyland Ticket Deal Prices:
- 2-day ticket with choice of one park per day for $159
- 2-day Park Hopper ticket for $204
- 3-day ticket with choice of one park per day for $199
- 3-day Park Hopper ticket for $244
2017 SoCal Resident Disneyland Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-day ticket with choice of one park per day for $149
- 3-day Park Hopper ticket for $189
2016 SoCal Resident Disneyland Ticket Deal Prices:
- 2-day ticket with choice of one park per day for $149
- 2-day Park Hopper ticket for $189
- 3-day ticket with choice of one park per day for $179
- 3-day Park Hopper ticket for $219
One big difference about the Disneyland 70th Anniversary ticket deal as compared to last year is that it ends over a month earlier, prior to the start of Halloween (see our Guide to Halloween Time at Disneyland), which begins on August 22, 2025. This is interesting to me, and sets the stage for a weeklong gap of low crowds. Potentially.
More likely, it sets the stage for another ticket deal later in the year. While it’s possible that Disneyland will go discount-free for mid-August through December, I doubt it. They started dabbling in discounts during the holiday season last year after attendance in October showed a slowdown versus the tailend of the summer/fall deal.
It appears to me that Disneyland has gotten too aggressive with price increases of admission, and almost needs a perpetual discount to hit attendance and guest spending targets. That higher sticker prices are part of the strategy, but so too are alternatives for those who balk at the ever-escalating cost of regular 1-day (or longer) tickets. But that’s another topic for another day.
Nevertheless, this Disneyland Anniversary Ticket Deal is pretty much the best-case scenario if you’re a tourist planning to visit California in Summer 2025. It starts earlier, can be purchased sooner, and is cheaper than we expected. (Conversely, it’s the worst-case scenario for Annual Passholders. Selfishly, I’m cringing a little at these details. Great for readers…bad for us, personally.)
Speaking of which, this is going to result in revisions to our Best & Worst Weeks to Visit Disneyland in 2025 & 2026. Right off the bat, this shifts the first set of “Summer’s Twin Peaks” to starting May 16, 2025 and running through early-to-mid June. (Yes, roughly a full month is now one of the worst “weeks.”)
It also moves the “End of Summer Ticket Deals” timeframe to the week or so before this deal actually ends. On the other hand, it should expand the “Post-Summer” best period, especially if no other deals are released for that timeframe. Those are just preliminary thoughts, though. More analysis to come once these tickets go on sale and the dust settles.
Ultimately, it’ll be interesting to see how popular this Disneyland 70th Anniversary ticket deal ends up being with the general public. My guess is that it’ll be incredibly popular–much more so than last year’s equivalent thanks to all all of the new entertainment and other offerings. And last year’s deal was no slouch in terms of popularity!
It’ll also be fascinating to see how crowds play out at Disneyland in mid-May 2025 and beyond. One thing we’d caution against is drawing comparisons to last year and trying to surmise too much. It was just such a different scenario with not much happening at Disneyland–Pixar Fest wasn’t that big of a draw, entertainment was only okay, and a huge chunk of Disneyland was basically walled off.
The comparison that immediately jumps to mind for me is actually way back to the 2017 ticket deal. That was just as the 60th Anniversary and holiday season had ended, and Disneyland was seemingly concerned about a slowdown. The bottom line was that they pulled too many “levers” all at once–improving the ticket deal while also bringing back Main Street Electrical Parade and running a huge, highly successful marketing blitz.
It was absolute chaos. While park reservations will prevent a repeat of that, we could see a scenario where the park is packed all summer long and reservations for both Magic Key Annual Passholders and those who purchase this Disneyland 70th Anniversary ticket deal fill up far in advance. Guess we shall see how things play out!
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Your Thoughts
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