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Disneyland Raises Prices On Tickets, Annual Passes Ahead Of Marvel-Themed Land

ANAHEIM (CBSLA) —  Ticket prices at Disneyland jumped Tuesday as part of a new five-tier pricing system raising some one-day passes over the $200 mark.

According to the OC Register, the park ticket prices increased 3 percent for top-tier daily admission, up to 5 percent for top tier park-hopper tickets, and as much as 13 percent for annual passes.

"Pretty wild, I don't know, if they keep going up, I don't know if we'll come back," said Jen Snell who was visiting the park with her family all the way from Canada.

"Tickets were about $450 U.S. for the family and then a couple of hundred bucks beyond that for a day. It's a lot, and we only came for a day this time because it was a lot."

One-day park-hopper tickets, which give a person access to both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park, jumped from $154 to $159 for lowest-demand days and from $199 to $209 during the highest-demand days.

Visitor Neil Brelinski and his wife believe it's well worth it. "We've been kind of saving up now for eight months to a year...just a little bit a time so we can afford to take the kids."

Some of the largest increases affected Disney's annual passports, which give visitors year-round access to the parks on select days.

  • The "select" annual pass jumped from $399 to $419
  • The "deluxe" pass rose 3% to $829
  • The "signature" pass climbed 4% to $1,199
  • The "premiere" pass jumped 13% to $2,199 from a year earlier.
  • The new "flex" annual pass jumped 8% from $599 to $649.

Disneyland's MaxPass, which allows visitors to digitally reserve a reservation on rides, increased from $15 to $20.

During the lowest demand days, one-day one-park ticket prices stayed at $104.

The increase in prices comes months after the theme park unveiled the ever-popular Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, and ahead of the park's newest addition, the Marvel-themed Avengers Campus opening this summer.

Disneyland recently offered discounted prices for "kids everywhere" and Southern California residents starting at $67 per-person tickets when they buy a three-day, one-park ticket.

The tickets are available for purchase through May 18, 2020.

For more information visit DisneyParks.com.

A Disneyland spokesperson told CBSLA, "A visit to our parks is the best value in entertainment bar none, and we offer flexible ticket choices to enable families to choose what's best for them."

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