Walt Disney World has launched yet one more resort particular supply, and this cope with rooms beginning at $99/night time or ~50% off is the largest room-only low cost in years. It joins the lineup of offers on inns, tickets, and eating out there at Walt Disney World for now by way of October 2025. This publish revisits the maths on the easiest way to economize on a summer time trip in mild of this, and in addition discovered one thing stunning: that is the most affordable doable WDW trip since 2019!
We’ve already spilled quite a lot of digital ink assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the brand new particular affords, and what we’ve seen from reader feedback is that it’s all overwhelming. For this state of affairs, we’re simplifying issues by planning an illustrative Walt Disney World journey for the Costanza household from New York, who’ve booked quite a lot of faux holidays in previous weblog posts on this website. The Costanzas are as soon as once more a household of 4, having adopted the dual 8 12 months outdated women who starred in The Shining. This implies their celebration is 2 adults and a couple of children.
The Costanzas are going to go to July 13-19, 2025. In a earlier model of this publish, they picked August 3-9, 2025, which is among the Greatest Weeks to Go to Walt Disney World in Summer season 2025. The latter set of dates continues to be subjectively superior from our perspective, however we’re hopeful that the sooner dates will probably be enticing (they usually presumably will–Disney doesn’t low cost this aggressively when excessive crowds are within the forecast!) and that Disney Starlight Night time Parade will debut by then. The Costanzas have additionally determined to remain at All Star Sports activities, which is among the inns highlighted in Straightforward Tip for Cheaper Resorts at Walt Disney World.
Within the precursor to this publish, we just lately did the maths on 2025 Free Eating vs. Room & Ticket Offers at Walt Disney World to see which might save extra money. Spoiler alert: the a la carte method received by lots of of {dollars} in our state of affairs, and will’ve resulted in over $1,000 in extra financial savings over Free Eating had we chosen a Reasonable or Deluxe Resort as an alternative of the most affordable possibility. I’m not going to trouble with the Free Eating math right here, as a result of it’s simply the identical comparability once more, however with an excellent cheaper room.
There’s one factor I need to underscore up entrance, as it’s vital. Sure, you’ll be able to stack Walt Disney World room-only reductions with ticket reductions! That is NOT doable with Free Eating, which requires buy of a non-discounted ticket and room bundle. Nonetheless, the room-only and ticket reductions are stackable!
That is regardless of language with the room-only offers indicating this particular supply “can’t be mixed with every other low cost or promotion.” What meaning, basically, is that you simply can’t e-book the room-only low cost with Free Eating or a bundle deal to be able to double-dip. There’s no such factor as a free lunch, actually and figuratively.
The distinction with room-only offers and ticket offers is that they’re mutually unique–neither contain the opposite in any approach, so you’ll be able to e-book them in tandem, it simply must be executed individually. There isn’t any catch. You’re not breaking any guidelines and received’t get your reservations cancelled. This isn’t even a gray space or loophole. Walt Disney World is aware of that is how the system works–it’s the way it’s supposed to work.
Circling again to redo the maths, we’re going to change the Costanza household’s journey dates from early August to late July to be able to make the most of this killer new $99/night time low cost. I’m not eager on the very finish of July as that’s when the ‘final hurrah’ crowds are likely to spike, so we’ll go together with July 13-19, 2025. Identical days of the week, only a few weeks earlier.
They had been beforehand booked at All Star Sports activities as a part of the ‘Keep Longer & Save Extra’ Room Low cost in Summer season & Fall 2025. That gives as much as 30% off stays of 5 nights or longer, and as much as 25% off shorter stays. Their outdated price was $123/night time, for a complete of $838.52 after tax. Word that these dates had cheaper rack charges within the first place, too, so in addition they benefited from that.
They’re as soon as once more going to e-book All Star Sports activities with this $99/night time deal, because it’s the most affordable lodge at Walt Disney World and comes extremely advisable by their seventh favourite blogger. They thought of reserving Animal Kingdom Lodge, because it’s out there at an unbeatable price seldom seen, and mentioned blogger additionally recommends that. However Mr. Costanza is afraid of giraffes, a phobia afflicting dozens of People, so the savanna view room is a deal-breaker. For those who’re pro-giraffe and have a bit extra respiration room in your price range, you would possibly contemplate that splurge.
As for the Costanzas, their new weeklong All Star Sports activities lodge price is $674.20 after tax by way of the Disney+ subscriber deal. That’s a bonus $164.32 in financial savings!
As for tickets, they nonetheless decide to make the most of the 50% Off Youngsters Ticket Provide for the twins and the 3-Day, 3-Park Magic Ticket Deal for the dad and mom.
They decide to buy commonplace 4-day tickets with admission to 1-park per day with a begin date of July 14, 2025. Word that these tickets aren’t Park Hoppers. The entire ticket price for each of the 2 children is $625.06. (Beforehand, the full for the children tickets was $566.80, so not less than one price did go as much as partially offset the cheaper lodge.)
The Costanza adults decide to make the most of the 3-Day, 3-Park Magic Ticket, as soon as once more as a separate transaction as a result of Walt Disney World’s on-line system can’t e-book totally different reductions as a single order movement. The dad and mom choose tickets beginning on July 14, 2025 and their complete for each 3-Day, 3-Park Magic Tickets is $568.72. (That is truly down from their outdated complete of $645.40!)
They aren’t executed, although! You’ll discover that the dad and mom solely have 3-day tickets, whereas the children have 4-day tickets. No, the twins aren’t going to Magic Kingdom unaccompanied by adults, providing a two-girl preview of Villains Land and leaving terrified company of their wake. Fairly, the dad and mom are shopping for separate, full-priced single day tickets to Magic Kingdom.
July 17 is among the most cost-effective days to do Magic Kingdom throughout their journey. The entire price for the 2 dad and mom to do that single day in Magic Kingdom is $381.28. (That’s up from $349.32 with their outdated bundle. Walt Disney World ticket costs are wonky.)
Including up all these totals, the Costanza household would spend a complete of $2,249.26 on this a la carte Walt Disney World bundle by individually reserving the Disney+ room-only low cost and each ticket particular affords in mid-July 2025. Their earlier a la carte bundle would’ve price $2,400.04, which was roughly $500 cheaper than Free Eating after accounting for meals prices.
As beforehand mentioned, one merchandise of curiosity about “Cool Child Summer season” and the brand new younger households initiative is how all of those reductions examine to Walt Disney World’s personal pricing benchmarks. A few months in the past, Walt Disney World acknowledged that “a four-day journey for a household of 4 within the fall may price as little as $3,026 earlier than meals and transportation prices.”
We already individually did the maths on this in Is Walt Disney World Too Costly for Center Class People? In a nutshell, we discovered that price ballooned to $4,114 after together with transportation, and $4,814 as soon as together with meals. That put Walt Disney World above the common annual trip price range (primarily based on U.S. authorities shopper spending knowledge) for all however the prime 20% of households.
Nonetheless, this new $2,250 complete value for the room and ticket offers when booked on an a la carte foundation is considerably under even Walt Disney World’s personal minimal. That’s a ~$775 distinction, which is critical once you’re making an attempt to journey on a dime! Not solely that, however this can be a longer lodge keep and it’s with including single-day Magic Kingdom tickets for the adults, which contribute an outsized quantity to the full bundle value. Have been we to take away these and take a time off the children tickets, the grand complete would’ve been under $2,000.
We already addressed all of that when the final spherical of reductions was launched, so I don’t need to belabor the purpose in regards to the Summer season 2025 offers beating Walt Disney World’s personal benchmarks.
As an alternative, what I’ve been interested by these days is how the Summer season 2025 costs examine to historic offers. I can let you know with full certainty that these are the very best offers we’ve seen since early 2021. The Disney+ room-only low cost quantities to 45-55% off relying upon the journey dates and lodge, which is best than something we’ve seen because the darkest days of COVID. It beats even the very best AP charges, which have maxed out at 40% off.
The ticket offers are additionally higher as a complete for this celebration composition than something seen within the post-reopening period. What this implies is that there have been superior financial savings, both because of decrease base costs beforehand or larger financial savings for sure teams. The previous 4-Park Magic Ticket or Florida Resident Offers simply clear the present 3-Park Magic Ticket + Magic Kingdom 1-Day Ticket, for instance.
Nonetheless, that ceases to be true when you add the Youngsters 50% Off Tickets (instances two) to the equation. Clearly, that is solely issues when you’ve got two kids ages 3-9 years outdated, however that’s the instance I went with for this state of affairs. It’s all the time going to be the case that circumstances and demographics dictate the standard of offers.
The underside line is that this $2,250 trip is the most affordable this household of 4 may’ve executed this Walt Disney World journey since not less than 2021.
This made me marvel…how does this examine to 2019?
After we’ve executed latest low cost evaluation, we’ve continuously identified that pricing is best now than it was throughout the top of pent-up demand attributable to an absence of reductions then and rack charges on rooms probably not going up a lot since 2022. Resort costs truly elevated under the speed of inflation from 2021 by way of 2024, and there have been extra decreases than will increase for 2025 rack charges (versus 2024) at Walt Disney World.
That is true, but it surely’s one thing I’ve largely stopped sharing as a result of readers don’t understand it that approach. Which is to say, it feels false. Attributable to different prices–reminiscent of snacks, upcharges, Lightning Lanes, transportation, and quite a lot of different variables–individuals are paying extra for holidays. In order that they don’t need to hear “nicely truly, lodge sticker costs are largely flat–and down since 2022 when you account for higher offers.” Once more, it’s 100% true…however readers take a look at after they hear that kind of factor, viewing it as propaganda or no matter, I assume.
Anyway, one of many different variables that’s gone up–and by quite a bit–since 2019 is ticket costs. So even when I’m fairly assured that this lodge deal on All Star Sports activities is best than a comparable low cost in Summer season 2019, I’ve far much less certainty about the identical in relation to admission.
Nonetheless, let’s run by way of this and see what we are able to determine. (One caveat up entrance is that I’m cobbling these charges collectively from historic sources, not precise receipts or a reserving engine, so the numbers is probably not 100% correct.)
The rack price on All Star Sports activities for these dates in Summer season 2019 was $147 to $175, for a mean weekly price of $938. These charges are decrease than Summer season 2025’s weekly common of $185/night time. However right here’s the place issues get attention-grabbing: Walt Disney World supplied a 15% off low cost at Worth Resorts for five/28/19 to eight/28/19. After tax, that makes staying at All Star Sports activities for per week in mid-July 2019 price a complete of $904.94 after low cost. That’s over $200 dearer than Summer season 2025!
Reverse-engineering Summer season 2019 ticket costs for our actual dates in July is way more tough.
From what I can cobble collectively, the grownup 4-day tickets would’ve price $468.60 every after tax. For each dad and mom, that’s $937.20. Be mindful, that is the non-discounted value, that means that the dad and mom would’ve paid ~$13 much less in 2019 for full value tickets than for deeply-discounted tickets in 2025.
That is the comparability as a result of there weren’t basic public ticket reductions again then, for probably the most half. These have turn out to be extra widespread post-Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, which can also be when ticket costs actually began taking pictures up. The timing of those reductions might be not coincidental–it’s the Kohl’s Enterprise Mannequin in full impact, with higher-but-meaningless sticker costs which can be introduced again to actuality by reductions.
I’m far much less assured in the price of children tickets again in July 2019, however they in all probability would’ve price round $440 every after tax. That is nearly actually correct inside $20. Let’s play it conservatively and name this a complete of $800 after tax for the 2 children. That’s nonetheless $175 dearer than with the Summer season 2025 ticket deal.
The place the wheels fall off this comparability is when you begin together with all the different issues. This clearly doesn’t account for will increase to transportation (airfare, rental automobiles, rideshare, and so forth.) or added bills, reminiscent of souvenirs, upcharge choices, and extra. Disney’s Magical Categorical going from free to $121.80 (by way of Mears Join) for this household is one other large distinction.
It additionally doesn’t issue within the shift from free FastPass to the date-based and per-park pricing for the Lightning Lane Multi-Cross line-skipping service. What was as soon as free jumped will in all probability price about a mean of $30 per day per particular person in Summer season 2025. Multiply that instances 4 folks and 4 days, and Lightning Lanes alone eat up the financial savings on tickets (after which some). That is roughly an additional $480, and that’s only for Lightning Lane Multi-Cross. Add in some Single Passes and the full may simply eclipse $600.
Maybe a controversial transfer, however I’m truly not going to incorporate the will increase on menu costs since 2019. My motive for that is fairly easy: you’ve gotta eat at house. Meals inflation has hit exhausting all over the place, and if something, our notion has been that common eating places have outpaced Walt Disney World. Menu costs had been already excessive in 2019–now, there’s not a lot of a distinction between a mean actual world quick meals spot and a counter service restaurant at Walt Disney World. You’re free to disagree with that evaluation, and issue the meals enhance nonetheless you see match.
Finally, it’s not cheaper to go to Walt Disney World in Summer season 2025 versus Summer season 2025 when you do an apples to apples comparability. Including within the prices of Lightning Lanes and Mears Join bridges the hole, and makes this 12 months dearer for an equal journey. That is to say nothing of merchandise, meals, airfare, and different prices you would possibly incur.
That’s additionally assuming an apples to apples comparability is even doable within the first place! There are different variations (good and unhealthy) which can be not possible to quantify. Are the parks higher or worse than they had been in 2019? Arguments may be made in each instructions. There are enjoyable new rides (Cosmic Rewind, TRON, and so forth.), variations leisure (fewer atmospheric acts vs. Starlight parade), varied cutbacks, worse upkeep and maintenance requirements, and way more to think about.
Nonetheless, when you’re simply bottom-dollar, get-in-the-gate with a spot to remain pricing, the price for a household of 4 in Summer season 2025 may be roughly $400 cheaper than a comparable journey would’ve price in Summer season 2019. That’s completely wild given how a lot the costs of all the things have gone up since then, and maybe extra importantly, the diploma to which actual wages have risen in America over the past 6 years.
The massive unanswered query: why is Walt Disney World providing decrease costs in Summer season 2025 than 2019? The superficial reply is the elevated competitors from Common Orlando’s new theme park, Epic Universe. And that’s little question taking part in a job. However all the things we’ve heard means that Epic Universe bookings are underperforming expectations, and Common Orlando can also be bracing for a slower-than-expected summer time.
Zooming out to the true world, there’s quite a lot of financial uncertainty and journey trepediations as shopper confidence dips and fears of a recession rise. Then there’s worldwide journey, which was already beginning to see waning pent-up demand however now’s seeing an accelerated decline from Canada–with different markets more likely to drop, as nicely. This must be an attention-grabbing saga to comply with, and our expectation that reductions will solely get extra aggressive from right here. Whereas summer time isn’t peak season, August and September are normally even slower!
For those who’re nonetheless struggling to wrap your head round all the totally different reductions Walt Disney World is presently providing and need another person to do the maths, contemplate reaching out to a journey agent. Any journey agent! As all the time, we’d advocate requesting a FREE no obligation quote from Be Our Visitor Holidays, an Licensed Disney Trip Planner and having them e-book for you.
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