Walt Disney World has launched one more resort particular supply, and this take care of rooms beginning at $99/evening or ~50% off is the most important room-only low cost in years. It joins the lineup of offers on resorts, tickets, and eating accessible at Walt Disney World for now by way of October 2025. This submit revisits the maths on the easiest way to economize on a summer season trip in gentle of this, and in addition discovered one thing stunning: that is the most affordable doable WDW trip since 2019!
We’ve already spilled lots of digital ink assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the brand new particular provides, 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 pretend 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 yr previous women who starred in The Shining. This implies their occasion 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 submit, they picked August 3-9, 2025, which is among the Finest Weeks to Go to Walt Disney World in Summer time 2025. The latter set of dates continues to be subjectively superior from our perspective, however we’re hopeful that the sooner dates will likely 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 resorts highlighted in Straightforward Tip for Cheaper Resorts at Walt Disney World.
Within the precursor to this submit, we 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 gained by a whole lot 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 Average or Deluxe Resort as an alternative of the most affordable choice. 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 may be one factor I wish to underscore up entrance, as it’s crucial. 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. Nevertheless, 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 another low cost or promotion.” What which means, primarily, is that you just can not 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 means, so you’ll be able to e book them in tandem, it simply must be carried out individually. There isn’t any catch. You’re not breaking any guidelines and gained’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 meant to work.
Circling again to redo the maths, we’re going to switch the Costanza household’s journey dates from early August to late July to be able to make the most of this killer new $99/evening 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 along with July 13-19, 2025. Similar days of the week, only a few weeks earlier.
They have been beforehand booked at All Star Sports activities as a part of the ‘Keep Longer & Save Extra’ Room Low cost in Summer time & Fall 2025. That gives as much as 30% off stays of 5 nights or longer, and as much as 25% off shorter stays. Their previous charge was $123/evening, for a complete of $838.52 after tax. Be aware that these dates had cheaper rack charges within the first place, too, so additionally they benefited from that.
They’re as soon as once more going to e book All Star Sports activities with this $99/evening deal, because it’s the most affordable resort at Walt Disney World and comes extremely really helpful by their seventh favourite blogger. They thought of reserving Animal Kingdom Lodge, because it’s accessible at an unbeatable charge seldom seen, and stated 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. In case you’re pro-giraffe and have a bit extra respiration room in your finances, you may contemplate that splurge.
As for the Costanzas, their new weeklong All Star Sports activities resort price is $674.20 after tax through 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. Be aware that these tickets usually are not Park Hoppers. The full ticket price for each of the 2 children is $625.06. (Beforehand, the overall for the children tickets was $566.80, so not less than one price did go as much as partially offset the cheaper resort.)
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 not e book totally different reductions as a single order circulate. The dad and mom choose tickets beginning on July 14, 2025 and their whole for each 3-Day, 3-Park Magic Tickets is $568.72. (That is truly down from their previous whole of $645.40!)
They aren’t carried out, 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. Moderately, 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 full 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 previous bundle. Walt Disney World ticket costs are wonky.)
Including up all these totals, the Costanza household would spend a whole 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 provides in mid-July 2025. Their earlier a la carte bundle would’ve price $2,400.04, which was roughly $500 inexpensive than Free Eating after accounting for meals prices.
As beforehand mentioned, one merchandise of curiosity about “Cool Child Summer time” and the brand new younger households initiative is how all of those reductions evaluate to Walt Disney World’s personal pricing benchmarks. A few months in the past, Walt Disney World said 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 typical annual trip finances (based mostly on U.S. authorities client spending information) for all however the high 20% of households.
Nevertheless, this new $2,250 whole 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 important while you’re making an attempt to journey on a dime! Not solely that, however this can be a longer resort keep and it’s with including single-day Magic Kingdom tickets for the adults, which contribute an outsized quantity to the overall bundle value. Have been we to take away these and take a day without work the children tickets, the grand whole would’ve been under $2,000.
We already addressed all of that when the final spherical of reductions was launched, so I don’t wish to belabor the purpose concerning the Summer time 2025 offers beating Walt Disney World’s personal benchmarks.
As a substitute, what I’ve been inquisitive about recently is how the Summer time 2025 costs evaluate to historic offers. I can inform you with full certainty that these are the most effective offers we’ve seen since early 2021. The Disney+ room-only low cost quantities to 45-55% off relying upon the journey dates and resort, which is best than something we’ve seen for the reason that darkest days of COVID. It beats even the most effective AP charges, which have maxed out at 40% off.
The ticket offers are additionally higher as a complete for this occasion 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.
Nevertheless, that ceases to be true when you add the Youngsters 50% Off Tickets (instances two) to the equation. Clearly, that is solely issues you probably have two youngsters ages 3-9 years previous, however that’s the instance I went with for this state of affairs. It’s at all times 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 carried out this Walt Disney World journey since not less than 2021.
This made me surprise…how does this evaluate to 2019?
After we’ve carried out current low cost evaluation, we’ve ceaselessly identified that pricing is best now than it was through the top of pent-up demand resulting from an absence of reductions then and rack charges on rooms not likely 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, however it’s one thing I’ve principally stopped sharing as a result of readers don’t understand it that means. Which is to say, it feels false. As a result of different prices–corresponding to snacks, upcharges, Lightning Lanes, transportation, and quite a lot of different variables–individuals are paying extra for holidays. So that they don’t wish to hear “effectively truly, resort sticker costs are principally flat–and down since 2022 when you account for higher offers.” Once more, it’s 100% true…however readers try once they hear that kind of factor, viewing it as propaganda or no matter, I suppose.
Anyway, one of many different variables that’s gone up–and by rather a lot–since 2019 is ticket costs. So even when I’m fairly assured that this resort deal on All Star Sports activities is best than a comparable low cost in Summer time 2019, I’ve far much less certainty about the identical in the case of admission.
However, 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 charge on All Star Sports activities for these dates in Summer time 2019 was $147 to $175, for a mean weekly charge of $938. These charges are decrease than Summer time 2025’s weekly common of $185/evening. However right here’s the place issues get fascinating: 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 every week in mid-July 2019 price a complete of $904.94 after low cost. That’s over $200 costlier than Summer time 2025!
Reverse-engineering Summer time 2019 ticket costs for our precise 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. Consider, 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 change into extra widespread post-Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, which can also be when ticket costs actually began capturing 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 might 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 virtually definitely 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 costlier than with the Summer time 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 vehicles, rideshare, and so on.) or added bills, corresponding to souvenirs, upcharge choices, and extra. Disney’s Magical Specific going from free to $121.80 (through 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-Move line-skipping service. What was as soon as free jumped will in all probability price about a mean of $30 per day per individual in Summer time 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-Move. Add in some Single Passes and the overall 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 cause 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 have 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 improve nevertheless you see match.
In the end, it isn’t cheaper to go to Walt Disney World in Summer time 2025 versus Summer time 2019 when you do an apples to apples comparability. Including within the prices of Lightning Lanes and Mears Join bridges the hole, and makes this yr costlier for an equal journey. That is to say nothing of merchandise, meals, airfare, and different prices you may incur.
That’s additionally assuming an apples to apples comparability is even doable within the first place! There are different variations (good and dangerous) which might be unattainable to quantify. Are the parks higher or worse than they have been in 2019? Arguments may be made in each instructions. There are enjoyable new rides (Cosmic Rewind, TRON, and so on.), variations leisure (fewer atmospheric acts vs. Starlight parade), numerous cutbacks, worse upkeep and maintenance requirements, and way more to think about.
Nevertheless, in case you’re simply taking a look at bottom-dollar, get-in-the-gate with a spot to remain pricing, the associated fee for a household of 4 in Summer time 2025 may be roughly $400 inexpensive than a comparable journey would’ve price in Summer time 2019. That’s completely wild given how a lot the costs of the whole lot 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 large unanswered query: why is Walt Disney World providing decrease costs in Summer time 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 the whole lot we’ve heard means that Epic Universe bookings are underperforming expectations, and Common Orlando can also be bracing for a slower-than-expected summer season.
Zooming out to the actual world, there’s lots of financial uncertainty and journey trepediations as client 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 prone to drop, as effectively. This needs to be an fascinating saga to comply with, and our expectation that reductions will solely get extra aggressive from right here. Whereas summer season isn’t peak season, August and September are normally even slower!
In case you’re nonetheless struggling to wrap your head round all the totally different reductions Walt Disney World is presently providing and wish another person to do the maths, contemplate reaching out to a journey agent. Any journey agent! As at all times, we’d suggest 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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What do you assume the price of a Summer time 2025 Walt Disney World trip through the stackable a la carte offers on room-only reservations and tickets? Stunned you can go to for much less cash in 2025 than 2019, albeit not on an apples to apples foundation? Which reductions will you be making the most of? Any twists on this on your personal distinctive circumstances? Do you agree or disagree with our evaluation? Any questions we might help you reply? Listening to your suggestions–even while you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
