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Main Street USA at Disneyland during Disney Channel Night.

Disneyland Kids’ Ticket Deal 2025

Recently, Disney officially announced the return of their mega-popular kids’ ticket deal at the Disneyland Resort for 2025. These deeply discounted tickets offer tremendous value for families, with prices as low as $50 per day.

These tickets go on sale beginning October 22, 2024, and are valid from January 7 through March 20, 2025. While they’re not restricted to certain dates, such as strictly weekdays, they are subject to theme park reservation availability.

Disney rarely offers discounted Disneyland tickets, especially discounts this good. At these prices, families will save between $150 - $200 per multi-day kids’ ticket and there’s no cap on how many you can buy. Sure, you’re restricted to a three-month window and they only apply to kids, but still, the savings are significant.

Additionally, these tickets offer a fair amount of flexibility, with the option to purchase a variety of add-ons. You’ll have the flexibility to choose a single-day ticket, 2-day, or 3 day, and you can choose to upgrade to the park hopper option and add Lightning Lane Multi-Pass (though there won’t be any discounts on those options).

As stated above, these tickets don’t go on sale until October 22 and little details have been released so far. Thankfully, this same deal was offered in 2024 and considering Disney’s track record of repeating promotions while changing little, we have much to go by.

While you can purchase these tickets directly through Disney, they’ll also be available for purchase from my partners at Get Away Today, a reputable Disney travel agency that I highly recommend. You can purchase just tickets, or have them bundle your entire trip in one package. Their customer service and knowledge of Disney vacation planning are simply unmatched (use code INKED10 to save).

A scene from the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland.

As mentioned above, these tickets are subject to theme park reservation availability. Disney allocates a limited number of reservations for the kid’s ticket deal, and your ability to secure a reservation depends strictly on that group of reservations.

This is why you may see days where the kids’ ticket deal reservations are sold out, but reservations for other ticket holders, such as Magic Key or regular kid ticket holders, are available. While some exceptions may be possible, they’re not guaranteed.

That’s why if you’re planning a trip in that timeframe and want to take advantage of this offer, I highly suggest deciding on your dates prior to purchasing them, and make your reservations as soon as you do so.

The characters from Talespin greeting guests at Disneyland during Disney Channel Night.

Additional terms and conditions of the Disneyland kids’ ticket deal include:

They’re valid only for children between the ages of 3 and 9
Upgrading to a park hopper will cost $65 to $70 extra, depending on the number of days on the ticket
Lightning Lane Multi-Pass is an additional $30 per day
Tickets are valid beginning January 7 and expire 13 days after first use or March 20, whichever comes first
Tickets are nonrefundable and cannot be resold or transferred
They cannot be used for hard ticket events, such as after dark events

With all that covered, let’s take a look at what you’ll be saving. Remember, Disney typically raises their ticket prices in the fall. At the time of this post’s publishing, that hasn’t happened yet, but it almost certainly will in the coming days or weeks. For now, this is based on current pricing.

On average, families spend three days at the Disneyland Resort. Under the kids’ ticket deal, you’ll spend $150 ($50 per day) for each kids’ ticket. Normal pricing, without additions such as park hopping and Lightning Lane, is $365.

The clock tower in Fantasyland at Disneyland at night.

That’s a significant savings of $215 per three-day ticket. Now times that by however many kids are in your family, and you can see how quickly it can add up. This is actually a shockingly deep discount, especially considering Disney’s upward trend in attendance in recent years.

So with Disneyland being as popular as it’s ever been and soaring attendance levels, why are they offering this promotion? There’s no way to know for sure, but Disney is likely forecasting attendance slumps for 2025, since pent-up demand from the covid-closures has started to wane and inflation rates hurting many people’s wallets.

With 2025 being a big year for the company, as it’s Disneyland’s 70th anniversary, the last thing Disney wants is for the parks to be slow. There’s going to be a whole host of food, drink, merchandise, and other up-charge offerings, so Disney will want the parks busy.

Dangling this carrot in the faces of parents with multiple children will almost certainly guarantee that. It’s also advantageous for the company, as the period between January and March is already a typical slow period for the parks, so this deal will provide the desired boost they’ll be looking/hoping for.

Will the Kids’ Ticket Deal Make the Parks Crowded?

The Guardians of the Galaxy attraction at Disney California Adventure during sunset.

Almost certainly, but it largely depends upon when you go. If you’ll be going within the first few weeks of the promotion, I would expect little impact. However, once it gets closer to March, and especially within the final two weeks of the promotion, you can definitely expect a noticeable uptick.

To make matters worse, those final weeks coincide with the first few weeks of DCA’s annual California Food and Wine Festival, which draws a crowd all its own. My wife and I were there during the second to last week of the kid’s ticket promotion in 2024 and crowds were definitely thicker than usual for that time of year.

A person wearing a Disneyland spirit jersey at Disney California Adventure.

Though the parks didn’t see the same winter slump in 2024 as they normally do, I still recommend visiting between January and mid-February if you’re planning to take advantage of the promotion. Of course, you’ll want to avoid Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend (1/18 - 1/20) but aside from those dates, you should be ok.

Once we hit Valentine’s Day and President’s Day (2/14 and 2/17, respectively), that’s when I expect crowds will begin to pick up. Finally, avoid the final week or two if you can help it. These special tickets are no good after March 20, and many will be rushing to the park to use them before they expire during this time.

Will There Be Hotel Discounts?

The lobby of the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland.

Yes! In addition to the incredible savings with the kids’ ticket deal, Disney is also offering up to 25% off nightly rates for stays of four nights or more at any of the three on-property hotels, subject to availability. This is for either weekend or weekday dates and during the same period as the kid’s ticket deal.

For shorter stays, guests can enjoy up to 20% off stays in standard and premium rooms at The Grand Californian Hotel and Spa, and The Disneyland Hotel and Villas. As well as up to 10% on guest rooms at the Pixar Pier Hotel for stays on Sunday through Thursday nights.

Tea Cup-style lounge chairs in the lobby of the Disneyland Hotel.

There’s also a solid chance that Disney will offer Disney VISA cardholders and Magic Key holders similar hotel discounts, possibly superior to the one being offered to the general public. The winter/spring timeframe is usually when Disney likes to entice locals to stay on property, who generally make up the majority of Magic Key holders.

Like the ticket deal, bookings for hotel discounts open on October 22, 2024, for stays between January 7 and March 20, 2025 and can be made through the Disneyland website or through my partners at Get Away Today.

Is Disneyland Worth Visiting in 2025?

A Steamboat Willie statue in the pool area of The Villas at the Disneyland Hotel.

That’s a loaded question, as it’s all a matter of perspective and how your family likes to vacation. Coming from big Disneyland fans, my wife and I would give an emphatic “yes” to that question, but others may tell you the opposite due to cost and other factors.

Truth be told, there is little planned for 2025 in terms of new attractions or lands. In 2025, the newest attraction in the resort, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, would have opened on November 15, 2024. Will TBA be a big enough draw to last throughout 2025? I believe it will.

The biggest draw, at least to a certain niche fanbase, will certainly be the addition of “Walt Disney - A Wonderful Life”, a new stage show set to take place in the Main Street Opera House, opposite of “Great Moments wih Mr. Lincoln”, that’ll feature the first ever Walt Disney audio-animatronic.

The exterior of the Mr. Toad attraction in Fantasyland at Disneyland.

Additionally, Disneyland park will celebrate its 70th anniversary. There haven't been any concrete details released yet, but you can certainly count on limited edition merchandise, special food and drink offerings, decorations, new nighttime entertainment, character appearances, and more.

I’ve attended the 40th, 50th, and 60th Disneyland anniversary celebrations, in addition to the 100th anniversary of the Disney Company, and each one was a good time, so I don’t expect the 70th to be any different.

Furthermore, you can count on the return of several after dark events, such as Sweetheart’s Night and Disney Channel Night (or a variation of the same), both of which took place within the same timeframe of the ticket deal in 2024.

Also taking place in the January 7 to March 20, 2025, timeframe is the Lunar New Year celebration and the California Food and Wine Festival (partially), both of which occur at Disney California Adventure. As you can see, these discount Disneyland tickets offer tremendous value.

Tinkerbell greeting guests at Disneyland.

All things considered, I feel 2025 will be a great year for the Disneyland Resort. Riding off the sure-to-be successful grand opening of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, the highly anticipated debut of Walt Disney - A Wonderful Life, and what’s sure to be a grand celebration of the park’s 70th birthday, coupled with significant savings from the kids’ ticket deal and hotel discounts, if you’ve been on the fence about a Disneyland vacation, I suggest pulling the trigger.

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