New Ticket Pricing

Ticket prices at Disneyland have increased as of August 5th, with standard adult tickets increasing anywhere from $2 to $10, and children's tickets seeing an increase of $6 to $15. Annual passes have also increased by anywhere from $10 to $15. You can still get some good deals, however. There's a special going on right now that provides you with two days free park-hoppers with the purchase of three day park-hopper passes. These must be purchased by September 1st, and first use must be no later than September 30th.

Ticket Pricing Before 8/5/2010:

Annual Passports

$169 Southern California Select Annual Passport - This weekdays-only pass is valid 176 pre-selected off-peak days of the year. All holidays, Saturdays and Sundays are blacked out, as well as peak periods such as midsummer, the winter holidays and spring break. If you want admission on one of the blackout days, you can get in for the reduced rate of $45. This pass offers some restaurant discounts. A parking pass, valid on the same days as the annual pass, costs $79 extra.

$219 Southern California Annual Passport - Valid 227 pre-selected off-peak days of the year. All holidays and Saturdays are blacked out, as well as peak periods such as midsummer, the winter holidays and spring break. Unlike the Southern California Select pass, you are able to visit on off-season Sundays with this pass. If you want admission on one of the blackout days, you can get in for the reduced rate of $45. This pass offers some restaurant discounts. A parking pass, valid on the same days as the annual pass, costs $79 extra.

$299 Deluxe Annual Passport - Valid 315 pre-selected days of the year. Holidays and peak-season Saturdays are blacked out. If you want admission on one of the blackout days, you can get in for the reduced rate of $45. This pass offers some restaurant discounts. A parking pass, valid on the same days as the annual pass, costs $79 extra.

$439 Premium Annual Passport - No blackout days. With this pass, you can visit both of the parks 365 days a year if you wish! Includes parking and many restaurant and shopping discounts.

Ticket Pricing as of 8/5/2010:

Annual Passports

$184 Southern California Select Annual Passport

$239 Southern California Annual Passport

$329 Deluxe Annual Passport

$459 Premium Annual Passport

Aladdin The Musical

Some of you may be aware of the plans to replace Aladdin the musical at the Hyperion theater with a Toy Story musical. Aladdin was set to finish up this summer with Toy Story's performance opening early next year. By popular demand, Aladdin fans seem to have won this battle as the Aladdin musical has been extended indefinitely. This resopnse may have to do with the addition of the new Toy Story Mania construction going on in California Adventures, that, once completed, would mean an overwhelming Toy Story presence in the park.

California Adventure's Maliboomer

Speaking of changes at California Adventures, it seems the Maliboomer at Paradise Pier will be removed early next month. That's the ride with that shoots you up in the air, and drops you back down, and does this repeatedly. I always found a couple of things wrong with that ride. First, it seemed out of place. Pretty much all of the rides at Disneyland have some sort of theme. Space Mountain, Big Thunder Railroad, the Matterhorn, Splash Mountain, the Tower of Terror. They're not simply rides, they have an ambiance to them as you make your way to the attraction. And speaking of the Tower of Terror, this brings me to my second point. Isn't the Maliboomer a little redundant? Doesn't the park already have a fantastic ride that takes you up in an elevator, and drops you back down? So far, this ride isn't expected to be replaced with anything, but who knows at this point since the park is going through a multi-year multi-billion dollar expansion.