Summer & Fall 2024 Disneyland Ticket Deal for ALL Guests!
Disney is offering a new ticket deal for discount admission to Disneyland and California Adventure in Summer 2024 and, unlike normal special offers on admission, this is available to everyone and NOT just SoCal residents. Here are dates & details about the deal, plus recommendations for when to use the ticket deal to avoid crowds, historical comparisons, and notable similarities & differences between this promo and past ones.
There’s a new 3-Day Disneyland Ticket Offer that is now available to everyone! You, your family and friends can visit again and again to enjoy the magic of Disneyland or DCA for as little as $50 per child, per day (ages 3-9) and $83 per adult from Mondays through Thursdays, for a limited time with the purchase of a three-day, one-park per day ticket.
These tickets are on sale starting May 29, 2024 and are valid for visits from June 10 through September 26, 2024. The new 3-Day Disneyland Discount Ticket Offer requires a park reservation for each day of your visit, but This park days can be spread out over separate dates during the season. Options for upgrades such as weekend visits, Park Hopper tickets, or adding the Disney Genie+ service are also available. While you can buy directly from Disneyland, this deal is also available via Get Away Today with even greater savings.
If the new 3-Day Disneyland Ticket Offer isn’t for you due to travel dates or because you need a longer duration than 3-day tickets, see our 2024 Discount Disneyland Ticket Buying Guide for additional recommendations.
Upgrading from Monday through Thursday to “admission any day” (meaning Fridays through Sundays) typically costs an extra $50 with these ticket deals. The Park Hopper option is usually an extra $70 for either the weekday or weekend version of the ticket. Adding Genie+ is typically $30 per day, or $90 for the duration of the ticket.
Tickets may be used on nonconsecutive days. Monday through Thursday tickets are blocked out every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during the ticket validity period. The “any day admission” tickets have no blockouts–but still require reservations. Each day of use constitutes one full day of use. All unused days on these tickets expire on September 26, 2024.
Tickets are nonrefundable, and may not be sold or transferred for commercial use and exclude activities/events separately priced. However, you may purchase up to 15 tickets per eligible person per day. (Not sure how you reconcile those two rules, but whatever!)
Offer may not be combined with other ticket discounts or promotions. This promotion is subject to restrictions, change and cancellation without notice. Sales may be paused from time to time or terminated at any time.
All of this is basically boilerplate terms & conditions, but here’s something that’s important to understand: “To enter a park, both a theme park reservation and a valid ticket for the same park on the same date is required. Theme park reservations for 3-Day Disneyland Ticket Offer holders are limited in number and subject to the availability of park reservations allocated to the 3-Day Disneyland Ticket Offer as determined by Disney, applicable blockout dates, and theme park capacity.”
“Reservation availability for 3-Day Disneyland Ticket Offer holders is not guaranteed for any date, and reservations may be difficult to get for any particular date, especially as the ticket expiration date approaches. To ensure best availability, make reservations early. On any given date, park reservations may be available for general theme park tickets even though park reservations allocated to the 3-Day Disneyland Ticket Offer are fully reserved. 3-Day Disneyland Ticket Offer holders are not entitled to any reservations Disney makes available to others.” (Emphasis added.)
What this means is that park reservations for the new 3-Day Disneyland Ticket Offer will pull from a different “bucket” of theme park reservations than regular full-price park tickets. This is exactly how Magic Keys already work, or even regular single-day tickets versus Park Hoppers or multi-day tickets. So it’s really nothing new.
Nevertheless, it’s critically important to understand because this ticket deal is going to be very, very popular. We know that because ticket deals are always popular, and that’s even when they’re just for California residents. This has no such limitation, and doesn’t cost that much more than the SoCal ticket deal from earlier this year.
It thus stands to reason that this deal will be bought by a higher percentage of guests, meaning more people in this “pool” competing for the same reservations. That means that, as Disney warns, some dates are going to be difficult to book–even when availability is wide open for other ticket types. The good news is that Disneyland does reallocate reservation availability as demand dictates; the bad news is that they aren’t very good at it, and it can be very hit or miss (requiring a strong refresh game).
Anyway, just bringing this to your attention because we know some people gloss over the terms and conditions, viewing that as CYA legal language that has no real bearing on the deal. Here, that’s only partially true. The way this new 3-Day Disneyland Discount Ticket Offer works with park reservations is a typical legal disclaimer to avoid (another) lawsuit, but it’s also crucial for you to understand so you don’t end up with tickets you can’t use. Plan ahead and you’ll be fine!
Now let’s turn to how this Southern California ticket offer differs from past Disneyland deals. In a normal year, there are two main types of ticket deals. There’s the winter and spring special offer–which is currently available and runs until June 2, 2024–that’s only available to Southern California residents. Disneyland has done this consistently for at least the last decade, and it’s gotten progressively longer. What used to be a “winter” off-season deal now bleeds into early June.
After that, there have been the Golden State ticket offers for summer through early fall. Those are available to all California residents. This is a newer deal that has appeared in the post-reopening era, and has only been released for the last 3 years. It’s usually slightly more expensive than the winter/spring deal, but eligibility is greater and it’s occurring during California’s tourist season and summer vacation.
This new 3-Day Disneyland Ticket Offer is basically the Golden State deal from last year, minus the residency requirement. Unless there’s some last minute twist, it’ll be nearly identical in dates and pricing. That’s actually really positive news, as I would’ve expected removing residency entirely (plus another year of inflation) would’ve caused even more of a price increase–but that does not appear to be the case. That’s what the backside of pent-up demand looks like!
Suffice to say, these are some exceptional deals on Disneyland. It’s completely unprecedented for non-locals to get resident pricing. Even at Walt Disney World, the Summer 2024 ticket deal for Floridians is better than the 4-Park Magic Ticket. (Arguably not an apples to apples comparison.) If you want to choose the best dates for your trip, check out our Cheapest Times to Do Disneyland, which also accounts for hotels and more. So you could do an inexpensive (by Disneyland standards) trip during these travel dates!
Speaking of pricing, here are special offer ticket prices from the last several years so you can see how things have changed…
2024 SoCal Resident Winter & Spring Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-Day (Monday-Thursday), 1-Park Per Day Ticket – $225
- 3-Day (Monday to Sunday), 1-Park Per Day Ticket – $275
2023 California Resident Summer & Fall Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-Day (Monday-Thursday), 1-Park Per Day Ticket – $249
- 3-Day (Monday to Sunday), 1-Park Per Day Ticket – $299
2023 SoCal Resident Winter & Spring Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-day, 1 park per day weekday ticket – $219
- 3-day Park Hopper weekday ticket – $279
- 3-day, 1 park per day weekday ticket with Disney Genie+ service – $294
- 3-day, Park Hopper weekday ticket with Disney Genie+ service – $354
2022 California Resident Summer & Fall Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-Day (Monday-Thursday), 1-Park Per Day Ticket – $249
- 3-Day (Monday-Sunday), 1-Park Per Day Ticket – $299
2022 SoCal Resident Winter & Spring Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-Day, 1-Park Per Day Ticket — $199
- 3 Day, 1-Park Per Day Ticket with Disney Genie+ Service — $259
- 3-Day Park Hopper Ticket — $259
- 3-Day Park Hopper Ticket with Disney Genie+ Service — $319
2021 California Resident Disneyland Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-day, 1-park ticket for $249
- 3-day Park Hopper ticket for $304
2020 SoCal Resident Disneyland Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-day, 1-park per day ticket for $201
- 3-day Park Hopper ticket for $254
2019 SoCal Resident Disneyland Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-day, 1-park per day ticket for $179
- 3-day Park Hopper ticket for $234
2018 SoCal Resident Disneyland Ticket Deal Prices:
- 2-day ticket with choice of one park per day for $159
- 2-day Park Hopper ticket for $204
- 3-day ticket with choice of one park per day for $199
- 3-day Park Hopper ticket for $244
2017 SoCal Resident Disneyland Ticket Deal Prices:
- 3-day ticket with choice of one park per day for $149
- 3-day Park Hopper ticket for $189
2016 SoCal Resident Disneyland Ticket Deal Prices:
- 2-day ticket with choice of one park per day for $149
- 2-day Park Hopper ticket for $189
- 3-day ticket with choice of one park per day for $179
- 3-day Park Hopper ticket for $219
As discussed in countless other posts, pent-up demand is starting to fizzle out and “revenge travel” among tourists is declining. It seems increasingly likely that Disneyland is going to experience a slowdown in Summer 2024 on par with Walt Disney World. Or rather, that Disneyland would have seen a slowdown but for this general public ticket deal. This is Disney pulling a “lever” to entice tourists and locals and avoid a decrease in crowds.
It’s not the first time in 2024 that this has happened. Earlier this year, there was the Kids’ Ticket Discount at Disneyland that offered spectacular savings for families. That also buoyed bookings during the winter “off-season” and period leading up to spring break. It’s also how you explain the return of special events like Pixar Fest and Season of the Force–that’s Disneyland trying to lure people to the parks.
If what we’ve seen and experienced in the first few months of the year (minus the last couple weeks of April and May 2024 thus far) is any indication, Disneyland is not currently hurting for attendance. Crowds over the course of the last few months have been far worse at Disneyland than Walt Disney World.
This is to be expected. According to Disney executives, California’s slower reopening than Florida has resulted in pent-up demand at Disneyland lagging Walt Disney World by roughly one year. If the latter is any indication, Disneyland is likewise going to hit a wall sometime in mid-2024, and will need to pull its own “levers” to entice back locals and tourists. Or maybe not. Maybe they’ve learned from Walt Disney World’s slowdown and are being more proactive. This deal is a good example of that!
This ticket deal will last through the start of Halloween (see our Guide to Halloween Time at Disneyland), which begins on August 23, 2024. No offense to Pixar Fest or Season of the Force, but Halloween at Disneyland is way better than either of those offerings.
Not only that, but the first few weeks of Halloween Season–after the initial rush that first weekend–should feature relatively low crowds. If I were looking to take advantage of this new 3-Day Disneyland Discount Ticket Offer for Summer 2024, I’d visit between roughly August 14 and September 13, 2024 (excluding August 23-25).
That’s after the D23 Expo and schools start going back into session, but before the promo expires on September 26, which always results in a window during which guests are rushing to use their tickets before they expire. September also always gets progressively busier later in the month as the actual date of Halloween approaches and people want to enjoy fall in the parks.
Ultimately, it’ll be interesting to see how popular these tickets end up being with the general public. Blocking out weekends for at least some tickets is a good move, and not doing so would’ve angered many passholders. This should also work better with a general public ticket deal, as tourists aren’t as sensitive to weekdays vs. weekends (they’re on vacation–days of the week are less meaningful than to locals who have work).
It’ll also be fascinating to see how crowds play out at Disneyland during the new 3-Day Disneyland Discount Ticket Offer for Summer 2024. One thing we’d caution against is drawing comparisons to last year and trying to surmise too much. It was just such a different scenario with different kinds of deals and Disney100 starting at the beginning of the year versus Pixar Fest just beginning after spring break season ended.
We also don’t know what else, if anything, Disneyland is going to do to lure back guests. Personally, my hope is that this won’t be quite enough and Disney will scramble to bring back Paint the Night Parade for a ‘second wave’ of Pixar Fest in June or July 2024. That’s probably wishful thinking at this point, as this deal should be enough to entice a sufficient amount of demand. So perhaps Paint the Night in 2025!
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Your Thoughts
Will you be taking advantage of the new 3-Day Disneyland Discount Ticket Offer for Summer 2024? Do you agree or disagree with our assessment? Any questions? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
We have a five night/four park day trip booked for early September, and I tried early today to see if we could realize any savings by building upon on the three-day package. We did better with the standard multi-day discount, so will just focus on trip planning in hopes of a Megatron-and-her-parents sighting.
Wondering if you know what time the discounted tickets become available on May 29th? Is it a 12:00 AM kind of thing or morning sometime?
I can use the tickets anytime within the window? So I could do 2 days in June and one in July? I know for other tickets its 14 days after the first visit.
Hi! I have a package booked though Disney with a good neighbor hotel. I should be able to modify. But wondering if that means I would then have to book the hotel and tickets separately vs a package as I have now? Just wondering how the ticket deal will work with booking hotels too. thanks!
Just curious, or maybe I missed it…why not August 23 25? That’s when we’re thinking of going.
This makes me sad, we’re doing our first trip in 7 years to DL with our first day on Monday 23rd Sept.that week is now going to be insane with the last minute users of their passes.
Say you purchase these tickets and were unable to use them in time – would you be able to apply them towards full value tickets?
I got a good hotel rate for the weekend right after this ticket deal expires and now I’m debating moving my dates so that I’m within the deal dates. I was planning on going with a 4 day ticket so I’ll probably stay with my plan and hope that there’s a slowdown after the deal expires because everyone got it out of their system during the deal.
I wouldn’t bank on much of a lull after this ends. There will be a mad dash to use this in the final 10-14 days–that much is true. But the reason it ends when it does is because the West Coast starts its Fall Breaks in October, and pretty much the entire month is busy as a result.
Where you will see a difference is in moving your trip to early-mid September. That will almost certainly be less crowded than your current dates or the end of this promo.
Good to know, thank you! I’d have to pay $50-$100 more a night to stay in a similar spot earlier in September so I’m probably going to take my chances for now… I’m likely to rethink the whole trip if I can’t get Oogie Boogie Bash tickets anyway, so we’ll see what happens!
Tom, thank you for the important update and for the detailed commentary. I usually stay with friends when visiting Disney parks, so I have limited experience with Disneyland hotels. The fine print says that this offer is not valid for existing Disneyland hotel reservations. Does that mean an existing reservation cannot be modified to take advantage of this offer or just that it will not automatically be applied to existing reservations? I guess what I really want to know is whether there is a strategic advantage to making a reservation BEFORE May 29 with the intention of modifying it on that date or should I wait until May 29?
Tom, I am also curious whether you would change summer crowds advice based on this offer. I saw that an updated post for Disneyland crowd calendars went up yesterday, but it did not seem like advice for the months covered by this offer had changed. Thank you for all that you do. This blog has been so helpful for me and for my family.
You should just wait until May 29. No strategic advantage until then–and you should be perfectly fine getting reservations for the dates you want so long as you book once the deal goes live.
This will undoubtedly increase crowd levels for the summer relative to expectations. But I’m reluctant to update the crowd calendar yet again until knowing what, if any, blockout dates the deal will have. Assuming it doesn’t have any beyond weeks, it’ll be a relatively across-the-board increase, with the exception of the aforementioned late September rush.
Thank you very much! I’ll be looking at hotel and ticket reservations the morning of May 29!
Hey Tom,
How quickly after Labor Day do you think the crowds die down? Is Tuesday September 3 likely to be slow or not for a few days? Thinking I might be able to head to LA around Labor Day. Could stay that week and hit DL for 3 days or so at some point. Trying to figure out the best days.
Labor Day weekend isn’t really all that busy in the first place. It’s busier than days before and after it, but not bad by objective standards. Crowds die down by that Tuesday, though.
If you’re also visiting Los Angeles or any cities in SoCal (not beaches–those are much worse), I’d definitely do that over the holiday weekend. Less traffic.
You rock. Thanks!
You rock! Thanks Tom!
I already have a package booked in August with 3 day tickets. Will I be able to modify to these tickets or will I have to cancel my package? Booked a good neighbor hotel.
If it’s a package with Disneyland, you should be able to modify. If it’s via a third party, I’m not sure.
Get Away Today already told us they’ll be able to modify tickets or packages to the new deal, just not until the deal actually goes live on May 29.
I will definitely be taking advantage of this ticket deal! I am a non-California resident who was already planning a budget trip July 2-4, so this works great for us. I’m a bit worried by the whole “park reservations are not guaranteed” thing, but I’m hopeful if we purchase the tickets and make park reservations right on the May 29 we should be fine, right? Also, for these ticket deals I assume there’s historically been no additional price break by purchasing through a third party like Get Away Today vs. Disney direct?
Also, not related to this post, but I would love to read any tips you have for adapting your Disneyland/DCA touring plans with a little one in tow! I don’t think I saw updated Toontown with Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railroad as a stop on your 1 or 2-day Disneyland itineraries, for example. The go-go-go pace worked great when I was touring the parks solo rope drop to close, but I now have a toddler who needs breaks for snacks, naps, and meeting Lightning McQueen.
“Also, for these ticket deals I assume there’s historically been no additional price break by purchasing through a third party like Get Away Today vs. Disney direct?”
There usually is, actually. It’s not much as compared to full-price tickets and I’m not sure how much it’ll be, but Get Away Today already indicated to us that they’d have these at a discount. I wouldn’t expect more than a few dollars per ticket.
We’ll have separate itineraries “with kids” once we get a tad more experience under our belts, but we try to do Toontown earlier or later now. It’s not strategically advantageous, but the land does get congested and we like doing it when it’s more peaceful.
We are going the same week, but July 1-4 so buying a 4-day pass. It’s probably to make sense to buy 1 day now and wait on this offer…my guess is it’ll be a wash anyhow and I’m not willing to risk not getting reservations on July 4th!
YES! I have been waiting for this one. Surprised to see it opened up to more than just CA residents, but no complaints.
This is a weird ticket type. I mean, they pull this lever with SoCal guests, and it makes sense – these tickets become mini-passes. But with them being offered for nearly 6 months, it feels like SoCal demand would be over. Okay, you open it to all – but how many people are going to book a relatively close-in Summer trip for 3 days? Are they going to take a gamble on a separate reservation bucket?
I also think we’re gonna see some passholder operational changes (ala WDW) to try to get people to buy/upgrade this summer too. I think the fact that none of the upper passes have “sold out” shows that they’ve burned through lots of the demand there and people who have the lowest pass “make it work” and really don’t have any interest in spending any more money on Disneyland. Anecdotally, it feels like renewals and overall interest in the current Magic Key system is low, with the only real demand just being what every passholder does – books the next 6 weekend days and then just cancels the night before if they don’t want to go.
What, you don’t think the little signs they’ve put up encouraging people to upgrade to Magic Keys have done the trick?! Joking aside, I agree with your second point. They need to do more to entice locals/fans. Color me shocked that Pixar Fest hasn’t done the trick.
From my perspective, this ticket deal is kind of a tacit admission that they got out over their skis with price increases. I actually DO think that many people will book it (since you can make reservations at the time of order, and most planners will simply do that), especially among price-sensitive tourists driving in from Utah, Nevada, etc. That’s a huge demo.
Another possibility is that they’re seeing average visit duration among tourists drop (it’s happening at WDW, so I suspect it’s happening here), and locking people into 3-days is considered a win at this point. Sorta like how the 4-Park Magic Ticket at WDW forces people to do DAK.