Is this really the dream that Walt Disney envisioned? Even CEO Bob Iger Thinks Their Theme Park Ticket Prices are Too High Courtesy Business Wire. If the same person wanted to visit the park on a high-demand day, they would have to work 21.90 hours, a massive jump of 900% since 1971. To put that into perspective, a minimum wage worker visiting a single Disney World park on the cheapest days would have to work 15.03 hours to afford admission, an increase of 586% since the park first opened. But Now It’s Beyond Reach Courtesy David Roark/PRNewsFoto/Walt Disney World. ![]() A one-day ticket to a single Disney World park varies from $109 to $159 per day, depending on the day. Fast forward to today, and prices have skyrocketed. Someone earning federal minimum wage in 1971 ($1.60 an hour) only needed to work 2.19 hours to pay for admission. When Magic Kingdom opened in 1971, a single-day admission ticket was $3.50. It Used to Be Within Reach for The Average American Family Courtesy Disney/BusinessWire. And if you’ve looked at Disney’s stock price this week, it sunk to a five year low without the large amount of park ticket sales to keep it up. How much? It was Disney’s lowest ticket sales for the July 4th weekend in decades. ![]() Whether you looked at the data or attended in person, park attendance was way down. ![]() July 4th week saw something rare in Disney Parks – room to spread out.
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