Walt Disney World Annual Pass Price Rises For 2025 - 2026: UK Incredi-Pass Option Affected
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It’s another season of price changes at Walt Disney World, and this time we are focussing on the Annual Pass price increases. Whether you’re a Florida local, a Disney Vacation Club member, or one of the lucky few UK guests who visit often enough to consider an Annual pass these changes are going to affect you.
Disney has quietly raised prices for both new Annual Pass purchases and renewal, with adjustments across all four pass tiers, While these increase mostly affect US-based guests, there are a number of UK visitors who will be affects. For the rest of us here in the UK it’s an interesting perspective that shows how Disney is pricing long-term access to the parks.
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New Annual Pass Prices 2025 - 2026
Walt Disney World offers four types of Annual Pass, Though only the Incredi-Pass is available to all International guests, which includes UK visitors.
Pass Type | New Price $(£) | Previous Price $(£) | Increase $(£) |
|---|---|---|---|
Incredi-Pass (UK Visitors option) | $1, 629 (£1,285) | $1,549 (£1,220) | $80 (£60.00) |
Sorcerer Pass (Florida residents & DVC members) | $1,099 (£824.03) | $1,079 (£8909.03) | $20 (£15.00) |
Pirate Pass (Florida residents only) | $869 (£651.58) | $829 (£621.58) | $40 (£30.00) |
Pixie Dust Pass (Florida residents only) | $489 (£366.65) | $469 (£351.66) | $20 (£15.00) |
(Prices worked out an exchange rate of $1 = £0.75).
As pass prices do not include pictures or waterpark entry, you can add these on. But there has also been a $10 price increase to the add-ons.
Memory Maker (for Photo Pass pictures) was $99 (£74.23) now $109 (£81.73)
Water Parks was $99 (£74.23) now $109 (£81.73)
For UK visitors who want these add-ons on their pass the cost would be $1,847 (£1,455). But it’s actually more than that, because you will need to add Florida Sales Tax onto the cost too, so the actual full cost for UK visitors to have an annual pass for Walt Disney World is now:
$1,967 (including both add-ons and sales tax) This is £1,474.90
$1734. 88 (without pictures and water park entry, but including mandatory sales tax). £1,300.85
This the amount you pay the first time you buy a Disney World Annual pass. If you choose to renew your Annual Pass, renewal prices apply.
Renewal Prices and Discounts
This part is a bit of a double edged sword for Brits. The good news is that if you have an Annual Pass, you will still get a renewal discount which is substantial. However, the Incredi-Pass is the one of two tiers of annual pass that have not seen an increased discount to help slightly off-set the increase in annual pass price. Here are the 2025-2026 annual pass discount rates next to what they were previously.
Pass $(£) | Previous Discount $(£) | New Discount $(£) | Discount Increase $(£) |
|---|---|---|---|
Incredi-Pass | $250 (£187.45) | $250 (£187.45) | 0 |
Sorcerer’s Pass | $150 (£112.47) | $170 (£127.47) | $20 (£15.00) |
Pirate Pass | $120 (£89.98) | $120 (£89.98) | 0 |
Pixie Dust Pass | $90 (£67.48) | $70 (£52.49) | $20 (£15.00) |
So, how much will UK visitors who have an annual pass already and want to renew it have to pay in 2025 / 2026?
Pass $(£) | Cost $(£) | Renewal Discount $(£) | Overall Cost $(£) | With Tax $(£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Incredi-Pass | $1,629 | $250 (£187.45) | $1,379 (£1,085) | $1468.63 (£1,101.21) |
Why The Price Increases Happen?
October is the end of Disney’s fiscal year, and so although price increases can happen at other times of the year, ie ticket prices increasing in April, this is the most common time for them to occur.
Annual pass pricing tends to be affected by a few things:
Park crowd levels: the higher the demand, the higher the pricing.
Inflation and operational costs
The focus towards Disney offering premium experiences
Disney know their audience and how loyal they are.
Although this is a very short overview of what may affect the decision behind Disney’s price increase of the Annual Pass, it could be applied to the array of price increases that landed this October.
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What This Means For UK Visitors
For most UK visitors, the price changes to the Annual Pass will not have a direct impact. The Incredi-Pass is the only option available to all UK guests. It is also the premium option and is an expense most UK visitors don’t need or want. You need to be booking multiple Florida holidays a year to even be considering an Annual Pass.
The increase in price does give a hint of the direction Disney are moving towards. Premium. Disney World is increasingly becoming a more premium destination.
For most guests heading to Walt Disney World from the UK, the 14-Day Magic Ticket is going to be the best ticket option, providing the best value for money.
While the top-tier Incredi-Pass price increase is steep, Disney is clearly balancing two priorities:
Keeping local and DVC members engaged with renewal offers.
Encouraging international visitors, including UK guests, to purchase full vacation packages rather than annual passes.
In other words Disney would rather UK visitors book long, once-in-a-lifetime trips with hotel, dining, and extras included, than buy annual passes and spread their spending across multiple visits.
Final words
For UK visitors, the Incredi-Pass is a luxury option that will only be bought by those who head to Florida frequently. The Magic Ticket option, with water park entry and Memory Maker provides UK guests with the best option when buying a ticket for that once-in-a-lifetime trip.
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