Prices for daily tickets and annual passes for the Disneyland resort go up.
The Disneyland resort raised prices over the weekend, several months before the park plans to unveil a remake of its boardwalk-themed area at the California Adventure Park.
The prices rose the highest for annual pass holders, up as much as 18%. Daily tickets rose as much as $11.
Daily tickets for the Anaheim theme parks vary in price, depending on daily demand.
A one-day adult ticket for Disneyland or California Adventure is $99 for the low-demand days, such as weekdays in May. The price previously was $97.
A ticket for regular demand days is $117, up from $110. The price of a ticket on peak demand days is $135, up from $124.
As for annual passes, the least-expensive pass costs $729, up from $619. Customers pay $999 for the Signature pass, which includes free parking, up from $849; the cost of the Signature Plus pass, with free parking and an online app to board rides faster, is now $1,149, up from $1,049.
Southern California residents can buy a «select passport» for $369 but that pass blocks out all weekends and almost the entire summer and Christmas season.
At California Adventure Park, the boardwalk-styled land known as Paradise Pier is being remade to include characters from movies made by the Disney subsidiary, Pixar Animation Studios.
The makeover of the new Pixar Pier is expected to be completed by this summer.
As part of the renovation at California Adventure, the popular California Screamin’ roller coaster will be remade into the Incredicoaster, inspired by the Pixar film «The Incredibles.»
Mickey’s Fun Wheel, the giant Ferris wheel in the center of the boardwalk, will have a new look, with each of the 24 gondolas on the wheel featuring a different Pixar character, according to Disney officials. Among other construction projects that began Jan. 8, the midway games on the boardwalk will also be overhauled, each with a new Pixar flavor.
Across the esplanade, Disneyland will launch a new fireworks show this year and will feature the Pixar Play Parade, which celebrates the characters from Pixar movies.
The biggest expansion at Disneyland — a $1-billion, 14-acre expansion called Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge — is not scheduled to open until 2019. The new land will feature two rides and a landscape inspired by the popular Star Wars franchise.
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