Guests have enjoyed the benefits of a Disneyland Annual Passport (AP) since the Premium AP was created in 1984. To have a personal, year-long ticket to your backyard theme park is a special privilege few will soon forget.

However, this particular privilege does cost a few bucks, seemingly more so in recent years. Just how much has the price of Disneyland Annual Passports changed over the years?

Prices Of All Disneyland Annual Passports Over Time

Date SoCal Select AP SoCal AP November 2002 – $105 January 2004 $99 $129 October 2004 $99 $149 September 2005 $119 $149 September 2006 $124 $154 September 2007 $129 $169 August 2008 $134 $174 August 2009 $144 $194 January 2010 $169 $219 August 2010 $184 $239 June 2011 $199 $269 January 2012 $199 $269 May 2012 $269 $329 June 2013 $279 $359 May 2014 $289 $379 February 2015 $299 $409 October 2015 $329 $459 February 2017 $339 $469 February 2018 $369 $499

Date Deluxe AP Premium AP 1984 – $65 1985 – $85 1986 – $99 1987 – $140 2000 – $199 November 2002 $165 $225 January 2004 $179 $279 October 2004 $209 $329 September 2005 $229 $349 September 2006 $239 $359 September 2007 $259 $379 August 2008 $269 $389 August 2009 $289 $429 January 2010 $299 $439 August 2010 $329 $459 June 2011 $379 $499 January 2012 $379 $499 May 2012 $469 $649 June 2013 $499 $669 May 2014 $519 $699 February 2015 $549 $779 October 2015 $599 Cancelled February 2017 $619 – February 2018 $729 –

Date Signature AP Signature Plus AP Premier* August 2010 – – $700 June 2011 – – $700 January 2012 – – $749 May 2012 – – $849 June 2013 – – $979 May 2014 – – $1,029 February 2015 – – $1,099 October 2015 $849 $1,049 $1,439 February 2017 $849 $1,049 $1,439 February $999 $1,149 $1,579

* For ease of use, all prices for the Disney Premier Passport on this page do not include Florida sales tax. For more information on the current price and how tax is calculated for this passport, visit our Disney Premier Passport page.

Cost Of All Disneyland Annual Passports Adjusted For Inflation

How much have Disneyland AP’s really gone up in today’s money? In the tables below, you’ll find the cost of each AP, adjusted for inflation to the current year.

As you can see, the price of the SoCal Select, SoCal, and Deluxe Disneyland Annual Passport have at least doubled since they were introduced!

**Adjusted for inflation.

The Disney Premier Passport has seen the largest overall dollar price increase in its years of existence, coming to more than twice what a Deluxe pass would cost by itself. Unsurprisingly, the Southern California AP has seen the largest percent increase with a gain of 247% when adjusted for inflation.

Current Disneyland Annual Passport Prices Versus Cost In 1955

After the opening of Disneyland in 1955, adult general admission to the park was $1 and a book of 8 A-C tickets sold for about $2.50. While there’s no exact comparison between that ticket system and today’s all-day, all-attraction ticket, I’ve thrown together some numbers below that equal a decent approximation of what one adult would pay for to ride all the attractions Disneyland had in 1955.

The full cost for an all-day, all-attraction trip to Disneyland in 1955 would have been $7.50 or about $68 in 2017. Below is a table relating the prices of today’s AP’s with what they would have cost when the park first opened.

If Disney had sold a Southern California Select AP the year Disneyland opened, it would have taken you 6 all-attraction days to break-even. If they had a Signature AP in 1955, you’d have to visit more than 12 days to equal the cost in tickets.

It’s interesting to see that in some cases, the number of days to break-even on your Disneyland Annual Passport would’ve been higher in 1955 than in 2017. So much for the good old days!

Of course, to compare a day in the brand-new Disneyland of 1955 with the modern 2-park Disneyland Resort of today isn’t exactly fair. For one thing, parking was much cheaper in 1955 and the prices I used for today’s AP’s did not include this.

I just think it’s neat to look at the numbers, so the next time we lament about the over-expensive cost of today’s tickets and AP’s, we’ll know things haven’t changed all that much.

What are your thoughts? Do you think today’s AP’s are worth their current price? Let me know in a comment below. Thanks for reading and we’ll see ya’ real soon!

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