2026 Disney Magic Ticket Seasons See Drastic Changes

The regular and peak dates has expanded for select 2026 dates.

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Walt Disney World News•Published January 29, 2025by Ash

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With the news that Walt Disney World 2026 is now on sale comes information on the 2026 Walt Disney World tickets.

For the sake of simplicity, we'll focus on the adult price of a 14-day Disney Magic ticket in our examples. Not only are there ticket price increasesâ€” as expectedâ€” but a lot more "peak" and "regular" dates have been throughout the year. Disney breaks down their year into three seasons: value, regular, and peak.

2025 vs 2026 Disney Magic Ticket Pricing

For 2025, the 14-day adult ticket ranged from about £539.00 - £689.00. £539 being the value season price and £689 being the peak season price.

For 2026, the 14-day adult ticket ranges from about £546.00 - £738.00. Depending on the season, the prices have gone up from just a few quid up to about 9%. However...

Disney Magic Ticket Season Changes

There has been changes to the dates that fall into the different seasons. Depending on when you go, you might fall into one of the higher-priced seasons if you haven't previously.

Since the introduction of these season tiers, the only "peak" times were around Christmas, so in 2025 the peak arrival dates were Nov. 6th through Nov. 14th and December 9th through December 31st. That's a total of 32 peak days where you have to pay for that top-tier Disney Magic Ticket.

In 2026, the "peak" season has expanded greatly to cover some of February, March, and April - all of which were previously the value and regular seasons. Pretty much all of November and December are now peak dates. 2025 saw 32 days in the peak season, but in 2026 107 days arrival dates are now peak. So if you previously enjoyed visiting in February, which in 2025 that was all the lowest priced value season, now half of it is regular and half of it is peak, which does add up to £100 to the cost of the tickets. Most dates from February through September that were "value" are now mostly "regular" with blocks of "peak,â€ as you can see the graphic below. 2025 seasons on the left and 2026 seasons are on the right.

Even with these changes, the UK-exclusive Disney Magic Ticket continues to be the best value for British guests to experience the amazing Walt Disney World theme parks, especially when compared to the tickets that Americans have access to. See our Walt Disney World ticket guide for more information.

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Ash Hales is a British Disney Parks writer and the voice behind Mickey From The UK. Based in the South of England, he's been visiting Disney Parks for over three decades and launched Mickey From The UK in 2017 to provide practical, straight-talking advice for British guests - without the American bias.