Disney World Price Increases: Refillable Mugs, Snacks, See Higher Costs

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Posted: Wednesday October 23, 2024 11:45am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World has introduced a series of price increases across its food and beverage offerings today, including a notable rise in the cost of refillable mugs and popular park snacks.

The popular refillable mugs at Disney Resort hotels, which offer unlimited refills at self-service stations across the resorts during the length of your stay, are now priced at $22.99, up from $21.99. The last price increase on refillable mugs was in October 2022.

Refillable mugs and Walt Disney World Resort hotels will now cost $22.99

Snack Price Increases

Disney World has also implemented price hikes on several food and beverage items across the parks and resorts. Here's a snapshot of some of the most common items that have seen a rise in price:

Fountain beverages: Up $0.30
Coca-Cola bottled beverages: Up $0.25
Dasani water: Up $0.25
smartwater: Up $0.25
Powerade: Up $0.25
Mickey Pretzels: Increased by $0.20 to $0.25, depending on location
Churros: Up $0.20
Assorted chips: Up $0.30
Freshly brewed Joffrey's Coffee: Up $0.50

Rising Costs for Disney Guests

These price adjustments come as part of a broader trend of rising costs at Walt Disney World, including increases in annual pass prices, park tickets, restaurants, and snacks.

While these price changes may seem small, they add up over the course of a vacation, especially for families. Be sure to plan accordingly for any increases when budgeting for a trip.

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akileese15 minutes ago

Shareholder value and guest satisfaction are are two completely incompatible things. Even if it works out in the short term, they eventually deviate because guest costs will continue to rise and in order to maintain shareholder value. The things that would improve guest satisfaction significantly all require an increase in operational expense, which is something that stockholders are allergic to (labor, maintenance, etc). If they really wanted to improve the guest experience and lower guest cost, they'd spin experiences off as a private company, but that would never happen for a number of reasons, the most important being its the only thing keeping Disney as a whole in the black.

threvester17 minutes ago

No, only PeePal at this time

jeanericuser00119 minutes ago

That happened during the 80s and 90s for a brief period as both universal and disney fought a serious battle that included discounted tickets, coupons, and seasonal specials.

Cliff27 minutes ago

Yes,...Disney has always been raising it's prices to stay in line with their general product demand. However, it's being said that Disney has now gotten "in front" of that demand and is now suppressing that demand. When people love a brand, they WILL often pay more for it...just out of sheer goodwill and admiration for that brand. However, if that brand "love" dies or the goodwill fades, suddenly people will question weather that brand is "worth it" anymore....and they will NOT spend a premium tax for that product is that happens. In short,..Disney CAN charge a high-dollar cost and get away with it "if" people "love" that brand enough to do that. They know it's expensive but their brand love or brand "LOYALTY" persuades them to do it. If that brand loyalty dies?.....what happens then? Exactly,...you guessed it,...that brand is SCREWED.

monothingie53 minutes ago

I renewed 1 AP, not 50,000.

JD8057 minutes ago

It's not declining, you just bought another AP.

Prince-157 minutes ago

monothingie1 hour ago

But they've been doing this since the mid/early 2010's and now the fruits of their genius are ripening. As demonstrated by the situation they're in right now, with being BEHIND their declining attendance, it doesn't work as a long term solution. They mythological high margin guests is an endangered species they're chasing after at the expense of the regular guests who they are driving away in droves.

JD801 hour ago

People are still buying.

John park hopper1 hour ago

When company has product people are no longer buying as they used to they reduce the cost of said product and they streamline their business and improve the product. I guess that business model Disney is exempt from ---declining attendance raise prices across the board on everything attendance declines as a result --raise prices

JD801 hour ago

Adjust for inflation the 2015 and after prices are all the same value.

dig311dug1 hour ago

it's not that wdw has priced us out of a visit, it's that the value isn't there and hasn't been there since pre-covid.

GhostHost10001 hour ago

so worth it with all the new things coming in 2025! oh wait

SplashJacket1 hour ago

Parks are far more enjoyable than they were in 2019. It’s not even close. It’s not that saying otherwise is invalid, I’d just be blinded from the glare on those rose-colored glasses.