Disney World's Premier Pass Returns to Highest Prices for First Weekend of March 2025

Mar 01, 2025 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Saturday March 1, 2025 9:45am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

For the first time in 2025, Lightning Lane Premier Pass has returned to its highest price levels across all four Walt Disney World theme parks for the first weekend of March 2025.

An EPCOT Lighting Lane Premier Pass will cost $249 today

Starting this weekend, guests will see peak pricing at:

Magic Kingdom: $449
EPCOT: $249
Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $349
Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $199

These prices mark the highest cost for Lightning Lane Premier Pass since its introduction, but they match the peak pricing set on November 28, 2024, during Thanksgiving week.

Lightning Lane Premier Pass Pricing - March 1, 2025

Why Are Prices Hitting Peak Levels Again?

While holiday weekends like Presidents’ Day have passed, demand for Premier Pass remains high, especially as spring break season approaches. Several factors are contributing to these peak prices:

Early Spring Break Travel – Some school districts and colleges begin spring break in early March, leading to increased crowd levels. Major spring break surges begin around March 10, but some travelers are already arriving.
Recent Sell-Out Trends – Magic Kingdom has consistently seen Premier Pass sell out, with EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom also reaching sell-out status at times.
Higher Demand Outside Traditional Holiday Peaks – Unlike previous instances of peak pricing during Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks, this marks one of the earliest price spikes in a non-holiday period.

How Does This Compare to Past Pricing?

These peak prices were first introduced on November 28, 2024, during Thanksgiving week, a traditionally high-demand period.

Since the start of 2025, prices have fluctuated, with Magic Kingdom’s Premier Pass ranging from $329 to $449, while the other parks have had lower price points on non-peak days.

This is the earliest instance of peak pricing outside a holiday period, suggesting Disney is responding to higher-than-expected guest demand.

Looking Ahead

Spring break pricing may remain elevated throughout March – If demand continues, high prices could last through early April.
More consistent peak pricing could be coming – With sell-outs increasing, Disney could keep Magic Kingdom near $449 more frequently, while other parks see more variation.
Premier Pass availability is just as important as pricing – Even at peak prices, sell-outs are still happening, meaning those who wait too long may miss out entirely.

Stay tuned for continued Premier Pass pricing updates, sell-out trends, and availability as we move further into spring break season at Walt Disney World.

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Splash4eva10 days ago

Than Thank you! Will take a look

Purduevian10 days ago

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/lightning-lane-drop-times.984387/ I haven't updated it in months so I don't know if it is still accurate. Not going to lie, I did the work for it for my trip last November and figured I would share it with the forums (I also put it on Reddit), but I don't plan on updating it regularly. It's not to hard to do though if anyone wants to try to to update it. Using thrill data, it's pretty easy to spot trends. This is TSM for example. Anytime there is a consistent jump to Yellow or Green on most of the days, that's a drop time.

Splash4eva10 days ago

Yes TP i was a member of and it worked like a charm each trip this past one in February was not at all successful only finding a few openings during the trip

Splash4eva10 days ago

Thank you will take a look

nickys10 days ago

Touring Plans “liners” keep an updated list. And for a while here I think @Purduevian had one running.

MickeyLuv'r10 days ago

there's thrill ride Data. Some rides have a long list of potential drop times, but only some of them happen. TRD appears to have updated their list since just a few weeks ago. Previously, they had some of the drop times highlighted, which I took to mean the more likely drop times.

MickeyLuv'r10 days ago

Android here

JD8010 days ago

This is not how you do statistics.

Splash4eva11 days ago

Do we have an updated list and inventory drops?

Splash4eva11 days ago

Disney has their reasons and whatever they are we will never know. We can guess but most likely never know but imo no wait line posted 60 minutes should never be off more than 10. No wait time of 45 should be off more than 5. Anything 30 and below should be accurate. So on and so forth with longer yet every person i talk with who goes all say same with more inflated wait times. Even if its to make the guest “feel good” its still a “deceptive” practice. And honestly. If you are a multi billion dollar corporation with a name like Disney (at least what it use to mean) and you need to inflate wait times to increase guest satisfaction you better re think your strategy Robert…

Splash4eva11 days ago

Apple here if that helps…

MickeyLuv'r11 days ago

A number of forum members thought reforming/reducing DAS would fix the problem. I also think how much times are off can be characterized in different ways. If the posted wait is 10minutes, and actually is 5, ten we could characterize the posted wait as only off by 5minutes, or we could say the posted wait was half the actual wait. Both would be correct. There is also the challenge of how to characterize some of the pre-shows like GoG and Rise. How often are any of us here willing to test the wait for accuracy when it is over 60minutes? I think most of us here know basic park touring strategy, so we don't get in line for 7D when standby waits are at their daily peaks.

nickys11 days ago

I don’t know how it works. But I know people who do pick up LLs as a result of drops - unless of course it’s pure coincidence that they are ready to do so at specific known times and get lucky.