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What will your trip cost?
Set your trip below and the estimate updates. Every figure in it carries the day we checked it and a link to where it came from — which is the part nobody else shows you.
The estimate
$4,734
5 nights · 4 people · $789 a day · $197 per person per day
Where it goes
| What | How we got there | Checked | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 nights, moderate resortValue season, averaged across the 4 we price ($294–$314 a night between them). 3 of them has no Value rate on record, so its cheapest is used | $308 a night × 5MouseSavers 2026 rate chart | 2026-09-06 | $1,540 |
| 4-day ticket × 2 adultsa dated example total, not a quote — tickets are priced by start date | $559 each × 2TouringPlans — every regular Disney World ticket price in 2026 | 2026-09-07 | $1,118 |
| 4-day ticket × 2 childrenages 3 to 9 — $18.77 less than the adult ticket at this length. Under 3s need no ticket | $540 each × 2TouringPlans — every regular Disney World ticket price in 2026 | 2026-09-07 | $1,080 |
| Food, 6 days × 2 adultsa quick-service lunch, a mid-priced dinner and a snack — averaged from the 199 restaurants we price | $49 per person per day × 2 × 6Our own price record — per-person spend at 199 Walt Disney World restaurants | 2026-09-16 | $588 |
| Food, 6 days × 2 childrentwo children's entrées and a snack — the entrée averaged from the 119 menus we hold one for | $34 per child per day × 2 × 6Our own price record — per-person spend at 199 Walt Disney World restaurants | 2026-09-16 | $408 |
| Total | $4,734 | ||
What moves this most
A total tells you what the trip costs. These tell you which decision to change.
- −$620Move to a value resort$184 a night against $308 — the single biggest line on most trips
- −$504One night shortera night of room plus a day of food; the ticket barely moves
- +$400Add Lightning Lane Multi Passworth pricing before you decide, not after
- −$168Quick service onlythe biggest food lever, and the one most families find easiest
What this does not include
- Flights, fuel and parking at your hotel
- Souvenirs, alcohol and tips
- 6.5% Florida sales tax and the nightly resort tax
- Memory Maker, dessert parties, tours and other paid add-ons
- Any discount — rack rates are what Disney publishes, not what everybody pays
Walt Disney World prices tickets by date and rooms by season, so no calculator can quote you. This one is built to be checkable instead: every line above links to the figure it used and the day we recorded it.
Our wait-time dataset and API are free and openly licensed. The price record behind the figures above is not published as a dataset yet — each line cites its own source and date in the meantime.
Sources
Every figure in the estimate above, in the order it appears.
- MouseSavers 2026 rate chart — reported by · checked
- TouringPlans — every regular Disney World ticket price in 2026 — reported by · checked
- Our own price record — per-person spend at 199 Walt Disney World restaurants — our own measurement · checked