I can tell you that the average price increase from 1971-2022 is 631.55%, so ya, Disney is WAYYYY ahead of inflation.
There is no account for inflation in these numbers. Disney tickets are now variable based on day, so prices fluctuate a ton now. These prices are for the cheapest adult ticket which are NOT park-hopper tickets. A majority of the prices came from this awesome post on. Here is a closer look at the YOY increases showing those 1980’s spikes: In context, it makes sense that the company would be looking to milk the parks for as much profit as possible to show a better position in those troubled times. It was just before the Michael Eisner and Frank Wells renaissance. The biggest Disney World ticket price increases actually took place in the early 1980’s, which makes sense if you think about it because this was the tail-end of the Ron Miller regime when the company was at its lowest point and fending off potential hostile takeovers. I assumed I would see a huge spike in the Iger/Chapek years, but I couldn’t have been more wrong in that assumption. The results of this research kind of shocked me. The chart below displays the ticket price, the year over year price increase and each year’s price relative to the opening day price. 
Disney World Ticket Prices Through the Years Here is a full rundown of Disney World ticket prices throughout each year of operation since its opening in 1971. We all hear the complaints about Disney’s astronomical ticket prices these days, so it got me wondering just how much tickets have risen over the years. There have only been a few years in which prices have not gone up and some in which they rose quite a bit. The cost for an adult day pass into the Magic Kingdom in 1971 was $3.50 and is now well over $100.
So, as you can expect, there is a pretty hefty price tag associated with all this construction and reconstruction and much of it is offset in annual (or semi-annual) Disney World ticket price increases.
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