Ask the planner
Tell the planner about your trip in plain words. It fills in the steps; every number comes from published data, not the chat.
Prefer to skip the chat? Go straight to the steps.
What is real and what is not
- Published means a price range or rating taken from a named source on a stated date.
- Estimate means The Happiest Planner did arithmetic on published figures with assumptions you can change.
- Yours means you typed it. A quote from Disney's checkout always beats anything here.
Overview
Work top to bottom. Each step feeds the budget.
Dates and party
Everything else prices off this.
Ticket pricing data covers October 11, 2026 through October 10, 2027. Children under 3 do not need a park ticket.
Tickets and park days
Pick a park for each day. One-day prices come from a RopeDrop capture of Disney's calendar on October 11, 2026, plus 6.5% tax. Two-day and Park Hopper quotes are not collected yet.
Resort
98 resort products. Published planning rates exist for 32 of them (one room, two adults, room only). The rest need a quote you paste in.
Dining
385 locations with guest approval and published price guides. Price a meal, save it to the plan.
Drinks and extras (assumptions you can change)
Enter items from the linked menu. Prices you type are your observations, not verified data.
Pick a restaurant to see an estimate.
Lightning Lane and wait times
The part everyone dreads, decided per park day: whether to buy, what it saves, and what the waits look like without it. Transportation and extras are below.
Lightning Lane in one minute
Book three timed return windows at once; each time you use one, book another. Covers most rides. The one most families buy. Price changes by park and date.
One ride only: the newest headliner in each park (TRON, Guardians, Rise of the Resistance, Flight of Passage, Seven Dwarfs). Sold on its own.
Walk on once to every included ride with no return times. Priced like a second park ticket. For a one-day, see-everything visit.
When to buy: Disney resort guests at 7 am ET, 7 days before the first park day, for the whole stay. Everyone else, 3 days ahead. Your booking windows are on the Overview page with a calendar button. Prices below are per person before 6.5% tax, from a 2026 sample; Disney sets the exact figure daily.
Your park days
Prices are estimated for your exact dates from posted Lightning Lane prices on the same days in prior years (daily history from April 2026 and the 2024 holiday season), escalated by the increase we have observed. When no posted price exists for a date yet, the estimate follows the seasonal pattern and says so. Crowd level changes the expected waits, not the price.
Airport transfer
Parking and rides around Disney
Standard theme park parking is $35 per day and included for registered Disney hotel guests. Disney buses, monorail, Skyliner and boats are free.
Flights, souvenirs, extras
Park day timelines
An hour-by-hour plan for each park day: rope drop the big ride, walk the least, eat where you saved, rest when the little ones need it. Change a setting and the day rebuilds.
Trip budget
Every line is labeled published, estimate or yours.
Packing list
A few quick questions, then the weather for your dates, then a list built for your trip. Check things off as you pack; it saves in this browser.
Live wait times
Posted stand-by waits and Lightning Lane status, refreshed every five minutes while you are in the park.