2025 Disney World Hotel Prices: When to Go, When to Say No

If you’re heading to Disney World on vacation in 2025, choosing your hotel is an important piece of your vacation budget. How much room can you get for your money? How much budget space could you get if you stay in a Moderate resort instead of a Deluxe? How much more will larger families pay to have a place for that third kid to sleep? Answers to all these questions and more, just ahead.

Here at TouringPlans, we are a data-driven outfit. But I know that not everyone’s heart pitter-patters at a complicated chart like mine does. So we’re going to take a super-zoomed-out overview first, then tackle the most common questions with a deeper dive. Tap on any of the links below to jump directly to that section. If you just want to skip to the bullet list, you’ll find it in the TL;DR.

The BIG Picture
Value Resorts and Family Suites
Moderate Resorts and Sleeps Five Rooms
Deluxe Resorts
The TL;DR

A Necessary Disclaimer

The prices that we’re using are the 2025 rack rates, accurate as of October 2024. Disney doesn’t tend to change the rack rates. But they do adjust the price of hotel rooms by releasing discounts. Discounts have already been released that extend through September 30, 2025. (See all current discounts.) We’ll probably see more before the year is out. But if you’re trying to get an idea how much your choice of resort and when you go matters, the comparisons here are still useful.

Disney World special offers will change the numbers below, but not how the hotel categories relate to each other. A discount could lessen the price difference between Caribbean Beach and Pop Century from $120 to $80. But it’s not going to make Caribbean Beach cheaper than Pop Century. Discounts might also increase the savings from visiting in September instead of at Easter. But no discount will make the same room cheaper in Easter Week than in September.

Disney knows which resorts or dates have more appeal, and which have less appeal. Their discounts are aimed at the rooms and dates that need a little help to sell.

I’m only going to talk about the prices for week-long stays, beginning on Sundays.  Of course, not everyone stays for a week. But this is about getting a rough idea of cost, not a down-to-the-dollar answer. You’ll still need to price out a trip on specific dates to know what you’d actually pay.

The BIG Picture

Let’s start with the view from five miles up – how do prices at each resort vary over the whole year? And how do resorts compare to each other?

The chart below shows the weekly price of the cheapest room at every Disney World hotel. The legend is ordered from most to least expensive, following the lines of the chart. And each resort is colored based on its tier; Value, Moderate, Deluxe. The campsites at Fort Wilderness have their own category, as do the “sleeps six” Family Suites.

Which Are the Cheapest Times of the Year for Hotel Rooms at Disney World?

Looking at the chart, it’s easy to see that January is quiet. Then there’s a sharp rise and some sustained high prices due to spring break. That lasts from February through April. From May through August, prices are mostly stable, and they decrease a bit as the summer goes on. Starting in September, prices rise steadily through the end of November. Then they rise sharply in December, peaking again around the Christmas holidays.

Based on what we see in the chart, we can break out the year into the following seasons. These are not official Disney World terms, just what we see from the data.

Season	Start	End	Prices
Winter	Jan. 5	Feb. 1	Lowest
Spring Break	Feb. 2	Apr. 26	High
Summer	Apr. 27	Sep. 6	Moderate
Fall	Sep. 7	Nov. 22	Rising
Holiday	Nov. 23	Dec. 31	High

All resorts have the same price patterns over spring break and after Thanksgiving. But the post-September rise is most noticeable at the Deluxe resorts. At the Moderates, fall prices are only a bit higher than the summer. At the Values, prices actually drop a tiny bit in the fall compared to the summer.

A sparkline view of the weekly prices shows us these differences between the categories clearly, with each category is scaled to its own maximum. You’ll have to take my word for it that the sparklines within each category were all very similar.

Now you can see things like a tiny bump – only in the third week of the year, and only in the Value category. My guess? It’s driven by Festival of the Arts that starts on January 17. And you can see that the Moderates are unique in not having a dip during the late summer.

At virtually every resort, the most expensive weeks during Spring break are February 16, 2025, and April 13, 2025. The February week lines up with Presidents’ Day. Many school districts have a break this week. The April week immediately precedes Easter, which falls on April 20 this year. In the fall, there’s a bump in the week of October 26, most noticeable at the Deluxe resorts and at Fort Wilderness. Halloween falls on a Friday in 2025, and Halloween weekend appears to have surge pricing here.

How Do Hotel Prices Compare Within Each Disney World Hotel Category?

The lines for the Value resorts are mostly parallel, showing a consistent difference in price throughout the year. The Family Suites have a slightly different pattern from the regular rooms at the Values. But we see the same stable price difference between All-Star Music and Art of Animation in this room type.

Look how tightly those Moderates (in blue) are grouped! If you’re targeting a Moderate, you may not find that much variation in price, with one exception. You’ll pay quite a bit more for a room at the Gran Destino Tower compared to similar Moderate rooms.

It’s harder to pick out, but the Crescent Lake resorts are also grouped pretty tightly. That’s Beach Club, Yacht Club, and Boardwalk. Price-wise, these sit between Animal Kingdom Lodge and Wilderness Lodge (less expensive), and the Magic Kingdom resorts (more expensive). The Contemporary is the least expensive monorail resort. If you’re aiming for the Grand Flo or the Polynesian, you’ll be paying top dollar.

Over most of the year, the cheapest Disney World resorts range from $1-1.7K per week, and the most expensive from $5-7K per week. Here is a chart of all the Disney World resorts ranked by average price in 2025.

For convenience, two calculated numbers are included. The “nightly” rate is the weekly average divided by 7, but remember that weekends are more expensive than midweek nights. The “step” rate to the next resort is also useful to see. But when you price your real dates, you may find the step is larger or smaller at the time you are visiting.

Disney World Value Resorts and Family Suites Room Rates

On many screens it could be difficult to read the chart below; you can click or tap to zoom into it. But it’s not necessary; I’ll discuss the major takeaways below. The step is calculated based on the Summer rate. The “Middle 80% Range” shows what you can expect to pay at all but the cheapest and most expensive times of the year.

When I was growing up we camped a lot, because it was a much cheaper vacation than staying in hotel rooms. It turns out, it is not that cheap to camp at Disney World. Only the tent sites are always cheaper than the cheapest room at an All-Star. And even when the Full Hook-Up is less expensive than an All-Star Standard Room, it’s only by about $30-$50 per night.

The Standard Room at all three All-Star resorts is identically priced, so only the All-Star Movies Standard Room is in the chart. At both the All-Stars and Pop Century, you’ll pay about $150-$200 for the week to go from a Standard Room to a Preferred Room. At Pop Century, that’s about twice what it costs to get a room that just has a nicer view. Is it worth it? See: Are Preferred Rooms Worth It at Value and Moderate Resorts? for Becky’s breakdown of the satisfaction data.

Overall, you’ll pay between $1,100 and $2,450 per week on average to get a regular room at a Value Resort. That’s between $157-350 per night. But remember that all nights aren’t priced the same—I divided by 7 to get the nightly average, but Friday and Saturday nights generally cost more. And a nice discount at the right time can bring that down to under $100 a night.

Family Suites and Cabins

Moving on to the sleeps-six rooms, there is a price difference of about $1,000 per week between the All-Star Movies Family Suites and the Art of Animation Family Suites. The Finding Nemo Family Suites are the most expensive. That’s because they are the equivalent of the Preferred view—closer to the main pool and to the Skyliner. Let’s talk about the Moderate resorts, and then discuss whether these are your best option if you’re bringing a group of more than 4.

Disney World Moderate Resorts and Sleeps-Five Room Rates

Here’s the same chart for Moderate Resorts. To help keep it readable, all the King Bed rooms have been removed.

The first thing I want to point out is that the tight grouping we saw in the “Big Picture” chart wasn’t an illusion. The weekly prices of Standard View rooms are separated by less than $150 in most seasons – about $20 per night. If you need every dollar, Coronado Springs is clearly the least expensive. But the difference is small enough that you might prefer to save money somewhere else and pick your resort based on theme or transportation.

View vs. Price

You’ll pay between $2,000 and $3,800 per week on average to get a room at a Moderate Resort. That’s between $285 and $540 a night, with the standard disclaimer about weekend nights being more expensive. Some of that wide range is driven by seasonal differences. But a lot of it is the difference in price between room types. Within each resort, by now you shouldn’t be surprised to see that it costs more for a preferred location than a nicer view.

One thing that’s worth calling out is the very expensive rooms in the last row of the chart. These are expensive rooms for a Moderate resort. But the Club Level rooms in the Gran Destino Tower are comparable in price to the cheapest rooms at several Deluxe Resorts.

Sleeping More Than Four at Disney World

Next, let’s take a look at those 5th sleeper rooms, and the Family Suites at the Values. If you’re visiting Disney World with a larger family, your resort choices will be more limited. Only two Moderates – Port Orleans Riverside and Caribbean Beach – offer rooms that sleep 5. Since the resorts are so closely priced, it makes the most sense to compare each room to its sleeps-4 sibling rather than comparing them all to each other. Overall, you’ll pay between $115 and $160 per week for the extra bed, or about $20/night.

Those with eagle eyes will notice that the bottom four rows on that chart belong to Value resorts. Here, the price of the Value rooms is doubled to show how paying for two Value rooms compares to a Moderate fifth sleeper room. We can also compare it to the price of the Family Suites.

All 5th sleeper rooms are much cheaper than the Family Suites, to the tune of at least $200 per week and often more. There are probably a few tiny exceptions. But if you have three kids your most economical room will be at a Moderate, not a Value. (“Wow, a third kid is expensive, but at least they justify making the jump to a Moderate.” — Before y’all jump on me, I have three myself.)

If you have a group of 6 that’s mostly smaller children, you might not have a choice about a Family Suite. But if you have Grandma & Grandpa, do you save money doing the Family Suite instead of connecting rooms? It turns out the answer is “not really”. At both All-Star Music and Art of Animation, the cost of a Family Suite is usually more than double the price of a Standard Room. There are benefits that you get with the Family Suite and it still may be the right choice. But it’s not saving you money.

Disney World Deluxe Resort Room Rates

The chart below excludes a few Deluxe room types: King Beds and Club Level. The Club Level rooms are in a separate chart.

One thing that is striking is how much swingier the Deluxe prices are than we saw with the Values and the Moderates. You might immediately think “Well, that’s because the prices are so much higher, of course they’re going to have a wider range of variation.” But there’s no particular reason that they have to be set that way. If guests in every season had the same willingness to pay a fixed difference for a Deluxe room, we wouldn’t see that.

Here’s what we do see. On average, the difference between our “Spring Break” and “Holiday” seasons at a Value resort is about $300 a week. At a Moderate, it’s about $400. At a Deluxe? That will be an extra $1,000 a week on average to stay at a Deluxe between November 23 and the end of the year, compared to February and March.

It’s always dangerous to tell “obvious” stories about data, but when I see those numbers do you know what my brain says? It says people are saying “Let’s go to Disney World in the Christmas season and stay at a Deluxe it will be part of our present to our family I just love the Christmas season and it will be so awesome to splurge at Disney World.” Again, I want to be clear – I have thought this myself, and done this myself. I am not knocking it or criticizing it. And the Christmas vibe at a Deluxe resort is definitely more pronounced than at a Moderate, so you could even argue that you’re paying for extra Christmas atmosphere. But supply and demand is what sets these prices. It is clear that Disney knows us, their audience, and knows what we say to ourselves when we make vacation decisions.

By the way, it’s also about $1K more per week (on average) to stay at the Deluxe in “Spring Break” vs. “Summer”. For other resort tiers, I gave an average price for the week. But there’s so much variation over the course of the year that it’s difficult tell you what you should “expect” to pay to stay at a Deluxe resort, unless you first say when you’re planning to visit.

Ranking the Disney World Deluxes by Cost

Here’s what we can say. Deluxe resorts have clear tiers. The most expensive room at Animal Kingdom Lodge is cheaper than every room at two of the monorail resorts. The cheapest room at the Polynesian is more expensive than about half the rooms available across all resorts. And the cheapest room at the Grand Floridian is more expensive than a Fireworks View room at Wilderness Lodge. The general ranking, from least to most expensive, is

1. Animal Kingdom Lodge
2. Wilderness Lodge
3. Contemporary – Garden Wing
4. Yacht Club / Boardwalk / Beach Club
5. Contemporary – Main Tower
6. Polynesian / Grand Floridian

Disney World Club Level Room Rates

Finally, just for completeness, here’s the Club Level chart for the Deluxe Resorts.

What to Take Away

Well, that was fun. Let’s go back to the big picture view and summarize our takeaways. Remember that everything below is a general statement. Between discounts and sticking to weekly prices, if you’re comparing specific dates you might find an exception here or there.

• The average weekly cost of a room at a Disney World Value Resort is between $1,100 and $2,450, or $157-350 per night.
• The average weekly cost of a room at a Disney World Moderate Resort is between $2,000 and $3,800, or $285 and $540 a night.
• The average weekly cost of a room at a Disney World Deluxe Resort doesn’t give you a useful idea of what you should expect to pay. It varies too much; you’ll need to pick dates first. But unless there’s a discount in play you’ll be looking at a minimum of $500-$600 per night. That’s a big “unless” – discounts have already been released for 2025 and more are coming.

For groups of 5 and larger families:

• The cost of a Family Suite is usually a little more than the cost of two regular rooms at the same resort. Of course, there may still be features of the Family Suite that are important to you.
• The price of a 5th sleeper room at a Moderate is less than the price of a Family Suite. It is also less than two connecting rooms at a Value resort.

Last but not least, seasonal pricing patterns over the year are very consistent within tiers, but very different between tiers. At all resorts, the “Holiday” season from November 23 through New Year’s is the most expensive. That’s closely followed by “Spring Break” from February 2 to April 26, 2025. But the Values have an off-season in late summer whereas the Moderates don’t. And the price gap between Spring Break, Holiday, and Summer is far more pronounced at the Deluxe resorts than the other resort tiers.

Are you surprised that Christmas is so expensive at Deluxe Resorts? How do you think about price when deciding where to stay at Disney World? Let us know in the comments!