Is a Tokyo Disney Resort Vacation Package Worth It?

Booking a holiday at Tokyo Disney can be a bit tricky. Navigating hotel rooms that sell out quickly, planning which park to visit when, and negotiating ways to beat the queues makes the idea of booking a package that includes all those things sound very tempting—but is a Tokyo Disney Vacation Package really worth it? We took a look.

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What Do The Tokyo Disney Vacation Packages Include?

Exactly what’s included depends on which Tokyo Disneyland package you book. But, generally, here’s what can be included in the plans…

Hotel Room: Vacation packages are available for five of the seven official Disney Hotels – Disney Ambassador Hotel, Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, Toy Story Resort, DisneySea Miracosta Hotel, and the Fantasy Springs Hotel, Fantasy Hotel. Celebration Hotel and the Grand Chateau at Fantasy Springs Hotel are excluded.

Park Tickets: You get to visit Disneyland or DisneySea each day of your stay. Exactly which park is determined by your package, and the days are set.

Attraction Tickets: These are the Vacation Package version of Premier Access and Priority Pass (if you have no idea what they are, then read our guide to Disney Extras when you finish this) – but, they allow you to get into an attraction with less queuing. Exactly how many you get depends on the package you book.

Goodies: You get a gift with each package.

Breakfast: On day two (and three if applicable) of your stay

Free Soft Drinks: In the parks

Exclusive Popcorn Bucket: For those who don’t know, popcorn buckets, and popcorn flavors, at Tokyo Disney are next-level inventive, and you get an exclusive bucket as part of your package.

Plus…Happy Entry: It’s not really a Vacation Package benefit as this comes as standard if you’re staying at an official Disney hotel even if you don’t buy a package, but it is a bonus. Happy Entry means you can enter certain parks 15 minutes earlier than the rest of the crowd on certain days of your stay.

We’ll explain each benefit in more detail further down.

Details of the Specific Vacation Packages

There are four types of Vacation Package that you can book at Tokyo Disney Resort and they vary by how many nights you want to stay – and very slightly by what they include.

This post is being updated in January 2025 to reflect the new packages introduced for staying beginning from April 1st 2025.

Want Specifics? Here’s what the new packages contain.

One-Night/Two-Day Package Details

There are three types of one night package…

Fantasy Springs: Enjoy Unlimited Rides on Eligible Attractions

Includes: Two park tickets – day one is Disneyland, day two is DisneySea

Special Attraction Tickets: One for Tokyo Disneyland and one for DisneySea. These allow you to ride the eligible attractions as many times as you like via the Priority Queue (see which rides this includes below and an important note is that unlimited rides in Fantasy Springs aren’t included – though you can still access them.)

Meals: One Breakfast, option to book up to 2 lunches or dinners at an extra fee

Extras: Extras: Popcorn Bucket Voucher x 1 (per guest room) Original Goods Voucher x 1 per person and Beverage Ticket x 1 per person.

Enjoy Lots of Attractions

Includes: Two park tickets – day one is Disneyland, day two is DisneySea

Normal Attraction Tickets: 3 for Tokyo Disneyland, 3 for DisneySea. Normal attraction tickets let you ride a ride once using the Priority Access queue (see more details below)

Meals: One Breakfast, option to book up to 2 lunches or dinners at an extra fee

Extras: Extras: Popcorn Bucket Voucher x 1 (per guest room) Original Goods Voucher x 1 per person and Beverage Ticket x 1 per person.

Enjoy Dinner at Tokyo DisneySea Hotel Miracosta

Includes: Two park tickets – day one is DisneySea, day two is Disneyland

Normal Attraction Tickets: 2 for Tokyo Disneyland, 3 for DisneySea

Meals: One breakfast and one dinner at either Oceano or Bella Vista in the Miracosta Hotel.

Extras: Extras: Popcorn Bucket Voucher x 1 (per guest room) Original Goods Voucher x 1 per person and Beverage Ticket x 1 per person.

Hotels included: All Disney hotels except Celebration and Fantasy Springs Grand Chateau

Two Night/ Three Day Packages

Fantasy Springs: Enjoy Attractions and More

Includes: Three park tickets – day one is Disneyland, days two and three are DisneySea.

Normal Attraction Tickets: 2 for Tokyo Disneyland, 5 for Tokyo DisneySea.

Meals: Two Breakfasts – up to 3 lunches or dinners can be booked at an extra cost

Extras: Popcorn Bucket Voucher x 1 (per guest room) Original Goods Voucher x 1 per person and Beverage Ticket x 1 per person.

Which Type of Package is Best For You

So, which of the above is best for you? Well, first, decide how many days you want to spend at the parks, which might make the decision for you as only one package offers you three days, but from then, it really depends on how many rides you want to do.

If you want to ride everything without queuing then the Fantasy Springs: Enjoy Unlimited Rides on Eligible Attractions is the clear winner as it has no restrictions – although it’s also the most expensive package. It’s also the one most likely to sell out.

If the rides in Fantasy Springs are your goal, then any package will work as they all include enough passes to prebook the three main rides in this area – Peter’s Pan’s Neverland Adventure, Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival and, the big one, Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey.

How Much Does a Disney Vacation Package Cost?

As I said in the introduction of this piece, Tokyo Disney is unusual when it comes to the price of the Vacation Packages as bundling things together doesn’t save you any money, but how much extra are you paying for convenience?

An Example Cost of a Package

It’s a fair bit. Here’s a costing for the cheapest package in one of the cheaper rooms you can book it in.

The One-Night/Two Days Disney Enjoy Lots of Attractions Vacation Package staying at Disney’s Toy Story Hotel staying in a Standard Bay Room here on May 16 2025, would cost 218,100 for a family of three with one child aged 8 using their own bed.

This includes all using your Attraction Tickets using rides with paid-for Premier Access Passes – so, The Enchanted Tale of Beauty and The Beast, Frozen, Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival etc.

How Much Would That Cost to Book Yourself?

This is how much it will cost to pay for everything in the package yourself for the same date, hotel, and number of people.

Hotel Room – 49,500 yen

Park Tickets x 6 – 46,200 (roughly)

Premiere Access Passes x 3 per person – 36,000 (maximum)

Popcorn Bucket – 2400 yen (roughly)

3 x soft drinks per person per day in the park (18 total – average 300 yen per drink as prices vary) – 5400

Breakfast for three – 7,500 yen

One Present each – 9000 yen (roughly)

Total Cost – 156,000

Difference in Price

So, you’d be paying around 62,100 yen (roughly US$400, AU$620 or £326) more for booking a package than if you tried to book it all yourself.

As every package is priced individually, exactly how much difference there is between the package vs just a hotel room for you will vary depending on your date, the hotel and room you choose, how many people there are, and the different extra choices – but, generally you won’t save money booking a vacation package.

It might, therefore, seem silly to book the package, but there are a couple of things to keep in mind before you discount the idea.

Benefits of Booking a TDR Vacation Package?

They Go on Sale Earlier

Tokyo Disney hotel rooms go on sale four months before the date of check-in, but packages go on sale for the whole month on the 1st of the month five months before check-in, which gives you more options.

This makes a package potentially easier to secure – and that might be important if you’re really trying to get a specific date for, say a birthday, or a specific themed room.

Saves the Fantasy Springs Hassle

Because you can pre-book your rides at Fantasy Springs, it saves all the hassle of getting to the park ridiculously early to try and beat everyone else to the passes. You can stay in bed, have a leisurely breakfast – or, use your Happy Entry headstart to get ahead of the queues for the other rides.

Access to Fantasy Springs Restaurant

At the moment, only guests of the hotel can enter the Fantasy Springs hotel – but, the Vacation Packages offer you the chance of booking dining at the restaurant in the hotel.

Less Stress

Possibly because they are more expensive, the packages don’t sell out as fast as the hotel rooms do.

Fantasy Springs Hotel sells out within minutes in the room only sale, but I can see rooms available on a few different dates for rooms on the Vacation Package.

If you do decide you’d prefer to book a hotel though, check out our beginners guide to the Disney hotel booking process.

Might be Better for Bigger Families

Typing in a few different dates and configurations, it seems like if you have two or more kids over four, you may have more chance of finding a room on a Vacation Package than booking individually.

Planners Will Love It

I was surprised to discover that everything is done during your initial booking.

You even book your Premier Access passes ride times for certain rides – this reduces a lot of stress for the day itself and allows you to plan your day well in advance.

And don’t worry, you can make minor changes to things like pass times if you suddenly realize you booked your Attraction Ticket for Splash Mountain during a parade!

Dining Reservations

It’s not mentioned on the list of official benefits, but, I’ve been told that if you’re a package guest you can make all your dining reservations for your stay in one go.

So, if you’re staying from say, December 10-13, you will be able to make all your bookings on November 10th. Non-package guests will need to log on daily to book dining. This could be helpful if you want to get into very popular restaurants like Chef Mickey or Magellan’s.

Downsides of Booking a TDR Vacation Package?

Budget

It’s very likely to cost you more than booking everything yourself. Celebration Hotel, the Park’s value offering, is also not included in packages.

Limited Nights

You can only book a maximum of two nights – if you want to stay longer, you’ll have to make a separate booking for a hotel room which could see you getting stuck in the hotel lottery anyway.

Inflexibility

You can’t change the days of your park tickets. So if you want to stay for one night but spend two days at DisneySea and skip Disneyland (or vice versa), you can’t do that on a vacation package.

You also can’t swap park days. So if you’d prefer to visit Disneyland first, but your package has DisneySea as your first park you can’t swap.

So Many Decisions

If you’re not a planner, trying to work out what type of Attraction Ticket you want, when and what time you might want breakfast could be a level of detail you’re not ready for if you haven’t even sorted out your hotel yet!

That’s what we think are the main pros and cons, but, before you make your choice, there are a few other things to note…

Anything Else to Be Aware Of?

Kids Details

Vacation Package prices vary by the number of people in your party, but children three and under are free.

Generally, children under 11 can share a bed with an adult or other child in the Disney hotels, but there may be restrictions on how many kids can bedshare in certain room types. See more about the rules per room type here.

Watch Breakfast Time

You might not want to use the inclusive breakfast as it can clash with the time for Happy Entry (see below if you don’t know how this works in Tokyo as it’s not quite the same as in the US parks), yet you can’t remove the cost from the package.

Also, watch the dinner and lunch bookings for any course restaurants as these add a fair bit to the cost so only select these if you know you’re going to use them. If you’re not sure, just select ‘no restaurant’ when you’re making up your package.

Ticket Guarantee

It can be reassuring to have your park tickets confirmed, but, if you are staying in an official Disney Hotel, you are guaranteed to be able to book park tickets anyway.

Shut Off Time

You can’t leave booking a Vacation Package until the last minute. Vacation sales close ten days before your date of arrival.

Credit Cards

Disney’s website can be tricky with foreign credit cards. They’ve got better, but your card must use 3D Secured for it to work – so check with your card issuer and make sure you pick the right one to secure your booking – you don’t want to get thrown out at the last minute.

Get Organised

You choose your Attraction Ticket choices before you enter the park. This can be great to help you plan your day for those where you also select a time, but do your research carefully as to which types you’d like to include – see our Vacation Package Dictionary below for more advice here.

International Packages

The perks in the international packages aren’t the same as those for Japanese guests, who also get things like special parade viewing areas, which is a bit unfair.

So, hopefully, that’s given you enough information to help you decide whether a Tokyo Disney Vacation Package is worth it for your trip – and, if you have decided to buy one, you’re going to need to understand how a few things work before you go to book – and for that, you’ll need our dictionary.

The Vacation Package Dictionary

Like many theme parks, Tokyo Disney Resort has its own phrases that it uses to describe things, so, for clarification, here are what the different terms mean and any important points you need to know about them when booking a Vacation Package.

Attraction Tickets Explained

These are the word that Tokyo Disney uses for it’s skip-the-line packages included with the Vacation Packages. There are two types of these.

Special Attraction Tickets

These are included in the Unlimited Rides package and they allow you to go on eligible rides as many times as you like. The eligible rides are as follows…

In Disneyland

Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast, The Happy Ride with Baymax, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, Pooh’s Hunny Hunt, Haunted Mansion, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue and Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go Seek!

In DisneySea

Soaring: Fantastic Flight, Toy Story Mania!, Tower of Terror, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Turtle Talk, Nemo & Friends SeaRider, Indiana Jones(R) Adventure:Temple of the Crystal Skull, Raging Spirits, The Magic Lamp Theater and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

As I said, the rides in Fantasy Springs are not included in the unlimited rides – but you are given three Normal Attraction tickets, which allow you to pre-book these and ride them once via the Priority queue.

Normal Attraction Tickets

These are included in the other packages. The exact number you are given varies by package and each ticket lets you ride one ride, once using the Priority queue.

There are three types of these…

Type One: Pick Ride and Time

For some rides, including The Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story Mania!, Peter Pan’s Neverland Adventure, Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival and Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey, you pick both the ride and the time you want to enter it. And you do this as you book your hotel – so, you’ll need to know roughly which you want and what time you want to ride.

Type Two: Choose a Ride But Use Any Time

Includes Splash Mountain, Tower of Terror, and Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Here you pick the ride but you can go on at any time during your day in the park.

Type Three: Any Ride, Any Time

Includes most of the other ‘big rides’ – you don’t need to decide on these and can use these on any included ride at any time throughout the day.

How Should You Choose Your Attraction Tickets

If riding any of the rides in Fantasy Springs is on your to-do list, then book them. It’s the number one benefit of the Vacation Package, so use it to full advantage.

One common question I get asked is how long to leave between the rides. I’d leave an hour. Even in the Priority Queue, it will take about half an hour to get through and ride the ride. If you leave an hour, you can relax in the queue and explore the area around the ride without rushing and missing things.

At Disneyland, or, if you’re not bothered about Fantasy Springs, there are two schools of thought on how best to ‘spend’ your Attraction Tickets.

One group says to book as many of the Premier Access rides as your package allows to avoid the risk of Premier Access selling out. They are also slightly cheaper than booking them in the park—adding two Beauty and the Beast passes bumps a package up by just 2400 yen, while it would cost 4000 to buy them in the park.

The other group says to book rides that don’t allow queue jumping for people not on a package to save more time. You can always buy extra Premier Access passes once you enter the park, especially with the benefit of Happy Entry, which gives you a head start.

I would do a mix. I’d book Beauty and the Beast in advance, as it sells out quickly. Then, I’d book a general rides pass and use it to ride Pooh’s Hunny Hunt, as it’s a totally unique ride, and the queue is usually the longest of the ‘free’ rides.

Then, as soon as I got in the park, I’d book another DPA for Splash Mountain and try and get a 40th Anniversary Pass for Haunted Mansion – and I’d join the queue for the Happy Ride with Baymax and sing along while I waited.

Happy Entry Explained

As we said, this isn’t a specific Vacation Package benefit; it’s open to anyone staying in one of the official hotels. However, it does mean you get into the parks 15 minutes earlier than the crowd through a special entrance.

Exactly which park you get Happy 15 Entry to depends on which hotel you’re staying in.

Happy Entry to Disneyland is included if you stay at any of the official hotels. However, it is currently unavailable for DisneySea if you stay at the Disneyland Hotel or Celebration Hotel.

One thing to be aware of here is that the Tokyo theme parks tend to open earlier than the time they specify – if the park says it opens at 9 am and you rock up at 8.45 expecting to get a head start you’ll be sadly disappointed. This was the queue one day I went, and I arrived at about 7.45 am for a 9 am opening -the gates opened just after 8 am.

So, even with Happy Entry, you’ll still need to get to the park at least an hour and 15 minutes earlier than the specified opening time, ideally 90 minutes before – then head toward the special entrance for Disney guests. Your hotel will tell you exactly when you should go.

Happy Entry is not available on your check-in day. Occasionally, Disney also stops Happy Entry on specific days – they do publish these dates three months in advance, though, so check here before you book to ensure you’ll be able to take advantage of it.

How to Book a Tokyo Disney Vacation Package?

You book them via the Tokyo Disney Resort’s official website.

As I said, packages tend to be put onto the site in one-month clumps, and this usually happens five months before the date of the first date in the package – ie June goes on sale in January.

The exact date varies, but it’s normally around the 5th or 6th of the month – but they usually announce it in advance on the Tokyo Disney website. Vacation Packages go on sale at 3 pm Tokyo time.

You can log on to book a package here.

Tips for Booking a Tokyo Disneyland Vacation Package

It will help to have your Disney account already set up, make sure your credit card company knows you’re likely to be making a foreign purchase, and ensure you use a card with 3D Secure enabled.

Know what hotels you would like and the type of room you’re hoping for. Have a few alternative options ready just in case the one you want has already been booked. This is particularly important for the cheaper rooms and Miracosta Hotel, which currently tends to sell out the fastest.

Have an idea of which Attraction Tickets you want to book and roughly what time you’ll want to use any of the ‘Type One’ styles, as you’ll book these now.

Also, think about what time you’re going to have breakfast – remember, you’re aiming for as early as possible if you want to use Early Entry. Early slots do go fast though.

If you don’t get a package, do try again, as people do change their minds. And don’t forget that even if you don’t manage to book a Vacation Package or a room at one of the official Disney hotels, there are lots of other hotels very close to Disneyland and DisneySea—see more in our post on Hotels with Disney Shuttles.

If you’re still in two minds about whether you should stay at Tokyo Disney Resort in the first place, then you’re going to need our post spelling out the things to consider.

If you have any more questions then head over to our Facebook Group and ask them there.

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