Every year, Disney raises its theme park ticket prices. Every year, people and pundits then complain that Disney is pricing itself out of reach of the average American.

Yet crowds continue to fill Disney’s theme parks, with the company reporting strong attendance and spending at its parks. So what’s happening here? Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here .

Last week, Disney raised the prices of tickets, parking and annual passes at Disneyland as well as at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. The price of daily tickets at Disneyland rose an average of 3.3%. For the first time ever, the cost of visiting the Anaheim parks during the busiest times of the year on a Park Hopper pass

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