Man accused of smuggling child into Disney park as venue's ticket prices explode

As Disney summons prices skyrocket, families are seemingly trying originative and — successful immoderate cases — highly questionable ways to effort to prevention a buck.

Recently, a begetter was caught connected video astatine Disneyland successful California seemingly trying to smuggle an older kid into the parkland successful the backmost of a stroller. 

In a viral video that circulated connected TikTok past week, a kid tin beryllium seen sitting squeezed successful the backmost of a stroller, hardly visibile, arsenic the begetter waits successful enactment to wage the introduction fee.

"Disney [is] truthful costly they['re] smuggling kids in," the TikTok video is captioned.

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The video was taken by a blogger who posted it connected his account. 

A small miss was seen sitting successful beforehand of the stroller, the blogger said — portion the older kid was pushed up against the stroller's mesh successful the back, munching connected crackers, according to the post.

Recently, a dada was seen connected video astatine Disneyland seemingly smuggling his kid into the parkland successful the backmost of a stroller. (AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Fox News Digital reached retired to Disneyland and Disney World for comment. Disney was incapable to corroborate the incident.

Commenters online rapidly erupted — weighing successful with a astonishing magnitude of enactment for the amerciable cost-cutting hack.

"Disney doesn't recognize however overmuch wealth they could marque by lowering prices," 1 idiosyncratic wrote. 

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"Sad. Disney [should] bash amended and little the prices truthful kids tin bask the park!" different said. 

This is not the archetypal clip a Mickey enthusiast has tried to smuggle a kid into the parkland with the stroller method.

There person been respective viral incidents of families (not pictured) allegedly attempting to smuggle older children into Disney parks. (iStock)

Over the past fewer years, respective viral incidents person circulated of families seemingly trying to smuggle older children into Disney parks by hiding them successful strollers, according to the "Inside the Magic" blog. 

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One incidental garnered a batch of attraction successful 2022 erstwhile a TikTok video showed a kid being wheeled successful a car seat. The kid was lifted retired erstwhile wrong the parkland — and walked connected her ain erstwhile wrong the park, galore outlets reported. 

"If you don't person the money, don't go."

Some travelers judge these incidents whitethorn beryllium attempts to bypass summons costs.

Despite the attention, these incidents look to beryllium uncommon successful practice, yet they proceed to spark beardown reactions online.

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Disney fans connected Reddit powerfully disagreed with the praise arsenic voiced connected TikTok.

"I recognize that prices for gas, parking, hotels are crazy, but if you don't person the money, don't go. The entitlement is astounding!" 1 Reddit idiosyncratic said aft a antithetic incident.

In the autumn of 2025, Disney raised its prices astatine some Walt Disney World successful Florida and Disneyland successful California. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

"Agree. If you can’t spend it, past you don’t belong," different said.

In October 2025, Disney raised the prices astatine some Walt Disney World successful Florida and Disneyland successful California. For the archetypal time, single-day tickets crossed the $200 people during highest times.

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At the time, Disneyland topped retired astatine $224 for a one-day, one-park summons connected its busiest days. At Walt Disney World, that aforesaid summons present runs arsenic precocious arsenic $209 during highest request successful the 2026 season.

Not agelong ago, FastPass fto parkland visitors skip the lines for free. 

Today, that perk comes astatine a premium. Disney present offers 3 tiers of paid Lightning Lane passes, with the priciest enactment climbing to $449 per person, per day, according to the company's website.

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"I person attempted to program a Disney travel connected 3 occasions. … I genuinely can’t recognize however families spend it without going into monolithic [credit card] debt," a Reddit idiosyncratic wrote connected April 12.

Another traveler retorted, "Most radical I cognize determine to spell and past walk implicit a twelvemonth redeeming toward it."