A one-day, one park ticket for the Magic Kingdom now is $95 per person ($90 each for the other three parks).
Standard annual passes are now $609 and the premium annual pass is $729. The Premier pass is up to $979.
Here is a quick chart I created plotting the price of a Magic Kingdom one-day, one-park pass since 1982, when Disney fully implemented a single day full-access ticket (no more ride ticket books). As you can see, the price of a one-day, one park ticket has steadily risen over the years. In 1982, a ticket cost $13.25. Five years later, the cost had doubled to $26 per ticket. The next doubling in price occurred 16 years later in 2003 when a ticket ran $53 a person.
In looking at the overall percentage increase per year, ticket prices are increasing at an average rate of about 5-6% a year, especially over the last five years. If this rate remains constant, by 2020, a one-day, one-park ticket will cost about $141 each. That in just seven years from now.
So if you're thinking about a Disney trip in the coming years, you may want to think about purchasing with a no-expiration option. However, as of this writing, Disney no longer offers no expiration as an option when purchasing tickets online. You can get the option if you purchase on property and I suspect you can request the no expiration option if you order tickets by phone.
I should note that Disney isn't the only Orlando-area theme park hiking up ticket prices. SeaWorld and Universal routinely increase ticket prices every year.
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