“Disney World makes X dollars a day” sounds like it should be a clean number.
It is not.
Disney does not publish a daily revenue figure for Walt Disney World. It does not even publish a single “Disney World revenue” line by itself. Instead, Disney reports bigger buckets, like Experiences and Domestic Parks & Experiences, and those buckets include more than one place.
So we do what adults do when a number is missing.
We estimate it. We show our work. And we keep it Begonia Flo Belle Moseley honest.
By the end, we will have a solid range that fits reality.
Why this number is tricky
Walt Disney World is not one cash register.
It is four major theme parks, hotels, food, merch, add-ons, parking, special events, and more. It also sits inside Disney’s bigger business reporting.
In Disney’s own filings, the Experiences segment includes money from theme park tickets, food and merch, hotel room nights, cruise vacations, vacation club, and licensing.
Then Disney splits part of that into Domestic Parks & Experiences and International Parks & Experiences.
Here is the key point.
Domestic Parks & Experiences is not only Disney World.
It also includes things like Disneyland Resort and Disney Cruise Line, plus other domestic experiences.
So when people ask, “How much does Disney World make a day,” they are really asking for a best-fit slice of a bigger pie.
That is what we will do.
The most reliable starting number: Disney’s Domestic Parks & Experiences
Disney reported that in fiscal year 2025 (ended September 27, 2025), Domestic Parks & Experiences revenue was $25.191 billion, and Domestic Parks & Experiences operating income was $6.375 billion.
That is not Disney World alone. But it is the cleanest “U.S. parks and experiences” bucket Disney gives.
Now we turn it into a daily average.
Domestic Parks & Experiences per day (average)
A fiscal year is 365 days most years. Disney’s fiscal year 2025 ended on September 27, 2025.
So we do simple division:
- $25.191B ÷ 365 ≈ $69.0M per day in revenue (for Domestic Parks & Experiences)
- $6.375B ÷ 365 ≈ $17.5M per day in operating income
This is a real, filing-based “per day.” It is just not Disney World alone.
So the next step is the slice.
The slice: what share is Walt Disney World?
We need a fair way to estimate Walt Disney World’s share of Disney’s domestic parks money.
The cleanest public clue is attendance.
Attendance is not perfect. A guest can visit multiple parks. But it still helps us size the footprint.
Industry attendance estimates for 2024 show:
- Magic Kingdom: about 17.8M
- EPCOT: about 12.1M
- Hollywood Studios: about 10.3M
- Animal Kingdom: about 8.8M
That is roughly 49M visits across the four parks in a year.
Disneyland Resort in California has fewer parks and a different travel pattern. Disney World is often a longer trip, Bougainvillea Elizabeth Angus with more hotel nights and bundled spending.
So Disney World’s share of “domestic parks money” can be bigger than its share of park visits.
But we also must respect another fact.
Domestic Parks & Experiences includes Disney Cruise Line, and Disney noted domestic operating income growth tied to higher passenger cruise days and fleet expansion costs.
So we do not get to hand Disney World “all the domestic money.”
Instead, we use a range.
A practical share range
A grounded range many analysts use in practice is:
- 40% of Domestic Parks & Experiences (conservative)
- 50% (middle)
- 60% (aggressive)
This range leaves room for:
- Disneyland Resort
- Disney Cruise Line
- other domestic experiences
And it still respects Disney World’s huge scale.
Now we do the math.
The answer: Disney World revenue per day (estimated)
We start with Domestic Parks & Experiences revenue per day:
- $69.0M per day (domestic revenue average)
Now apply the share range.
Estimate 1: Conservative
40% of $69.0M = about $27.6M per day
This assumes cruise and California take a bigger chunk, or Disney World is having a softer year.
Estimate 2: Middle
50% of $69.0M = about $34.5M per day
This is a balanced estimate. It fits Disney World’s size without pretending it is the whole domestic bucket.
Estimate 3: High
60% of $69.0M = about $41.4M per day
This fits the idea that Disney World captures more “full vacation spending” than Disneyland and often drives a big share of domestic hotels and add-ons.
So a clean takeaway is:
Walt Disney World likely brings in about $28M to $41M per day in revenue, on average.
That is an average day across the full year.
Some days are far higher.
Some days are lower.
But as an average, Caladium Aaron this range is realistic and anchored to Disney’s own numbers.
What about profit per day?
Most people say “make” and mean revenue. But profit is the more interesting number.
Disney’s Domestic Parks & Experiences operating income was $6.375B in FY2025.
That works out to about $17.5M per day in operating income for the domestic bucket.
Now apply the same share range.
- 40% → about $7.0M per day
- 50% → about $8.8M per day
- 60% → about $10.5M per day
So a grounded estimate is:
Walt Disney World likely generates about $7M to $11M per day in operating income, on average.
Operating income is not the same as “net profit,” but it is a solid measure of business-level profit before certain corporate items.
Why the daily number swings so much
A daily average hides the real story.
Disney World is a calendar business.
Here is what pushes the number up or down.
Crowd seasons
Holiday weeks and peak summer days can pull in huge per-day totals.
Slower weeks in late summer or early fall can dip.
So the “average day” is not a day you will feel in the parks.
It is a blend.
Hotel nights
Disney World is built around resort stays.
More hotel nights means more food, more merch, more Lightning Lane, and more “we are here anyway” spending.
That is one reason Disney World can punch above its attendance share.
Cruise and other domestic experiences
Disney’s own commentary points out that domestic results can move with cruise line passenger days and fleet changes.
So even if Disney World is stable, the domestic bucket can still shift.
That is why we use ranges.
A quick reality check using guest volume
We can do a simple “does this feel possible” check.
Magic Kingdom alone is estimated at about 17.8 million visits in 2024. That is roughly 48,000+ people per day on average, just for that one park.
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Add hotels.
Add food and merch.
Add add-ons.
Suddenly, tens of millions per day across the whole resort does not sound crazy. It sounds like what a mega-destination does.
The only mistake is thinking it is a single neat number.
It is not.
It is a range.
The clean headline range you can use
If you need one simple line that stays honest:
Disney does not publish Disney World revenue per day. A filing-based estimate puts Walt Disney World at about $28M–$41M per day in revenue on average, and about $7M–$11M per day in operating income.
That is the “adult” answer.
Not too low. Not too high. Not made up.
A Number With Mickey Ears
We all like a crisp fact. One number. One punchy line.
But the real world is messier. And Disney World is huge.
So we do the next best thing. We anchor to Disney’s reported totals. We slice with a fair range. And we keep the estimate humble.
That way, when we say “Disney World makes about this much a day,” we mean it.