Luna Park St Kilda Tickets, Hours, and What to Do Next

Do I need a ticket to enter Luna Park Melbourne?

Yes. Official prices change with peak and off-peak days. Treat any third-party dollar figure as a hint. Buy on lunapark.com.au. The park's own table, as published in September 2026:

• Ages 0 to 3: free across the listed products.
• Park entry plus one single ride: $30 for ages 4 plus and concession.
• Additional single rides: $15.
• Park entry plus unlimited rides: $47 for ages 4 to 12 and concession, $57 for 13 plus.
• $30 park-entry-only tickets are available only at the ticket box. They are not valid for Luna Dark, Luna Love, or Luna Pride.

Unlimited rides tickets booked online guarantee entry for that date. Park-entry-only tickets sold at the door can sell out on a hot Saturday. Single-ride tickets suit a short visit or one heritage ride such as the Scenic Railway. Height rules apply. Check the official ride list if you have children under about 105 cm. Themed-night SKUs are a different page: Luna Park events.

Is Luna Park open every day?

Not in term time. Typical pattern: Saturday and Sunday about 11am to 6pm in term time. Daily during Victorian school holidays. Some summer Friday and Saturday nights run later. Closed Christmas Day. The live calendar on lunapark.com.au is the authority. In late September 2026 the park was listing daily hours through a school-holiday week, including 11am to 10pm on some Thursday and Saturday nights. That is not a winter Tuesday promise. Always confirm the morning you travel.

How do I get there, and where do I park?

Official getting here: tram stop 138, Luna Park / The Esplanade, on tram 16 (Melbourne University to Kew via St Kilda Beach) and tram 96 (East Brunswick to St Kilda Beach). There is no St Kilda train station. Sandringham line to Balaclava, then tram 16. Buses 246, 600/922/923, 606, and 623 serve nearby stops. Taxi rank: Acland Street near Carlisle, outside The Vineyard. Full Myki notes: how to get to St Kilda.

Parking is Port Phillip paid parking, not a Luna Park house car park. The park lists on-street and carpark bays at council rates, Palais Theatre bays on Jacka Boulevard, and undercover parking at St Kilda Sea Baths (check closing times). Accessible bays sit beside Luna Park on Cavell Street and at both ends of the Shakespeare Grove car park. Category 1 blue disability permits are exempt from council parking fees in those council areas. Machines take card or change. Rates move. See the St Kilda parking guide.

Do not assume a weekday empty Shakespeare Grove carpark on a Saturday in January. Palais Theatre has no dedicated car park of its own, so show nights dump into the same council bays. Festival Sunday tow-aways the precinct. Grand Prix week clogs Fitzroy Street Gate 10, which is a walk but not a park-and-ride. If you are carrying a pram, tram stop 138 is the correct arrival.

What else to do around the park?

Do not spend the whole day comparing ride specs. The park is the anchor. Acland Street cakes are three minutes away. Palais Theatre is next door. The pier and penguin platform are a 10-minute walk. The Espy is five minutes along the Esplanade. Food walk times: restaurants near Luna Park.

1. Ride block, then cakes on Acland Street.
2. Early dinner on Jacka Boulevard before a Palais show. Last sitting rule: dinner before Palais Theatre.
3. Sunset on the pier. Book penguin platform tickets separately if you want the night session. Booking SOP: St Kilda penguins.

Seasonal events

Luna Park runs school-holiday programs, Santa visits, and after-dark events. Those are listed on the official calendar and on our events page. Use this tickets page for visit mechanics. Use events for themed nights. Birthday parties and Luna Palace hires are a third sales desk. Do not mix them with a public ride pass.

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Explore more: Acland Street hub, The Esplanade hub, Restaurants near Luna Park, St Kilda Sea Baths, Family things to do.