There's no guarantee, but since 2011, regular tickets have gone up early in the year. (And AP's later in the year)
http://allears.net/tix/tixincrease.htm
(But 2006-2010 they increased in Aug)
DVC members just got a new AP deal and a 7-day ticket deal, which either means Disney needs to sell more tickets, or it helps DVC sell more "memberships"