Ticket price increase

Nobody to blame but ourselves. Until we stop going and Disney sees their attendance and profits drop, then they'll consider lowering prices. But why lower prices now when parks and resorts are packed?
 
Frank4202 said:
Nobody to blame but ourselves. Until we stop going and Disney sees their attendance and profits drop, then they'll consider lowering prices. But why lower prices now when parks and resorts are packed?
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No doubt...and a drum I beat here so often...I've punched through it.

But there have been plenty of attempts at defending us/them...

My favorite still is "it's actually been underpriced since day 1"

Ahhh...so that's what's lead to massive profits...UNDERpricing.

How could I have been so wrong?

If you'll excuse me...I'm gonna go write a check for $50 for the meal I paid for at Biergarten in 1999 and mail it to Tom Staggs...along with a thank you note. It only seems fair ;)
 
labor costs going up 50 cents an hour beginning in may and disney trying to control crowds is what is leading to creative pricing. will this affect things? what really moves disney these days are dvc members and if they can change their travel dates or internationals who have some leeway on travel because they bet so much vacation time, then maybe tiered prices are affective. however they wont really effect families because they tend to travel when family is out of school, unless the kids are homeschooled or they attend a school that is willing to work with parents who want to take the kids out of school. ( I don't know many schools that allow that.)
 
cmash95 said:
labor costs going up 50 cents an hour beginning in may and disney trying to control crowds is what is leading to creative pricing. will this affect things? what really moves disney these days are dvc members and if they can change their travel dates or internationals who have some leeway on travel because they bet so much vacation time, then maybe tiered prices are affective. however they wont really effect families because they tend to travel when family is out of school, unless the kids are homeschooled or they attend a school that is willing to work with parents who want to take the kids out of school. ( I don't know many schools that allow that.)
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Please...dear god...don't blame the nametags...

They are no higher than 1,244th on the list of reasons why they raise prices in the swamp and have been for at least 25 years
 


Frank4202 said:
Nobody to blame but ourselves. Until we stop going and Disney sees their attendance and profits drop, then they'll consider lowering prices. But why lower prices now when parks and resorts are packed?
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I own DVC. Bought it when it was cheap when Beach club first opened.

I can tell you pool time and meals in the room are fantastic! Hardly go to the theme parks anymore.
 
Maybe, they'll sell tickets with points at last for 14 days. MK will take 25pts on Tuesday, and 32pts on Saturday. You could then spend the odd leftovers as snack credits before they expire.
 


fardwarker said:
Maybe, they'll sell tickets with points at last for 14 days. MK will take 25pts on Tuesday, and 32pts on Saturday. You could then spend the odd leftovers as snack credits before they expire.
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Only 25 points to ride peter plans flight and big thunder...if you have a fast past?

Jeez...are you trying to give away the farm?
 
I can see them raising ticket prices EVERY year until crowds start leveling off (or people start taking shorter vactions to WDW, etc.).

The more they raise ticket prices, the more value that non-expiration ticket purchase is for me. (Not that I WANT them to raise prices, the tickets were already a good value for the two SHORT trips I have made thus far). 6 days left on my wife and I tickets .. and 10 days left on my son's (just turned 3).
 
tlmadden73 said:
I can see them raising ticket prices EVERY year until crowds start leveling off (or people start taking shorter vactions to WDW, etc.).

The more they raise ticket prices, the more value that non-expiration ticket purchase is for me. (Not that I WANT them to raise prices, the tickets were already a good value for the two SHORT trips I have made thus far). 6 days left on my wife and I tickets .. and 10 days left on my son's (just turned 3).
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They usually have...

It just was never guaranteed to be annually or possibly more than once a year and at the kind of percentage increases we've seen recently.

Enjoy those NE tickets...they are gone forever
 
I honestly think they could raise tickets by 50% and it would have no effect on crowds currently.
 
We have plans to visit again at some point - thinking summer 2018. Does it make any sense to buy our multi day tickets now since they currently don't expire until activated? Could we still use discount vendors like Underconver Tourist?
 
closetmickey said:
We have plans to visit again at some point - thinking summer 2018. Does it make any sense to buy our multi day tickets now since they currently don't expire until activated? Could we still use discount vendors like Underconver Tourist?
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That's a great question and is a little complicated.

Correct me if I'm wrong...but I don't believe there is a deadline to activate tickets still (they expire after 14 days of activation)...so if that is the case you would pay substantially more in 3 years than now...there is 100% no doubt.

Now...in the future they may attach further usage limits...maybe even as far as preselecting parks and days...but not yet.

Tickets have become more restrictive and could continue. The no expiration tickets were a fantastic way to both prepay Disney for future travel and allow you to budget more effectively. Both gained...
But they S-canned that in 2013 forever.
 
Extend the park hours a bit to spread the crowds, Id much rather be there later in the evening than trying to get everyone to a rope drop, so my place in the line in the morning can go to someone else. If they did open longer Im sure Disney would raise the price again but I wouldn't mind shaving some time of the lines for that.
 
lockedoutlogic said:
That's a great question and is a little complicated.

Correct me if I'm wrong...but I don't believe there is a deadline to activate tickets still (they expire after 14 days of activation)...so if that is the case you would pay substantially more in 3 years than now...there is 100% no doubt.

Now...in the future they may attach further usage limits...maybe even as far as preselecting parks and days...but not yet.

Tickets have become more restrictive and could continue. The no expiration tickets were a fantastic way to both prepay Disney for future travel and allow you to budget more effectively. Both gained...
But they S-canned that in 2013 forever.
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Thank you. If they place new restrictions on the newly priced tickets, is there any chance they could retroactively place them upon previously sold tickets? Im thinking not, but I am not much of a risk taker!

And based on past price raises, anyone care to venture a guess as to what ticket prices could rise to?
 
Any further news as to when price increases will happen? I'm planning on purchasing our park passes through my local AAA soon (next two weeks). Is this something I should bump up a bit?
 
closetmickey said:
Thank you. If they place new restrictions on the newly priced tickets, is there any chance they could retroactively place them upon previously sold tickets? Im thinking not, but I am not much of a risk taker!

And based on past price raises, anyone care to venture a guess as to what ticket prices could rise to?
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Most likely they wouldn't do it do already purchased tickets.

As for guesses on ticket prices I could see MK going up to maybe $115-120 single day ticket and the other three parks going to where MK is now at $105.
 
derekleigh said:
Any further news as to when price increases will happen? I'm planning on purchasing our park passes through my local AAA soon (next two weeks). Is this something I should bump up a bit?
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I don't think they'll ride in the next two weeks but probably in January or February like always.
 
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