Oh, I'm here. Don't you worry! And I'm sure Mary Jo is out there somewhere too - because this thread has been reported. So I am now in the process of going through it and deleting posts so that it doesn't have to be closed.
Thank you, Sherry E and Mary Jo for your dedicated work to keeping this thread open!
Sherry, and MaryJo, thanks for all your hard work.
Back on topic, I'm annoyed that as soon as we decide we might want to do a whole week and just take our time and enjoy every single thing, they cancel the tickets. I hope they reconsider this whole approach.
Thank you Sherry E
Like Sherry said, we're around.
Thanks guys, for helping.
Have been reading and following this discussion with some interest. I can understand why some of you are so upset as the long park hoppers were an especially good value. Disney has essentially increased the price for you. As an AP holder I was upset at my price increase too. Why I don't understand is why you expect Disney to change the policy and drop the price again. If you want 6 days, buy two 3-day hoppers. I know this drives your cost per day up. I get that. But it is still less than buying 6 tickets or an AP.
We are all upset about price increases, but the number of people buying the long hoppers wasn't very high. If everyone who bought them decided to never again return, it wouldn't be more than a blip on the attendance radar. If I am taking a week long vacation and I live far enough away I can make it out once a year or less, I am likely traveling for two of those 7 days, making a 5 day hopper just about perfect. That is how it seems Disney is looking at this anyway.
originalkk said:Let me give you my example to explain.
We visited DLR from the UK 2 years ago, stayed 7 nights at the Disneyland Hotel. Bought 6 day hoppers. We re-visited this summer, staying at Paradise Pier for 6 nights. Again bought 6 day hoppers, just before they were discontinued. In total we must have spent something like $7000 with Disney over these 2 trips, plus of course, the cost of air fare.
These trips, of course, also included visits to various other places in California (we spent a total of 16 days in California this summer). If Disney wants to make us pay the full (or even close to the) single day price for our sixth day (or buy 2 three day hoppers), we shall simply go somewhere else on that sixth day, and not stay on Disney property for that night also. This will cost Disney typically well over $300 in lost revenue for the hotel, meals etc. There is also the chance that we simply decide that a California vacation is already pretty expensive, so maybe we'll just give it a miss altogether, and go somewhere else.
The value to us of a sixth (or seventh) day, is not the same as for a single day. It is simple marginal value pricing, which Disney still recognises on tickets up to five days (the more days you buy, the less marginal cost per day).
I find it hard to believe that a corporation like Disney will knowingly pass up earning significant associated revenue, by making what appears to be a purely arbitrary and inconsistent decision on the pricing of multi-day tickets.
Susie63 said:For me personally,I would need a 5 day hopper and add 3 extra days.I am staying at the resort for 12 days and will be taking a day off here and there to rest.I can't do it in 5 days as I have a mild disability and that kind of touring is out of the question.Heck...last time it took me two days just to see CA and that was before CL.I think the same applies for families with little ones.
Where the issue lies is that there is such a price discrepency between a five day and an AP which if you are staying longer than a week only makes sense.So now you are making the travelling tourist, who apparently are spending all the money in the parks and resort, on the same playing field with the residents of CA.I would love to be able to visit more than once a year but my flights are over $2000 for the 3 of us
I just wish there was some middle ground.
And there is still some debate whether this is a fraud issue or a money issue.