Ticket price increase coming at Walt Disney World!

[Whatsthegoodword]

It really does look like they're trying to thin the Parks out. Mo money from fewer people.

 

[closetmickey]

Wow! The four (4) 5 day Hoppers I bought last March (2 price hikes ago) through UT cost me $1468. Today those same tickets from WDW would cost $2369. Glad I purchased early....

 

[jo-jo]

Has the rules changes with upgrading a ticket? MY DD is there now and on her first attempt, the CM told her the upcharge would be between what she paid
(parksavers) and the new tickets. She is going to try again elsewhere.





DD just tried again. Same answer. Only giving value of parksavers 7 day ticket $419, not today's gate price. She will try again tomorrow at Epcot.

 

[bsj1701]

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-euro-disney-20170210-story.html

This should make you mad.

I had to read the article twice to see why it would make me mad. I still didn't see it. It's a fantastic park. I am glad they are investing in it instead of letting it fall apart. With the fairly strong dollar against the Euro it is more affordable than ever. My wife and I will be visiting for the third time next year. The cost, (possibly even with airfare, depending on the price) will be cheaper than our visits to WDW and we will be able to hop on a train to Paris and even London if we wish, as an added bonus!

 

[dmunsil]

The two day vs 3 day change is really odd as now, per that site a 2-day adult ticket is $211.94 and a 3-day is $329.09 ... meaning that third day costs you $117.15

But during regular or value season a 1-day ticket to any of the parks is less than that ... so you'd be better off getting the 2 day and a single day separate vs getting a 3-day

That's the price at the gate, which has the $21.30 additional penalty added. The advance-purchase (i.e. normal) price for a 3-day is $307.79. which means the third day is costing you $95.85.

But yes, if you're buying at the main gates, you're right. It's cheaper to buy a 2-day and a 1-day value (or 1-day Epcot, DHS, AK regular) than to buy a 3-day. But there's a simple solution - don't buy tickets at the main gates.

 

[Dean Marino]

We'll be renewing to Gold APs..... But there is a significant problem:


TODAY, one could buy a Gold AP - if you were a DVC member.

That Gold AP would expire one year from today - 2-12-2018.

The problem: WDW will NOT list blockout dates past 1-2018. It gets worse .... if one were to RENEW to a Gold AP? It might very well not expire until 2-12-2018 PLUS 60 DAYS - that would be the middle of APRIL, 2018.

Now - WDW WROTE these "60 day ahead of expiration" rules. Do you not think that they should divulge Gold AP blockout dates through APRIL 2018? Else - what is one buying?

 

[Maineiak]

I wonder what this means for conference prices?

As of right now the conference prices haven't increased, unless the website update is slow getting through this blizzard....

 

[ChipnDale79]

"Attendance is down 5%, i know how to fix that, lets raise prices again!"

 

[rteetz]

This is a nice graph from parentsof4 on wdwmagic.

 

[Whatsthegoodword]

This is a nice graph from parentsof4 on wdwmagic.

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Someone needs to send that graph to Iger with a big frowney-face drawn on it.

 

[splash327]

A bit of a breakdown on the park hoppers and multi-day tickets.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/magic...new-multi-day-disney-world-ticket-pricing.htm

This site doesn't look right. It says a 4 day with hopper is $473.93 but if I go to the Disney site I see it at $452.63. Is this due to the online $20 discount?

 

[mshanson3121]

This site doesn't look right. It says a 4 day with hopper is $473.93 but if I go to the Disney site I see it at $452.63. Is this due to the online $20 discount?

I believe so, yes

 

[peabody58]

OK, this is kinda crazy math. We stocked up on 2 -10 day NE+ tickets and 4 - AP vouchers between 2011 and 2013 in anticipation of retirement and as a hedge against future price increases. We've since used 4 of our NE+ park days and have all WP+ and AP's remaining. Original cost of remaining tickets is $2,850. Based on current ticket prices and our vacation style, the current cost of these tickets would be $5,768, a staggering $2,928 or 102% increase over a 5 year period. Sure wish I had bought some more NE tickets!!

Our AP Year plans in 2019-2020 currently have 35 park days planned, which will equate to $12.76 per day/person.

 

[Beer Me]

I'm no fan of price increases but tickets are what they are. Disney is still an ok deal compared to other theme parks. Universal is the obvious comparison but even smaller regional parks are getting out of hand. We went to Kings Island in Cincinnati last summer and paid about $150/day (for two days) when you add on their express pass option - an add on which at about $80 is more than the base ticket price.

Hotel rates are much more likely to push me over that tipping point where we go somewhere else.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

This is a nice graph from parentsof4 on wdwmagic.

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I always find stuff like this interesting.

Notice that from 1990-2000 the price increases were inline with income ... then they increased by more and had some of the sharpest increases in the 2005-2010 period when income stay pretty flat ... and then the sharpest just in the most recent years (though, part of that could be that up until last year they were setting attendance records each year)

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I'm no fan of price increases but tickets are what they are. Disney is still an ok deal compared to other theme parks. Universal is the obvious comparison but even smaller regional parks are getting out of hand. We went to Kings Island in Cincinnati last summer and paid about $150/day (for two days) when you add on their express pass option - an add on which at about $80 is more than the base ticket price.

Hotel rates are much more likely to push me over that tipping point where we go somewhere else.

I'd also be interested to see how this compares to other forms of entertainment ... I know Broadway shows for example have seen their prices skyrocket over the past 20 years or so (of course, that was partly, at least, connected to when Disney started having shows) and even movie ticket prices have gone up - at least near us they have gotten high where just a regular ticket is like $12. And tickets to sporting events have gone up a lot too

That said, the chart does seem to indicate it is quite stark for Disney - but just that I don't think Disney is alone and perhaps, compared to other things, they were starting from a relatively low place

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

The gold pass increase wasn't as bad as I expected. But I would like to know the block out dates.

 

[mshanson3121]

I'm no fan of price increases but tickets are what they are. Disney is still an ok deal compared to other theme parks. Universal is the obvious comparison but even smaller regional parks are getting out of hand. We went to Kings Island in Cincinnati last summer and paid about $150/day (for two days) when you add on their express pass option - an add on which at about $80 is more than the base ticket price.

Hotel rates are much more likely to push me over that tipping point where we go somewhere else.

I think it depends where you go. Two theme parks in New Hampshire which are very nice, clean, offer free parking and basically have many of the same rides as WDW etc... are far, far cheaper. We can attend both parks for $250 total, and at both of them, if we arrive within the last 3 hours of the day, we get to return the next day for free. So 1.5 days at each park (3 days total) for $250. Compare that to the $1212 it would cost us for 3 days at Disney.

Now, no, they're not the same immersive experience as Disney - as you're missing the shows, parades/fireworks, the characters etc... But, ride for ride? Every bit as good for young kids, and better when you consider that on a busy day in summer, a "long" wait might be 20 minutes as opposed to hours, and it's still typically only 5 minutes. One of the parks even has a very decent water park within itself, so you can get a 2-for-1.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I think it depends where you go. Two theme parks in New Hampshire which are very nice, clean, offer free parking and basically have many of the same rides as WDW etc... are far, far cheaper. We can attend both parks for $250 total, and at both of them, if we arrive within the last 3 hours of the day, we get to return the next day for free. So 1.5 days at each park (3 days total) for $250. Compare that to the $1212 it would cost us for 3 days at Disney.

Now, no, they're not the same immersive experience as Disney - as you're missing the shows, parades/fireworks, the characters etc... But, ride for ride? Every bit as good for young kids, and better when you consider that on a busy day in summer, a "long" wait might be 20 minutes as opposed to hours, and it's still typically only 5 minutes. One of the parks even has a very decent water park within itself, so you can get a 2-for-1.

Along those lines, we decided previously to skip Disney this year as we are doing a cruise in 2018 - and instead looked into doing Bush Gardens in Virginia ... they had a special going on where if you buy a day ticket you get the season pass for the same price and if you do it online you get the water park included and kids 5 and under are free. So our family of 5 got season passes to the park and the waterpark for $240 total - so there are alternatives out there (though, like you said, not the same)

 

[rteetz]

I always find stuff like this interesting.

Notice that from 1990-2000 the price increases were inline with income ... then they increased by more and had some of the sharpest increases in the 2005-2010 period when income stay pretty flat ... and then the sharpest just in the most recent years (though, part of that could be that up until last year they were setting attendance records each year)

I find it interesting as well. Parentsof4 on wdwmagic is great for graphs like this.

While its easy to pick on Iger, Eisner also rose prices, that was one of the first things he did when he got the job. However Iger is outpacing Eisner's price increases by a little bit when you compare Eisner's last 12 years to Iger's 12 years.