Anyone else think the 2021 resort prices are outrageous?

[monica9]

Is this the new norm? I can’t see paying almost $300 for a value. Will these prices go down?

 

[Meglen]

Is this the new norm? I can’t see paying almost $300 for a value. Will these prices go down?

It's before any discount and such. I say book and pay the 200$ and keep watch.

 

[sponica]

They have to make the money they're losing on not having the dining plan from somewhere?

 

[monica9]

They have to make the money they're losing on not having the dining plan from somewhere?

True but I just hope people don’t pay that because those prices will never go down. I remember After 911 when they were giving away trip for practically nothing.

 

[monica9]

It's before any discount and such. I say book and pay the 200$ and keep watch.

True but they always had discounts and the prices for values were never over $200 so then 15% off of $150 is good but 15% off of $300 is not good enough. Boo. I really hope this doesn’t become the norm.

 

[becauseimnew]

I wonder when they'll start offering discounts again... probably not until the increase capacity.

 

[borgthe]

That's outrageous. Disney is going to price themselves out of the market. There's plenty of nice places to stay near Disney that are much bigger and less money.

 

[Meglen]

That's outrageous. Disney is going to price themselves out of the market. There's plenty of nice places to stay near Disney that are much bigger and less money.

That is prolly there goal right now. Than once we are over all this covid mess they will lay the discounts on thick to pack the parks. At this rate that might not be till 2022.

 

[smitty0705]

YES. And yet I still booked anyway.

 

[sponica]

True but they always had discounts and the prices for values were never over $200 so then 15% off of $150 is good but 15% off of $300 is not good enough. Boo. I really hope this doesn’t become the norm.

I think right now they don't WANT people coming....they want just enough to get some money in, but until there's an effective vaccine or this somehow extinguishes, more people = more problems. Granted I wasn't looking at the price tag because I had the refund of the trip we didn't get to take to apply to next year's trip.

 

[03GirlsMom]

I wonder when they'll start offering discounts again... probably not until the increase capacity.

These are my thoughts as well. I'm assuming it's to keep capacity low until a time when it can resume to normal levels. I'm anticipating that we won't see any discounts until then also.

 

[Disneylover99]

I doubt rack rates will ever go down, but there will eventually be discounts.

 

[hsmamato2]

That's outrageous. Disney is going to price themselves out of the market. There's plenty of nice places to stay near Disney that are much bigger and less money.

they already have priced themselves out IMHO. However I see some maneuvering happening that will entice more people to pay those outrageous prices again in the coming months/years.

 

[SL6827]

And off to the Caribbean I will go.

 

[Disneyfan754321]

When i made my reservations for October 2020 they had ASM marked at 199 a night, we thought that was crazy, we normally pay 160ish.

The funny part is that now they are saying no more free magic bands.... where they ever truly free?
For our trip in march 21 pop is 225 a night. Plus parking plus new magic bands.

 

[monica9]

YES. And yet I still booked anyway.

Haha. Don’t worry, I’m the complainer and still tempted to book. Not sure I can wait until 2022. My goal is to get myself to wait until nov/ December 2021. They HAVE to have a vaccine by then

 

[monica9]

they already have priced themselves out IMHO. However I see some maneuvering happening that will entice more people to pay those outrageous prices again in the coming months/years.

What maneuvering? Not debating just really don’t know. Trying to get in to their brain!

 

[hsmamato2]

What maneuvering? Not debating just really don’t know. Trying to get in to their brain!

Well, just my opinion but watching the new rules for opening (not debating whether in differetn places they're right or not) I see a clear trend toward onsite stays being the best/only option right now. All third party ticket purchase and offsite hotels right now seem pretty much pointless for a true parks visit. What used to be a pretty simple workaround to save money by purchasing vacation third party has,over the past few years gotten "complicated" - now with our 'new normal' I see Disney taking advantage of this..... onsite is definitely where it's at for the discernible future. (It's a business, of course they'll leverage what they've got to maximize profits) We shall see what the future holds, but I'd already hit my max for stupid high hotel prices onsite as-is.

 

[beachdreamr1229]

My opinion is that they've been outrageous for years. For my family of 5 to take a trip to WDW including flights from California, I've had to save for the last 10 years. When I was 16, my family of 3 went to WDW for a week for about $4000 during peak holiday season. That's what we're looking at per person now.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Pop went way up when the Skyliner opened. Yes they're outrageous, but I book what I am comfortable paying and hope for a discount.