Are all Disney resort perks fair?

[lockedoutlogic]

And while the easy solution is add more rides to those parks, in Disney's mentality, rides have to be planned and footprinted and be intregal to the overall fit of the park -- you can't just cordon off an area and plop a roller coaster down no matter how much people might like the idea. It's jut not the way they do things.

Actually... Rides simply add expense to the operation and don't add easy profits...which is 99% the reason to this regime - as they appear set on cheap,
Quick stock price income.

What rides can provide - if done well - is the psychological longterm benefit of your customers not getting a sense they they are being screwed.
Which comes at somepoint when the barrel goes over the waterfall.

The past regimes...also accepted it as the cost of doing business... Which is also the honest, wise approach.

Now the Florida parks are like my dvr from Comcast...continually repackaged and given back out as "new"...even if broken.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Epcot....... one big shopping center with a really high cover charge.

Hey... I'd take it if there was something to buy...

But "Disney parks 20__" crap and baby simba in a blanket plushies just isn't cutting it at all and hasn't for a long time now.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Found this from mesaboy2's awesome FP thread:
"All other guests can prebook FP+ attractions no more than 30 days in advance, for the number of days on their linked ticket in MDX, and can use either the MDX website or app to do so. Unlike onsite guests, it is not possible to book beyond the 30-day mark."

Can someone who has booked at 30 days weigh in here? I sadly have no experience with it because we booked a throwaway room last trip. I'm considering NOT doing that for next trip, so I would really like to hear experiences. Is it 30 days out, one day at a time, or can you book for the length of your tix?

In my experience...

When you get to the 30
Day mark...boom, your whole booked stay opens up... Providing you have the right ticket to accomodate the stay in the
System.

 

[Ambear]

Hey... I'd take it if there was something to buy...

But "Disney parks 20__" crap and baby simba in a blanket plushies just isn't cutting it at all and hasn't for a long time now.

Hey now! I have that baby simba and I wuv him!

To me epcot is worth it for Japan though.

 

[lauradis]

And this is why my family goes back year after year. We tried a few different things. A few years ago we went to the Jersey Shore and came home with Bed Bugs. It turns out the entire Jersey Shore is infested with them.

We've always had fun at WDW. We've decided to take the "fun" we know rather than gamble for "more fun' somewhere else.



YEAH! Right on! I HATE when that happens!



Anyone know where I can find some college kids flashing boobs?

Miami, key west, New Orleans

 

[itchin2go]

Epcot....... one big shopping center with a really high cover charge.

Yes, but I love that shopping center and its multi-cultural food court.

 

[ArwenMarie]

In my experience...

When you get to the 30
Day mark...boom, your whole booked stay opens up... Providing you have the right ticket to accomodate the stay in the
System.

Do you mean at 60 for an onsite stay? At 30, it goes day by day regardless of ticket length.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Do you mean at 60 for an onsite stay? At 30, it goes day by day regardless of ticket length.

Yeah... What you said

 

[mom2rtk]

Yes, but I love that shopping center and its multi-cultural food court.

LOL.

 

[lauradis]

This whole post of "I can't get what I want" is the reason Disney has done us a great disservice with unpaid for fast passes.

On-site off-site GENERAL ADMISSION tickets are just that
General Admission to what ever park you go to. There is no promise that you will get a bog ressie, a meet and greet with frozen, heck there isn't a promise that you will even get to ride your favorite ride.

Imnsho Disney needs to stop the madness of fast passes for free. Because now tons of people expect to get exactly the fast passes they want.

 

[Cloudless Nights]

I'm surprised this thread is still alive.

 

[atilley01]

This whole post of "I can't get what I want" is the reason Disney has done us a great disservice with unpaid for fast passes.

On-site off-site GENERAL ADMISSION tickets are just that
General Admission to what ever park you go to. There is no promise that you will get a bog ressie, a meet and greet with frozen, heck there isn't a promise that you will even get to ride your favorite ride.

Imnsho Disney needs to stop the madness of fast passes for free. Because now tons of people expect to get exactly the fast passes they want.

I don't expect to get everything I want but I do expect to get some things I want. Why would anyone pay the high admission if this wasn't the case?

 

[mom2rtk]

I don't expect to get everything I want but I do expect to get some things I want. Why would anyone pay the high admission if this wasn't the case?

I know. That's a pretty slick deal for Disney. Charge "all access" pricing, but guests should not enter the parks with expectations of things they want to do there.

 

[ArwenMarie]

This whole post of "I can't get what I want" is the reason Disney has done us a great disservice with unpaid for fast passes.

On-site off-site GENERAL ADMISSION tickets are just that
General Admission to what ever park you go to. There is no promise that you will get a bog ressie, a meet and greet with frozen, heck there isn't a promise that you will even get to ride your favorite ride.

Imnsho Disney needs to stop the madness of fast passes for free. Because now tons of people expect to get exactly the fast passes they want.

Actually, I would love if they sold spectator-only tickets. I would totally buy that for DAK, DHS and Epcot.

 

[mom2rtk]

Actually, I would love if they sold spectator-only tickets. I would totally buy that for DAK, DHS and Epcot.

They apparently do. It's $105 for the MK and right around $100 for the others!




KIDDING.

 

[lauradis]

The above responses is what I'm talking about.

Reality check

$102 base ticket one park universal
$147 2 park ticket one day universal
$85 sea world
$85 bush garden

And no front of the line passes for free

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I'm surprised this thread is still alive.

Frankly...they don't give us alot to talk about

 

[whiporee]

Reality check

$102 base ticket one park universal
$147 2 park ticket one day universal
$85 sea world
$85 bush garden

And no front of the line passes for free

I actually read the MK has just as many rides as Universal, and a bunch of other attractions, too. I could be wrong about that, but looking at the Universal site, it listed 25 rides between the two parks. MK has 22 rides, but I didn't count the railroad, TTA, Hall of Presidents of Carousel of Progress, or the M&Gs.

Sea World has five rides, but a bunch of dolphins.

WDW also has about twice as man visitors for the same number of rides as USO, os maybe that makes the wait times less dramatic.

 

[Love Tink]

The above responses is what I'm talking about.

Reality check

$102 base ticket one park universal
$147 2 park ticket one day universal
$85 sea world
$85 bush garden

And no front of the line passes for free

If your reality includes paying $85 for one day at either Sea World or Busch Gardens, you need to do more research.

 

[lauradis]

If your reality includes paying $85 for one day at either Sea World or Busch Gardens, you need to do more research.

Every price was gate price off their website.