Did package prices really rise so much!?

[Hezzy04]

We went to WDW the end of April 2016. 6 nights, regular dining plan, memory maker, 6 day tickets with hopper. The price was approximately $4,175. I just looked at prices for a similar trip (but used first full week in May, as prices were lower then-prob due to Easter), and the same trip costs $4,558. Nearly $400 more!? Is that accurate, or am I somehow getting confused here!??

 

[Marionnette]

We went to WDW the end of April 2016. 6 nights, regular dining plan, memory maker, 6 day tickets with hopper. The price was approximately $4,175. I just looked at prices for a similar trip (but used first full week in May, as prices were lower then-prob due to Easter), and the same trip costs $4,558. Nearly $400 more!? Is that accurate, or am I somehow getting confused here!??

A lot of factors can come into play. Just a $20/night increase in the price of a room would add $120 + tax to the cost of a 6-night package. Then, there's the cost of the tickets. If you booked prior to last winter's ticket price increase, you will see it reflected in the cost of tickets for a 2017 package. An adult 6-day hopper went from $390 to $424 on 2/28/16. The dining plan went from $63.70/night for an adult to $67.33/night. Do you have a child that "aged up" from "under 10" to "age 10+"? That jump from child to adult adds a lot to the cost of the DDP and also incurs a minor increase in the cost of the ticket.

Add them all up and it's pretty easy to see where it might cost $400 more.

 

[DebbieB]

Was your 2016 package full price? There will likely be discounts coming out for 2017.

 

[Hezzy04]

That was the full price for my 3016 package. No kids have aged up to the adult category. I did buy tickets for last April before prices raised...

I'm actually planning a smaller scale trip, without hopper or dining plan this year. However, I was a bit shocked by the price since it didn't seem much less than I paid WITH those things last year. So I compared the same trip, just to see... Just seems like a lot more over only a year.

 

[kittyab]

We have trimmed back our dining plans quite a bit for the next trip. Might be our last one for while too.

 

[Marionnette]

That was the full price for my 3016 package. No kids have aged up to the adult category. I did buy tickets for last April before prices raised...

I'm actually planning a smaller scale trip, without hopper or dining plan this year. However, I was a bit shocked by the price since it didn't seem much less than I paid WITH those things last year. So I compared the same trip, just to see... Just seems like a lot more over only a year.

What you're seeing is about a 9% price hike for the same package. An increase of approximately 10% annually is about par for the course.

 

[Meandnevaeh]

That was the full price for my 3016 package. No kids have aged up to the adult category. I did buy tickets for last April before prices raised...

I'm actually planning a smaller scale trip, without hopper or dining plan this year. However, I was a bit shocked by the price since it didn't seem much less than I paid WITH those things last year. So I compared the same trip, just to see... Just seems like a lot more over only a year.

Even though that was the full price you paid, are you sure that there wasn't sone sort of discount? You may have booked not even realizing it was booked on a discounted deal that had running at the time you booked.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Packages are overpriced and a hassle, IMO. I like going without.

 

[DebbieB]

I don't know where you stayed but I was curious about the room rates increases. I checked Mousesavers and used CBR standard view as an example:

Late April 2016 $215/$252 (weekday/weekend)
Late April/early May 2017 $224/$256

So a very small increase on room rates. Are you sure you have the same room?

 

[Hezzy04]

I don't know where you stayed but I was curious about the room rates increases. I checked Mousesavers and used CBR standard view as an example:

Late April 2016 $215/$252 (weekday/weekend)
Late April/early May 2017 $224/$256

So a very small increase on room rates. Are you sure you have the same room?

It was just a standard room at POR. I booked in September, with the price of approximately $4,175. I wound up paying less in the end for that trip since I got a discount when they can out in January. However, that was the price I booked it at approximately a year ago.