I agree. In fact, I avoid EMH because it usually means larger crowds. 60 day FP and ME are *THE* reasons I stay on site. Oh, and Disney busses.
I would jump at the chance to go to that! I hope they extend it.
OK, that really irks me. I would have gone if I'd have known it was $80. I was onsite and the advertising all said $149. It was my birthday--I'd have splurged for $80. Grrrr. I even contacted WDW about this event being high priced, but given away free tickets and discounted for DVC/AP--I even asked if they were planning to offer a lower price to everyone and they called and gave me the "blah, blah, we have heard a lot of complaints". They could have sent me an email since I was onsite saying the price had dropped.
They should send a survey. I got it twice, one for me and one for DH
You did. Being able to attend an event like that is why you paid so much more than if you had stayed off site. I think Disney needs to go back to the drawing board and figure out ways to provide more benefits to people staying on site who are paying a lot of money to do so. The price gap between on site and off site is growing ever bigger, and the perks received for staying on site are shrinking. Evening EMH used to be three hours, and took place twice a week at the MK. Now, they are once a week for two hours. When FP+ came out, off site guests could not pre-book. Now they can book at 30 days out. While that appears to be a disadvantage for two or three attractions, for the balance of FPs, 30 days is really no different than 60 and people staying on site are deriving very little benefit here. And parties like the one you described above have evaporated completely. When people are paying $600 for a room that should sell for $225, and $150 for a room that should sell for $59, they should be able to get deeper discounts on hard ticket events. Frankly, a lot of the angst over DAH (and over the newly released prices for MNSSHP and MVMCP) would have disappeared if a lower price had been offered to on site guests. Sometimes I think that Disney overlooks just how much extra money people are paying to stay on site. When someone pays $600 a night for 7 nights at the Contemporary, I think they deserve a few more benefits than a bus ride from the airport and two extra hours per week at the MK.
I agree. There is nothing about this event that cannot succeed if they simply get realistic over the price.
Again, I agree 100%. Someone who spends far too much time looking at spreadsheets and far too little time taking the temperature of the average guest fumbled this one away. At a price of $60-$80, it could be.....no.....would be the single best after hours event that Disney ever created. And if you want to get $149 per ticket, simply move the Villains after-party over to the MK, put that party in BoG, and serve beer, wine and maybe a few specialty cocktails. I can promise you that people would pay $149 for that!
Not too surprisingly, I again completely disagree.
I think you disagree because you missed my point. I never said that people stay on site because of EMH. The point of the post was, that people who are paying on site pricing deserve more perks than they are getting now, just as you got to attend that special party that you enjoyed so much in the past. Those type of things are gone now. Once upon a time, Disney decided to provide special benefits like that to on site guests. Now, it no longer does, despite the fact that the gap in pricing between on site and off site lodging is greater than ever before.
That's your OPINION -- Disney's resort %capacity data (FACTS) suggest that not enough people agree with you.
First, of course it is an opinion. That is what this Board is for.
Do you actually have occupancy stats over time exhibiting a trend to say this as though it is meaningful?
Only if the perk has perceived value. I don't think EMH has enough based on the items I cited in that bullet point list above.
