Every time ticket price increases, I consider selling our dvc

[Tink-n-Belle]

I won't sell my DVC....heck I can make $2440 a year over the cost of my dues renting points. But I have changed my restaurant habits....and my park habits.

I get a 1 bedroom and eat most meals in the room. DDP ruined it and has made prices skyrocket ...4.59 for a Mickey bar and they are not even as big as they used to be. I buy a box of magnum bar for same price even Diary queen has $5 lunch which includes sandwich, drink fries and sundae for the same prices as a Mickey bar...

Disney raised prices in November..so I got a 4 day pass and no park hopper instead of a annual pass,Disney missed out on $600....and I missed out on nothing.....since half the parks have so many rehabs going on.

But DVC is a bargain... There are no resort fees,taxes or charges for adults sharing a room.

Rent points out instead of selling.

I could sell my DVC for $11,000 more than I bought it for, but where can I go for $100 a night......can't even stay in a days inn off the highway for that price....

 

[culli]

Not sure I will sell but ticket prices are pricing us into doing other things than multiple Dis trips in a year. We are going in a few weeks as 4 of our 6 APs still good but the blackout days hit us and I'm not paying for the premium (or whatever it's called) AP. I understand the pricing model and that demand is still high it just doesn't work for us.

After this trip we are taking 1 or 2 years off if not more. Already have 2017 planned and Florida is not on the list. Also we are thinking of staying at SSR and hitting Universal, Sea World and Lego when we do head back. The increase just doesn't make sense for us and a few years off the new attractions should be ready.

No need to sell when I can rent my points for a nice little profit.

 

[MammaMoe48]

This will be our first trip to WDW (we've used our points for one of our three DCL cruises) so we have no past experience regarding ticket prices but for us owning DVC means that for the next 40 years if we want to go anywhere within a 2 hour drive of Orlando we have a place to stay that will eventually cost us nothing after we've taken enough trips to recoup our initial investment. On our next trip we may skip the parks altogether and go to Universal Studios. We are already taking a day trip to Tampa (about a 1 1/2-2 hour drive) this visit to see a Ray's game so for us it won't always be about the parks all the time. We will use our points to go to Hawaii and Hilton Head and Vero Beach too.

 

[ILoveMyDVC]

I think they were 3 to 5%. something is up here.

today's dues compared to when I bought

 

[BWV Dreamin]

This is what Disney had anticipated when raising ticket prices. People will be less inclined to go into the parks during their trips thus reducing crowd levels. Based on the comments I see posted here, I think it's working.

 

[Brian Noble]

We'll see. It will be a little hard to compare 16Q2 to 15Q2, because one of the peak December/January weeks moving from Q2 to Q1 in FY16 vs. FY15, but the first week of Easter (and part of the second) is in 16Q2 vs. 15Q3. Once those are corrected for, I'll be surprised if attendance isn't about 2% higher.

 

[moericus]

The cost of gasoline is roughly half of what it was during the recession. Your typical consumer has not done some big budget adjustment around this. They just know they have more money to spend. And Disney like everyone else in the entertainment business is planning on getting a larger portion of your budget this summer. So... you're going to see some significant price changes until the market balances itself again. As much as it pains me to say it, Disney might be doing us a favor by raising prices to keep attendance down. If you're looking at the big picture anyway.