It's official - Disney introduces tiered ticket prices for one day tickets

[crazy4wdw]

Disney is screwing American families (NY Post article)

http://nypost.com/2016/03/01/disney-is-screwing-american-families/

 

[sbg1821]

They raised the 7-day base ticket by $37. For a family of 5 that is less than $200. If you are already spending $5,000+ for your vacation are you really going to let $200 ruin your experience? I know some people complain becasue they can, but $200 is not that big of a deal at the end of the day.

 

[Eoghann]

They raised the 7-day base ticket by $37. For a family of 5 that is less than $200. If you are already spending $5,000+ for your vacation are you really going to let $200 ruin your experience? I know some people complain becasue they can, but $200 is not that big of a deal at the end of the day.

That's the line we here every time. Only a another $75 for Tables in Wonderland.... only another $5 for your meal... only another $50 for the hotel rooms... only another $37 for your tickets. At some point you hit a threshold and $200 may be that threshold for some.

And "are you really going to let $200 ruin your experience?". Talk about BS emotional blackmail lines...

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

They raised the 7-day base ticket by $37. For a family of 5 that is less than $200. If you are already spending $5,000+ for your vacation are you really going to let $200 ruin your experience? I know some people complain becasue they can, but $200 is not that big of a deal at the end of the day.

Who is your family of 5? Adults only/children 10 and up...children 9 and under? Are your figures including taxes?

If the difference in someone's trip is literally only the increase in multi-day prices or tiered 1-day tickets then maybe it may seem like not so much of a big deal though to me spending any more than I budgeted for prior to prices being raised bums me out but depending on when they go they could run into increased food costs, airfare costs that rise, gas is starting to go up a bit (though really it's still very low), resort room rates will go up,etc so sure in your scenario $200 may not be something to complain about for you but it's highly doubtful that that will be the only increase a family sees and when they consider their vacation most families look at the whole amount they spent.

 

[LeeAndRobin]

however the reason people are nervous about it is there is a general concensus that the tiered will get to the multi-day tickets eventually

I'm not sure exactly how they are going to do this with multi-day tix. For example, in March, if you bought a 10 day ticket and started using on the 3rd, you'd be using it on value, regular, and peak season days. Having you pay the difference (or refunding you the difference) would be a nightmare logistically. I also don't see them requiring you to know exactly when you are going to use your tickets months in advance. Again, too many people's plans will change slightly creating all sorts of logistical headaches. I think they will just keep raising the prices of the multi-day tix. If someone can think of a workable way they could go to tired multi-day tix, I'd love to hear it. And when I say "workable" I mean something that doesn't require you to know your park days months in advance and doesn't require either you to pay them a difference or them to refund you a difference.

Oh, and I realize people reserve meals months in advance. But not everyone does, so that's not an argument to say "of course everyone knows when they will be in the parks when planning their trip".

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I'm not sure exactly how they are going to do this with multi-day tix. For example, in March, if you bought a 10 day ticket and started using on the 3rd, you'd be using it on value, regular, and peak season days. Having you pay the difference (or refunding you the difference) would be a nightmare logistically. I also don't see them requiring you to know exactly when you are going to use your tickets months in advance. Again, too many people's plans will change slightly creating all sorts of logistical headaches. I think they will just keep raising the prices of the multi-day tix. If someone can think of a workable way they could go to tired multi-day tix, I'd love to hear it.

Oh I didn't say it wouldn't be difficult but if you look around the boards and see the responses epecially from those very knowledgable they all say it is extremely likely that it will get to multi-day tickets..that wasn't me saying it will that was me looking at all the responses.

From what I've seen a lot you would have to buy your tickets at the highest priced season of your vacation if your days overlapped into other seasons (i.e. your vacation had value and regular days therefore you would have to buy the regular ticket priced tickets if you wanted to go on days that included the regular priced time period). And if it ever got to multi-day tickets (again most say it will eventually) then who knows how disney would handle the multiple seasons when they overlap.

Right now Disney's PR is stating that multi-day tickets are a better value over 1-day tickets because they can be used throughout the year but with all companies they can easily switch and adjust the way they are marketing it if they added on tiered to multi-days.

 

[Roxyfire]

I don't mean to be long-winded here (and don't take me putting in the figures from my local amusement park the wrong way they were just there to provide an example) but my point is basically tons and tons of places (including just about all other amusement/theme/water parks that I can honestly think of) are priced in that a 1-day ticket is quite a premium because you are only going there for 1-day. The more you stay the more you play..in general.

Yes, agreed. Plus for a lot of places they give you a discounted price for picking a date ahead of time instead of buying an anytime ticket. Not to mention the 15-20 for parking. But I guess my point is, if you're thinking "Today is nice, let's go to [Local Amusement Park]!" With a family of four, you'll pay out the wazoo for parking, tickets at the booth, lots of meals, snacks, and drinks before all is said and done. Not only that, you're there with tons of other people who had the same idea and may or may not be passholders who come once or twice a month, as we do with the local park. The lack of research or knowledge of the price vs value is going to hurt once you're already there looking at those prices. I can only imagine the folks who happen to be in town or a couple hours away and think it would be a fun idea to take an impromptu visit to Disney.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Yes, agreed. Plus for a lot of places they give you a discounted price for picking a date ahead of time instead of buying an anytime ticket. Not to mention the 15-20 for parking. But I guess my point is, if you're thinking "Today is nice, let's go to [Local Amusement Park]!" With a family of four, you'll pay out the wazoo for parking, tickets at the booth, lots of meals, snacks, and drinks before all is said and done. Not only that, you're there with tons of other people who had the same idea and may or may not be passholders who come once or twice a month, as we do with the local park. The lack of research or knowledge of the price vs value is going to hurt once you're already there looking at those prices. I can only imagine the folks who happen to be in town or a couple hours away and think it would be a fun idea to take an impromptu visit to Disney.

I agree on that part there is little flexibility to those who want a random trip to WDW without spending some $$ but I guess my point it that you'll run into that just about everywhere and WDW is no different.

I'm in no way defending the price hike/tiered pricing becaue it sucks all around and I do think for the locals who have passes with black-out dates could feel it pretty hard if they want to go then and have to buy a 1-day ticket I'm just saying for me personally I expect that a 1-day ticket to any theme or amusement park is going to set me back a pretty penny though I do have my price points where I will say no but that figure is going to vary tons from person/family to person/family.

 

[Roxyfire]

I agree on that part there is little flexibility to those who want a random trip to WDW without spending some $$ but I guess my point it that you'll run into that just about everywhere and WDW is no different.

I agree with your sentiment, I'm just trying to also echo the fact that every other park seems to be wanting to go this direction as well. As much as people malign Disney for doing this, it's not uncalled for in the market. It is a real shame though, especially for people who are genuinely not the type to look into it.

 

[ChipnDale79]

They raised the 7-day base ticket by $37. For a family of 5 that is less than $200. If you are already spending $5,000+ for your vacation are you really going to let $200 ruin your experience? I know some people complain becasue they can, but $200 is not that big of a deal at the end of the day.

Its the increase every single year on all sorts of things, since 2008 when my wife and I went on our honeymoon, that exact same vacation now cost 31% more. An increase of 31% in 8 years.

That's a lot.

 

[usd2bmd]

They raised the 7-day base ticket by $37. For a family of 5 that is less than $200. If you are already spending $5,000+ for your vacation are you really going to let $200 ruin your experience? I know some people complain becasue they can, but $200 is not that big of a deal at the end of the day.

As others have said, if you set a budget for your vacation and another $200 is added to that cost that wasn't in the original budget, you have to find the money somewhere. Something else in your budget has to give to get that $200. To some it isn't a big deal. To others it's a deal breaker. It isn't for me to say.

 

[rteetz]

Bob Iger feels pretty good about the price increase

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...isney-shareholder-meeting-20160303-story.html

 

[Eoghann]

Bob Iger feels pretty good about the price increase

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...isney-shareholder-meeting-20160303-story.html

I bet he does.

 

[Nabas]

Yes, I believe I saw the 7-day pass increase was quite high.

For example, a 7-day base MYW ticket increased by 10.5%, 2% more than the price of a one-day Magic Kingdom ticket after taking into account the ratio of Value, Regular, and Peak days.

As you've mentioned, one-day variable pricing is getting the attention but increases for 6-day or longer tickets are actually higher.