Large Price Increases on Beverages

[ChipnDale79]

There you go. And now they are limiting the refills....for more huge profit

You know Bob Iger is big on fitness, here's a picture of him getting his daily swim in:

 

[BrittyRo]

Well I'll just leave it out there that its 14$ for a beer at the Barclay Center.
8$ for Large soda at Yankee Stadium
5++$ for draft beer (at a cheap NYC bar)
6$ large water at AMC movie theatre.

So this price increase doesn't really "get my knickers in a twist"

 

[ChipnDale79]

Well I'll just leave it out there that its 14$ for a beer at the Barclay Center.
8$ for Large soda at Yankee Stadium
5++$ for draft beer (at a cheap NYC bar)
6$ large water at AMC movie theatre.

So this price increase doesn't really "get my knickers in a twist"

Standalone these don't get very many people's "knickers in a twist", i think some are pointing out all of the cumulative increases in price and cuts in budget. That's all.

 

[Planogirl]

Well I'll just leave it out there that its 14$ for a beer at the Barclay Center.
8$ for Large soda at Yankee Stadium
5++$ for draft beer (at a cheap NYC bar)
6$ large water at AMC movie theatre.

So this price increase doesn't really "get my knickers in a twist"

Part of the problem is being onsite for potentially a week or more. I would likely be more upset about these prices if I spent a week at any of these places. Plus as ChipnDale said it's the cumulative effect of so many different price increases all at once.

 

[quagmire0]

In our past trips, we were able to get water for free from many of the concessions/restaurant spots. Is that still available? We usually just bring some water bottles for everyone and refill there. Aside from that, we'll packs some juice boxes and snacks as well.

 

[rteetz]

In our past trips, we were able to get water for free from many of the concessions/restaurant spots. Is that still available? We usually just bring some water bottles for everyone and refill there. Aside from that, we'll packs some juice boxes and snacks as well.

Yes that's still an option.

 

[MickeynMinnie]

Although I'm ambivalent to the price increases and don't really want to argue their justification, I don't think "bring your own" is a practical response for many people.

- Travelling by air with several days worth of groceries in not really doable.
- Where would people get their groceries? I'm sure there are some available on site, but I've never looked.
- Are these groceries priced reasonably? Is there a reasonable selection?
- If you didn't plan to stay in a room with a kitchen, you'll need to upgrade - which is just a different additional cost.

Also, going to a sporting event can take place between meals. You don't have that option for a multi-day Disney stay.

The only real option to combat the high prices is to just not go.

We always fly.. So what I do is
I order cases of water from Walmart and have them shipped to the resort. It's sitting there waiting for you when you check in! Take it back to the room and stick it in the fridge! Then we each take a few bottles in our backpacks and use them through the day. saves a ton!!

 

[H.Lipps]

You know Bob Iger is big on fitness, here's a picture of him getting his daily swim in:

LOL!!!

My family tends to just bring water bottles to the park since it is a small way to save money. We will probably continue to do this!

 

[DisOrBust]

I see this as counter productive.

My family usually would order drinks as CS but when the price gets so high we just order plain old ice water. I can't believe we are the only ones. I'm no economist but if they hit the saturation point for their guests with increase prices/ decreased quality it only hurts them more in the end. Which may explain why attendance is up andspending per guest is down.

If they continue to decrease portion size and quality at the Sig resaurants and people go elsewhere they lose more in the long run.


As an aside, our family visited six flags once 8 years ago. Although tickest were significantly cheaper the prices on food and beverages was outrageous. If I remeber a bottle of water was 4$ ( eight years ago it was 2$ at WDW) My daughter who was 12yo at the time was dumbfounded how much more expensive it was compared to WDW. ( She has always been my penny pincher.) The day we went it was "surface of the sun" hot and it made buying water a necessity. All my DD kept saying is "people are going to drop dead because they can't afford to buy water."

 

[ChipnDale79]

I see this as counter productive.

My family usually would order drinks as CS but when the price gets so high we just order plain old ice water. I can't believe we are the only ones. I'm no economist but if they hit the saturation point for their guests with increase prices/ decreased quality it only hurts them more in the end. Which may explain why attendance is up andspending per guest is down.

If they continue to decrease portion size and quality at the Sig resaurants and people go elsewhere they lose more in the long run

They don't care about anything beyond the next quarterly report, therefore they don't give a crap about the long term effect of these price increases.

All of these increases doesn't mean my family will spend more money, it just simply means we'll spend less time at WDW. We've decided that our 2017 trip will not be 7 days as it is usually, we're knocking a day off and making it a 6 day trip.

We've also decided that we may head over to City Walk on our arrival day and eat at Margaritaville.

 

[DisneyLovingPreacher]

Garden grocer is more $$ than a regular grocery store but we use them for bottled water and other perishables. Amazon delivers and we get the nukeable Mac n cheese in a cup saving us a lunch or dinner here or there.

There's always the refillable cups at the resorts-- tho we have never purchased. I rarely buy water or beverages at a Disney park, unless desperate.

Garden Grocer is a little higher priced but not extremely. A case of Diet Pepsi at Walmart is usually about 7 dollars and Garden Grocer is about 8. It is not to terribly overpriced but it is a great option to save money on breakfast and drinks.

 

[OldsDr]

They don't care about anything beyond the next quarterly report, therefore they don't give a crap about the long term effect of these price increases.

All of these increases doesn't mean my family will spend more money, it just simply means we'll spend less time at WDW. We've decided that our 2017 trip will not be 7 days as it is usually, we're knocking a day off and making it a 6 day trip.

We've also decided that we may head over to City Walk on our arrival day and eat at Margaritaville.

I think that is their play. Get people to pay more for everything and spend less time there. They are making the same if not more money with fewer pesky customers in the parks at any given time. Then if people stop going altogether, well that is the next management team's issue.

 

[ChipnDale79]

I think that is their play. Get people to pay more for everything and spend less time there. They are making the same if not more money with fewer pesky customers in the parks at any given time. Then if people stop going altogether, well that is the next management team's issue.

Right, which is a complete 180 from their previous standpoint. Previously they didn't want you to leave the property at all, i'll still take the same amount of vacation days and travel as many days, I'll just spend my money for the extra day somewhere else.

That's a market share issue, but that doesnt matter with the next quarterly report.

 

[saskdw]

Right, which is a complete 180 from their previous standpoint. Previously they didn't want you to leave the property at all, i'll still take the same amount of vacation days and travel as many days, I'll just spend my money for the extra day somewhere else.

That's a market share issue, but that doesnt matter with the next quarterly report.

If you're looking to make a point with Disney you need to not go there at all. Shaving one day off your on property time means nothing to them.

 

[ChipnDale79]

If you're looking to make a point with Disney you need to not go there at all. Shaving one day off your on property time means nothing to them.

Oh please tell me you're not trying to tell ME how to spend MY vacation money?

If you're ok with spending more year after year (more than inflation), then more power to you, I'm not going to tell you how to spend your money.

As a consumer, I have to say what's right for me, and maybe taking a day off of a Disney trip to spend doing something else in order to keep the cost of my trip down, is the right thing for me.

After all, its pretty easy to knock a day off when they're charging full admission for a park that's under construction.

The point i was trying to make earlier, was that in recent history Disney did everything they could to keep you onsite for your entire vacation. That's why they pick you up for free from the airport. So if that's not their stance anymore, that's a change in philosophy on their part. Which I thought someone was alluding to earlier.

 

[saskdw]

Oh please tell me you're not trying to tell ME how to spend MY vacation money?

If you're ok with spending more year after year (more than inflation), then more power to you, I'm not going to tell you how to spend your money.

As a consumer, I have to say what's right for me, and maybe taking a day off of a Disney trip to spend doing something else in order to keep the cost of my trip down, is the right thing for me.

After all, its pretty easy to knock a day off when they're charging full admission for a park that's under construction.

The point i was trying to make earlier, was that in recent history Disney did everything they could to keep you onsite for your entire vacation. That's why they pick you up for free from the airport. So if that's not their stance anymore, that's a change in philosophy on their part. Which I thought someone was alluding to earlier.

I could care less how you spend your money.

The way you were coming across was "I'll show Disney for raising their prices, I'll go there for one day less!!".

That of course is silly to think that going for 6 days instead of 7 does anything to Disney's bottom line. If anyone was trying to make a point they need to not go to Disney at all.

If that wasn't your point than disregard, but that's how it came across.

 

[ChipnDale79]

I could care less how you spend your money.

The way you were coming across was "I'll show Disney for raising their prices, I'll go there for one day less!!".

That of course is silly to think that going for 6 days instead of 7 does anything to Disney's bottom line. If anyone was trying to make a point they need to not go to Disney at all.

If that wasn't your point than disregard, but that's how it came across.

Thats not how I was trying to come across. If they want to increase their prices, fine, but that doesnt mean I have to pay more, thats what I was trying to say.

FWIW, I canceled a planned 2016 trip.

 

[Chuck S]

I hate to see the increase, but at the same time, $3 for a bottle of water is still cheaper than some venues, like some stadiums and convention centers, charge.

 

[wareagle57]

Where you from again? My SF Giants are almost double that, NASCAR too. Concert venues are just as bad.

Disneyland doesn't allow it either. No coolers or picnics, a bottle or two of water or small snacks are okay.

I had no idea Disneyland didn't allow it. I just assumed they did. How do I know how much I can get away with bringing it?

 

[North of Mouse]

Hadn't heard about the drinks $$ increase, but really it doesn't affect us at all. We drink sodas only occasionally (usually at home) and always get our water in cups at CS places. Have done this for years and our children never missed them - really prefer water when we're hot and thirsty.