Look at Disney World's opeming day Prices WOW!

[disney meema]

Just for fun ... Interesting facts on Opening day and the prices Wow! ( sorry I messed up the title yikes! )

http://thisdayindisneyhistory.homestead.com/disneyworldgrandopening.html

 

[gonnago]

Very interesting.Wow those prices were incredible even for back then and I would of figured that the Grand Opening attendance would of been much higher than 10,000.Thanks for posting it!

 

[FoxyGranny]

Additionally the preview center was constructed to give people a glimpse into the world of Disney. With much excitement I visited the preview center. Wish I had some personal photos. I was living in Orlando at that time. I'm still in Florida, however not living as close.

I do still have a n E ticket. I do remember thinking the entrance, parking and ticket fees were reasonable for the time.

Over the years Disney offered Florida resident admission, which continued for many hers to be financially within tech for most families.

I no longer feel the admission fees are accommodating to the average family.

I'm still a Disney die hard. Love the place

 

[NYDisneyKid]

No resort prices? I may be wrong but I thought the Contemporary was $29 a night

 

[Figment Mom]

I remember those ticket books.

 

[worm761]

I have the parking ticket from my very first trip. I was all of 2 year old in 1978. We parked in the Minnie lot and it was 50 cents. My dad says that he spent $100 on that day. It was Dad, Mom, one of my older brothers, me, my Dad's mother, one of his sisters, one of his brothers, and two nephews.

 

[flicx]

No resort prices? I may be wrong but I thought the Contemporary was $29 a night

My grandmother stayed there and told me 25 dollars a night. So I would say you are close.

 

[Mikie]

My sister and I were toddlers when my parents dropped us off at Grandma's and went to the brand new Disney World without us! dad still remembers the ticket books and they stayed at the Contemporary - he thinks $29 per night sounds about right. This fall, my dad has recovered from a serious heart condition and will be returning with me and my family for the first time since 1996!

 

[Otter49]

Additionally the preview center was constructed to give people a glimpse into the world of Disney. With much excitement I visited the preview center. Wish I had some personal photos. I was living in Orlando at that time. I'm still in Florida, however not living as close

The Preview Center also included a miniscule Post Office staffed by CMs as well as the check in desk for the LBV Townhouses and the first Florida location of the Walt Disney Travel Company.

 

[circus4u]

Food prices were also very reasonable. At opening, I was stationed at MacDill AFB in Tampa. I remember the price for a hamburger at WDW was cheaper than on base at MacDill.

Also, at some point after opening, the Military ticket books were changed. Can't remember what they were called, but you did not get the regular A-E tickets. Rather, you received a book of the green tickets, same color as the E coupon, but it had a key on it. The ticket could be used for any ride, A through E. We used to use them for the more "expensive" rides and buy "A" tickets for ten cents at the ticket booths located throughout.

 

[CinderElsa]

$34 (in today's money) for the book of 11 tickets. If only!

 

[Jessica14]

We still have an old book somewhere from the mid seventies when I was about 10. My kids also were laughing at a picture in our POP room that featured similar prices. Three years later, my DD will count her allowance and say she could go to WDW FOUR TIMES! or whatever it happens to be!

Jessica

 

[LBIJim]

$5.75 was still relatively pricey for lots of people back in 1971, especially since some of the included attractions were the A tickets.

I like the idea of general admission for grandma who didn't intend to ride anything. It was priced high enough to keep out the riff-raff and other potential troublemakers that often plagued many old fashioned amusement parks.

$29 hotel rates were indeed a bargain.

 

[Polydweller]

$34 (in today's money) for the book of 11 tickets. If only!

Except it's not as easy a calculation as that. Yes, there were 11 tickets but there were only so many E tickets available, 2 in the 7 ticket package and 4 in the 11 ticket package. E tickets were priced at $.90 each if you wanted more. So, when you ran out of E tickets, the most popular rides of course, you either did the lesser rides or bought more E tickets, or another book. It could add up quickly.

MK also had few rides then and was carefully marketed as only phase 1. And, the entire world was MK, the Poly and the Contemporary. It wasn't really the bargain it may seem because there wasn't that much to do.

 

[andyman8]

While these prices of course did not include riding rides, it's fair to say that Disney price increases have outpaced inflation definitely. It's getting to the point where it's ridiculous, yet attendance seems to continue to increase, so clearly, the prices aren't deterring most from visiting.

It's interesting to see though that Michael Eisner is always credited with the giant price increases, but although he was the one to really start the steady increases, Iger/Staggs has taken these increases and exaggerated them even more doubling inflation at times. Interesting to see.

Look, there's no use in complaining about or defending the increases. Those who try to defend them are just being stubborn. Do they have to raise prices? No. Can they? Yes. They are completely aware of the monstrous price of a Disney vacation, which is what you hear them say at shareholder meeting and why you see them launching things like the Disney Vacation Account program. At the same time, it's how the world/economy works, so complaining about them is kind of a feeble effort.

 

[CinderElsa]

Except it's not as easy a calculation as that. Yes, there were 11 tickets but there were only so many E tickets available, 2 in the 7 ticket package and 4 in the 11 ticket package. E tickets were priced at $.90 each if you wanted more. So, when you ran out of E tickets, the most popular rides of course, you either did the lesser rides or bought more E tickets, or another book. It could add up quickly.

MK also had few rides then and was carefully marketed as only phase 1. And, the entire world was MK, the Poly and the Contemporary. It wasn't really the bargain it may seem because there wasn't that much to do.

Oh, so it was a form of tiering! That makes sense.

Hall of Presidents being considered one of the best attractions... "I know it's a tough decision, kids, but do you want to see Anna & Elsa OR do you want to go to the Hall of Presidents?"

 

[Kpskyman]

What Disney is doing more and more is just enticing people to stay at the resorts and spend money in house for a long term vacation. If you stay on property for 7 nights for example, you ticket prices decrease each day of visit to less then 15 dollars for a park ticket. They are trying to control crowds by pricing. If the resorts are near capacity, they don't need the 100 dollar one day person to make their money, or the off site people for 3 or 4 days. Their goal is to make the on site guests as happy as possible because they are the ones generating their biggest income.

 

[LBIJim]

Oh, so it was a form of tiering! That makes sense.

Hall of Presidents being considered one of the best attractions... "I know it's a tough decision, kids, but do you want to see Anna & Elsa OR do you want to go to the Hall of Presidents?"

Yeah, funny how times and tastes change. Hall of Presidents, Country Bears, and I think Carousel of Progress were once E ticket attractions.

 

[ses1230]

By 1981 the price for the Contemporary and Poly was up to $95 per night.

 

[DumboDash2006]

By 1981 the price for the Contemporary and Poly was up to $95 per night.

Where were the Lake Buena Vista Resort Villas? Are they still there under a different name and renovated or totally gone? I don't remember hearing about them before.