Possible Ticket Options...Thoughts?

[WaltD4Me]

I read on Inside the Magic that Disney might be thinking about some different ticket options. Just supposing these are in the works, what would you think about some of these possibilities?

I've often thought some alternatives would be a good thing. I know alot of people have AP's, but I still think there are some good ideas here.

Alternative theme park ticket options

Partial Day Ticket – Access to theme parks from opening until 3:00 pm or
3:30 pm until closing (between $29 and $49 per guest, per day);

Touring Only / No Rides Ticket – Access to theme parks to enjoy everything except the rides and shows with a queue (between $29 and $49 per guest, per day);

Disney Theme Park Club, Walt Disney World – Receive a Walt Disney World 7-Day Park Hopper ticket with water park access once per year for 10 years ($2,000 per person, or $200 per year – a savings of more than 50% at current prices.);

Disney Theme Park Club, Disneyland – Walt Disney World 5-Day Park Hopper ticket and free parking once per year for 10 years ($1,500 per person, or $150 per year.);

 

[ImTooExcitedToSleep]

Partial Day Ticket – Access to theme parks from opening until 3:00 pm or 3:30 pm until closing (between $29 and $49 per guest, per day);

How would they enforce the first option?? Don't they have enough trouble clearing guests out during hard ticket events?

 

[tjevans]

I would think the opening to 3p and the touring only tickets would require all tickets to then be checked at the entrance to all rides. How else could they tell who wasn't to be allowed on rides?

 

[topolino]

I'm not sure how I feel about these options. In a way, I like the ideas, because it gives guests more of an option, kind of like theme park touring a la carte. Of course the other posters are correct; this would require additional ticket checking while inside the park, similar to what is done now for hard ticket events and EMH.

Didn't there used to be an Epcot After 4 ticket? Does this still exist?

For the last several years, in order to avoid navigating the slippery slope of ticket options, I've been an Annual Passholder.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

The ticket for a partial day starting in the morning would be impossible to enforce.

Likewise, what reason would a person have for a ticket that does not allow them into any attractions, and also it would be extremely difficult to enfore. Right now everything is set up so that one you are in the park you have acxcess to everything.

A current 7 day hopper with WPF&M is $355. Prices can only go up. Let's say in ten years that same ticket would be $450. If the payment was between $3,000 and $3,500 it might make economic sense for Disney, but who would want to come up with that amount, per person, up front?

For the last option, a five day WDW hopper is $291 and a DLR 5 day hopper is $250. Why would Disney want to sell both for only $150?

And, for Topolino, there is an Epcot After 4:00 Florida Resident Annual Pass for $144.

 

[sayhello]

The only one I might be interested in is the park access after 3pm, for the arrival day at WDW. The rest don't really appeal to me.

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[roomthreeseventeen]

The only one I might be interested in is the park access after 3pm, for the arrival day at WDW. The rest don't really appeal to me.

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Ditto that. However, the no ride ticket would be great if you had a resort day but wanted to eat or shop in a park.

 

[WaltD4Me]

I liked the option of the after 3pm admission. To be honest I didn't notice the before 3pm part. I also see your points about enforcement, but the attraction ticket was interesting to me, mainly for Epcot. It'd be nice to get in just to walk around WS, have dinner, watch Illuminations.

I do think for the most part for people travelling to Disney, staying at Disney, they pretty much have their tickets for their whole trip, but I know people who go to Orlando or through Orlando that would like to visit a park, but don't want to pay the $80 to get in. It even happened to me a couple times. Once when I went on the Backstage Magic Tour. I didn't have a ticket for that day and would have loved to walk around Epcot after the tour and once when I went with my brother's family to Orlando, it wasn't a Disney trip, but we did go to a Pirate and Princess Party and probably would have done Epcot for dinner one night if they had half day tickets. It doesn't seem to us like much of an opportunity for Disney, but I think we might be surprised.

 

[doconeill]

Given some of the NextGen queue buzz, like the advanced ride reservations (ARRs? More pirate talk?), I wonder if there may be an eventual change to a system whereby you must swipe your KTTW/ticket at each attraction...

Of course, Disney throws a lot of things into these surveys just to see what ideas don't completely horrify the guests...99% of them probably never get another thought.

 

[kaligal]

I don't like the "until 3 p.m." option or because that means everyone has to always be proving that they have the whole day ticket and I don't want to have to do that. Waiting in lines is as much work as I want to do.

I'd probably pony up 2K for a 10 year pass if it would not exclude me from taking part in other perks that now exist or will be offered in the future.

 

[linnell]

I could see the no ride/attraction ticket being appealing to a parent/grandparent/family member who may want to join their family in the park, but has no interest in riding anything. Or like others have said, this would be a good option for someone who may want to go to Food & Wine Festival, or drink their way around Epcot.

 

[WaltD4Me]

I could see the no ride/attraction ticket being appealing to a parent/grandparent/family member who may want to join their family in the park, but has no interest in riding anything. Or like others have said, this would be a good option for someone who may want to go to Food & Wine Festival, or drink their way around Epcot.

There are a couple small parks around here that do this. You get in for free, but have to buy a ride wristband to go on anything. They are very small parks though. It's nice for my mom, she doesn't ride anything, but does enjoy
walking around with us and the kids. It probably wouldn't be as good at Disney, she still doesn't ride anything, but does go to all the "show" attractions, like FOTLK, Philharmagic, Beauty & the Beast ect..

 

[doconeill]

There are a couple small parks around here that do this. You get in for free, but have to buy a ride wristband to go on anything. They are very small parks though. It's nice for my mom, she doesn't ride anything, but does enjoy
walking around with us and the kids. It probably wouldn't be as good at Disney, she still doesn't ride anything, but does go to all the "show" attractions, like FOTLK, Philharmagic, Beauty & the Beast ect..

It would get too expensive to have 99% of the guests have wristbands...they don't even do it for EMH anymore. And you can't invert it - give the wristbands to those who won't ride - because you could just snip it off and go on rides.

The only thing I can think of that would make sense given all the possible options is that you have to use your ticket to enter an attraction every time. With that, Fastpasses can also become "virtual" - they are tied you your ticket, but you still get a slip that tells you when, and can be used by the CMs in case there is a problem.

There would be a lot of expense just to accommodate this though - and they wouldn't even put barcode scanners for Fastpasses at each attraction.

 

[sayhello]

I know! They could issue you a book of tickets with your entry fee. And you give the ticket to a cast member at the entrance to each ride! And you only get a certain number of tickets, you have to pay extra if you want to ride more rides than your allotment. And wait -- get this! They could make some of them worth more than others, so that you have to use some of them for the less popular rides, and only have a certain number of tickets for the really popular rides. That way, not everyone is only going on the popular rides. Yep! I think that would work!

What do you think?

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[topolino]

I know! They could issue you a book of tickets with your entry fee. And you give the ticket to a cast member at the entrance to each ride! And you only get a certain number of tickets, you have to pay extra if you want to ride more rides than your allotment. And wait -- get this! They could make some of them worth more than others, so that you have to use some of them for the less popular rides, and only have a certain number of tickets for the really popular rides. That way, not everyone is only going on the popular rides. Yep! I think that would work!

What do you think?

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And how would they differentiate the popular attractions from the less popular attractions? Maybe a number based system? No, wait. A letter based system!! Yeah, that would work!!