Ticket Price Increase 2015

[Grumpy92]

Well it is that time of year again. When Disney raises the prices on their tickets. Probably mid February. So best to purchase them now if you can.

They are also discontinuing the "no expiration" option on the tickets.
Guess Trip insurance would be a good idea now.

 

[Robo]

Well it is that time of year again. When Disney raises the prices on their tickets. Probably mid February. So best to purchase them now if you can.

They are also discontinuing the "no expiration" option on the tickets.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2015/01/walt-...being-added-no-expiration-to-be-discontinued/

Thanks. (There have been many threads about this, as it was posted on that site about a week ago.)

Please understand that wdwnt is not an official Disney site.
(The site has this disclaimer at the bottom of the page,
"WDWNT.com is an unofficial site and is not in any way affiliated with The Walt Disney Company.")

So, while this info MIGHT very well be absolutely true...
it might be completely inaccurate.

So... Stay tuned.

 

[lugnut33]

Also, the "no expiration" means you can use the days on the ticket at any time you want. You can go in tomorrow, and then 5 years later use the next day and five years later use another day.

As far as I know Disney does not plan on changing the rules behind new media never expiring. Meaning, if you buy a new ticket and don't use it then it's good forever, but as soon as you enter a park you have 14 days to use the remaining balance of days on the ticket.

 

[kbelle8995]

I think that the Price increase is inevitable. It's not if but when.

Death, Taxes and Disney Ticket prices.

No expiration is questionable. I hope that they will not take it away. It seems like that would make guests options less.

 

[chalee94]

look at all of these rumors...surrounding me every day.

i just need some time...some time to get away...

 

[siskaren]

Please understand that wdwnt is not an official Disney site.

Yeah, I wondered how they could be so confident of their information when I thought Disney typically doesn't announce price changes until about 2 days before they go into effect.

Also, the "no expiration" means you can use the days on the ticket at any time you want. You can go in tomorrow, and then 5 years later use the next day and five years later use another day.

As far as I know Disney does not plan on changing the rules behind new media never expiring. Meaning, if you buy a new ticket and don't use it then it's good forever, but as soon as you enter a park you have 14 days to use the remaining balance of days on the ticket.

Yeah, that's why you can't get the no-expiration option online anymore. Apparently a lot of people were buying it because they didn't understand that unused tickets never expire, and when they found out they had purchased a rather expensive option that they didn't need, they then called to get refunds. Disney apparently decided that it was better to make people have to talk to someone to buy the no-expiration option so that they could have the option explained to them, so that they would know whether or not they actually needed it before buying it.

 

[Brian Noble]

It seems like that would make guests options less.

The way the pricing on long NE tickets works out now, the only real value in them is to get discounts on very short (1-3 park day) visits. Disney isn't really very interested in discounting visits for short-stay guests---their stated goal is to capture as much of the "typical" 8-day vacation as possible. So, IF NE goes away (still a big if) I will not be surprised.

 

[ArwenMarie]

The way the pricing on long NE tickets works out now, the only real value in them is to get discounts on very short (1-3 park day) visits. Disney isn't really very interested in discounting visits for short-stay guests---their stated goal is to capture as much of the "typical" 8-day vacation as possible. So, IF NE goes away (still a big if) I will not be surprised.

I agree. My bet is that they are going away. They haven't been listed on the website in forever. And you're right, if the goal is lock people in for as much of their weeklong vacation as possible, NE tickets don't help with that.

 

[lugnut33]

I agree. My bet is that they are going away. They haven't been listed on the website in forever. And you're right, if the goal is lock people in for as much of their weeklong vacation as possible, NE tickets don't help with that.

but those tickets do encourage people to return. However, that may not be the intention since Disney loves first time visitors.

 

[Chimaera]

So I should buy my APs soon I guess.....

 

[ArwenMarie]

but those tickets do encourage people to return. However, that may not be the intention since Disney loves first time visitors.

That's true about return trips. Maybe the bet is that the people buying the NEs will still come, but will just buy new tix or an AP.

NEs definitely don't fit in with their focus on first-timers. People buying NEs probably know how to do Disney for way less than a first-timer.

 

[flicx]

The way the pricing on long NE tickets works out now, the only real value in them is to get discounts on very short (1-3 park day) visits. Disney isn't really very interested in discounting visits for short-stay guests---their stated goal is to capture as much of the "typical" 8-day vacation as possible. So, IF NE goes away (still a big if) I will not be surprised.

Unfortunately that is how my family visits Disney. If no expiration goes away once we use our no exp tickets we currently have that me be it for us. Not everyone can afford or can get away for a 8 or 9 day stay. It really saddens me to hear this!

 

[Robo]

Unfortunately that is how my family visits Disney. If no expiration goes away once we use our no exp tickets we currently have that me be it for us. Not everyone can afford or can get away for a 8 or 9 day stay. It really saddens me to hear this!

Agian, we don't know anything, for sure.
Last year, there was a HUGE rumbling here because a very reliable
OTHER fan site flat-out stated that WDW would no longer
"Price-bridge" discounted tickets in upgrades.

That "fact" turned out to be 100% false.

So, stay tuned.

 

[flicx]

Agian, we don't know anything, for sure.

Stay tuned.

Thanks I will! It would be a big deal for us.

 

[Brian Noble]

Maybe the bet is that the people buying the NEs will still come, but will just buy new tix or an AP.

Or, maybe even stay longer (Disney's goal).

That "fact" turned out to be 100% false.

To be fair, it was only 90% false. A certain (uncommon) category of tickets is not bridged these days.

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=48592501&postcount=22

 

[Robo]

To be fair, it was only 90% false. A certain (uncommon) category of tickets is not bridged these days.

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=48592501&postcount=22

Those rules about which tickets can and can't be bridged was already in effect years before the "announcement" was made.

 

[POOHsie]

Those rules about which tickets can and can't be bridged was already in effect years before the "announcement" was made.

The latest price-bridging change was announced on June 4, 2012 and left unanswered questions on the subject. Cheshire Figment wrote a post on June 7, 2012 clarifying which tickets were eligible for price-bridging and which tickets were not eligible, per the new June 4th announcement.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2938971

 

[Robo]

The latest price-bridging change was announced on June 4, 2012 and left unanswered questions on the subject. Cheshire Figment wrote a post on June 7, 2012 clarifying which tickets were eligible for price-bridging and which tickets were not eligible, per the new June 4th announcement.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2938971

In 2012. Yes.
The rule was that tickets purchased outright, directly from a Disney ticket source (at the parks, at DTD, from the Disney website, by a phone call to Disney World) would not be bridged.

But, tickets bought as part of a WDW Resort Package, or even tickets bought at the Disney store, are not considered "direct from Disney" and tickets bought from those sources (the two I mentioned in this sentence) and tickets purchased from an authorized WW ticket reseller... all of those can be price-bridged.

 

[POOHsie]

In 2012. Yes.
The rule was that tickets purchased outright, directly from a Disney ticket source (at the parks, at DTD, from the Disney website, by a phone call to Disney World) would not be bridged.

But, tickets bought as part of a WDW resort package or even tickets bought at the Disney store are not considered "direct from Disney" and those tickets (the two I mentioned in this sentence) and tickets purchased from an authorized WW ticket reseller... all of those can be price-bridged.

Yes, that's what CF's June 7, 2012 clarification spoke about, posted 3 days after the confusing Disney 6/4/12 announcement. See link to CF's 6/7/12 post (above).

 

[amg35]

look at all of these rumors...surrounding me every day.

i just need some time...some time to get away...

Stop, stop spreading those rumors around

Stop, stop spreading the lies