Ticket price increase coming at Walt Disney World!

[dvc at last !]

Wow!

 

[peabody58]

Also starting Sunday, guests buying tickets online or on their phones can save $20 on Magic your way bundles from three to ten days.

Not surprised, predicted this change last year.

 

[McKelly]

So, no more waterpark tickets, unless you add the park hopper option. So, you would have to add the $101.00 option instead of just the 68.00 option. I suppose, in the grand scheme of things an extra $33.00 isn't much. We never hop, but we always do the waterparks. I guess we can hop now! But I'm always too tired!

 

[freediverdude]

It sounds to me like they are getting ready for big increases in the multi-day if they're offering a $20 discount.

 

[Atilley]

Is there expected to be an increase on non-resident annual passes?

I certainly hope not. Long story short my husband called and bought me an AP about a week ago and the CM got confused about DVA and sold him a DVC gold pass. I called and was told I'd have to fix the problem in person. I am going to be mad if I have to pay the extra to a new increased price instead of only paying what the AP was at the time he was sold the wrong pass.

 

[randumb0]

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I certainly hope not. Long story short my husband called and bought me an AP about a week ago and the CM got confused about DVA and sold him a DVC gold pass. I called and was told I'd have to fix the problem in person. I am going to be mad if I have to pay the extra to a new increased price instead of only paying what the AP was at the time he was sold the wrong pass.

It looks like they are increasing

 

[mab2012]

Sounds like multi-day remains to be seen. Reuters is reporting possible decreases on some multi-day tickets:

"Price increases are an annual tradition for Disney parks. The company offers discounts through annual passes and multi-day tickets, which also will change and in some cases decrease. A two-day ticket at Walt Disney World will decline by $3 to $199, for example."
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15Q0MI
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15Q0MI

 

[Atilley]

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It looks like they are increasing

They probably will but so far I have only seen mention of Florida resident APs increasing. I haven't seen an increase for non residents yet. Keeping my fingers crossed

 

[mshanson3121]

I guess this was the 3rd major announcement...so, it's letdown week again for Disney Orlando in 2017...we got a swapped nighttime show for MK and another MK show swapped from morning to evening to be our "parade"...and then everything we already knew was coming for AK...and we get to keep paying more for less (now, no easy way for WPM and no expiration-free options)...

Maybe 2019 will be the year we get more for less...or at least more for more...

I clearly missed something. What morning show has become a parade?

 

[pmaurer74]

It sounds to me like they are getting ready for big increases in the multi-day if they're offering a $20 discount.

I thought the $20 discount was over the at gat ticket prices, which are supposed to be much higher.

 

[Pkltm]

Disney is eliminating the water park fun and more ticket option. Visitors can still get this with the park hopper ticket.

So it is still an option? But only i you buy a hopper?

So, no more waterpark tickets, unless you add the park hopper option. So, you would have to add the $101.00 option instead of just the 68.00 option. I suppose, in the grand scheme of things an extra $33.00 isn't much. We never hop, but we always do the waterparks. I guess we can hop now! But I'm always too tired!

This is how I read that too. We usually get both, TL is must buy for me!! I still need to buy tickets try to decide if we should buy today to guarantee water parks?

 

[rteetz]

So it is still an option? But only i you buy a hopper?

Correct.

 

[TwoMisfits]

I clearly missed something. What morning show has become a parade?

The dance party moved one of their shows to 7:15pm...still only doing 3 showtimes...

 

[rteetz]

The Dance Party moved one of their shows to 7:15pm...

Yes for now. I have heard its due to some concrete work that will be taking place though so maybe not a permanent change.

 

[tlmadden73]

So glad I bought Non-expiration tickets before they got rid of those. I should have just stocked up on those and I would be saving a ton of money every trip!

A 5% increase every year is crazy, but hey, the parks are still packed and probably will be more later this year with Pandora opening.

I just wonder where the tipping point is for some families. Will they start going less .. or just cut out a day to get the cost back down to where their budget is.

Sure Disney gets more money per ticket, but overall will they get more revenue if families cut back on trips (or cut back on spending DURING a trip?)

 

[circus4u]

How much does it cost to renew a non-resident annual pass? Seems like this doesn't change that but we are first time AP'ers so we've never renewed.

According to the Disney website, you save 15%.

 

[mshanson3121]

So glad I bought Non-expiration tickets before they got rid of those. I should have just stocked up on those and I would be saving a ton of money every trip!

A 5% increase every year is crazy, but hey, the parks are still packed and probably will be more later this year with Pandora opening.

I just wonder where the tipping point is for some families. Will they start going less .. or just cut out a day to get the cost back down to where their budget is.

Sure Disney gets more money per ticket, but overall will they get more revenue if families cut back on trips (or cut back on spending DURING a trip?)

Obviously not since attendance has been declining yet they still just raised the prices.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

So glad I bought Non-expiration tickets before they got rid of those. I should have just stocked up on those and I would be saving a ton of money every trip!

A 5% increase every year is crazy, but hey, the parks are still packed and probably will be more later this year with Pandora opening.

I just wonder where the tipping point is for some families. Will they start going less .. or just cut out a day to get the cost back down to where their budget is.

Sure Disney gets more money per ticket, but overall will they get more revenue if families cut back on trips (or cut back on spending DURING a trip?)

Obviously not since attendance has been declining yet they still just raised the prices.

Well, it's a total revenue question right? So if they raise prices by 5% and attendance goes down by 2% then they are fine ... if it starts to go down by 10% then they will have issues.

Still want to see what the details are for the increases (or not) to the multi-day passes as if the bulk of the price increase is to singl-day then it maybe encourages people to opt for multi-day

Plus, this helps them up the value of packages if they can charge the same price for those - it will *seem* like a bigger savings

 

[rteetz]

Obviously not since attendance has been declining yet they still just raised the prices.

But they didn't raise them much. Peak prices didn't rise and in most cases value prices didn't either. They could've had much larger increases but in my eyes went smaller due to the decline in attendance.

 

[rteetz]

Well, it's a total revenue question right? So if they raise prices by 5% and attendance goes down by 2% then they are fine ... if it starts to go down by 10% then they will have issues.

Still want to see what the details are for the increases (or not) to the multi-day passes as if the bulk of the price increase is to singl-day then it maybe encourages people to opt for multi-day

Plus, this helps them up the value of packages if they can charge the same price for those - it will *seem* like a bigger savings

Usually the multi day increase is minimal compared to increases on single day. Until they go to full on tiers with multi-day I don't think they'll go up as much as single day tickets do.