Ticket Price Increase Rumor

[awdsmama]

5 day hopper only went up $5. I'll gladly pay a whole extra dollar a day to enjoy the park

 

[Malcon10t]

Interesting to note Block out tickets no longer exist....

 

[MychaelP]

Locals, especially teenagers will simply purchase the Deluxe. I don't think they would blink at the $13 or so more per month to buy them. Their cell phone bills probably go up more than that each year, or their parents pay for the pass providing them a safe alternative to hang out at rather than places. I'd do it if I had a teenager girl especially.
Then Saturdays will become as crowded as Sundays. Eliminating the monthly payment plan would weed out more I feel, as most passholders I see are teenagers these days compared to 5 years ago when I had a pass.

 

[Malcon10t]

Locals, especially teenagers will simply purchase the Deluxe. I don't think they would blink at the $13 or so more per month to buy them. Their cell phone bills probably go up more than that each year, or their parents pay for the pass providing them a safe alternative to hang out at rather than places. I'd do it if I had a teenager girl especially.
Then Saturdays will become as crowded as Sundays. Eliminating the monthly payment plan would weed out more I feel, as most passholders I see are teenagers these days compared to 5 years ago when I had a pass.

Deluxe APs are blocked on most Saturdays. (During peak periods.)

 

[sweetpee_1993]

The article says all AP sales may be suspended or subject to availability in the future to preserve the pass holder experience. For me, this is indicative of Disney feeling like there's too many APs out there. I live in Texas and just got back from a 7 day trip. We bought deluxe APs thru way.com because it was a minute difference over buying a 5-day + 1-day park hopper so we could do parks for 6 days. If Disneyland sold a longer ticket again then maybe they wouldn't be selling so many APs. I get that they were having problems with fraud on the longer tickets. But, geez, they do pictures now. Also, it'd be nice if onsite hotel guests could purchase length of stay tickets. A system could also be established with key "good neighbors" to do length of stay tickets. If the APs are a problem, Disney needs to examine why people from out of state opt to purchase them over multi-day tickets.

 

[whoever]

Locals, especially teenagers will simply purchase the Deluxe. I don't think they would blink at the $13 or so more per month to buy them. Their cell phone bills probably go up more than that each year, or their parents pay for the pass providing them a safe alternative to hang out at rather than places. I'd do it if I had a teenager girl especially.
Then Saturdays will become as crowded as Sundays. Eliminating the monthly payment plan would weed out more I feel, as most passholders I see are teenagers these days compared to 5 years ago when I had a pass.

The payment plan thing is interesting. Curious why its Cali residents only.

 

[jenpace]

The payment plan thing is interesting. Curious why its Cali residents only.

The monthly payment option is only available for California residents. For a long time, it was only available to certain zip codes in Southern CA.

 

[whoever]

The monthly payment option is only available for California residents. For a long time, it was only available to certain zip codes in Southern CA.

I understand that, but WHY?

 

[Malcon10t]

I understand that, but WHY?

I don't do contract law, so not 100% sure, but something about enforcement.

 

[Viva Las Disney]

I'm glad the OP started this thread yesterday because I was dreading the Premium AP going up $100, going up $30 doesn't seem so bad in comparison.

This could be a good strategy for Disney, leak price increases in advance but at a much higher price than what they're actually going to be so people can feel good about a smaller increase.

This has to be the only time I've ever been happy about a $30 price increase.

 

[mamaburrito]

Any idea on how long you have to renew passes?

 

[tarheelalum]

On the news they were saying that the SoCal passes have been eliminated unless you are already a SoCal pass holder. Is this true?

 

[Jerry Horne]

https://movies.yahoo.com/news/disne...ices-again-suspends-socal-pass-210217137.html

Disneyland visitors won’t be saving much bank now that Disney has once again raised the cost of admission. Today the price of a one-day, one park ticket for visitors 10 years and older increased $4 to $96, with the cost of a Disneyland/California Adventures Park-Hopper shooting up to $150 from $137 for adults. Disney also bumped up prices for SoCal Select (+$10 to $289), Deluxe (+$20 to $519), Premium (+$30 to $699), and Premier (+$50 to $1,029) passes.

To control swelling crowds the company has suspended new sales of its SoCal Annual Passport which allows local weekend access, although current SoCal pass holders and those whose passes expired in the last three months may still renew. “Like any business, we periodically evaluate our pricing and make adjustments based on a variety of factors,” said Media Relations Director Suzi Brown. “A ticket to our theme parks represents a great value, particularly when you look at the breadth and quality of attractions and entertainment we offer and the special moments guests experience with our cast…Due to the popularity of our Annual Pass Program — and to preserve the Guest experience for our Annual Passholders and all Guests — future sales of all Annual Passes will be subject to availability.” Around this time last year Disney hiked ticket prices to its California and Florida parks.

 

[Malcon10t]

On the news they were saying that the SoCal passes have been eliminated unless you are already a SoCal pass holder. Is this true?

For the time being, the sales are suspended. If you have one, you can renew.

 

[Jaylens Papa]

I just renewed my premium pass. It is due June 11th. It gave me a $40.00 discount. $629.00 and allowed me monthly payments. Took about 5 minutes.

 

[bdrobet]

FWIW, usually the Disney stores/outlets still sell the old price tickets for a few weeks. This happened last time anyway.

FYI I just called our local Disney Store and was told that they are still selling the passes for the old price except for the Southern California which they were instructed to pull off shelves and is thus unavailable.

 

[bdrobet]

Getawaytoday.com still has the discounted prices.

I'd check around.

ALso, if your local grocery store carries tickets, they usually remain on the shelves for a month or so.

I checked many local grocery stores today and none of them had any annual passes just 1, 2, and 3 day tickets. I planned on purchasing the Southern California pass for my family in a couple of months and now I seem to be SOL!

 

[KalamityJane]

If I buy a deluxe right now, does it count the year from today or first day through the parks? I'm wondering if I should get some from way.com...

 

[Cheshirecatty]

If I buy a deluxe right now, does it count the year from today or first day through the parks? I'm wondering if I should get some from way.com...

It counts from the first day you activate it at the Park!

 

[MychaelP]

I understand that, but WHY?

You have a very good question. I'm sure there is a financial law somewhere they can't get around maybe for collections or something like that for non-payments. But the payment plan along with discounts for purchases in the park for AP's goes against the idea that they want to reduce passholders. If I were a business and didn't want as many customers buying a certain item, why would I offer them discounts and a special payment plan that others do not get?
So with that thought, maybe they will discontinue the AP discounts at the end of the year for some if not all pass types.
Going a little against their quote in the O.C. Register, it could be said that only making So Cal passes available for renewal to existing passholders may retain even more than before because they may be afraid of not getting one next time if they don't renew.
Disney has recently changed their passholder special event days to just those with passes soon to expire which also goes against what they are talking about reducing the numbers as well. Why give a perk if you want those people to "not" renew? I think it's the reverse. More will run to get the passes, including Deluxe at just over $10/month difference. This is what I think is really behind the So Cal pass being unavailable. They want to sell more Deluxe passes. Think about it. Also why advertise all over the ticket booths and freeway signs that you can get an AP for as little as $15.xx/month?
It's already a type of addiction we have about needing to go there to escape (I was asked about it once in a survey at the park). So making the So Cal pass unavailable may spur even more sales of the So Cal Select or Deluxe.
Only time will tell if I'm right. But one other item was on my mind... when I was a kid in the 80's, the lines at the park were about the same as now. I recall waiting 2 hours for Space Mountain then. I don't remember walk-on rides except for People Mover or the Skyway. I don't however remember all the strollers. When I look at old photos of Disneyland I don't see the mass stroller parking areas, which makes me wonder, where were they then? Or are more kids using them that are older that should be? Strollers in this quantity do make the park seem very crowded as you cannot walk around areas they are parked many times easily.

I probably had too much to say there... thanks for listening