Ticket Prices Increasing June 12th!

[cyb]

I just bought a 4 day MYW no expiration because of the price increase tomorrow, I still have a 7 day MYW no exp. ticket that I bought last year before the increase in August that hasn't been activated yet, I guess I'm just stocking up on tickets! lol It is a bit ridiculous with all the increases Disney has had lately, they charge more on weekends than weekdays for resort rooms now too.

 

[NYDisneyKid]

"Free" dining isn't very free. Disney makes quite a bit on it, it's why they keep offering it--and more than any other discount.

im glad someone else agrees with me. "free is not free".

 

[dmband]

Wow
Trying to decide if I buy a 10 day and upgrade down the road
Or
Just buy 10 day no exp now

Because the normal 10 day doesn't start it's exp date til I use it for the first time, right?

 

[JulietB]

If you change to a new package, you definitely pay the new price for the package. Especially since the package didn't technically exist before (i.e. a "free dining" package for Fall 2011, for example).

In that case: is going to be there a penalty involved with the change?

Thanks

 

[NancyIL]

Wow
Trying to decide if I buy a 10 day and upgrade down the road
Or
Just buy 10 day no exp now

Because the normal 10 day doesn't start it's exp date til I use it for the first time, right?

Expiration is 14 days after the first day you use the ticket.

 

[rt2dz]

im glad someone else agrees with me. "free is not free".

I've been saying on here for years that I've never seen anything as expensive as free dining.

I do not believe the dining plan in general is a very good deal. When I ran the numbers dining for our November trip, it would cost me 12% more than paying for dining out of pocket. Free dining would guarantee me rack rate on the room, no discount on tickets, and I'd still have to pay for quite a bit of dining costs out of pocket (the one under 3, tips, things not covered on the basic plan or to upgrade to the deluxe plan).

If people would only run the numbers correctly, they'd find that Disney is making a ton off dining and they could be saving actual money in many other ways.

Back to the topic at hand...

 

[rt2dz]

In that case: is going to be there a penalty involved with the change?

Thanks

If you mean the change fee... Yes, IF you will lower the total cost AND it's under 45 days til check-in. No, if you end up paying more for your package OR it is more than 45 days prior to check-in.

If you make any changes to your already booked package (paid in full or not), you will have the price adjusted to make up for the increased ticket prices. Same with booking a new package.

If you have already paid a deposit, and make no changes what-so-ever (resorts, add a person, change ticket type, etc), then your package price will remain the same.

 

[DaniB]

If people would only run the numbers correctly, they'd find that Disney is making a ton off dining and they could be saving actual money in many other ways.

Honestly that does not apply to every family. I understand that FD does not work for a lot of families, but that doesn't mean it doesn't work for *everyone*. I wish people would stop making such a blanket statement and realize that while it might not work for you, it works for others!

I have run the numbers. I keep running them! I try on-site with FD; on-site resort discount paying for DDP; off-site, paying for dining & YES tickets; off-site with some cooking & some dining & YES tickets. Various off-site resorts or houses... With just our family.. with the kids bringing a friend... with another family to split resort/house costs.

I haven't stopped running numbers in just over a week since I discovered our kid-free trip is not going to happen.

I cannot make our vacation substantially cheaper. If a scenario works out that we end up saving a couple hundred - it's not savings to us. When we go on vacation, it means *vacation*. Cooking is not a vacation to me. I cook enough at home the other 50 weeks a year. And my husband really does not want to rent a car if possible. He drives enough.

 

[rt2dz]

Honestly that does not apply to every family. I understand that FD does not work for a lot of families, but that doesn't mean it doesn't work for *everyone*. I wish people would stop making such a blanket statement and realize that while it might not work for you, it works for others!

I have run the numbers. I keep running them! I try on-site with FD; on-site resort discount paying for DDP; off-site, paying for dining & YES tickets; off-site with some cooking & some dining & YES tickets. Various off-site resorts or houses... With just our family.. with the kids bringing a friend... with another family to split resort/house costs.

I haven't stopped running numbers in just over a week since I discovered our kid-free trip is not going to happen.

I cannot make our vacation substantially cheaper. If a scenario works out that we end up saving a couple hundred - it's not savings to us. When we go on vacation, it means *vacation*. Cooking is not a vacation to me. I cook enough at home the other 50 weeks a year. And my husband really does not want to rent a car if possible. He drives enough.

Normally, I do run a caveat that I'm sure the dining plan works for some families--free or paid for. And I should have this time too. For that I apologize. There is always an exception to the rule.

I, personally, have just never seen it. Whenever I run it for not only our family, but for friends, for people I know on DIS boards and other Disney fan site, it has never, not ONCE, come out as a better deal. And I'd say I've done it for at least 50 families; some multiple times (like my own). Now, some people still purchase it for various reasons. For example, a very good friend of mine who goes frequently, like us, insisted it saved money. When I showed her it doesn't, she decided to buy it/go with it being free anyhow because she says then her DH doesn't say a word about costs--she's paying for keeping his mouth shut. Fair enough. Intangible benefit.

Now, what offsite v. onsite, cooking, or driving has to do with Disney's free dining promotion and savings, I don't know. I'm confused on that. I sort of see how the YES tickets might come into play...

 

[BigGreen73]

I cannot make our vacation substantially cheaper. If a scenario works out that we end up saving a couple hundred - it's not savings to us. When we go on vacation, it means *vacation*. Cooking is not a vacation to me. I cook enough at home the other 50 weeks a year. And my husband really does not want to rent a car if possible. He drives enough.

Can't agree more!

 

[BigGreen73]

im glad someone else agrees with me. "free is not free".

You got it. NOTHING is "free" at WDW. We're paying for it somewhere.

 

[TexasMouseFan]

I am planning 2 trips next year for a total of 13 days. I want to get my tickets before the price increase tomorrow. I am definately looking at an annual pass. But...what is the best strategy for my tickets? Buy 10 day MYW from UT and convert to AP after I use a day? Or buy 10 day PH and then convert? Or should I just buy the AP today? I'm so confused! TIA!!

 

[rt2dz]

I am planning 2 trips next year for a total of 13 days. I want to get my tickets before the price increase tomorrow. I am definately looking at an annual pass. But...what is the best strategy for my tickets? Buy 10 day MYW from UT and convert to AP after I use a day? Or buy 10 day PH and then convert? Or should I just buy the AP today? I'm so confused! TIA!!

Buy a 10 day hopper from UT discount link through the mousesaver newsletter before the price increase. Then use one day and convert to an AP.

 

[gretchenohar@hotmail]

I am planning 2 trips next year for a total of 13 days. I want to get my tickets before the price increase tomorrow. I am definately looking at an annual pass. But...what is the best strategy for my tickets? Buy 10 day MYW from UT and convert to AP after I use a day? Or buy 10 day PH and then convert? Or should I just buy the AP today? I'm so confused! TIA!!

I am so in your boat! I'm trying to figure that out, too!
I wish I could see this thing straight - but not much of it makes sense...
Someone told me once to just buy a tix that wasn't more expensive than the tix I wanted to upgrade to - and that made alot of sense at the time.
But now - someone mentioned that buying the PH option on a 1-day tix is cheaper than any other tix - so is that a better buy now? For instance, should I buy a 1-day PH and upgrade that???
Disney math makes me dizzier than the teacups!

 

[drp4video]

"Free Dining" doesn't work for me either. Never has. And if it were truly free, it would not add any more to the cost after I add up the hotel and tickets, but it always does.

I am 98% sure we are going in September, but I am probably an idiot and am waiting to buy my tickets until we actually have booked airfare. I guess I will deal with the price increase. I want to use Disney Visa reward dollars and don't have the reward card yet as I am still accumulating dollars so I can't purchase them now.

 

[rt2dz]

I am so in your boat! I'm trying to figure that out, too!
I wish I could see this thing straight - but not much of it makes sense...
Someone told me once to just buy a tix that wasn't more expensive than the tix I wanted to upgrade to - and that made alot of sense at the time.
But now - someone mentioned that buying the PH option on a 1-day tix is cheaper than any other tix - so is that a better buy now? For instance, should I buy a 1-day PH and upgrade that???
Disney math makes me dizzier than the teacups!

The basic look of it is this: The PH option on a one-day ticket is less than the PH option on multiple day tickets (fact). The logical assumption is, however, that when you upgrade they will make you pay the difference in the PH options, much like Disney does when you have no expiration option. And, prices are still going down per day, the more days you buy. Just not as much as before.

You are much better off buying a ticket pre-increase and upgrading that.

 

[rt2dz]

"Free Dining" doesn't work for me either. Never has. And if it were truly free, it would not add any more to the cost after I add up the hotel and tickets, but it always does.

I am 98% sure we are going in September, but I am probably an idiot and am waiting to buy my tickets until we actually have booked airfare. I guess I will deal with the price increase. I want to use Disney Visa reward dollars and don't have the reward card yet as I am still accumulating dollars so I can't purchase them now.

That's our boat. Will have to buy at new prices. DH gets a big bonus in July and that is what is paying for our Disney trip this year. I thought I was going to come in under the gun and miss the price increase in August. Not so, I guess . I REFUSE to finance on a credit card, even if just for 2 months. $2500+ adds up to a lot of interest that it won't save me anything in the long run v. waiting.

 

[Snurk71]

Bought $4,500 worth of tickets today for future trips & upgrades.

Disney raising prices in the future is a lot surer bet than the market right now - nothing in my portfolio is earning 15%. And I won't even have to pay capital gains tax on the effective earnings I'll make on the tickets.

Probably should have been doing this for a few years.

 

[NancyIL]

Bought $4,500 worth of tickets today for future trips & upgrades.

Disney raising prices in the future is a lot surer bet than the market right now - nothing in my portfolio is earning 15%. And I won't even have to pay capital gains tax on the effective earnings I'll make on the tickets.

Probably should have been doing this for a few years.

Those are my thoughts exactly - and I said something to that effect on one of the ticket threads!

 

[NYDisneyKid]

Bought $4,500 worth of tickets today for future trips & upgrades.Probably should have been doing this for a few years.

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