For a family of 4, that is $120 per day and $840 for a week vacation. I don't think that many people are willing to add that to their cost in addition to paying for transportation (since no ME).
In order for a paid add-on system to work, the packages have to be cost prohibitive. Instead of selling to everyone, at a low price, they sell to some at a higher price. The same amount of money is brought in. Otherwise everyone will see it as a "must do" and nothing will be solved.
Right, but you could theoretically get them all lined up in the morning and head out to another park, now you have to wait until 2 p.m.? And what if you couldn't get a FP due to limited distribution or got return times for late in the day? People would have to choose between FP or hopping (and if paying for the latter..?)
Valid concerns.
We drive, so we're not losing anything there, but I understand that will be an extra cost for most. We're a family of three, so it would be on the border of what we'd be willing to pay. But then what does that do to resorts -- drive people to cheaper ones, not more expensive ones, so maybe that's not what they'd want to do. On the other hand, if it would be possible to choose how many days you want to use that, people might pay for a couple days of it at the parks that are most difficult without it. Who knows. I hope it goes back to pre-covid normal, but most people here think there's no chance of that.
Disney doesn't care about what the parks are like right now. They know this will pass.
Which is why I said it would have to provide some perceived benefit over the old free system in order to convince people to pay for it.
If they give out a set number based on accommodations and charge for everything else, FP lines will be shorter due to less being out there. If they give out none and only charge for FP, you could see FP lines that are potentially walk on.Which is why I said it would have to provide some perceived benefit over the old free system in order to convince people to pay for it.
For example the fireworks parties....For many people paying that extra $100 meant there was no camping out for 3+ hours for the perfect spot or wasting a FP...That was a money well spent to guarantee them fireworks access and some good deserts to boot without sacrificing time in the parks or a FP for a top ride. The fact they sold out was because it was a small capacity anyway. It's like saying Beaches and Cream is "the best restaurant on property" because it's consistently fully booked. When in actuality it's just a very limited space....The food is pretty good too
I agree that they will likely have some form of "jump the line program" that will be implemented and cost money. My only point was that it better provide a better benefit than the old free FP system did for people to be jumping on board.
What about families that save up for a trip but that just puts it over the top. Seems like a good solution so long as Disney only wants rich people (or single or double income no kids) who can either afford multiple trips a year or who can splurge on even more add ons. It seems like it is yet another additional price on top of many others that just price out the average and even above average family.
If they price it so that it's not seen as a "must do" add-on, it won't impact those families. It won't impact most guests, if priced right. In fact it could cut down on the use of FP lines and make the standby lines move faster (once everything else is opened up and can help eat crowds).
Why is that Disney’s problem? Disney is in the business to make money...Period.
True but it's a big change from what Walt was aiming to create- a place for whole families to have fun together. I guess I'm crazy though for missing that aspect but I won't ever change my world perspective to everyone one should make all the money they can and forget about kindness for others.
Who’s keeping families from having fun? So you’re argument is if you can’t do everything that someone else can do then it isn’t fun at Disney? I just want to be clear in your argument.
No, I'm saying my small kids at least (though most small kids is a reality) can't stand in long lines. I've never insisted on doing everything and never have done everything. I've also always been flexible with whens to avoid rides. Regular 20+ minute lines is not realistic for small kids however and the funds a family of 6 to pay for the ability to avoid them is a privilege not many have (especially with all the extra costs lately) Paying the cost of Disney admission only to ride for one hour and be stuck with lines the rest of the day that prevents anymore rides a bit much.
So Disney stuff, with shorter lines...and at a lower price?
