Wow.....now that isn't very clear............(new pricing....yikes!)

[kdisser]

I have been prospecting my budget on a vacation package on WDW site, I am not logged in and have not booked anything. We are looking at going in Sept. with room and 9 day tickets including park hoppers (for 4 adults) and the price is the exact same as it was last night and last week to even months ago. I also checked using another resort and got the same results my "new" prices are the exact same as my "old" amounts.

Has anyone seen a change in their amounts if they are booking a package through WDW site??

 

[Robo]

I have been prospecting my budget on a vacation package on WDW site, I am not logged in and have not booked anything. We are looking at going in Sept. with room and 9 day tickets including park hoppers (for 4 adults) and the price is the exact same as it was last night and last week to even months ago. I also checked using another resort and got the same results my "new" prices are the exact same as my "old" amounts.

Has anyone seen a change in their amounts if they are booking a package through WDW site??

It is quite possible that the PACKAGES have not raised ticket prices as of yet.

The WDW resorts buy (internally from Disney) and keep their own supply of tickets (either physically or as a "virtual stock") and that's what they sell to their Package guests.

This situation is why Resort Package Tickets are considered to be "discounted" tickets.

 

[discorsner]

I priced several packages yesterday that are all the same price as today. It doesn't appear that packages increased but I wonder if they will Monday.

Pricing just tickets yesterday and today are different.

On a side note, this morning when I checked the DVC tickets for the 25th Anniversary Ticket offer were the same exact price yesterday as today. I wonder if that system has not caught up or whether the DVC special will remain the same until that offer expires.

 

[dkrauss]

Why do you keep saying this? It's worked out just fine. Disney only applies tiered pricing to single day tickets. If you thought it would be applied to ALL tickets, that just means you read some rumors and thought they were facts.

No smoke screen involved. There are price increases every year.

Didn't hear any rumors..............just mis-read an article on the subject .

Doug

 

[JohnDaleswife]

Yes Disney at this time (for whatever reason) decided to do the tiered or surge pricing only on single day tickets. However I'm sure they will do this to the multi-day tickets at some point in the future.

Ya buddy!

 

[Jajone]

I purchased a base 7 day as a WDW package. We were considering adding water parks and more option. Did that price go up too? Will I have to pay a higher 7 day price if we upgrade to water parks and more?

 

[epcotty]

I still say Disney would be really stupid if it were to do tiered pricing on all tickets, they'd be handing over customers hand over foot on a silver platter to Universal. There really is only so much people will take. We should not just assume they'll do that and email the executives to try to influence them to not do that

 

[ArwenMarie]

I still say Disney would be really stupid if it were to do tiered pricing on all tickets, they'd be handing over customers hand over foot on a silver platter to Universal. There really is only so much people will take. We should not just assume they'll do that and email the executives to try to influence them to not do that

Why do you think they would be handing customers over to Universal if they move to tiered for multi-day?

I don't think they did this just for one-day tickets, I'm sure they are still building the rest of the IT part for multi-day.

 

[wookiebeck]

And this is why we have never gone to Universal. I am not a huge roller coaster fan but I love Harry Potter. Still though I cannot justify the cost of Universal. We go to Disney because it has something for all of us. My youngest son is autistic, Disney is the only amusement park we have ever been to where he actually enjoys himself. I'd love to see Harry Potter world but it's not happening, such is life.

Because both parks have similar multi-day discounts, we vacation differently now-a-days. We now each separately, about every other year or so. WDW one year, Universal the next. There really is enough to do for a week. You really should try. It is completely different and great vacation.

 

[subtchr]

Because both parks have similar multi-day discounts, we vacation differently now-a-days. We now each separately, about every other year or so. WDW one year, Universal the next. There really is enough to do for a week. You really should try. It is completely different and great vacation.

This.

We did a 3-day trip to Universal in December 2014, staying at Royal Pacific, and it was amazing. Then in December 2015, a 5-day to WDW, staying at AKL. I can't even choose which was our favorite. They were different, but both so much fun. To try to do a little of each on a single trip is just too expensive and stressful.

 

[Paigevon]

Omg the price of Florida resident tickets went DOWN. I bought 5 4-day tickets. Ugh!

Edit: LOL JK. Too early. They stayed the same... I was comparing bed *EDIT: BEFORE... Freudian slip?* taxes to after taxes rates.

 

[epcotty]

Why do you think they would be handing customers over to Universal if they move to tiered for multi-day?

I don't think they did this just for one-day tickets, I'm sure they are still building the rest of the IT part for multi-day.

At that point a lot of people who do or could like both Universal and Disney (especially if they can only go at peak times) will have had enough of Disney's shenanigans (and especially at peak times, MUCH higher prices) and say "forget it" and go to Universal instead where they don't have to be faced with this. Maybe this truly is what Disney wants though, less people coming but paying an exorbitant amount, especially during peak times

 

[mom2rtk]

Why do you think they would be handing customers over to Universal if they move to tiered for multi-day?

I don't think they did this just for one-day tickets, I'm sure they are still building the rest of the IT part for multi-day.

I agree. I think they were just dipping a toe in the water with the single day tickets. They are getting their customers used to the idea. Far more to come.

 

[epcotty]

As many people here say, the people on these boards is really not reflective of most of the people who go to Disney. Most people on these boards have a lot of vacation money to spend and will go to Disney often and no matter what but the general public might feel differently. They feel the push of the increases more and at some point will say "enough" and stop going in droves. Full tiered pricing definitely could do that as well as the digital ticket book rumor. Mark my words. If either of those things happen, find my posts again and I'm sure they'll be true. Of course Disney would at least somewhat balance the people they've lost by ripping off the people who still come, but I think they would've lost so many at that point that profits would still definitely be down

 

[ArwenMarie]

At that point a lot of people who do or could like both Universal and Disney (especially if they can only go at peak times) will have had enough of Disney's shenanigans (and especially at peak times, MUCH higher prices) and say "forget it" and go to Universal instead where they don't have to be faced with this. Maybe this truly is what Disney wants though, less people coming but paying an exorbitant amount, especially during peak times

Could be. I guess I don't believe that the goal is to actually reduce crowds. I'm not sure WDW and Universal are directly interchangeable either but that is probably a separate topic.

 

[mom2rtk]

Didn't Universal Hollywood recently move to surge pricing?

 

[BlueFairy]

Yup.

I will say that there are MANY times when guests can only use a one-day ticket.
And, that ticket is very pricey!

I wonder if/how the "Convention" ticket and "YES" tickets will be affected.

As of today the mydisneymeetings.com Convention ticket engine is still quoting the same prices that we paid in January. That is for 1-day after 4 ($63), 1-day after 2pm ($79) and multi-day base tickets (4 days $292, 2 days $184). There are other options we didn't price. I'd imagine there is a stock of tickets sold to group space that will be depleted, similar to packages. In past it was a significant discount for partial day tickets, and 10% off gate price for multiday tickets. There is also an added water park or mini golf "freebie" included in multiday tickets.

 

[epcotty]

Didn't Universal Hollywood recently move to surge pricing?

Only by actually giving a discount from the regular 1 day rate on slower days. Nothing like what Disney has done with 1 day now. Disney feels they can get away with anything, that's only true to an extent though

 

[DekrRini]

Being single and with little family left, Disney is the one place I feel I can go vacation alone and feel safe. I haven't been priced out of it yet, and I hope that I wont be in the future. I am concerned this may happen. Lately I have been able to go every year, but I may just end up going less often if it gets too expensive.

This is me exactly. I've gone two times a year for the last couple of years, but that won't be happening now. I'm hoping I can still do at least once a year.

 

[walker0829]

I felt the same way about Universal. We want to go this year but the price for a one day tickets is about the same as Disney and to get a hopper to see all of Harry Potter would have been $650 for one day for my family. No thanks.

My thoughts exactly. We really wanted to go to Universal again but it was going to cost us $400(w/o tax)+ transportation costs for 1 day in what I assume would be regular season.

Going to Disney World is a fairly big vacation for our family. Ultimately, the cost compared to the perceived value is a big part of our decision making process. As they raise prices, it just becomes part of the cost-value discussion each year.