Sure they will and what's even more pathetic is people are going to happily pay it.
As I sit here in my room at the Hilton Hotel on Powder Springs St. it strikes me that it is you that is angry. No one here doubts that your children, grandchildren, whatever will have a wonderful, glorious, grand ole time at these events. No one can dispute this at all and if this is the best venue you find for such happiness then by all means DO IT!And what's even worse is those poor, misguided children think they're enjoying it!
I took my goddaughter to WDW, and I'll be taking my godson in December. Their mom, my oldest friend (nearly 30 years) works long hours in a position she had to take below her experience & education level to make ends meet, and their Dad works & goes to school trying to get himself into a better employment situation. These are children who'd never been to an amusement park, never been on an airplane, never even stayed in a hotel. Yes, going to Disney World is a special treat for them - but the look on my goddaughter's face when she was getting the BBB treatment - when she was for once the center of the universe - was beyond priceless.
I don't care if some judgemental busybody thinks I'm one of those suckers that's supposedly born every minute. Yes, she would've had fun at Disney without that treat - and she would've had fun with a day trip to Kings Island instead of 8 days at Disney World. I made a little girl who rarely gets to feel special feel like a princess - I have the incredible memories (and pictures) to prove it. And all the snide putdowns in the world won't change that. So what if Disney made money off the deal? It was WORTH IT!
And come December I'm taking her little brother and letting him get turned into a pirate so that he can feel just as special. The kind of special a kid feels when they get something they don't remotely need, but something they want and someone feels they're important enough to get. For a week that little boy is going to be the center of the universe - perhaps the only week he'll get to be that his whole life. And I don't care if Disney makes a sinful amount of money in the process.
One more thing - I get that the folks criticizing this are stating their opinion, but don't go saying that someone would have to be an idiot to do this (just because you don't use the words doesn't mean the implication isn't as clear as day) and then be shocked - SHOCKED - that people take offense. I don't really care what you do or don't do at Disney - heck, I see miserable people at Disney, carping and whining every time I go, and that's their right too. But do us the courtesy of not caring what we do with our time and money as well.
I personally just find it sad that this simplistic form of event is being sold by Disney at such high prices as if they were really doing something special, when it fact it is nothing more than ordinary carnival behavior as alluded to by Mr. Scupper. There was no real imagination or creativity in developing this year long halloween event.
I freely and fully accept your right to participate and enjoy this event. In fact as long as they're offering it it is obvious that people ARE enjoying it but somehow you feel insulted because I personally feel it isn't entertainment up to Disney standards and I am sad that this is the best Disney can do these days and I am sad that this is the extent that Disney has to strive for to generate "fans". Sorry you disagree and it's not personal I just think it's schlock and you don't. Who insulted who?
Who insulted who?
"What, who me? What did I say?" 
they are worth doing that for and there is no one else to do that.
