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1000 dollar tickets, 1 day a year
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Sirwalterraleigh
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High rollers don’t crave amusement parks.
There was this silly little fictitious rumor made up by Bob-o-philes about ten years ago that they do.
Disney parks were built for a very specific demographic: the standard family unit with 2.5 kids and 1.5 dogs
And why? Because it was the most economically powerful demographic on the planet. Size…spending potential…and loyalty.
It’s really that simple. The reason it’s out of whack know and in decline is the top level of the dwarf house decided they hate their customers…only slightly less than they hate their employees. So they played a game to see if they could eliminate both?
And are losing the game.
Here Endeth the lesson.
There was this silly little fictitious rumor made up by Bob-o-philes about ten years ago that they do.
Disney parks were built for a very specific demographic: the standard family unit with 2.5 kids and 1.5 dogs
And why? Because it was the most economically powerful demographic on the planet. Size…spending potential…and loyalty.
It’s really that simple. The reason it’s out of whack know and in decline is the top level of the dwarf house decided they hate their customers…only slightly less than they hate their employees. So they played a game to see if they could eliminate both?
And are losing the game.
Here Endeth the lesson.
JIMINYCR
Well-Known Member
Since the discussion has turned to "millionaires can afford it and will use it in mass" maybe Dis can tie it in as a millionaire job fair to seek out a future replacement for Bob I. Having positions that make that income level shows they have skills. A good way to get prospective applicants.
TalkToEthan
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Disney Sea is approx $60 for an adult single day; “juniors” are $43; “kids” are $34
The best park in the world is approx 1/3 the price of MK
DisneyHead123
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Fair point that they’d lose money on guest spending, no idea what that averages per guest.
DisneyHead123
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I’m not totally sure I understand the question. It is definitely a hypothetical, not something I think would actually happen, but I do think 18k people would pay that for one day under the right circumstances.
I did change the OPs question though. They asked if it would be “packed”. I’m saying if they specifically offered a day of minimal crowds during a peak season like the holidays, yes, I think they could sell out for ONE day. I think that at least that number of people stayed on the Star Cruiser, certainly that many have done VIP tours.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
All Disney parks world wide are a comparative better value than wdw…except maybe DCA and studios Paris
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
Don't forget that if it was just one day, then the demand then the $1k might just work but it wouldn't keep the crowd down so other than a huge decline in attendance it would have to include more than the 18000 or if they limited it to the 18000 there would be a whole lot of teed off rich folk because they couldn't get in. If it were a constant thing then in order to realize that much return it would be 18000 every single day of the year and I don't think that number would be sustainable over 365 days or in the case of this year... 366 days. They are liable to use up all the millionaires or at least have a lot of them thinking that there must be other fun things to do.
DisneyHead123
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I don’t think there’s any real worry about them raising ticket prices to $1k, fortunately! But the hypothetical was about one day. I thought it was a vaguely interesting thought experiment, and my take is that you can find an audience for something like that if you’re limiting the timeline that much. People pay money like that for concerts and sporting events that last a few hours… they certainly wouldn’t do it every day, but as a one time thing it’s surprising how much people will spend. (Again, though, my answer didn’t totally answer OPs question as I think they’d have to market it, add an air of exclusivity… maybe get Taylor Swift there although that might raise the price to 5k… I don’t think a super random day with a $1k ticket would be packed, as the original question asked. People would save $850 to take a resort day.)
Goofyernmost
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I'm sure the price would work, just like it is going to work for the Super Bowl. I heard that it was over $4K for the cheap seats. The theoretical problem would be that how are you going to tell that many people that would exceed the limited admission that their $4K+ would not be good enough to get them in. A one day would have no problem reaching there admission goals, but it's not those that get in that they have to think about. It's the other people that would have been there normally on that day or had the money and eligibility but are not allowed. So in my mind, theoretically it would be counter productive. Also remember what they were charging for and what happened to the Star Wars Hotel and that was a whole lot fewer people that even tried.
They wouldn't be packed, and while some people would show up they would lose money because the few that would show up would probably be gunning to do as many attractions as possible which wouldn't make them any money on mouse ears and food.
Would it be less than a private tour? assume 450/hour for 7 hours... that's only 3150... slap on 4 130 tickets, 520... so a total of 3670.... You couldn't do more than 7 hours... but if its a private tour you skip all the line BS and could probably get more done in that 7 hours than you could do in full day.
DisneyHead123
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I guess “1k Day”, if it existed, would follow the same logic as after hours parties. It can sell out, and by the way, tough luck to everyone inconvenienced.
That said, I’m assuming this was just a thought experiment about how much people would pay to get into Disney so I didn’t worry about the logistical realities of actually conducting such a day too much.
DisneyHead123
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Is that what tours go for these days? I thought it was typically more but I’m not in the tour buying bracket, lol. I think $450 is the absolute minimum but they go for as much as $900 an hour (according to Google at least.)
Yes they go up to 900... but that would be someone booking on a weekend during a peak season and prime time. I suspect if you were going to go for as much as possible on a trip you would avoid those times simple because even if you were skipping lines the chaos would still be a pain in the backside. Been there during Christmas once and even if we had had a tour guide the simple act of getting around would have still sucked. We learned the hard way to never ever go at Christmas.... just not worth it.