WDW Ticket Price Increase

[PolynesianPrincess]

Like everything else from gasoline to hamburger meat, they all are using the pandemic as an excuse to get back the proceeds they lost whilst everyone was locked down. It is happening worldwide and rest assured, prices will never go back down because shareholders will quickly become comfortable with increased dividends.

The prices will never go down. Disney could take away every single perk offered and they would still charge the same.

 

[John park hopper]

Like everything else from gasoline to hamburger meat, they all are using the pandemic as an excuse to get back the proceeds they lost whilst everyone was locked down. It is happening worldwide and rest assured, prices will never go back down because shareholders will quickly become comfortable with increased dividends.

The reality is energy costs have sky rocketed since Jan 2022 (by design) and energy is used in every aspect of the economy adding costs to everything while wages remain stagnate.

 

[epcotWSC]

We have DVC so we're pretty much on the hook to go every year (or more or less depending on banking and such), but as time goes on we go to the parks less, go to restaurants less, etc. We used to go 5 days at the parks, then it became 4, now in our upcoming trip it will be 3. If Disney keeps charging more for less I'll keep my spending to a minimum whenever I use my timeshare. I may even start taking trips up to Universal to spend more days as my kids get older.

I'm sure there are many other regulars like myself who will see Disney's continuous price increases and not feel that it's worth it. These execs think they're so smart, but their hyper focus on short term gains will eventually harm the brand... With the way Disney is going it'll be sooner rather than later.

 

[Ayla]

I was just looking at my AP comparisons... in 2001 we paid $349 no blackout dates... 2011 we paid $519 no blackout dates (increase of $170 over 10 years) In 2021 the same AP is $1,195 (increase of $676 over 10 years)

I paid $850ish for a Platinum AP in 2008. No idea what the cost is now.

 

[Ayla]

We have DVC so we're pretty much on the hook to go every year (or more or less depending on banking and such), but as time goes on we go to the parks less, go to restaurants less, etc. We used to go 5 days at the parks, then it became 4, now in our upcoming trip it will be 3. If Disney keeps charging more for less I'll keep my spending to a minimum whenever I use my timeshare. I may even start taking trips up to Universal to spend more days as my kids get older.

I'm sure there are many other regulars like myself who will see Disney's continuous price increases and not feel that it's worth it. These execs think they're so smart, but their hyper focus on short term gains will eventually harm the brand... With the way Disney is going it'll be sooner rather than later.

I'm ok with a price increase if it brings increased value. Up to this point, Disney has raised prices and continued to take things away (ME, magicbands, fastpass, entertainment, resort parking, benefits to staying on site, more restrictive park hopping, etc etc etc).

What it fundamentally boils down to is, for me, I no longer feel like I am getting any value from vacationing at WDW.

 

[HauntedPirate]

I was just looking at my AP comparisons... in 2001 we paid $349 no blackout dates... 2011 we paid $519 no blackout dates (increase of $170 over 10 years) In 2021 the same AP is $1,195 (increase of $676 over 10 years)

Yep. I have a spreadsheet Although $lappie made it really difficult to make apples to apples comparisons for 1-day tickets with the change to demand-based pricing. But AP’s and hoppers, it’s much easier to see their pricing trends. (Hint: Up faster than inflation, even the government-manipulated inflation numbers)

 

[Patcheslee]

Majority of June through August prices stayed the same, worst of the increases come in November.
Would it be correct to assume they aren’t seeing summer bookings as high as they want and November has high demand already?

 

[SourcererMark79]

Majority of June through August prices stayed the same, worst of the increases come in November.
Would it be correct to assume they aren’t seeing summer bookings as high as they want and November has high demand already?

The summer months have not been as crowded as they were 5-10 years ago. This is also one of the reasons why DVC points charts have undergone numerous reclassifications. While only a small number of overall guests are DVC, many (like me) want to get the most nights out of our points, and these changes have really squeezed the desirable weeks into higher point per night categories.

 

[DryerLintFan]

"WDW Ticket Price Increase" should just be a sticky at this point

 

[Patcheslee]

Majority of June through August prices stayed the same, worst of the increases come in November.
Would it be correct to assume they aren’t seeing summer bookings as high as they want and November has high demand already?

Single day price increases for remainder of the year March-December, Thanksgiving week is topped out with Christmas prices

 

[PolynesianPrincess]

Single day price increases for remainder of the year March-December, Thanksgiving week is topped out with Christmas pricesView attachment 622750

I thought according to the original post single day tickets did not increase?

 

[Indy_UK]

Now that all the perks and freebies have been pretty much stripped out, hopefully we are near the end of that.

Like others, I’m fine with increases as long as I see value. I totally see the reasoning behind systems like park reservations and have no issue with them but it doesn’t feel like it’s being used to actually cap capacity. I’m past the notion that it was all aiming towards reducing the crowds but we know that isn’t going to happen

 

[Patcheslee]

I thought according to the original post single day tickets did not increase?

Overall single days didn't, but many days did. That's what caused multiday tickets to increase.

 

[gsansone]

1-3 days stayed the same.

4-day base ticket went from $434.83-$596.74 to $447.70-$596.74 (including tax)

5-day base ticket went from $463.56-$630.85 to $484.52-$646.87

6-day base ticket went from $477.79-$645.91 to $496.43-$672.25

7-day base ticket went from $492.06-$661.56 to $511.10-$694.96

8-day base ticket went from $518.17-$678.83 to $545.19-$716.20

9-day base ticket went from $536.00-$691.93 to $563.46-$738.66

10-day base ticket went from $553.69-$703.65 to $582.09-$752.40

Park Hopper

1-2 days stayed the same

3-day park hopper went from $415.77-$555.88 to $416.37-$555.88

4-day park hopper went from $525.35-$687.27 to $540.89-$687.27

5-day park hopper went from $554.09-$721.38 to $572.47-$739.92

6-day park hopper went from $568.32-$736.44 to $586.96-$762.77

7-day park hopper went from $582.59-$752.08 to $601.63-$785.48

8-day park hopper went from $608.69-$769.36 to $628.04-$810.55

9-day park hopper went from $626.53-$782.46 to $649.96-$827.00

10-day park hopper went from $644.22-$794.17 to $671.55-$841.86

Park Hopper Plus

1-2 days stayed the same

3-day park hopper went from $437.07-$577.18 to $437.67-$577.18

4-day park hopper went from $546.65-$708.57 to $559.53-$708.57

5-day park hopper went from $575.39-$742.68 to $593.53-$761.22

6-day park hopper went from $589.62-$757.74 to $612.02-$784.07

7-day park hopper went from $603.89-$773.38 to $622.98-$806.78

8-day park hopper went from $629.99-$790.66 to $653.57-$828.03

9-day park hopper went from $647.83-$803.76 to $678.94-$844.66

10-day park hopper went from $665.52-$815.47 to $698.43-$863.16

OUCH!!! This is just one of the many reasons I sold/rented my DVC points this year. Prices climb while many big attractions and alterations are still not done. Great timing.