News Annual Pass price increases June 2019

RustySpork

RustySpork

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TJ Vazquez said:
I believe all the schools near me (in Georgia) have a Fall break in September, Christmas/Holiday Break in December, a Winter break in February, Spring Break in April then the typical Summer break so spreading crowds in theory should be easier to do, but I am not sure that is how it is for Florida schools.
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A lot of those breaks have been reduced to two days rather than a week, that's what I've seen here in Orange County and in other parts of the country where I have family. You're right though, generally speaking.
 
kevlightyear

kevlightyear

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CaptainAmerica said:
...unless they were already getting >125% of their money's worth, in which case they should expect the price increase with zero change in the offering.

If an avocado is worth $2 to me but it's currently priced at $1, I'm getting surplus utility. If the price increases to $2, that's just the market adjusting to the already-perceived value. I shouldn't expect to get two avocados for that price.
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The avocado analogy is a good one. This increase is Disney saying, "This is what people will pay."

If the average person, though, hears Disney saying, "This is what it should have been, you were lucky before," they'll feel slighted. That's why a more gradual rise might have gone over better.
 
kevlightyear

kevlightyear

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Joeamc said:
Price is the real determination when it comes to supply and demand, not "Increased Value". So, what Disney is doing, as a business is raising "price" to see when the equilibrium or supply/demand ratio changes. So, in other words, Disney will raise prices as much as they can, without adding anything new to the parks, until they see a drop in attendance. Thats how business works. With that being said, they ARE adding things to the parks (I.E. SWGE) so that helps their cause even more.
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A sound business argument that the average consumer doesn't care to think about.
 
ppete1975

ppete1975

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MansionButler84 said:
So they say. They are lying. They don't want lower crowds. They want people spread out. As is said too often, "it's a business." No business wants fewer people. They want people better dispersed throughout the year so they can keep a steady workforce. And those who are in the parks need to be spending more money. Every move in recent years has been to get more money from wealthy guests who believe they are getting a premium experience.

Honestly, only DCL provides a true premium experience for premium price any more...
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They want lower crowds if it doesn't affect the bottom line. Trust me the complaints on too crowded Disney is growing, and with what they are adding its only going to get worse. Over crowded hurts word of mouth, and return visits. Id be shocked if there isn't weekly meetings on how to reduce and spread out the crowds.. especially the ones that are considered the poorer class. Trust me I hate to say that but they are going after the upper middle to upper class money, and over crowded hurts that.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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ppete1975 said:
They want lower crowds if it doesn't affect the bottom line. Trust me the complaints on too crowded Disney is growing, and with what they are adding its only going to get worse. Over crowded hurts word of mouth, and return visits. Id be shocked if there isn't weekly meetings on how to reduce and spread out the crowds.. especially the ones that are considered the poorer class. Trust me I hate to say that but they are going after the upper middle to upper class money, and over crowded hurts that.
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If crowds keep crowds away, why do the parks keep getting more crowded?
 

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