T.R. Holiday
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The great thing about this is that the inexpensive passes now get free parking. I go pretty much every weekend and this will save me a lot of money!
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Big changes coming to Annual Passes
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Disneyhead'71
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AP Sale!!!!!
Disneyhead'71
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There should be a 12 step program for this.
T.R. Holiday
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Hah! Sign me up!
Sonconato
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I would agree with you to some extent. However, we know many locals that do go and spend plenty of money (at least used to). Most businesses that I am aware of, thrive on loyal customers/guests and prefer the frequent repeat customer/guests over those that only come once or occasionally. Those types of guests are the ones that encourage family members, friends and coworkers from afar, to visit the parks and spend as much time there as they are able to afford. It doesn't require expensive marketing to increase your revenue, just the tried and true "word of mouth". My husband just recently encouraged a coworker from Kansas to do just that and now he regrets the suggestion. He comes from a huge family as well and he said he no longer can comfortably say it's a worthwhile vacation. The parks are simply NOT keeping up with the expense of a vacation.
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asianway
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I for once am impressed by the professionalism exhibited here by the CMs who knew. Info like this typically leaks and this time they kept it under wraps
asianway
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There's some real meat on the Bone there. Extra days should never cost $4.
PhotoDave219
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Well things are kept under wraps... My people were like "sorry, couldn't tell you".... But the ensuing conversation has been pretty interesting.
All the antics we've seen on Disney Twinker and passholder antics showing off, hounding characters, etc., well this is an immediate response to try and quell all that. Too many cases of local passholders behaving badly it seems. Apparently Entertainment was all for this to happen.
As a long time AP holder I look at it this way; by purchasing an Annual Pass I am making a commitment to Disney to visit more than once a year and spend my money with them. And yes, it is a commitment. I am saying to them, "I will spend my money with you for my future vacations".
In return for my years of commitment, Disney has annually decreased my benefits, raised prices, added black out dates and made it much more difficult to get an AP discount on a resort room unless your constantly monitoring the website for release dates. Not to mention the walled off areas of parks and 5-7 year construction periods that come with it.
Not the end of world, but definitely the beginning of our commitment to another theme park for a few years which seems to actually value my business a bit more.
In return for my years of commitment, Disney has annually decreased my benefits, raised prices, added black out dates and made it much more difficult to get an AP discount on a resort room unless your constantly monitoring the website for release dates. Not to mention the walled off areas of parks and 5-7 year construction periods that come with it.
Not the end of world, but definitely the beginning of our commitment to another theme park for a few years which seems to actually value my business a bit more.
Animaniac93-98
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Don't they just write it off as a business expense anyway?
PhotoDave219
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I'd love to see their accounting methods...
note2001
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I believe the youtube vloggers do write off their park passes - one, I can't remember which, was commenting on it. But what savings does it really have for them? They'll still need the top tier to get in for the holidays, and the tax savings could not be significant if they make decent money.
KeeKee
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How about a tiered discount program for repeat pass holder renewals? Maybe if you've renewed 5 or fewer times you might get 10% off; 5-10 times, 20% off your renewal? If WDW doesn't want to appear too greedy and still believes in something like, say, customer loyalty, wouldn't that be a possible offer they could make?
Oh wait, nah, I must be forgetting who I'm talking about...
Oh wait, nah, I must be forgetting who I'm talking about...
hopemax
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Even if it's not a business expense, single people/or even couples should be able to come up with the funds, if they really value WDW. Everybody with a halfway decent job, pretty much has a yearly entertainment budget of a size to cover this. Whether its green fees/new clubs, new car parts, concert tickets, sports tickets or even just things like a top of the line cable package, alcohol, cigarettes. It's a matter of prioritizing (people may have to pick & choose).
So I don't quite see how this is going to disrupt a lifestyler. It's the families with kids, who have to multiply by 3, 4 or more that are more likely to be priced out. The ones doing the trick of, "I'll visit in November this year, and October next year, and so I get 2 trips for the price of 1-ish.
KeeKee
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Could be, at some point, its just a matter of principle. There is such a thing as rewarding customer loyalty.
afb28
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you mean stock prices after/during a recession then increased as the economy got better?
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this is a very poor example for your argument
Disneyhead'71
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I haven't paid to get into WDW since I bought my last AP in 2009. So I predict that the massive price hike while closing stuff right and left probably won't entice me back.