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Dining plan price increase

lebeau

lebeau

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GhostHost1000 said:
ok... is it just me or are they raising prices of EVERYTHING across the board (resorts, food, tickets, etc.) - which ends up costing the average family much more than before because increases are in everything. It would make more sense to stagger these things a little better... but people are still gonna come... so.... ugh....
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Not us. We're out. I don't know which straw specifically broke the camel's back, but we're done.

If we go again, it won't be for a long time. No desire to return any time soon.
 
Cletus

Cletus

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disneyflush said:
Price increases on top or price increases. Its frustrating. Some people want to work 51 weeks a year in misery to go to Disney for the other week. Disney should embrace them, not push them away with large price increases. If they were smart they would find a way to let them just lock in for years on end and give them a break on price increases somehow.
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They USED to. We bought up a bunch of the 10 day NON EXPIRING park hoppers 3 or 4 years ago. We still have nine days per person left. Guess what? They just ditched those tickets and no longer offer them.
 
disneyflush

disneyflush

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Cletus said:
I saw he posted yesterday that all Character Buffet lunches are priced the same as Dinner now. Akershus went from $49 to $58. He gave an example of of a family of four (2 adults, 13 year old and 7 year old) and how lunch would now cost $243.80 w/tax & 18% tip. It was ridiculous before but now it's just getting obscene.
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Oh I guess you can put a price on ONCE IN A LIFETIME now right?!? C'mon Cletus, what are you gonna do.....FLY over to actual Norway and eat lunch THERE? Oh and just probably happen to casually bump into ACTUAL PRINCESSES that are wanting to each lunch with your family? Haha, not likely! Cause that would be thousands of dollars so this is a massive savings for the same experience.
 
Cletus

Cletus

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disneyflush said:
Oh I guess you can put a price on ONCE IN A LIFETIME now right?!? C'mon Cletus, what are you gonna do.....FLY over to actual Norway and eat lunch THERE? Oh and just probably happen to casually bump into ACTUAL PRINCESSES that are wanting to each lunch with your family? Haha, not likely! Cause that would be thousands of dollars so this is a massive savings for the same experience.
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I can only assume you are kidding....right? $250 for lunch is asinine.
 
sxeensweet

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DDP goes up a little almost every year just like tickets go up every year so no surprise here. It's to be expected so not bothered by this at all. 3% does not add but barely a little over $2/pp a day for the regular dining plan. Lol. For me and DH that go for 2 weeks at a time that's only roughly an extra $60 total for 2 weeks! And yes we do buy the plan every trip because we like pre paying for most of our food, and always plan for increases from year to year. :)
 
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flyerjab

flyerjab

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I believe that this is the official statement regarding DVC members.

It will include DVC members... Eventually. But, not right away like all other people who buy the dining packages.

"Please be aware that this price increase does not affect DVC members or their guests (renters). DVC pricing for the DDP will not increase until the new pricing is released for 2017 stays. The price increase will only affect those guests that book a Magic Your Way package with Dining through Disney."
 
sxeensweet

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Love a little Disney every day!! ;)
flyerjab said:
I believe that this is the official statement regarding DVC members.

It will include DVC members... Eventually. But, not right away like all other people who buy the dining packages.

"Please be aware that this price increase does not affect DVC members or their guests (renters). DVC pricing for the DDP will not increase until the new pricing is released for 2017 stays. The price increase will only affect those guests that book a Magic Your Way package with Dining through Disney."
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Thanks for the extra info! I'm DVC (since 2013 but still always bought the plan prior and never did free dining either) so that's a plus but still the 3% is not an unreasonable increase. We will pay it when we go back in 2017. ;)
 
CaptainAmerica

CaptainAmerica

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MinnieM123 said:
In just the past few weeks, we've seen park ticket increases, dining plan increases, and also an end to bringing outside food into the parks. Just wondering, what's next?
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The same thing every year? Things get more expensive yet the parks still hit record levels with over 90% room occupancy. Prices are actually rising too slowly. A WDW vacation is still priced below the market's willingness to pay.

Lirael said:
According to another thread, a likely resort fee for things to are right now free (wifi, MagicExpress etc)
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That is absolutely not "likely" at this point. It was a survey question, not some plan that folks have uncovered that's definitely (or even likely) coming.

Nmoody1 said:
Dumbed down menus for dumbed down palates.
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That's bad parenting and uncultured Americans. Doesn't have much to do with the dining plan.

But yeah the dining plan sucks.
 
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DisneyJoe

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CaptainAmerica said:
I'm confused. Is that fundamentally any different than booking a single night and buying a single day ticket?
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You cannot buy a WDW Package with a 1-day ticket starting today.

Packages can contain options that a room only booking cannot have, such as insurance and the package extras.
 
sxeensweet

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tk924 said:
Park ticket increases
Dining plan increases
Possible resort fee

Looks like there's no end in sight. :greedy:
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2 out of those 3 happen every single year!! Lol And there are many additions in the US being worked on and already added across Disney Company including 2 new cruise ships also just announced besides all the many other projects and completed additions, and soon to be completed additions this year and the last several years in a row. People tend to forget all of this! And yes I also know they had record profits in 2015 too. Okay rant over! Lol :rolleyes:
 
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