For me the ugly part is charging 25 bucks per bottle for the right to bring a $20 bottle of wine or champagne on board. At least they allow you to buy spirits at port and bring them home though if you find something interesting.
They can't go right to pricing. They already took that low hanging fruit and are getting regularly called out on it not just in places like these forums but popular media.
... So it's basically proving already to be quickly on the way to a $15 per day ticket price increase (on top of whatever else is coming).
TS, sure, they're probably maxed out on price in the short term. But I think there's room in QS. I shared earlier this month that chicken strips with fries are $15 at my local amusement park. They're $9.99 at Cosmic Ray's.
Exactly. Now if this is only if you want to bring your bottle to dinner then not terrible. I unfortunately have not been on a cruise yet so I don't know the ins and outs of how this is applied. Just paid the ransom (deposit) for next fall though, so I will find out one way or another.
At The Walt Disney Company, we like to call that The Disney Difference™!
Good point. I'm primarily thinking of rooms and tickets but they could inconsistently raise prices on various food, merchandise, and experience options in a way that doesn't look like a blanket increase and would likely be missed by most of the public and general media.
It’s a dining room thing. You’re more than welcome to pack a wine key in your checked bags (they’ll confiscate a carry-on like TSA), and enjoy the wine in your stateroom or even walking the ship.
You watch, that will be the next thing they take away. It's coming...
SHHHHHHHH!!! Don't give them any ideas...we can't let them put a stop to bringing your own food in.
Yup. They even list what size coolers are allowed in on the park rules page.
"We are a more premium experience than ever! The Disney Difference™ justifies our prices so come on down to Florida!"
From my understanding, they were talking about reducing serving sizes AND increasing the price for that reduced portion.
Being able to bring on a $40 bottle of wine does not justify in any way paying at least twice the fare per person compared to other lines.
Except everyone uses metrics now. The bloggers seem to scrape the data and get an exceptions report anytime a menu item or price is changed. Then they use that data to decide what restaurants to revisit and write their blog posts. The trend is towards a greater number of people knowing when WDW makes a price change within days or hours of the change. Not everyone knows that information is available, but it’s reached the point where that information *is* readily available to anyone who wants it. It’s actually been a bit horrifying how frequently my Feedly gets populated with “all the menu changes at X” type posts.Good point. I'm primarily thinking of rooms and tickets but they could inconsistently raise prices on various food, merchandise, and experience options in a way that doesn't look like a blanket increase and would likely be missed by most of the public and general media.
Obviously, you'll notice if those chicken strips go up and we'll all complain and talk trash if the large bucket of popcorn goes up by $1-$3 but if it's not like a blanket 10%-50% price increase across all food on a menu, at a location, or resort-wide a lot of people probably won't.
I don’t think it’s a big enough money deal to fight…
