News Disney CEO Bob Chapek suggests price hikes are coming to the parks thanks to guest demand

[nickys]

Next, remember the other thing is you can book your Disney trip a year in advance so for a lot of folks it makes it a bit less painful

Not any more.

New rules for those who like to book room only before packages released - you can't anymore!

No more booking room only over the phone at 499 days out. Oh I would be so stressed if I were going in January and couldn't book until June. I'm that person that already has our cruise booked for 2024! 😂 https://blogmickey.com/2022/08/disney-world-shortens-advance-booking-window-for-hotel-rooms/

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[Br0ckford]

$200 is nothing. A number of folks family and friends, working from home save more per week not spending on bus fare to NYC, daily lunches, multiple Starbucks fix, dry cleaning, wear and tear on car, gas etc.

Yeah I mean I don't need to eat everyday. That's just a luxury. Bring on those price hikes Chappie.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I see from a TA friend that WDTC is doing “$200 deposits for all 2023 trips!!”

…uh oh…bad look there.

Isn't that normal?

I don't book packages, I book room only, but hasn't it always been $200 down for a package, first night down for room only?

 

[Lilofan]

Yeah I mean I don't need to eat everyday. That's just a luxury. Bring on those price hikes Chappie.

Price hikes in general is a fact of life.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Isn't that normal?

I don't book packages, I book room only, but hasn't it always been $200 down for a package, first night down for room only?

I think the standard policy was more…but now that you say it…I’d have to research it

 

[Br0ckford]

Price hikes in general is a fact of life.

Oh absolutely. Let them eat cake, right?

 

[Br0ckford]

I think the standard policy was more…but now that you say it…I’d have to research it

We just booked for November and it was $200 down.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Price hikes in general is a fact of life.

Yes…but like all excuses…that one is wearing thin. Less prancing by Slaphead would help on this front

 

[Patcheslee]

I think the standard policy was more…but now that you say it…I’d have to research it

$200 down, then $171 for trip insurance if wanted.

 

[larryz]

 

[eliza61nyc]

Yeah I mean I don't need to eat everyday. That's just a luxury. Bring on those price hikes Chappie.

Lol but the reality is you've got it backwards. DISNEY is the non essential luxury, so unlike food you absolutely have the option of doing without. So crappie "chappie" can bring in the price hikes

 

[CinematicFusion]

• Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s decision to hike Disney+’s price by $3 per month runs counter to the strategy his predecessor, Bob Iger, had set in place.

 

[JoeCamel]

• Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s decision to hike Disney+’s price by $3 per month runs counter to the strategy his predecessor, Bob Iger, had set in place.

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Absolutely he is going to show how much Bob the previous left on the table all these years

 

[Walt d]

It's been happening for a long time but I've never seen this company so out of touch as I do now.

$$$$$$$

 

[HauntedPirate]

Oh dear. The bump in stock price from the irrational exuberance after the Q3 earnings call has all but disappeared. It's as if there are economic headwinds for the travel industry that inevitably come when the economy is on a downward arc towards recession (the stock market can't seem to get ahead for more than a few days at a time before giving up the gains) but Bob and Christine have been ignoring them in favor of more positively-spun statements that are impossible to quantify or verify ("we're pleased with advanced bookings and intent to visit") to give shareholders and stock analysts warm fuzzies.

 

[GimpYancIent]

Pricing, fee's, charges and added costs are now nothing less than.......

 

[flynnibus]

""I don't care what current management may tell you. The plain fact is, you can't fool all the people all the time. Nor can you succeed in our business by trying to get by on the cheap. Consumers know when they are getting value for their money, and they know when you're trying to sell them second-hand goods. So what kind of change do we need to make? It's really quite simple. We need to install a new management team, one that understands and believes in the enormously valuable legacy that's been entrusted to us. Speaking as someone with the last name of Disney, it is my firm belief that we are not a commodity. As long as we continue to believe in the power of creative ideas, then our best years still lie ahead.""

Roy Disney March 2004

 

[HauntedPirate]

""I don't care what current management may tell you. The plain fact is, you can't fool all the people all the time. Nor can you succeed in our business by trying to get by on the cheap. Consumers know when they are getting value for their money, and they know when you're trying to sell them second-hand goods. So what kind of change do we need to make? It's really quite simple. We need to install a new management team, one that understands and believes in the enormously valuable legacy that's been entrusted to us. Speaking as someone with the last name of Disney, it is my firm belief that we are not a commodity. As long as we continue to believe in the power of creative ideas, then our best years still lie ahead.""

Roy Disney March 2004

Bob C - "Under my leadership, Disney has a lot of creative ideas (on how to suck more money out of the consumers wallets)"

 

[JoeCamel]

""I don't care what current management may tell you. The plain fact is, you can't fool all the people all the time. Nor can you succeed in our business by trying to get by on the cheap. Consumers know when they are getting value for their money, and they know when you're trying to sell them second-hand goods. So what kind of change do we need to make? It's really quite simple. We need to install a new management team, one that understands and believes in the enormously valuable legacy that's been entrusted to us. Speaking as someone with the last name of Disney, it is my firm belief that we are not a commodity. As long as we continue to believe in the power of creative ideas, then our best years still lie ahead.""

Roy Disney March 2004

Bob C - "Under my leadership, Disney has a lot of creative ideas (on how to suck more money out of the consumers wallets)"

Bob C. "Roy who?"

 

[GimpYancIent]

Bob C - "Under my leadership, Disney has a lot of creative ideas (on how to suck more money out of the consumers wallets)"

Bob C, creative? Leadership? Really?