Disney to raise prices for second time this year

[ConstanceIrene]

Evidently demand is high so they'd be fools not get a little more money out of people. The only way the prices won't increase is if demand goes down. I remember 2003, getting 7 nights for the price of 4. We won't see that special again for a long time, if ever

Yes, but they offered the free dining plan again this year and that is a great deal, so you never know. Perhaps the 7 for 4 will come back again, especially when people have sticker shock over the price of park admission.

I'm just kicking myself right now because I didn't buy my family's annual passes online the other day. Every price increase, for us, is multiplied by 4 adults.

 

[LudwigVonDrake]

If so...does this mean, when/if the prices of fuel drops, the price of the tickets will? No, the tickets will never drop in price...unless they see a HUGE decline in guests due to the ticket prices.

There won't be a huge decline because you'll always find people who are willing to pay. Plus if there is a drop in tourism again, the ticket prices will not go down. They will give you discounts on the rooms or other options but ticket prices are where they will stay

 

[Hakunamatata]

That's a really bad analogy.

There is a HUGE difference between soda and gas.

One is a necessity for most people, the other is not.

Gas prices are out of control because most of us have no choice but to pay them. Sure, we can minimize our need (for instance, by not driving around alone in a gas-guzzling SUV), but it's still a life-expense that most of us cannot eliminate. It's sick how record profits for them lead to record expense for us...but if you want to defend the fleecing of America by saying Disney charges too much for a sugary soda treat, I guess this concept would be lost on you.

AEfx

In your opinion it may be a bad analogy, however, the latter part of my statement is a basic economic truth.

 

[CJR]

How often do you buy a one-day ticket?

I just bought a 8-day park hopper, and the difference in price before and after the increase was about $12. So my price went up less than $2/day.

Is $12 for a week's admission really going to deter people from coming as you postulate?

People see the "$71!!!!!!!!!" headline everywhere, but the truth is very, very few people actually pay that price. Most pay much, much less.

AEfx

Your talking about yourself. I wasn't speaking for myself. I'm thinking for those famlies who make $20,000 a year and spend over $5000 of that on a Disney vacation. Compare how much it costs to go to Disney World now from 1998, when Animal Kingdom first opened. It costs more to fly there, to drive there, to stay at a hotel there, to go to the parks there, to eat there, probably to shop there. I am willing to bet the cost has gone up much more than 10% since then. You might not buy the single day ticket, but I am willing to be you're a Disney freak, as I am. Not everyone is like that. People who don't know Disney very well buy those one day tickets each day on their five day vacation.

The cost of getting to the world is going up and it doesn't help when the cost to stay in the world does also. That will definitely cause a portion of the crowd to disappear. People won't go as a often as they do now simply because they cannot afford it. You mentioned the park hoppers, do you seriously think Disney won't raise them too? I give it less than two months.