I understand your point, but in my opinion I don't accept mediocrity. There are some place at Disney we don't or rarely patron because the food is not up to the level of other places on property.
It's not really about setting a price, it's all about value for the money you are paying. Everything cost money, it's all about what you get for that amount of money that really counts. My wife feels that the quality of the experience at WDW has declined while the cost continues to rise. I agree with her on some of this while I disagree with other points she has made. Most folks here will always find a way to justify almost anything Disney does. We can come up with all kinds of explanations why it's ok to herd people on to a bus like they were cattle, and it's ok for the elderly, small children, and women to have to stand. After all it's Disney, that's just the way it's done. We find ways to justify why your room isn't vacumned each day, and why your sheets aren't changed each day. I could go on, and on, but I will stop for now. If a person speaks out about things like that, well maybe he just needs to go some where else on vacation, don't rock the boat. Let's overlook how the Parks aren't as clean as they once were, I'm sure someone can come up with a good reason for that. I still love WDW, I just think it's value is dropping for my vacation experience.
Nothin like a new and original joke. It gives me a warm feeling inside. :hammer:That's why you don't want bean counters running your business.....
And apparently, you have fallen into the "I equate anything I don't like to a rape so everyone will know I am hard-core serious" camp. Kinda makes you sound silly, like politicians/talk show hosts who equate all of their perceived enemies as being "like" the Nazis or the Ku Klux Klan. The only thing comparable to a rape in this instance is that you're acting like you've been victimized. I can only imagine how many brownie points you'd score with someone on the board who was an actual victim of rape. "Wow, having to pay this much for a resort room, or a fish sandwich? Yeah, they're exactly the same thing."
It's OK, you just don't know any better, I'm sure.
What constitutes too damn much money for you in regards to a trip to WDW might not meet my threshold. However, there may be other luxuries you'd gladly shell out more money for than I'd ever dream of paying. Me, personally, there are very few bands I'd be willing to shell out scalpers/ticket agent prices to see in a giant (or Giants) Stadium, let alone the cost of getting to the concert, food or drink or soveniers, etc. And even if I'm buying straight from the box office, there aren't many bands I'd pay more than, say, 50 to 60 dollars to see. Whereas some people I know would spend that much money ON TOP OF the cost of a ticket, to hire someone to wait on line or call Ticketmaster or jump on the internets tubes the day the show goes on sale to make sure they get their seats. It's rare that I'm willing to pay top dollar for orchestra seats to a Bway show, too. Meanwhile, I know people who think even matinee prices for movies are too damn expensive, let aone getting snacks, so they rarely see a movie until it's on DVD or PPV. Some people have to have Oreos, others can deal with a generic cookie. Some people only use a car to get from Point A to Point B and damn the status symbol. Certainly, not everyone feels that way.
If you want, but it's kind of ironic, most people get angry if their thread gets hijacked.
Seriously, I think the issue's been explored pretty thoroughly. Clearly, everyone has a breaking point where they determine a trip to WDW to be too expensive. For some people, that time might be now. For others, it may have been last year or ten years ago or who knows? For others, that time has not come. Value is a perception, and is therefore relative to the perceptioner.
Personally, I enjoy my trips to WDW enough that I'm not necessarily put off by the price increase, though I'm not pleased with it, either. Being a paid in full DVC member takes the sting out of it a bit as I only pay dues and can get discounts on annual passes. Past few years, WDW has been offering "value" to people who either stay for really long periods of time (making many people have to choose not to do anything else in Orlando, either because there's either no time or not enough money). Eventually, that gamble will stop paying off. Sorry for me to tell you, based on the replies in this thread, that time is probably not now. Not enough for WDW to rethink their policies anyway.
