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Disney World Has Gotten Too Expensive
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Eric Graham
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Hasn't eveything gotten expensive? When you go to the grocery store and get 6 small bags of groceries it costs you over 100 dollars.
Eric Graham
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It seems that the travel boom really hasn't slowed down much. I thought it would have slowed some after the revenge travel after the pandemic. When I had my haircut last week, my wonderful hair person told me that they're already packing the planes now and it's not even summer. I've heard that the credit card stocks are doing great by the way. Yay for them!
Eric Graham
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We have rabbits, feral ones in our backyard. My dog, Belle, is too slow to catch them. They live under our backyard deck
JIMINYCR
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Ho hum. It’s just another one of those videos saying the same as all the others that have come and gone, that Dis is priced out of range for everyone. So we will get the same responses….. Yes greedy Dis has priced out the little guy who will never get to go. Mentioned will be the Walt quote that he built the park for everyone and the argument will be that if Walt were alive prices would be affordable for all and be like it was in the 60s. Only millionaires now can afford a trip. Dis has made it so profits come before people. No one can enjoy a Dis trip. Bad, bad, greedy, evil Disney.
I do agree taking a Dis trip has gotten more complicated and one must be more tech savvy. Taking a Dis trip means knowing what you’re doing to get virtual queues. Planning out your day more carefully and knowing where you may save yourself money if you haven’t budgeted correctly. My trip is what I want and what I save for. I go into it knowing what the bottom line is going to be. If it’s too much I won’t go as extravagant. Or I won’t go as often.
Prices for everything in my life has risen and nothing is as cheap as it was 4 years ago. I must make decisions daily on what is worth doing and what is not worth spending on.
A Dis trip isn’t any less different saving for than a trip elsewhere, a sporting event, a show or a special meal out. Things must be budgeted and saved for with the decision if it’s worth doing.
I do agree taking a Dis trip has gotten more complicated and one must be more tech savvy. Taking a Dis trip means knowing what you’re doing to get virtual queues. Planning out your day more carefully and knowing where you may save yourself money if you haven’t budgeted correctly. My trip is what I want and what I save for. I go into it knowing what the bottom line is going to be. If it’s too much I won’t go as extravagant. Or I won’t go as often.
Prices for everything in my life has risen and nothing is as cheap as it was 4 years ago. I must make decisions daily on what is worth doing and what is not worth spending on.
A Dis trip isn’t any less different saving for than a trip elsewhere, a sporting event, a show or a special meal out. Things must be budgeted and saved for with the decision if it’s worth doing.
Eric Graham
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Perhaps, sometimes it's more of the experience and cost. I do love Disney. I'm more of the classic Disney, rather than the new stuff they put out. You had to admit, Disney can be kind of expensive. Ive been to Disney about 20 times, ever since high school. When we went in October and we spent basically two hours to no avail trying to get one ride on Genie but with their system is just kept receiving us error message after error message. My wife was in tears at the parks during our trip. We sent an email to Disney and they were like see you next time. That was basically their response. Well, ,we were going to go in a couple of months. We cancelled because we found out that we can go basically two trips for the price of Disney. You should see my downstairs Disney room. Kind of fun. We will be back of course in the future sometime I'm sure.
JIMINYCR
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I agree. It is much more complicated. I rely on my DS who’s more tech savvy than me. I hate the virtual queues and playing the lottery to see if you are in the lucky bunch to win a spot. Someone’s going to lose out unfortunately.
I agree it is more expensive than before but if I want it enough I’ll bite the bullet and save more. They aren’t going to charge less if everyone’s paying it out. But that goes for other parks, travel sites, concerts, stadiums, venues for all entertainment. Dis gets trashed while people pay out big bucks for all the other things they want without a care. Nothing in this world is getting cheaper or easier to afford. Why should Dis give away their park for less?
BuddyThomas
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Anyone remember this thread? I guess those advocating for “more expensive” had their wish come true.
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Disney Should Increase Prices
I think this discussion has been had in a lot of threads and warrants its own topic. I know it's a hot topic and my opinion might be on the unpopular side but this is a friendly discussion, not a flame opportunity, so be respectful! Parks at WDW have experienced steady crowd increases each...
Disstevefan1
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Sure they increased prices on everything, implemented PPRs to keep out the APs. and created the "super popular" Genie+ and ILL and the wait times are still through the roof and the parks are still packed.Anyone remember this thread? I guess those advocating for “more expensive” had their wish come true.
Disney Should Increase Prices
I think this discussion has been had in a lot of threads and warrants its own topic. I know it's a hot topic and my opinion might be on the unpopular side but this is a friendly discussion, not a flame opportunity, so be respectful! Parks at WDW have experienced steady crowd increases each...
Still, its a good thing the parks are making money, other areas like movies and Disney+ are burning through money like they are printing it in the utilidors.
Animaniac93-98
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The various discounts Disney is offering right now would suggest the company knows for many potential customers it is.
networkpro
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- In the Parks
- Yes
A million doesn't go as far as it use to ....
Chef Mickey
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People can't afford most things they do these days, but they do them anyway.
BrianLo
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Jason Dodge brought this up on his podcast, not sure if he posts here. I'm sure someone like @ParentsOf4 would have the actual homework to back it up.
The argument is hotels and food are not more unreasonable than they have been in the past. They've always been pricey, but largely track with inflation. Some of Disney seeming extra expensive in these regards is trying to normalize pre-inflated prices to where we are now.
On the other hand park ticket prices are the major culprit. They've essentially doubled, even accounting for inflation, in the last 20 years. Even if the ticket increases have been more 'modest' the past few years compared to inflation, Genie+ was just the latest scheme to increase the ticket price march.
I think we've reached the inflection point on ticket prices - which really means the solution isn't to keep increasing prices (they risk pricing people out entirely, if they haven't already). I think the executives are starting to realize this finally. But to increase WDW revenue moving forward, they need to expand the number of guests via attractions and new capacity.
The argument is hotels and food are not more unreasonable than they have been in the past. They've always been pricey, but largely track with inflation. Some of Disney seeming extra expensive in these regards is trying to normalize pre-inflated prices to where we are now.
On the other hand park ticket prices are the major culprit. They've essentially doubled, even accounting for inflation, in the last 20 years. Even if the ticket increases have been more 'modest' the past few years compared to inflation, Genie+ was just the latest scheme to increase the ticket price march.
I think we've reached the inflection point on ticket prices - which really means the solution isn't to keep increasing prices (they risk pricing people out entirely, if they haven't already). I think the executives are starting to realize this finally. But to increase WDW revenue moving forward, they need to expand the number of guests via attractions and new capacity.
If some are flying they may be headed to gamble. Forbes reported casinos nationwide were up 10% to $66B that consumers spent in 23' compared in 22' .
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Knowing more about personal finance but support to keep raising the prices? That doesn't seem to gel. Are you betting the economy will collapse and plan to short the market to cash in? That's a way some made huge profits in the 2008/09 recession when they knew the sky was falling and bet the market would collapse which it did .
BuddyThomas
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At least he’s sticking by his comments from 2015, amazing as that is.
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Just wanted to be first to get that one in. Now I'll go back and lurk on this thread.
Just wanted to be first to get that one in. Now I'll go back and lurk on this thread.
iamgroot61
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- In the Parks
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I have made this complaint before too. Pre-COVID, "Premiere" AP prices at DL/DCA were around $2400PP. Prior to that, I had been a passholder for four years, but living in Sacramento (roughly 7 hours from Anaheim), it became more and more difficult to make enough trips for the pass to pay for itself (we were a family of three at the time). APs are still expensive and so is park admission, but Disney is a world class vacation destination. IMHO, no other "theme park" can touch it in terms of customer service, cleanliness, ambiance, and the huge spectrum of experiences you can have, especially at WDW which is a truly immersive environment. So, while I agree that Disney has priced itself out of its originally intended market, that obviously has not deterred true fans who will scrimp and save for a Disney vacation or make monthly payments to have AP access. If I had my druthers, they'd do away with paid LL & individual LLs and make Genie+ more like FP. I feel that was nothing but a cash grab (a wildly successful one so I'm sure they will never walk away from it). Annual ticket price increases are a fact of life at Disney.