OliveMcFly
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This is true
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February 2016 Disney World ticket price increases and new tiered 1 day tickets
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FigmentForver96
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I love The Great Movie Ride, and it is something I have to do every time I head into the park. If it was not for that ride and Hollywood Blvd at night, I would probably never step foot into the park again.
BrianV
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Star tours is our favorite. Last time we went 6 or 7 times until we were dizzy. Then the kids went on a few more times. I want to see the updates.
I also love Muppets and toy story.
Our strategy is to go to a park in the am, then back for pool and relax mid afternoon. Then dhs for three hours with our fastpasses in hand.
FigmentForver96
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I like plenty of the attractions there. Its like diamonds among a field of sheer crap. The park could have so much going for, and hopefully in the future it will be a much better park. I simply feel sorry for the sucker who would pay 114 to visit.
Mike S
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Location, location, location. Plus they would have to make the park be able to handle huge crowds from opening day. It's one thing opening a new resort in a foreign country. It's a different beast opening one now in the country that's their bread and butter. Also would it cannibalize the existing resorts around the time it opens?
olie64
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I think one in the midwest would be awesome but would never happen because it have to be a seasonal park, with the winters and what not.
Mike S
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olie64
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I always for get about DLP. I think one around Indianapolis would be great since it about half away between all the major cities in the Midwest.
Mike S
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The photo is from Tokyo but DLP is another good point.
prberk
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They are definitely pushing it too far.
I can also say that, to your point about your parents, while I am sure that they had to save up, the relative cost was nothing like it is today. They have been consistently raising prices MUCH more than inflation for the last 5-10 years. The one-day ticket price alone is now $100 more per person than in was in the '80s. That's 400-500% increase. Few other things have been that, especially housing and gas.
The same is true for the hotels. They were always a little pricey, but now they are ridiculous. While other nice accommodations have barely gone up, Disney's hotel rates have gone into the stratosphere.
I love Walt Disney World, but even I can say now that it is ridiculously priced. You could take three or more family vacations to the North Carolina Outer Banks or to Myrtle Beach for (or even two to Los Angeles with a few days at Disneyland) for the price of a week at Walt Disney World in one of the Deluxe hotels.
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jmmc
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I just look at the prices for the "Deluxe" monorail resorts and laugh. But I assume that as more and more hotels were built, those resorts became more special and exclusive, allowing them to boost the prices. I figure there's a lot of people with a lot of money out there, though, so they can charge that much. And they can point others to the "Value" resorts.
ford91exploder
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Or instead of staying in one of Disney's waterfront villa's for 3K a night you could actually GO to Bora Bora and stay in the REAL thing for $300/Night (where you can actually SWIM in the lagoon).
but the airfare is going to kill you just to get there....
lentesta
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I'm stealing this layout for a similar graph in the book. And I'm posting notice of it here so that when y'all see it, you'll know it as homage, not plagiarism.
ETA: Here's the chart I'm working on. The trip cost is 4 nights at CBR, 2 adults, 2 kids, 4-day PHs, 1 simple breakfast and snack per day, 1 CS lunch, 1 TS meal at Le Cellier. No souvenirs, upgrades, parking, etc.
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ford91exploder
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From JFK it's about 1,800 bucks R/T so even with airfare a 10 day trip will be cheaper!!!
Which Bora Bora hotel can you stay in a bungalow for $300/night? What dates?
For me, the biggest expense could be dining, but I have decided that Disney food and beverage prices have reached a level I will no longer tolerate.We tend to stay in our DVC unit for a week at a time when we make it down. By way of background, we'll alternate years with annual passes and years with no trips. APs for a family of 4 (Super Gold Level with Mega Hold) now runs me a cool $2500 but we'll get 3 trips out of them. I should also note that letting them expire results in a 100% savings as opposed to the whatever small fractional savings they love to tout with renewal. But, I digress. My daughter who seems to be able to live off of air molecules has recently turned 11. That means the mid tier dining plan would run me (my son will be 13 our next trip) 61.84 * 4 * 7 = 1731.52 (I'm not sure if this includes tax and I don't really care for the line has been crossed) for us to eat for the week. I should further note that I haven't got the wife and I one margarita yet. That $1700 no longer includes tips, limits my flexibility (sometimes I don't want dessert and would prefer an appetizer), and there is no way I can get an 11 year old the child's version even if that is what we would all want. So I've been using the TiW card. Now the card costs me $150 which means the break even point is $750 in food and tips. This June I was considering purchasing one (we're going to be a party of 10). I booked Akershus for my 5 year old niece many moons ago. I saw that TiW is blacked out during the day we're going to be there. That's such an awesome policy that Akerhus has now become the only meal we're paying Disney for whereas I would've bought the card and used it enough to make sure we got value out of it being a party of ten and all. Further, I've waited long enough at various sit down restaurants through the years that I've oftened wondered why I had the reservation. We always have a vehicle with us and I know we've actually saved time when we've gone back to the room, eaten some spaghetti and meatballs (DVC room with kitchen) and then headed out for the night. It also makes park hopping more amenable. We do carry sandwiches and whatnot into the park for lunch.
My feeling on Disney dining prices was further reinforced when we went to Busch Gardens during a visit to my sister's (she lives in Seminole, life long Floridian) over Christmas and we ate at the venerable Crown Colony house which had a big holiday buffet for $20/adult and $12/child. That is normal tourist expensive. We also ate at Cape May during a couple of non-theme park days at WDW on the way down...The wife and I each paid 60 bucks (which I guess is the upper end of the 40-60 dollar price range) while the kids were around 20. Now, I wasn't upset about this. In fact, I love Cape May and on this particular night the food was really good. I sought out the manager to compliment him (I had to wait behind a dude who claimed someone in the restaurant stole his wife's digital camera and everyone should stop what they are doing to sleuth this out). However, I did decide that I wasn't doing that again. I should note, I can afford to eat at WDW. I just find it such a bad value that I'm not doing it anymore. I'm comparing it to other touristy things like Uni, NFL games, state, national parks, etc. Sorry for this aside. I'm sure that I'm a Cheapy, McCheapy Pants that deserves to be made fun of.
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Rteetz
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People already do that. I'm not making this up. Seven or eight years ago whilst at Fort Wilderness (in-laws, 5th wheel), we met a family that was home schooling just so they could go during off peak times.
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The Empress Lilly
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mah parents did just taht too some times skipping skool all togehter for us to go to the Disney World never boddered me one bit w'all turned out just fine