Yep, I'm from NYC and always found it funny that people complained about there prices when we thought they were fairly reasonable. WDW is actually cheaper than going to a sporting event around here or prices of food stands/restaurants in Manhattan or down the shore.
I'm from Niagara Falls Canada and I find Disney prices a lot higher than what I pay here.
The difference is you arent going to a sporting event or eating in Manhattan for every meal for a block of days, such as you would when you are on vacation. If you dont have the ability or desire to leave the WDW property, the cost of food has to be factored into your vacation budget. At a sporting event in Manhattan, I can make the choice to eat there or go out on the way home from the event, which might be more reasonable. Marie
Great points.
Well, for those of us that live in NYC and work in Manhattan, we kinda do pay those prices every day.
100% correct.
I also live on Staten Island and again it depends on where you are going both at home and at WDW. Some are reasonable, some arent. In Staten Island, you do have more of a choice as to where you are going to eat though in terms of price point as you are probably driving to a restaurant, so it is just a question of where you want to go, what you want for type of food and how fancy you feel like being. In WDW you may be in a park and limited in your options or dont choose to leave the property again limiting your options. Marie
IMO it looks good on them for trying to become a luxury vacation spot when they have never been one. Yes they were more expensive than your average place but they were never price wise on the level of a European vacation.
We eat well and cheap in the diverse Jackson Heights Queens the melting pot of the world. It is delish food from all over the world in many simple surroundings. Many cheap eats in Chinatown also. WDW food prices are high with mediocre food.
European vacations are more affordable minus the scams some places try to swindle the tourists into and the frequent street protests that close off areas where we wanted to visit.
Which is why when people say less people is good for the customer at WDW and what they want, it's flat out wrong. They don't leave the staffing the same and reward you for still coming down, they bare bones it and make it still feel uncomfortable. It'd be great to get a room in a hotel and have nobody else within 3 or 4 rooms of us to give us a bit more privacy. Or give us a nicer upgrade because there was space. Instead, it's take more wings offline and cram them into the ones still open.
People don't but yet nobody makes a big deal at other parks. Lines at Knotts Berry Farm for the big coasters can get to 2 hours. People there deal with it.
Of course they don't, but less people does not mean less lines if you decrease staffing. If there are 20 people in line at a given time to check in (or purchase food) with 4 counters open a year ago, and the number of people in line drops to 10, but now there is only one open counter, you did not decrease your line, but you have less people. Disney isn't jumping for joy at less crowds to make things more enjoyable, they are cutting back because they think people will deal with seeing the same crowds they have the past years. Again, wait times and crowd levels are NOT the same thing.
While that is true the majority of guests don't get the paid line skip due to the price so most wait in line. I welcome snitching on line jumpers. There is absolutely no reason that people should push through a line to catch up to their party.
Marie, at a QS it costs $20+ for a bagel sandwich, coffee, and an OJ. This is not reality.
