Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Costs...... again all perception...
At least 10 times a year I sit on my deck on a Saturday morning with my wife drinking coffee and discuss "What do you want to do today?"....."Don't know...you want to surprise the kids with a day-trip to DS, EPCOT, MK?" - For me that equates to about $200-$300 which is just a slight bit more than spending a few hours at a restaurant overlooking the Intracoastal. For me that's acceptable. If I had to add in airfare, one night at a hotel, a TS dinner - and now I'm looking at $1k for a day. Maybe not so acceptable.
Locals (close to local in my case) have a different value calculation, because a lot of the ancillary costs don't exist. For me to go to F&W it's about $20. I base that on the cost of my AP divided by the number of days annually I'm in the parks.
If I asked someone in Minnesota how much it would cost them to go the F&W for a day - I'd get $100 for the ticket, $400 for airfare, another $150 for a decent hotel and maybe $80 for transportation.
If they asked me how much it would cost to go to spend a day at Mall of the America's - they'd say it was free - but for me it'd cost about $500 for airfare and hotel.
You’re talking about individual cases and they are very much subjective.
But not perception. Prices are not “feelings”...they can be tracked and documented. As I did back there. The reality is a magic kingdom ticket is 130% more today than it was 12 years ago with 25% more average attendance and only mine train and the crapetetia of be our guest to show for it isn’t really to hard of a thing to point at for the high school debate team.
If you want to go JUST on ticket prices...other costs vary and do get muddled.