runnsally
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I don’t disagree, but I think it makes more sense to think about it as paying $100 to skip a 3 hour line.
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Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World
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Then nobody will buy it, and Disney will either drop the prices, or it will simply become a standby only attraction. In which case, everyone has the same opportunity to ride it.
ImperfectPixie
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It's still paying $100 for a 4 minute distraction. Disney wants you to find reasons to rationalize that kind of spending.
Which brings a set of calculated values:
1. Is the ride worth waiting in line for 3 hours?
2. Is the line worth paying an extra $100, without the line?
And a bunch of other calculations:
If the ride isn't worth a 3 hour line OR $100, is the ride worth getting to the park early and doing it at rope drop?
Is the ride worth staying in the park late, skipping fireworks, and doing it around close with a short line?
Personally, I don't find ANY ride to be worth a 3 hour line... I don't find any ride to be worth a 1 hour line, apart from special circumstances. I'd never wait 1 hour to ride something a second time, for example.
And my thought on $100 is similar. If I never rode ROTR before, I might pay $100 for my family to experience it once. But I wouldn't keep paying another $100 every time I went to DHS... not worth the upcharge.
matt9112
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I hope not but why are you surprised? Lol
A family of 4 may pay $600 for Boo Bash tickets.
If they do about 6 attractions during the 3 hours of the Boo Bash.. that's also $100 per distraction.
If you buy a 1 day tickets for a family of 4 to Animal Kingdom, that's easily about $500.
So FOP, Navi River, Safari, Expedition Everest and Dinosaur.. if that's your day at Animal Kingdom, that's about $100 per distraction.
matt9112
Well-Known Member
Wouldn't this infer that maybe stickers are permanent? As in theres no need to rush?
DisneyCane
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FoP with all effects working is the only ride at WDW that might be worth a 3 hour line. Maybe. Original, non bendy Soarin' and Splash are worth 2 hours. Nothing else is worth more than an hour nor worth $25.
runnsally
Well-Known Member
And here’s where Disney wins…
instead of taking the time to consider these very relevant questions, I simply pay the $100 because I’m on vacation, it’s hot and the kids want to ride FoP. At least that’s what I would have done when we were there in June and the standby line was 2.5 hours.
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
Ehh. Which rides are 3 hour waits now? Not FoP.
ImperfectPixie
Well-Known Member
We don't do after hours events or one-day, full-price tickets to AK. Neither are worth it.
Ayla
Well-Known Member
That's the point a lot of people are making ~ there was no reason for the stickers since it won't be going live for a while, unless they are permanent.
ThistleMae
Well-Known Member
I think they'll start out reasonable, whatever that means, and vary throughout the day, raising prices when parks get busy and some people get desperate. We shall see.
But that was a reasoned purchase -- It was hot, the kids really wanted to do it, the line was 2.5 hours
If the kids begged you to do it again in the late evening, and you see the line is now just 30 minutes, would you pay $100 again?
And then when they love it so much, they want to ride is a 3rd time, would you shell out another $100? Or would you say, "we will do it at rope drop later in the week"... or would you say, "let's try another ride"
That's my point. It's yet another add-on for people to consider. For some, it will be worth it. For others, it won't.
ImperfectPixie
Well-Known Member
If you look at what Disney is giving you instead of what pain you're avoiding for that $100, the value just isn't there in a per-attraction fee.
ETA: AK day-ticket, could be worth it for most, but my boys can't tolerate shows that are covered or indoors, so for us, a one-day, full-price ticket just isn't worth it. We'll buy multiple-day tickets and enter for less. After hours events...value could be there. But for a 4-minute attraction? No effing way.
flynnibus
Premium Member
think of how many different types of signs there are when you think of basically every attraction on the entire property. All the different materials, all the different finishes, etc. many of those could have very different lead times.
then think about all those signs that don’t have a purpose anymore… and what redesigns will need to be done.
This kind of solution establishes a quick, uniform look… allowing you the ability to do the bigger jobs that will likely be more spit and spurt in execution delivery
That's dynamic pricing.
But "desperate" just is a valuation of supply and demand. Am I "desperate" enough to stand in a 2 hour line -- ie, is it worth 2 hours of my time? Am I "desperate" enough to spend a larger amount of money to skip the 2 hour line? (are 2 hours of my time plus the ride worth $xxx)
It's not desperation, it's reasoned decision making. Skipping a 2 hour line is more valuable to me than skipping a 15 minute line.
Or, I'll speak from experience -- When there is a 2 hour line, I shrug and skip the attraction. Because I'm never that "desperate" for a 5-minute theme park ride.
dsinclair
Active Member
What are they then? A disincentive?