- In the Parks
- Yes
For daily ticket, now it's equal to a Magic Kingdom admission.
I'm sorry, but the current state of the Disney parks, they should be lowering the prices. Yes UOR has some closures, but DHS?!?!? They should just close it until it's done! Epcot is the most antiquated "experimental prototype community of tomorrow" I have ever seen.Its expected here that there is no criticism of Universals price increase but you know there will be pages and pages complaining when Disney raises their price. The big issue should be a $25.00 increase in the 2 day park to park ticket. That is 13%. Come on 13% in a time of negative intrest rates and no inflation? Also Universal just raised food prices. So when Disney does the same but at a lower percentage there should be no complaints.
I agree with you that Disney is way too expensive. I just renewed my annual pass for $619 each for my wife and I. I know that I now get photo pass downloads and that actually saves me hundreds of dollars a year since I always seemed to but the photo pass twice a year. Anyway, since we go three times a year for over 20 days it works out to $21.00 a day for each of us. Now compared to our Six Flags Annual pass with meal plan we pay almost 1/2 at Six Flags what we pay Disney just for tickets. BTW Six Flags does have good salads and includes drinks as well. Add our DVC dues and food and you can be sure we pay Disney many thousands more. However, that does not mean either Disney or Universal should raise prices double digits. I can accept an increase and if you get something extra for it, it helps but I know not everyone uses Disney photo pass and it actually costs them next to nothing to give it so while it is nice for me I know its not worth the extra couple of hundred dollars a year. Based on the fact that there is no inflation and negative interest rates, ticket prices should not have been raised more than 3% across the board and so the 2 day park to park ticket should only be $200 not $224.99. That is a rip off and everyone here should know that and be upset and if Disney raised its 3 and or 4 day tickets the same rate as Universal you can be sure I will complain about that also. 3% is understandable but no more than that.I'm sorry, but the current state of the Disney parks, they should be lowering the prices. Yes UOR has some closures, but DHS?!?!? They should just close it until it's done! Epcot is the most antiquated "experimental prototype community of tomorrow" I have ever seen.
Diagon Alley alone is worth the 13% p2p increase. I looked at the price for a WDW annual pass with no blackouts the other day and nearly spit out my drink (we dumped our WDW passes in 2011)- $691 for AT BEST is 2 complete parks! Talk about ridiculous prices!!!!
That said, I got ANOTHER survey about different ticket options for UOR- i was the most confusing survey I have ever done. ALL the parks need to stop trying to screw us at the gate for goodness sake! We pay enough for food, drinks, souvenirs, and hotels stay to turn a hefty profit.
Business wise I'm not sure if Universal should be price matching Disney since it's a big compliant about Disney. They have non stop new stuff coming along but it seems it would be a wiser move to get the customers first then over charge? Not sure what I would do if I was in the position to set prices? Universal is on a run but part of their run is being a Disney add on so to speak. WDW owns the long vacation people with Universal being a day or two trip while staying at WDW. Personally I would say get the people in the door to show them there is something top notched other then Disney in Orlando, keep building and once you plateau then start fooling around with maxing the prices. I know everyone isn't staying at WDW and going to Universal but I saw many magic bands when I was at Universal so ....
I understand the other side, people are piling in and we're filling every room we build so press the prices. Only problem is if you have a grand plan of millions more people coming to your parks you probably want to get the millions of new people before you profit maximize them. To Joe Blow in Ohio you don't want to look like a small Disney, same high prices but smaller and less options then Disney. I say that from talking to parents who say they will never be back to WDW. High prices to be cattle seems to be their problem with WDW.
One resort continually adds value. The other closes massive chunks of their parks at once.Its expected here that there is no criticism of Universals price increase but you know there will be pages and pages complaining when Disney raises their price. The big issue should be a $25.00 increase in the 2 day park to park ticket. That is 13%. Come on 13% in a time of negative intrest rates and no inflation? Also Universal just raised food prices. So when Disney does the same but at a lower percentage there should be no complaints.
in the 90's and 2000's, Disney used to be a great value for middle class, and it quite honestly kept us going back year after year spending around $10k annually on a wdw vacation. It would cost DOUBLE that for what we used to do, and as others said inflation hasn't been THAT much. WDW doesn't want return guests, they want to squeeze every dime they can out of the people who have money to throw away on a mediocre brand. UOR doesn't need to be "second". They do offer value to people of every socioeconomic class, something WDW no longer feels necessary to do. People are opening their eyes to what's outside the "World".I have to agree with this. If Universal wants to truly beat Disney World it has to be both a better park (which it already is) but also a cheaper alternative. Disney has been over the past couple years making itself the premier destination for upper middle class families whom will pay more for the overall experience than for actual attractions/activities. If Universal appeals to middle to lower class with lower ticket/food prices, it can steal away that market.
The last time I went to Walt Disney World all I could think of was how much I had paid to go into such underwhelming parks. Epcot is a giant store with outdated visions of the future. Hollywood Studios has nothing in it. Animal Kingdom is cute, but is just a really nice zoo. Magic Kingdom is really the only park with any value, but even then its waaaay too crowded for the level of attractions. I then went to Universal Studios and was blown away by the amount of amazing, fun things to do, and I spent less overall then at Disney World. Universal suffers from the perception of having less to do because it only has 2 parks, when in reality it has far more to do than Disney's 4. But it has to get people in the door first to convince them of that, and they can do that by having lower ticket prices.
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