Is that the Spanish version of "YOLO"?
aah no.
cholos are "gang" type.
You could say its the Latino version of the stereotype black "ganstah" or "redneck biker" for whites(lol).
Just because the name "Disney" appears in front of a business or theme park does not mean that you handle them all in the same way.
It still sort of "represents" disney.
Disney raises prices, Universal raises prices, it goes hand and hand.
If you cannot afford it or don't think you're getting proper value, don't go, simple as that.
How much did a car cost in 1960? How much do cars cost now? I mean, you can make any analogy that you want, but as other have said, Disney is not a necessity, you don't need it to survive,( but others can and will debate that,
), I just don't see any valid reason to bring up the price of tickets, it is what it is.
Jimmy Thick-
And the price people are willing to pay no matter what.
Jimmy, you again are wrong in the comparison department.
Car prices have gone up not just "because" they "could".
Cars are thousands times safer (aka more value) than older cars...
Cars are also more efficient gas wise. Cars now all have radios, almost all of them have A/C and other extras.
So...Does disney has more "requirements" now than back then? I'm pretty sure you pay now for everything that seemed "extra" back then.. that includes food, water, services, transportation.
Does Disney has more value now than back then? Maybe.. But Consumers are paying stratospherically more.
Prices also usually go up/down according to competition and inflation and quality.. the only one park that seems to skip away from this model is; WDW (less maintenance, less services, more restrictions, higher price).
I hope this changes once Avatar/StarWarsLand is completed.
You are correct in Disney being not a necessity, but then people debate if cell phones are a necessity now, or internet, or cars.. (for almost all the jobs that pay well, you sure do need them.. so its a "requirement" now)
Overall I think the CPI is broke or manipulated for government's own gain.
According to CPI, we haven't had an inflation problem since the 80s.
When I look around my normal life.. I see prices skyrocketing over the last 10 years.
Anyone look at the price of a candy bar in your local 7-11 these days? What used to be .50 is like 1.29 or 1.50 - that is twice the jump the CPI would infer.
Overall I think the CPI is a poor indicator of what prices SHOULD be doing across all markets. At best it's an indicator of what 'some' things have done.. and I don't even think it's a good representative anymore across common household things.
To the OP - the chart shows the intended purpose IMO. Price increases have not been linear... they don't match the government's tracked change in trends...
To the point of 'shareholder value' - beyond tracking the share price there is little justification of the correlation of these trends... we don't get to see where that extra money is spent in the organization to support that 'shareholder value'. What if that extra money is just going towards increased overhead inefficiencies?
probably because as the USD dollar real value decreases (Gov. pretty much owing everyone money) , the production moving to china.. the real value of the country monetary levels go down( despite huge billionaire gains of the big corps.. but these big wins only help a minuscule percentage.)
hence why companies are giving less money for more work to employees. this leads into less expending by employees.. and less money circulating.. which means higher inflation.
But then.... I'm no expert in economy to really describe most of what's going or or to understand it.
YES! EXACTLY THIS!
I've said it before: if I chose where to vacation based on stock prices, I would probably be touring a pharmaceutical plant somewhere.
or a Foxconn/intel Fab. heh!
If you think Disney isn't putting enough money into the parks, vent your anger where it should go. The NFL and other sports that have sucked billions from Disney for the privilege of showing ball games on ABC. Frankly I wish ABC would stop chasing sports... they cost way to much to televise they then just pass the costs onto the advertisers that then pass them on to the customers, so whether I even watch a game or not I'm paying more for my car tires simply because some athlete is getting paid a huge salary for playing... Now that's my view as a shareholder of Disney... as for the ticket prices, raise them more. I wish they were twice as high. Or at the very least do away with the multi-day discounts. I want the park to charge so much that when I go there I don't feel like I'm at central station at rush hour.
Problem is, sports are huge attention getters. so they are valued a lot.
Just look how much money the superbowl and the Soccer World Cup (or champions league) generate.
ABC and every other network on the planet will stop chasing sports when broadcasting them becomes unprofitable. As of right now, networks that broadcast NFL would need dump trucks to make a cash deposit. People advertise during the games because they get a return on the investment. Do you honestly think for one second that Coke, Ford or Budweiser would drop their prices a single cent if their add budget went down?
agree!
Absolutely agree, that SF and Disney aren't the same.
Personally, I don't see the value in the regular pass when parking is $22 per visit. So Gold is worth it for the savings if you plan to go more than once. And as someone without kids, buying 4 is never necessary so I never can snag it for $85.
... Im sorry, did you say $979? Wow.... I can't imagine parting with $979 for a season pass anywhere...
I need a pay raise
now add the hotel and the food plan
(edit, I apologize in advance if my comment seemed rude to anyone, sometimes what I write seems to look more.. offensive than I try to portray and say. This of course is not because I WANT TO, just sometimes I do not know the proper words to explain properly some specific stuff without sounding like a douc**b*g.)
We may not get to go this year because we need a new heating system for our house , and some other house fixer-uppers.
Hopefully though we can save $$$. I do know now that unfortunately if we want to go to WDW we must budget for it and stay off site.
That's only for 6 nights and 7 days, driving, no dining plan, no discounts/deals, and a 4 day ticket ( no park hopper or extras). Oh the agony!
