Rumor - Disneyland Prices Going up and Tiered Pricing Introduced

[Californian Elitist]

I was watching Soundsational one time and a guy was sitting on a bench right next to me with a couple of his friends(?). He was VERY animated and into the parade and enjoying every moment. All the parade performers waved at him like they knew him, and I've always wondered who he was. My husband took a picture of him, because he likes to take pictures of random people, lol, but I'm terrified of posting it for fear he's a member of the boards. LOL

The man most likely had special needs. One guy (can't remember his name) would come to Fantasyland all the time and not only ride the Carousel over and over, but would tally mark how many times he would ride in a row. He had autism. Another one named Brett liked to watch the fireworks from Fantasyland and would cue them, every time they shot off. He had a fake CM badge and everything. He would assist guests, and we always had to tell him to stop whenever he did it too much, due to liability.

 

[flynnibus]

I actually don't have an issue with capped visits...I thought about the same thing a few days ago. That being said, I think the uproar would be worse than the recent price increases. There are probably enough folks, at every tier, that go more than the max days and would throw a fit. While he's the extreme (or is he), there is one blogger that bragged that he visited some 200+ times in one year. That's an addiction, plain and simple. As for your last paragraph, that is partly us. We did go in October, mid week, and it was insane. Completely took the fun out of it and was the last straw for us. Made up our minds there on the spot that we might go once a year moving forward.

The thing is the # of people who would be impacted by reasonable caps is reasonably small and frankly would have a hard time getting popular opinion behind them. Can you imagine these people going on TV with the sob story "I can no longer goto Disneyland 5 times a week"... what opinion do you think the mass populace is going to have of that person? Sympathy or disgust?

And for those impacted, its not like Disney is saying they CAN'T go.. they just need to pay.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

I don't even think my description above comes to close to giving this scene any justice. I'm exiting the park, halfway into the tunnel and out of nowhere, like oncoming traffic he comes around the bend with this childlike innocent joy radiating off his face that quickly turns into "uh oh, I'm about to eat it."

You just made me LOL at my desk at work!

 

[Stevek]

GOOD LORD. Doesn't he ever get sick?

I believe that he is sick...clearly a mental disorder of some type.

 

[Curious Constance]

The man most likely had special needs. One guy (can't remember his name) would come to Fantasyland all the time and not only ride the Carousel over and over, but would tally mark how many times he would ride in a row. He had autism. Another one named Brett liked to watch the fireworks from Fantasyland and would cue them, every time they shot off. He had a fake CM badge and everything. He would assist guests, and we always had to tell him to stop whenever he did it too much, due to liability.

I considered that, but didn't get that overall impression from him. Who knows though.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

I never thought about it before now, but I bet you see some real kooks when you work at a Disney park.

 

[Curious Constance]

I never thought about it before now, but I bet you see some real kooks when you work at a Disney park.

I know! Imagine late at night working the Snow White's Scary Adventures and coming face to face with some of them!

 

[Phroobar]

I was watching Soundsational one time and a guy was sitting on a bench right next to me with a couple of his friends(?). He was VERY animated and into the parade and enjoying every moment. All the parade performers waved at him like they knew him, and I've always wondered who he was. My husband took a picture of him, because he likes to take pictures of random people, lol, but I'm terrified of posting it for fear he's a member of the boards. LOL

You need to post the picture.

 

[Curious Constance]

You need to post the picture.

After I basically labeled him as special needs? LOL HECK NO!

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Took an AP survey today. This was my response.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Thank you for your response. Hopefully they jack up the AP rates even more! lol

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

The APs are a great value. It's everyone else coming to the parks on vacation that get screwed by the high prices.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

The APs are a great value. It's everyone else coming to the parks on vacation that get screwed by the high prices.

But you do understand that by telling them directly that some tiers of APs are underpriced gives them more ammunition to increase the prices of APs, right?

 

[mickEblu]

To control crowding they either have to Cap the visits or literally triple the price of the APs. I Don't know which one would off more people but either approach would have to be done in increments over the next few years. I know which approach I would prefer but I doubt it would ever happen.

Notice I don't mention Eliminating monthly payments because Disney isn't going to turn away money.

 

[Curious Constance]

The APs are a great value. It's everyone else coming to the parks on vacation that get screwed by the high prices.

Do you get the unlimited pass?

 

[Curious Constance]

The APs are a great value. It's everyone else coming to the parks on vacation that get screwed by the high prices.

Don't I know it.

 

[Curious Constance]

But to be fair, regardless of where we go on vacation, when we have to fly there, stay in hotel, and pay for food and entertainment, we pay about the same no matter where we go. If we went to So Cal, and only did other parks, we wouldn't save much money, if any at all.

 

[Curious Constance]

To control crowding they either have to Cap the visits or literally triple the price of the APs. I Don't know which one would **** off more people but either approach would have to be done in increments over the next few years. I know which approach I would prefer but I doubt it would ever happen.

Notice I don't mention Eliminating monthly payments because Disney isn't going to turn away money.

They would if that money was causing them to lose more money elsewhere.

 

[mickEblu]

They would if that money was causing them to lose more money elsewhere.

Ya at a certain point the crowds will start turning people away. Eliminating monthly payments would be a last resort and would be unecessary if they started being proactive about it now.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

The payment plans were introduced when the parks were negatively impacted by the economic downturn back around 2008. Seems like it would be a simple thing to do to get rid of that program now that unemployment in California is just under 6%.