Surge Pricing Holding Up (Semi) Annual Increase ...

John

John

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EOD K9 said:
That's actually not terrible. I'd pay $2.16 for 7DMT
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But that's the point, pricing has out gained inflation and income a long time ago. You are right $2.16 wouldn't be bad......do you really think that's what it would be? You very well could be right ( the obligatory "IF" this comes to implementation ) but with surge tier pricing you could be paying a substantial increase in your park ticket. So over all your visit could jump in cost big time....

Lets examine this further. Lets forget about all the cuts for a minute, The sky isnt falling......The facts are that Disney has had a banner year last year. Overall they are at a historic level in profits. So instead of the yearly three dollar or so increase the rumor has it "surge tiered pricing" is on its way. @Lee has said he has heard that its been discussed to go back and charge per ride or per FP ( after your initial 3 ). Why? SDL? DLP? Thats what a few of our insiders has said. IMO its Iger worrying about one thing...WALL STREET! If next quarter losses show their ugly heads due to SDL and DLP $DIS will take a hit. The bottom line.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Just as soon as a trip to WDW becomes a necessity of life, then we can hold it to inflationary figures. That will be the same time that Lincoln's, Cadillac's, Mercedes, Rolls Royce, Jaguars and Porsche's are held to inflationary numbers then we can take the luxury of a visit to WDW and compare it that way. It is a bogus argument. It costs what it costs and we can decide not to spend it and go on to have a happy healthy life. Not even close to a necessity.
 
EOD K9

EOD K9

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John said:
But that's the point, pricing has out gained inflation and income a long time ago. You are right $2.16 wouldn't be bad......do you really think that's what it would be? You very well could be right ( the obligatory "IF" this comes to implementation ) but with surge tier pricing you could be paying a substantial increase in your park ticket. So over all your visit could jump in cost big time....

Lets examine this further. Lets forget about all the cuts for a minute, The sky isnt falling......The facts are that Disney has had a banner year last year. Overall they are at a historic level in profits. So instead of the yearly three dollar or so increase the rumor has it "surge tiered pricing" is on its way. @Lee has said he has heard that its been discussed to go back and charge per ride or per FP ( after your initial 3 ). Why? SDL? DLP? Thats what a few of our insiders has said. IMO its Iger worrying about one thing...WALL STREET! If next quarter losses show their ugly heads due to SDL and DLP $DIS will take a hit. The bottom line.
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I realize that it wouldn't be that low of a price. If the one day admission was 50 and the books were commensurate with inflation, it wouldn't be bad at all. However, we know that admission will be 100 or over AND books would probably start at 4 or 5 bucks a pop.
 
olie64

olie64

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Goofyernmost said:
Just as soon as a trip to WDW becomes a necessity of life, then we can hold it to inflationary figures. That will be the same time that Lincoln's, Cadillac's, Mercedes, Rolls Royce, Jaguars and Porsche's are held to inflationary numbers then we can take the luxury of a visit to WDW and compare it that way. It is a bogus argument. It costs what it costs and we can decide not to spend it and go on to have a happy healthy life. Not even close to a necessity.
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necessity in life have been raising faster than inflation.
 
olie64

olie64

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Goofyernmost said:
Well, when you figure how they determine cost of living, it is no surprise. It should be a lot higher then the official numbers indicate.
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I understand and I agree with you on the post above, imagine that the government not being perfectly honest, similar to unemployment.
 
disneyflush

disneyflush

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Goofyernmost said:
Just as soon as a trip to WDW becomes a necessity of life, then we can hold it to inflationary figures. That will be the same time that Lincoln's, Cadillac's, Mercedes, Rolls Royce, Jaguars and Porsche's are held to inflationary numbers then we can take the luxury of a visit to WDW and compare it that way. It is a bogus argument. It costs what it costs and we can decide not to spend it and go on to have a happy healthy life. Not even close to a necessity.
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I respect your unwavering dedication to Disney. There is nothing in the world I feel so strongly about as you do about the positive aspects of Disney and I'm a little jealous honestly. It is pretty amazing to behold. None of your posts will ever affect my own opinion on anything but I want you to know how much I admire your ability to keep a laser focus on why Disney is right in all of their planning and decision-making.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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disneyflush said:
I respect your unwavering dedication to Disney. There is nothing in the world I feel so strongly about as you do about the positive aspects of Disney and I'm a little jealous honestly. It is pretty amazing to behold. None of your posts will ever affect my own opinion on anything but I want you to know how much I admire your ability to keep a laser focus on why Disney is right in all of their planning and decision-making.
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There is no right or wrong in this. They have the right to charge whatever they want, we have a right to either pay it or not pay it. I guess I must have the same loyalty for all those vehicles I listed as well. Let's get over the Disney defense position and look at the what is real. I don't care what name you plug into this scenario, the answer is still the same. It is up to us to decide what is worthwhile for us and what isn't. Not some measurement used strictly on things that are required to maintain our life. Whether or not that is a bad decision, business wise, remains to be seen. Hasn't seemed to hurt them much yet. However, it might at some point, none of us really know. The same argument has been made since the first time they had a significant ticket price increase years ago.
 
George

George

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GymLeaderPhil said:
I've been wrong before, but I'd buy your tickets before Sunday.
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Magic bands have completely ruined my old school grab and dash ticket discount plan (which is a much better discount than simply buying tickets before rumored price increases). Of course, it had already gotten incredibly complicated once I had to cozy up to the ticket purchaser and obtain a full set of fingerprints before the aforementioned grab and dash. Then I learned that fingerprints weren't necessary but certain key appendage metrics were used. So my approach had to evolve. I arranged an accident wherein the ticket buyers hand was amputated. I further had to come up with an excuse to take the amputated hand to the hospital before the rest of the body (which was usually still alive) arrived and surreptitiously make a cast of the hand that I would then have to use on the finger scanner (oftentimes distracting the CM at the finger scanner/ticket station between my attempt with each digit so they wouldn't notice I was using a cast of hand or else they may get suspicious and not believe that I was Melody Gonzalez). Once I had a hand cast and had completely forgotten to remove the ticket from the buyer! DOH!
 
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WDW1974

WDW1974

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Heard from a well-placed source that the price increase will take place either "very, very soon" or "after Easter" -- and my money is on the very soon part. I'd expect it to come quietly likely Sunday morning with no CMs allowed to spill this unless they'd rather a higher paying job at the IHOP or Walgreen's in LBV (yes, they both pay better).

Also, expect electronic boards at all theme park (and eventually resort concierge desks) locales where admission media is sold so that that Disney can literally change prices easily from day to day ... just remember, no discounts in this model. That $100 a day EPCOT admission is the baseline ... it just may cost you $160 to get in on NYE and $118 on a Saturday during one of the multiple Food and Booze Fests.

Same thing will happen in Anaheim, but no word on whether it will follow same timeframe ... and with Potter in soft openings up the road and everywhere from Sea World to Knott's adding things while DL becomes construction wall central while in the midst (allegedly) of celebrating its 60th birthday, it is possible that things will stay status quo on the left coast a bit longer.
 
TalkingHead

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WDW1974 said:
Heard from a well-placed source that the price increase will take place either "very, very soon" or "after Easter" -- and my money is on the very soon part. I'd expect it to come quietly likely Sunday morning with no CMs allowed to spill this unless they'd rather a higher paying job at the IHOP or Walgreen's in LBV (yes, they both pay better).

Also, expect electronic boards at all theme park (and eventually resort concierge desks) locales where admission media is sold so that that Disney can literally change prices easily from day to day ... just remember, no discounts in this model. That $100 a day EPCOT admission is the baseline ... it just may cost you $160 to get in on NYE and $118 on a Saturday during one of the multiple Food and Booze Fests.

Same thing will happen in Anaheim, but no word on whether it will follow same timeframe ... and with Potter in soft openings up the road and everywhere from Sea World to Knott's adding things while DL becomes construction wall central while in the midst (allegedly) of celebrating its 60th birthday, it is possible that things will stay status quo on the left coast a bit longer.
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Any word on how surge pricing will affect Florida Res rates (either the 3/4-day ticket or the Resident APs)? Seems like they are determined to overcomplicate anything and everything...
 
Rteetz

Rteetz

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WDW1974 said:
Heard from a well-placed source that the price increase will take place either "very, very soon" or "after Easter" -- and my money is on the very soon part. I'd expect it to come quietly likely Sunday morning with no CMs allowed to spill this unless they'd rather a higher paying job at the IHOP or Walgreen's in LBV (yes, they both pay better).

Also, expect electronic boards at all theme park (and eventually resort concierge desks) locales where admission media is sold so that that Disney can literally change prices easily from day to day ... just remember, no discounts in this model. That $100 a day EPCOT admission is the baseline ... it just may cost you $160 to get in on NYE and $118 on a Saturday during one of the multiple Food and Booze Fests.

Same thing will happen in Anaheim, but no word on whether it will follow same timeframe ... and with Potter in soft openings up the road and everywhere from Sea World to Knott's adding things while DL becomes construction wall central while in the midst (allegedly) of celebrating its 60th birthday, it is possible that things will stay status quo on the left coast a bit longer.
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How will multi-day tickets work?
 
Travel Junkie

Travel Junkie

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WDW1974 said:
Heard from a well-placed source that the price increase will take place either "very, very soon" or "after Easter" -- and my money is on the very soon part. I'd expect it to come quietly likely Sunday morning with no CMs allowed to spill this unless they'd rather a higher paying job at the IHOP or Walgreen's in LBV (yes, they both pay better).

Also, expect electronic boards at all theme park (and eventually resort concierge desks) locales where admission media is sold so that that Disney can literally change prices easily from day to day ... just remember, no discounts in this model. That $100 a day EPCOT admission is the baseline ... it just may cost you $160 to get in on NYE and $118 on a Saturday during one of the multiple Food and Booze Fests.

Same thing will happen in Anaheim, but no word on whether it will follow same timeframe ... and with Potter in soft openings up the road and everywhere from Sea World to Knott's adding things while DL becomes construction wall central while in the midst (allegedly) of celebrating its 60th birthday, it is possible that things will stay status quo on the left coast a bit longer.
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Electronic boards are already in place at some Disneyland ticket booths. They installed the electronic portion and placed a temporary sign over it.

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pic courtesy of mouseplanet on twitter
 
Rteetz

Rteetz

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danv3 said:
Presumably in the least guest-friendly way possible.

IIRC, in the surveys they did, if your seven day trip included 6 "silver" days and 1 "gold" day, you had to buy a 7-gold-day ticket. I imagine there will be enough gold days to make almost everyone pay the highest possible price.
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I understand hat aspect but I was more looking for cost. Will it get cheaper like it does now the more days I buy?
 

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