And this is why WDW can continue to raise prices. Demand. Once demand decreases they will have to do something to increase it. They have no incentive to do that now.
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Ticket Price Increase - Feb 2014
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jlsHouston
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Doesn't feel very magical does it?
drew81
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Never has and never will.
wogwog
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The price increase will pay for a lot of signs.
jlsHouston
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Yah..I guess I will be renewing my AP this year...I still plan on going a few more times and I like the passholder discounts for the resorts since I stay on property. I am just at a loss for the right words to express my dismay over these park ticket price hikes when we are in a testing phase with FP+, some AP holders that haven't stayed onsite don't even have magic bands yet, and the parks haven't had a new (not refurbed and renamed)E ticket ride since what year ?
everybody wants new rides, park expansions, new restaurants, more entertainment and all existing rides, parks and resorts refurbished, but the ticket price to remain the same.
bethymouse
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Not even in heavy rain anymore! Everyone "sticks it out" with the price they've paid!
Only in a heavy rain.
bethymouse
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Why an increase every year? Can't anyone give as a break/value without a "sale" so to speak? I try to look at the bright side of things. Hakuna Matata!
I try to look at the bright side of things. Hakuna Matata!
JEANYLASER
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What about Florida Resident ticket we have to pay the same or Different to pay the 3 Days?
copcarguyp71
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I would personally have less of a problem with it if the cost increase was congruent with an enhanced guest experience. This has not proven to be true over the past ten years worth if food, ticket, parking price increases. Yes FLE was built but two rides and two dining venues do not distract me from the huge increase in the number of rooms they have added and the new bus hubs to accommodate their expectation of increased attendance. On our two most recent trips I have seen declines in the experience and that is why we will not be back anytime soon as we had planned but will rather sit back and see if value for our dollar returns or if they stay on this manifest destiny they have planned out...
wogwog
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Here is the message sent to WDW cast this morning. A friend said front line cast were not told until this notice.
Would not want to be a front line cast listening to the guests today.
Message:
Effective February 23, ticket prices at Walt Disney World Resort will change. Our pricing reflects the high quality and breadth of experiences we offer and our ongoing commitment to investing in our parks. We offer a variety of ticket options that provide a great value, and find that most Guests select multi-day tickets that offer additional savings.
Would not want to be a front line cast listening to the guests today.
Message:
Effective February 23, ticket prices at Walt Disney World Resort will change. Our pricing reflects the high quality and breadth of experiences we offer and our ongoing commitment to investing in our parks. We offer a variety of ticket options that provide a great value, and find that most Guests select multi-day tickets that offer additional savings.
Tomi-Rocket
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Not sure why people are surprised, the ticket prices go up every year. So do the resort prices. It is what it is. The prices will eventually be $200 a day for a ticket. Will people still be surprised then?
ParentsOf4
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No, everyone wants a return to the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s when ticket prices closely tracked the Consumer Price Index and WDW added entire new theme parks.
It worked fine for 3 decades and yet today's Disney management can't figure out how to run their theme parks without price increases that are triple the rate of inflation, with attractions with broken animatronics, Monorails with mold, and fewer attractions today than they had 10 years ago.
jlsHouston
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Well...If profits were down in the park&resort segment....Disney went many many years without price increases and still maintained standards unparalleled in the theme park industry. The parks added attractions. The company built WDW in Florida. Resorts were built. Ticket price increases have become a frequent occurrence since Eisner realized he could raise the price and still they would come and he could add millions to the bottom line.
Mouse_Trap
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BRITISH TRASH NO LIKEY PRICE INCREASES AND MAGIC WRISTBAND... hmm, I guess I'll drop the DVC membership, my shares and throw those college program ears away. If anyone needs me I'll be in Disneyland Paris with my other European brethren.
God no! I can't think of anything worse then having no go back to DLP. I would rather save up for multiple years to go back to WDW or DL than being able to go DLP multiple times a year.
40% day tickets? I can't imagine for a minute that 1 day tickets are anywhere near as common, I would have though maybe 10-15% maximum.
I'd agree that the cost of a 1-day ticket is getting crazy. However, I think everyone is missing a crucial point. Disney doesn't want you for a day.....how could you possibly just want 1-day.....you couldn't see a fraction of the world in just a day. Someone buying a day ticket probably means they are planning to hit the non-Disney parks or not spend any more time in the parks at all.
Therefore Disney wants to convert these people to buying tickets for a long as you're in town - come every day. Once you get past the 3-day ticket, the price hardly changes and value keeps improving as you add the days.
To those here complaining about the price of the 1-day ticket, I have to ask how many of you actually buy a 1-day ticket and how often do you do so?
On my last trip, I wanted to see both WDW and Uni. Of course this cost me far more buying a 2-3 day Disney ticket and a 3 day Uni ticket.....yea I could have saved pretty much the entire price of the Uni ticket if I had chosen to spend those extra days with Disney.........and that's exactly what they want you to do.
Essentially, following this strategy Disney does not want to increase the costs of adding these extra days to the ticket, therefore it can only really increase the base cost of the day ticket. If you want to work out if Disney is value for you, you need to work out the rate you are paying.
In my opinion, the tickets for 5 days or more provide excellent value, so do the APs. Yes the APs are expensive, but assuming you get just 3 days a months use out of them - the AP is $17.60 a day and the PAP less than $21/day. IMO that's fantastic value!
MOXOMUMD
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That's what we're doing too. Staying in a nice room and taking advantage of all the other stuff WDW has to offer..and I'm fine with that.
MissingDisney
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I want all of those things and I am prepared to pay for all of those things. However, that is not what is happening. We are expected to pay more for less.
Technically, the Fantasyland expansion is not complete, yet ticket prices have been increased. Avatarland is not complete, yet ticket prices are increased. Star Wars or Cars Land is not complete, And who knows if they ever will be, yet ticket prices have increased. Epcot sits stale like a forgotten orphan, yet ticket prices are increased. There are less parades, less shows, less entertainment (RIP PUSH) and so on and so on.
It's like your local grocery store raising prices on crappy produce but telling you "if you want fresher food you, have to pay higher prices for the crappy food first for a few years so we can afford to buy the better stuff to sell to you." I, the consumer, am not going to pay in advance for their proposed investment. I'm simply going to buy my produce elsewhere. Now if they start selling fresh, quality produce immediately, I would expect to pay the higher price for that quality.
71jason
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A bit more than 50 days. But then again, they also have the recouped costs of not paying Equity actors for the Ziti Sisters, Lion King, Push, Hyperspace Hoopla come May ... so it's a two-pronged attack.