Ticket price increases coming in the next month?

[Rumrunner]

I just got one of those monthly newsletter emails, and they suggest a price increase is very likely in the next month because it's been over 11 months since the last one, and they typically do one every year.

Thoughts?

Considering buying the next AP voucher and just holding it a few years until Star Wars Land is done. (Current AP is still good until September of this year, and we never go 2 years in a row.)

See if I have this right. Ticket prices go up and parks close earlier and earlier. That doesn't seem like value. I like DIsney but I also like to feel like they appreciate all the money we have spent there over the years.

 

[JoeCamel]

I am going to use a expiration/renewal date of January 1 to make this easy.

Let's say your AP expires on January 1 2018. If you renew, your next renewal date will be January 1 2019 no matter when you renew. If you were to renew on December 1 2017 or February 1 2018 your new renewed pass will still expire on January 1 2019. That date will never change as long as you keep renewing.

If you buy an entirely new pass, your renewal date will be one year after your first use.

Let's go back to the original example. You pass expires on January 1 2018, but your next trip is not until April 1 2018. If you wait until your trip in April and simply buy a new AP at full price, your next expiration date will be April 1 2019.

You pay slightly more for a new AP vs a renewal, but it can be worth it depending on how far up you can move your expiration date.

Now do it in Yodaspeak! Pretty please?

 

[Master Yoda]

Now do it in Yodaspeak! Pretty please?

Going to use a expiration/renewal date of january 1 to make this easy I am.

Say your AP expires on January 1 2018, let us. If you renew, January 1 2019 no matter, your next renewal date will be when you renew. If still expire on January 1 2019, you were to renew on december 1 2017 or february 1 2018 your new renewed pass will. Never change as long as you keep renewing, that date will.

If you buy an entirely new pass, one year after your first use, your renewal date will be.

Go back to the original example let us. You pass expires on January 1 2018, but your next trip is until april 1 2018 not. If you wait until your trip in April and simply buy a new ap at full price, your next expiration date, April 1 2019, will be.

For a new AP vs a renewal you pay slightly more, but it, worth it depending on how far up you can move your expiration date, can be.

 

[matt9112]

Come on now. Just because a lot of the guests are rude and annoying, it doesn't mean they should be denied the ability to go to the parks due to it becoming far too expensive. For many people, WDW is a once in a lifetime trip, as well as a right of passage.

they can drive by and look from afar.....

 

[matt9112]

Going to use a expiration/renewal date of january 1 to make this easy I am.

Say your AP expires on January 1 2018, let us. If you renew, January 1 2019 no matter, your next renewal date will be when you renew. If still expire on January 1 2019, you were to renew on december 1 2017 or february 1 2018 your new renewed pass will. Never change as long as you keep renewing, that date will.

If you buy an entirely new pass, one year after your first use, your renewal date will be.

Go back to the original example let us. You pass expires on January 1 2018, but your next trip is until april 1 2018 not. If you wait until your trip in April and simply buy a new ap at full price, your next expiration date, April 1 2019, will be.

For a new AP vs a renewal you pay slightly more, but it, worth it depending on how far up you can move your expiration date, can be.

that was gold.....

 

[disneyflush]

See if I have this right. Ticket prices go up and parks close earlier and earlier. That doesn't seem like value. I like DIsney but I also like to feel like they appreciate all the money we have spent there over the years.

I appreciate the sentiment but Disney does not appreciate all the money you have spent there over the years. Their concern as a company is solely focused on your potential next trip and what it will take to get you to spend the most possible money with them. It is amusing to picture a Customer Appreciation Day at WDW though. Not sure that has happened in the last 46 years but I guess it is possible.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Well, not just that, but a lot of the ones that are rude and annoying are also very much able to pay $200 for a one day ticket.

Really, instead of just raising prices, Disney should seriously consider product expansion. How about that Texas resort? There appears to be plenty of demand.

Actually most of the rude and annoying are able to afford whatever they want. In part, that is what made them rude and annoying. Social behavior has always been connected with financial status. In days gone by, the wealthy felt that they had an obligation to seem elite and above the masses of unwashed. Now the effort is to be in everyones face, make like they know everything, demand everything and threaten everyone with destruction that don't fall to their feet in worship. Keep the peasants, they are the only ones that will help you get up if you fall.

 

[No Name]

Wait, so there was no increase in February? My lord and savior Bob Chapek (and his one and only son George Kalogridis) does not disappoint!

I appreciate the sentiment but Disney does not appreciate all the money you have spent there over the years. Their concern as a company is solely focused on your potential next trip and what it will take to get you to spend the most possible money with them. It is amusing to picture a Customer Appreciation Day at WDW though. Not sure that has happened in the last 46 years but I guess it is possible.

The idea is that every day is supposed to be filled with the utmost customer appreciation. What would a Customer Appreciation Day allude to about the rest the year?

 

[networkpro]

that was gold.....

It's actually Deutsche sentence structure with English words.

 

[ford91exploder]

How does it feel to have Disney living rent free inside your head?

I find its tenancy to be less and less over time, because with my upcoming DVC sale I'll have no reason to give a damn anymore.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Wait, so there was no increase in February? My lord and savior Bob Chapek (and his one and only son George Kalogridis) does not disappoint!


The idea is that every day is supposed to be filled with the utmost customer appreciation. What would a Customer Appreciation Day allude to about the rest the year?

If I remember correctly, there was an increase shortly after this post was made. Of course, I don't remember where my shoes are sometimes.

 

[JoeCamel]

Going to use a expiration/renewal date of january 1 to make this easy I am.

Say your AP expires on January 1 2018, let us. If you renew, January 1 2019 no matter, your next renewal date will be when you renew. If still expire on January 1 2019, you were to renew on december 1 2017 or february 1 2018 your new renewed pass will. Never change as long as you keep renewing, that date will.

If you buy an entirely new pass, one year after your first use, your renewal date will be.

Go back to the original example let us. You pass expires on January 1 2018, but your next trip is until april 1 2018 not. If you wait until your trip in April and simply buy a new ap at full price, your next expiration date, April 1 2019, will be.

For a new AP vs a renewal you pay slightly more, but it, worth it depending on how far up you can move your expiration date, can be.

Thank you!

 

[Goofyernmost]

I appreciate the sentiment but Disney does not appreciate all the money you have spent there over the years. Their concern as a company is solely focused on your potential next trip and what it will take to get you to spend the most possible money with them. It is amusing to picture a Customer Appreciation Day at WDW though. Not sure that has happened in the last 46 years but I guess it is possible.

I was there once, many years ago (in the early 90, I think) for a Florida Resident Appreciation day. I don't remember the exact discount that was offered to locals for that one day. But, I do remember a great many Hispanic people that took advantage of the offer. Before anyone gets excited, I'm not stereotyping and doing anything other then pointing out the FACT that there were very many Hispanic people there. I did witness some interchanges amongst what seemed to be family groups. I saw, for example, one person going from person to person in his group collecting money and then went in and bought a couple of soft drinks came back out and they shared the soft drinks using paper cups that they brought in with picnic lunches. They were using pocket change to provide for everyone. They made do, and it was really heart warming to see what a great time they were having. Normal behavior from folks that probably didn't get to experience a place like WDW very often. They did what they had to with their resources and seemed to be having a great time.

 

[JoeCamel]

I was there once, many years ago (in the early 90, I think) for a Florida Resident Appreciation day. I don't remember the exact discount that was offered to locals for that one day. But, I do remember a great many Hispanic people that took advantage of the offer. Before anyone gets excited, I'm not stereotyping and doing anything other then pointing out the FACT that there were very many Hispanic people there. I did witness some interchanges amongst what seemed to be family groups. I saw, for example, one person going from person to person in his group collecting money and then went in and bought a couple of soft drinks came back out and they shared the soft drinks using paper cups that they brought in with picnic lunches. They were using pocket change to provide for everyone. They made do, and it was really heart warming to see what a great time they were having. Normal behavior from folks that probably didn't get to experience a place like WDW very often. They did what they had to with their resources and seemed to be having a great time.

Yeah we won't make any assumptions from that post.....

Geeze I wonder if I can still use the "some of my best friends" line?

 

[bhg469]

Not really. That kind of behavior will get you kidnapped in foreign countries especailly South America.

It's really the wanna be's that are badly behaved. They have more money then average but they still aren't rich. If you don't have access to a private plane you are not rich.

Under the private crowd you have many levels of wealth. Wanna be is the lowest, 200-300 K a year somewhere in that catagory.

Agreed. The truly wealthy will have a concierge service, and an escort in the parks. They will make their experience a much much better one by spending a lot of money to do so. And I bet they treat the Disney representatives very well. But I also think that the super wealthy probably don't go to WDW as much as the wannabees either! I just don't go because it is very tired to me, but if I had a couple extra thousand in pocket change sitting around, I would probably be doing an all inclusive on a tropical island and would be receiving very similar treatment to that when I visited WDW in the late 90s. That sort of treatment isn't the standard anymore.

 

[Prince-1]

Are you suggesting weighing the guest and you pay on a sliding scale of how much room you take up?

Excellent idea. No need for $200 flat fee, just a dollar a pound.

Based on the people I saw on my last trip, Disney would make a fortune doing this.

 

[larryz]

But I also think that the super wealthy probably don't go to WDW as much as the wannabees either!

Why go to Epcot when you can actually fly to Mexico, China, Italy, Germany, Japan, Morocco, Norway, France, Canada and the UK...?

 

[bhg469]

Why go to Epcot when you can actually fly to Mexico, China, Italy, Germany, Japan, Morocco, Norway, France, Canada and the UK...?

Exactly.. If you have that sort of mega cash, and you choose the Japanese pavilion rather than actually going to Tokyo.... You're not a very good rich person.