emcclay
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I think you missed the part where I said they could put the money towards a different theme. But, that's okay. :wave:
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Ticket Prices - How Much Is Too Much?
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I think you missed the part where I said they could put the money towards a different theme. But, that's okay. :wave:
TP2000
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Disney theme park ticket prices are still a relative bargain. For the price of a theme park ticket you get up to 16 hours of entertainment, or an annual pass gets you 12 months of nearly unlimited entertainment. Disney theme parks are cheap in comparison to these events that only last from 2 to 8 hours...
One Ticket, Atlanta Falcons vs. Tampa Bay Bucaneers, January 1st: 30 Yard Line $159, 50 Yard Line $190
One Day Adult Lift Ticket, Vail Ski Resort, Valid one day through January 6th: $210
One Seat Orchestra Section, Los Angeles Philharmonic @ Walt Disney Concert Hall, Saturday Holiday Concert: $195
Or prices for seasonal passes to similar entertainment venues, but only offer their entertainment on a handful of days or for a few months...
One Adult Season Lift Ticket, Vail Ski Resort, 2011-12 Winter Season: $2,129
One Season Ticket (8 Games), Atlanta Falcons, 50 Yard Line: $1,250
Disney will sell their theme park product at a price that the free market can bear. If the price of theme park tickets rises, that means enough of the members of our free society are willing to pay for it at that price.
And that's where the price will then be, and the business of operating Disney theme parks will be healthy so long as management is doing their job.
One Ticket, Atlanta Falcons vs. Tampa Bay Bucaneers, January 1st: 30 Yard Line $159, 50 Yard Line $190
One Day Adult Lift Ticket, Vail Ski Resort, Valid one day through January 6th: $210
One Seat Orchestra Section, Los Angeles Philharmonic @ Walt Disney Concert Hall, Saturday Holiday Concert: $195
Or prices for seasonal passes to similar entertainment venues, but only offer their entertainment on a handful of days or for a few months...
One Adult Season Lift Ticket, Vail Ski Resort, 2011-12 Winter Season: $2,129
One Season Ticket (8 Games), Atlanta Falcons, 50 Yard Line: $1,250
Disney will sell their theme park product at a price that the free market can bear. If the price of theme park tickets rises, that means enough of the members of our free society are willing to pay for it at that price.
And that's where the price will then be, and the business of operating Disney theme parks will be healthy so long as management is doing their job.
SpoonOfSugar
Member
This is where we stand right now.
timoteo
Member
I have stated my opinion on this before and I got terrible hate comments. So here it is again.
Disney is too cheap. The service and magic has suffered.
One day park hopper should be $250 $290
Five day park hopper should be $500 - $550
Season pass should be $1500 - $1800
I think children under 16 with passport should be half
I think Walt Disney World would be an amazing place if the revenue was put back in. If... I think the crowds would be a little less but not by much.
I would draw the line at $900 for a 5 day park Hopper. Meaning I probably would go someplace else if a 5 day was more than $900
Disney is too cheap. The service and magic has suffered.
One day park hopper should be $250 $290
Five day park hopper should be $500 - $550
Season pass should be $1500 - $1800
I think children under 16 with passport should be half
I think Walt Disney World would be an amazing place if the revenue was put back in. If... I think the crowds would be a little less but not by much.
I would draw the line at $900 for a 5 day park Hopper. Meaning I probably would go someplace else if a 5 day was more than $900
Just like you missed the point where the theme you want cost more money, but that's ok.:wave:
CP_alum08
Well-Known Member
For us I think it would depend on the amount of salary we are making. Right now we are both still young and early in our careers so we don't make a ton of money. We have AP's, and being about to pay monthly was a huge selling point for us. Right now we pay about $25/month, which in the overall monthly budget is next to nothing. So even if the price of an AP doubled, paying $50/month still wouldn't break the bank. Now, if they get rid of the monthly plan or prices extend past double, I think we would have to reconsider. So, I guess that puts our breaking point at around $1000 for an AP.
It seems most people are more concerned with resort prices and I agree. I know staying on property is amazing and we love doing it, but we don't have kids and don't spend much time at the resorts except to sleep. We have stayed at many Holiday Inns that have nicer rooms than Pop or the All-Stars. Obviously they lack the theming and overall Disney feel, which can be important. However, if we know we are going for a more relaxing trip, versus the run-around-like-crazy-people, 14 hours in the parks trips, we will stay at a moderate and there we really see the value in staying on property. With the rooms being nicer and the theming more 'adult' we can justify it more. I didn't have much of a point in all of that, just thinking out loud
It seems most people are more concerned with resort prices and I agree. I know staying on property is amazing and we love doing it, but we don't have kids and don't spend much time at the resorts except to sleep. We have stayed at many Holiday Inns that have nicer rooms than Pop or the All-Stars. Obviously they lack the theming and overall Disney feel, which can be important. However, if we know we are going for a more relaxing trip, versus the run-around-like-crazy-people, 14 hours in the parks trips, we will stay at a moderate and there we really see the value in staying on property. With the rooms being nicer and the theming more 'adult' we can justify it more. I didn't have much of a point in all of that, just thinking out loud
surfsupdon
Well-Known Member
I stopped buying my annual pass--the one time buy price just seemed staggering to me all of a sudden. When it got over 400 I stopped.
I buy my tickets elsewhere and actually end up saving a bundle for the two trips each year.
I can see our family traveling there less in the future, and spending our vacation dollars elsewhere. I feel we will always be going to Disney, but not as often.
I buy my tickets elsewhere and actually end up saving a bundle for the two trips each year.
I can see our family traveling there less in the future, and spending our vacation dollars elsewhere. I feel we will always be going to Disney, but not as often.
AEfx
Well-Known Member
I've never felt ticket prices were an issue, until my last set of trips this year.
I used to always have an AP, and some years (even though I live over a thousand miles away) I'd spend 30 days in WDW using it. Now I'm down to twice a year or so, and it basically just pays for itself.
I hadn't been in close to a year, because I also now go to Disneyland as well. So my first trip back for SWW last year the ticket prices made me gulp. 4-day park hopper $300. I bought one, and then upgraded to an AP while I was there for another $200, knowing I'd take at least one more trip before it was up.
But now that they are over $500, not so much. And the shorter trips I used to love just aren't nearly as worth it - $300 for 4 days, and then everything else that goes along with traveling over a thousand miles, means it's only really worth it if I spend a full week, and I just don't have time to do that very often.
I doubt I'll be renewing this AP, as it expires in May and I doubt I'll be back until Mermaid opens in 2013, especially as I plan on going to Disneyland at some point later in 2012. And forget the "dual" pass - it's cheaper to buy separate ones for my usage.
When I help people plan their trips, I'm astounded at how much tickets really cost these days. I was one to pooh pooh the increases when they happened, but when they happen once or twice a year...man, they add up! I won't say Disney is pricing me out of going there, but they certainly don't have me there nearly as often.
I used to always have an AP, and some years (even though I live over a thousand miles away) I'd spend 30 days in WDW using it. Now I'm down to twice a year or so, and it basically just pays for itself.
I hadn't been in close to a year, because I also now go to Disneyland as well. So my first trip back for SWW last year the ticket prices made me gulp. 4-day park hopper $300. I bought one, and then upgraded to an AP while I was there for another $200, knowing I'd take at least one more trip before it was up.
But now that they are over $500, not so much. And the shorter trips I used to love just aren't nearly as worth it - $300 for 4 days, and then everything else that goes along with traveling over a thousand miles, means it's only really worth it if I spend a full week, and I just don't have time to do that very often.
I doubt I'll be renewing this AP, as it expires in May and I doubt I'll be back until Mermaid opens in 2013, especially as I plan on going to Disneyland at some point later in 2012. And forget the "dual" pass - it's cheaper to buy separate ones for my usage.
When I help people plan their trips, I'm astounded at how much tickets really cost these days. I was one to pooh pooh the increases when they happened, but when they happen once or twice a year...man, they add up! I won't say Disney is pricing me out of going there, but they certainly don't have me there nearly as often.
Kellylynn322
New Member
For us I think it would depend on the amount of salary we are making. Right now we are both still young and early in our careers so we don't make a ton of money. We have AP's, and being about to pay monthly was a huge selling point for us. Right now we pay about $25/month, which in the overall monthly budget is next to nothing. So even if the price of an AP doubled, paying $50/month still wouldn't break the bank. Now, if they get rid of the monthly plan or prices extend past double, I think we would have to reconsider. So, I guess that puts our breaking point at around $1000 for an AP.
It seems most people are more concerned with resort prices and I agree. I know staying on property is amazing and we love doing it, but we don't have kids and don't spend much time at the resorts except to sleep. We have stayed at many Holiday Inns that have nicer rooms than Pop or the All-Stars. Obviously they lack the theming and overall Disney feel, which can be important. However, if we know we are going for a more relaxing trip, versus the run-around-like-crazy-people, 14 hours in the parks trips, we will stay at a moderate and there we really see the value in staying on property. With the rooms being nicer and the theming more 'adult' we can justify it more. I didn't have much of a point in all of that, just thinking out loud
The paying monthly for an AP is something that I have written to DVC member services a few times about. Right now my husbands pass and mine is just around $900ish with the DVC discount. We only buy them every other year to save the money for them. If we were able to pay monthly for them then I think we would never let them expire. It's not an "afford" thing but more of an stretching the use of the pass.
That being said I don't know if the pass went to $900 or more for 1 AP if I would still feel like it was worth it to me. I think at that point we would seriously consider the time we spent there. Right now with the DVC and the AP we watch flights and if we catch a cheap one will fly down for a few days here and there. That would most likely change to be a 1x every other year vacation option and use the DVC at other places like Vero or Hilton Head.
With friends that often come along with us, the prices of the tickets now shock them. I wonder if there were less discounts available, food, room etc, would the prices of everything keep going up or would it level off more as the people who came would be paying more, spending more and less likely to be cutting costs (bring food into the parks, eating in rooms, etc)
Zummi Gummi
Pioneering the Universe Within!
Being able to pay monthly for my AP would absolutely take the sting out of the $450ish (or whatever it comes to with the DVC discount) every year. It's a big chunk of change to lay out all at once, but given how often I go, I know that I'm saving a ton of money.
As for when the ticket prices would be "too high" for me, it's hard to say, because it depends on so many factors. I'm seriously thinking about getting my Phd in the next two years. Obviously, while I'm doing that (and paying for it!), my priorities would change significantly. I certainly wouldn't be going to WDW with the frequency I do now (if at all) while I was working on that. Another example would be having kids- again, that would change my priorities.
As for when the ticket prices would be "too high" for me, it's hard to say, because it depends on so many factors. I'm seriously thinking about getting my Phd in the next two years. Obviously, while I'm doing that (and paying for it!), my priorities would change significantly. I certainly wouldn't be going to WDW with the frequency I do now (if at all) while I was working on that. Another example would be having kids- again, that would change my priorities.
brightlillstar
Member
Okay, I understand that the "value" may be pretty good when broken down over numerous park admissions, but since an AP is your ticket of choice, how much would an AP have to cost for you to forgo purchasing one? What if they were $750 each, or $1,000, or $1,500, etc. Where would you draw the line? That's what's at the heart of my question.
Thinking about it in terms of raw dollars I already feel like it's a LOT of money, but thinking about it in terms of per-day cost, and how much a day at a Disney Park is worth to me, I think they could increase it quite a bit and I'd still buy. If course it would be esier with the payment plan they offer to FL residents
yensid67
Well-Known Member
My Thoughts on Too Much Ticket Price...
I had a few days to think about this and wanted to put in my 2 cents...
#1- With the popularity of the Annual Pass being paid for on a monthly basis, do you think it would be a good move to make a similar payment method for EVERYONE!? I think MORE people could afford a vacation to any of the Disney properties if they could send off their TICKET money every month! I know if you purchase a Package, you can pay the deposit, then send a monthly payment until its paid in full. This is exactly the same thing, but just for tickets! It's kind of like disecting your payments--forget about the frogs! :ROFLOL:
#2- Until Disney regains their quality, I for one will not, and cannot afford, to stay on property, although I would love to at least once in my life! But I, as well as many others have voiced, the quality of the parks from attractions to the food to the maintenance has fallen, so why pay for mediocracy that we can get from any other theme park!?
#3- Ticket Prices: even though being on disability and thus having limited funds to stay where I WANT to compared to where I HAVE to stay, I think that Disney will always be just on that edge of being too expensive or taking a magical trip! I will probably be only able to take this upcoming trip and then it will probably get too expensive for us at least. Too bad they cannot have a on going promotion or discount for those that really can't afford it. Kind of like a Senior Discount! Look for another post for a vote/comments on a Senior Discount!
Thanks for reading and hope to hear your opinion on a Senior Discount. Please go to that thread and post your opinion! Do not do it here!
Just in case...
:xmas:Merry Christmas to all, and to all a godnight!:xmas:
-Will
from Pennsylvania:wave:
I had a few days to think about this and wanted to put in my 2 cents...
#1- With the popularity of the Annual Pass being paid for on a monthly basis, do you think it would be a good move to make a similar payment method for EVERYONE!? I think MORE people could afford a vacation to any of the Disney properties if they could send off their TICKET money every month! I know if you purchase a Package, you can pay the deposit, then send a monthly payment until its paid in full. This is exactly the same thing, but just for tickets! It's kind of like disecting your payments--forget about the frogs! :ROFLOL:
#2- Until Disney regains their quality, I for one will not, and cannot afford, to stay on property, although I would love to at least once in my life! But I, as well as many others have voiced, the quality of the parks from attractions to the food to the maintenance has fallen, so why pay for mediocracy that we can get from any other theme park!?
#3- Ticket Prices: even though being on disability and thus having limited funds to stay where I WANT to compared to where I HAVE to stay, I think that Disney will always be just on that edge of being too expensive or taking a magical trip! I will probably be only able to take this upcoming trip and then it will probably get too expensive for us at least. Too bad they cannot have a on going promotion or discount for those that really can't afford it. Kind of like a Senior Discount! Look for another post for a vote/comments on a Senior Discount!
Thanks for reading and hope to hear your opinion on a Senior Discount. Please go to that thread and post your opinion! Do not do it here!
Just in case...
:xmas:Merry Christmas to all, and to all a godnight!:xmas:
-Will
from Pennsylvania:wave: