Ticketed Events=Cheaper Admission!?

yensid67

yensid67

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With the announcement of the new Star Wars ticketed event that will take place nightly from 7pm-midnight, as well as the other ticketed events at the other parks that causes the parks to close earlier than normal...
Do you think
#1 Disney should lower the prices of the park admissions for the day if there is a scheduled nighttime separate ticketed event that you will not attend?
#2 Disney is in the right to charge a full day admission, only to close early for an over-priced ticketed event directed at a certain percentage of the guests?
#3 Disney should limit the days of ticketed events at all the parks to the slower nights(they may already do this).

I think Disney should lower the price on the days nighttime ticketed events are happening. You do not get enough time to do the park if the park open at 8-9am then closes at 7pm. Maybe figure out a way to have day tickets and nighttime ticket and a way to hit all the rides during the day and if you are in the park for that day, get a discount to stay in the parks for the event! SOMETHING, because I would be ED OFF if my day to the Magic Kingdom was cut short because Disney decided to add a nighttime event with a separate ticket, just to make more money
 
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Rumrunner

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yensid67 said:
With the announcement of the new Star Wars ticketed event that will take place nightly from 7pm-midnight, as well as the other ticketed events at the other parks that causes the parks to close earlier than normal...
Do you think
#1 Disney should lower the prices of the park admissions for the day if there is a scheduled nighttime separate ticketed event that you will not attend?
#2 Disney is in the right to charge a full day admission, only to close early for an over-priced ticketed event directed at a certain percentage of the guests?
#3 Disney should limit the days of ticketed events at all the parks to the slower nights(they may already do this).

I think Disney should lower the price on the days nighttime ticketed events are happening. You do not get enough time to do the park if the park open at 8-9am then closes at 7pm. Maybe figure out a way to have day tickets and nighttime ticket and a way to hit all the rides during the day and if you are in the park for that day, get a discount to stay in the parks for the event! SOMETHING, because I would be ****ED OFF if my day to the Magic Kingdom was cut short because Disney decided to add a nighttime event with a separate ticket, just to make more money
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That would be patron friendly which is no longer a big part of the Disney culture with Iger in the lead.
 
copcarguyp71

copcarguyp71

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Well...another nail in the coffin of "we won't be back".

Makes me sad, and it's not about not having the money but rather not being willing to be milked for every penny. ROI for my vacation dollar has simply found more favorable pockets.
 
John park hopper

John park hopper

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When you wish upon a star for lower prices- won't ever come true
Disney greed is out to get me and you.
Upcharges for this and parking fees for that
It's all intended to make Bob Igers wallet fat.
So suck it up and pay the fee
Get all your money that's the Disney magic don't you see
 
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thomas998

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copcarguyp71 said:
Well...another nail in the coffin of "we won't be back".

Makes me sad, and it's not about not having the money but rather not being willing to be milked for every penny. ROI for my vacation dollar has simply found more favorable pockets.
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Or simply change the balance of time spent at Disney vs Universal on a trip. Once upon a time we would do only Disney, then we added in a day or two at Universal with Disney still getting the bulk of out time... Now we've moved to the Universal get the most when we do Orlando and Disney was only a day or two... Now I suspect any future Orlando trips will be Universal gets almost all of our trip with Disney as a extra ticket only thing. But certainly headed to cutting out WDW completely with the hour cuts seeming worse and worse.
 
yensid67

yensid67

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I am Timmy said:
They are doing this nightly? I thought it was only on May 27th? Well, that changes things.
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Maybe it is and the article is wrong or I misread! But still...any day a ticketed event takes place in the evening and closes the park earlier than usual, I still think they should offer discounted tickets for that day...since guest are not getting full day!

EDIT: Tickets are on sale now for the May 27 2018 Star Wars Galactic Nights at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Looks like I misread the other article!
 
I am Timmy

I am Timmy

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yensid67 said:
Maybe it is and the article is wrong or I misread! But still...any day a ticketed event takes place in the evening and closes the park earlier than usual, I still think they should offer discounted tickets for that day...since guest are not getting full day!

EDIT: Tickets are on sale now for the May 27 2018 Star Wars Galactic Nights at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Looks like I misread the other article!
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Ok, thanks - I about had a heart attack. My first thought was, "How the heck are they gonna get away with closing the park every night for a Star Wars party?!"
 
DarthVader

DarthVader

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yensid67 said:
#1 Disney should lower the prices of the park admissions for the day if there is a scheduled nighttime separate ticketed event that you will not attend?
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Disney has been on the move to increas prices, they will not lower the price. You are free to pay extra to see the event, but they will not lower the price of admission to the park. Why give people who do not go to the event a discount?

yensid67 said:
#2 Disney is in the right to charge a full day admission, only to close early for an over-priced ticketed event directed at a certain percentage of the guests?
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Its their park and they can do what ever they feel like doing. It works against the sales of the event to do it on a slow day. They want as many people to buy tickets so they'll do what ever it takes to make that happen (including hosting it on their busiest days).

yensid67 said:
#3 Disney should limit the days of ticketed events at all the parks to the slower nights(they may already do this).
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I don't know what heuristics disney uses for ticketed events, and I will say there is no such thing as slower times with disney. They're doing ticketed events for one reason and one reason only. Profits, lets not fool ourselves over that. They'll be planning these out to increase profits, not for attendance levels
 
yensid67

yensid67

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DarthVader said:
Disney has been on the move to increas prices, they will not lower the price. You are free to pay extra to see the event, but they will not lower the price of admission to the park. Why give people who do not go to the event a discount?

My thinking was because they are taking away a few hours from the regular park time for guests to enjoy the parks! Therefore, guests will try to cram everything into a few hours, only to be disappointed not to get to do a must do ride before they are booted out of the park because a separate ticketed event is happening.

Its their park and they can do what ever they feel like doing. It works against the sales of the event to do it on a slow day. They want as many people to buy tickets so they'll do what ever it takes to make that happen (including hosting it on their busiest days).

Can we say GREEDY!?



I don't know what heuristics disney uses for ticketed events, and I will say there is no such thing as slower times with disney. They're doing ticketed events for one reason and one reason only. Profits, lets not fool ourselves over that. They'll be planning these out to increase profits, not for attendance levels
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Again, can we say GREEDY!? I think a lot of guests are getting fed up with the greediness of Disney in recent years. They are so greedy, they are charging their resort guests for parking, when it was included in the over-priced rooms...I read a lot of the guests were canceling their vacation to Disney and not returning because of all the nickel and diming and nothing to show for it, slow construction builds.
 
Monty

Monty

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In the Parks
No
With the exception of single-day tickets, there is no way to reduce the price charged for the day of a hard-ticketed event. You can utilise the admissions on your multi-day ticket on different days over the 14-day period it's valid. No sane person would buy a single-day ticket for a park that closes at 6PM.
 
larryz

larryz

I'm Just A Tourist!
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I can see WDW going to an hourly rate. $15 per adult, $10 per child for regular park admission, then $20/$15 for the special events. With MB/credit card technology, it should be easy enough to have guests clock in/clock out and charge them accordingly.

FP+s could then be sold at $10 per person.

p.s. "Lost" magic bands get charged at a full 10 hours...
 
CaptainAmerica

CaptainAmerica

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The Empress Lilly said:
The parks are bursting at their seams. WDW has got two options, raise prices to $250 per day, or sell the parks twice per day.

(Well those, or adding capacity, or building a 5th gate, or a 3rd American resort)
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Adding capacity or building a 5th gate tends to make matters worse, not better. Total attendance at the resort would increase, more than offsetting the dispersion of guests and making existing spaces more crowded, not less.
 
CaptainAmerica

CaptainAmerica

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yensid67 said:
Again, can we say GREEDY!? I think a lot of guests are getting fed up with the greediness of Disney in recent years. They are so greedy, they are charging their resort guests for parking, when it was included in the over-priced rooms...I read a lot of the guests were canceling their vacation to Disney and not returning because of all the nickel and diming and nothing to show for it, slow construction builds.
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Except not. People are complaining but behavior isn't changing.
 

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