News Walt Disney World to resume sales of Annual Passes (New sales resume April 20, 2023)

[Doberge]

 

[HauntedPirate]

It seems to me that they severed any special relationship to the Platinum/Incredipass when they killed off the discount post covid reopening.

They killed the DVC discount prior to Covid.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

…Bout time

 

[HauntedPirate]

Interesting note here

“The DVC Disney Sorcerer Pass is expected to be on sale more often throughout the year, even when the pass is not broadly available for sale to Florida Residents.”

Bet they’ve had a ton of backlash from DVC members…as they should

Depends on how much Bob/Josh and DVD think they can thumb their nose at what are arguably some of their most loyal customers.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

They killed the DVC discount prior to Covid.

I believe it was chapeked with “only YOU can but this magic!!”

 

[GhostHost1000]

Depends on how much Bob/Josh and DVD think they can thumb their nose at what are arguably some of their most loyal customers.

I just wonder how much of this decision was from backlash or from forecast trends

Record number of dvc resales lately
Large discounts released lately for future hotel stays

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Anyone check room availability lately? Like SOON?
How about flights?

Plenty of space…and discounts.

Just saying

Don’t strain your elbows patting Disney on the back

 

[HauntedPirate]

I believe it was chapeked with “only YOU cab but this magic!!”

Oh yes, that was another Bob Special©. It's surprising when you can despise someone so much, yet still find reasons to despise them even more, even after they were fired for gross incompetence. He never should have been installed by Bob the First to run P&R in the first place...

 

[Doberge]

Nice! Makes you wonder if they were pressured, or if they see trends and need this

Not pressure because thats existed for years without movement. So a little bit of projected trend and a little bit of logistics (hopefully completed new systems to activate).

 

[Disney Glimpses]

Direct and grandfathered in (blue card members) I assume

Correct, blue card*

 

[HauntedPirate]

Anyone check room availability lately? Like SOON?
How about flights?

Plenty of space…and discounts.

Just saying

Don’t strain your elbows patting Disney on the back

Airfare is killer right now.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Airfare is killer right now.

Killer good or killer bad?

 

[Kamikaze]

I think iger’s move to increase base prices behind the housing crash discounts was his most successful financial move. Bravo

If you remember the boards back then…people went for the gag hook, line and stinker

I think my favorite part of your gimmick is how you try to portray that Disney is somehow 'fooling' or 'scamming' every single person that decides to pay them money.

Here's the real truth: Disney ticket prices were way, way, way underpriced for decades.

 

[Doberge]

Resale DVC owners (non grandfathered) won't be able to get access to the IncrediPass just as frequent I'd imagine, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

Out of state non-grandfathered resale owners (white card owners) are lumped in the same bucket as out of state nonDVC. Incredi-pasd would be the only option similar to how Platinum was the only option pre-pandemic. And platinum I think at that time was less than sorcerer now?

 

[Touchdown]

Important to note DLR version of the Incridipass has been for sale since the start of the year. Looks like the future doesn’t look so good for “unprecedented demand.”

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I think my favorite part of your gimmick is how you try to portray that Disney is somehow 'fooling' or 'scamming' every single person that decides to pay them money.

Here's the real truth: Disney ticket prices were way, way, way underpriced for decades.

Hmmm…do yuh remember people “wondering out loud” on forums why their “free dining” was going up?…but then pivoting a second later?

And then like 7 years of begging for “fee dining”?


…you were saying?


It’s Merica…aren’t all commercial products marketed attempting to use gimmicks and misdirection?


Ok…guess we disagree. Want to talk about Star Wars instead? I’m so disappointed in Doc Brown today

 

[Disney Glimpses]

I believe they are expecting a slower than originally expected summer. Resuming AP sales are an easy lever to increase attendance. Not sure how long they can rely on this new mechanism.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Important to note DLR version of the Incridipass has been for sale since the start of the year. Looks like the future doesn’t look so good for “unprecedented demand.”

That is exactly what is going on.

Now excuse me while I take the volleys of arrows from the “Disney wants me to have MY MAGIC!” Crowd

 

[doctornick]

Important to note DLR version of the Incridipass has been for sale since the start of the year. Looks like the future doesn’t look so good for “unprecedented demand.”

As much as people here complain about the hassle of park reservations at WDW, I think they are a huge deal breaker - especially being locked out when dates fill - at DLR and has lead to much softer than historical demand for APs there. of course the dynamics at DLR have always been dramatically different than WDW in regards to number of APs vs day guests/resort guests.

 

[GhostHost1000]

I believe they are expecting a slower than originally expected summer. Resuming AP sales are an easy lever to increase attendance. Not sure how long they can rely on this new mechanism.

I predicted this. Post Covid boom and with their prices now, lower and less frequent repeat guests ESPECIALLY when they weren’t selling APs