snek
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Oh got ya, makes sense. I would seriously not have been happy to miss cookies for the $90 bucks I paid. My peeps were all squished when I got home too.
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WDW is canceling Jan. 31st reservations at CRT to hold event for more $
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L.C. Clench
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Remember the good old days when you got cookies, hot cocoa and a free picture for half the price?
All that and a souvenir button, too, and only about 7 or 8,000 people with whom to enjoy it.
Not to perpetuate a prior discussion, but I see a clear difference between "cost" and "value."
Cost is quantifiable, discrete, and tangible. $90 per person to enter is clearly a cost. Cost is the same to whoever pays it.
Value, on the other hand, is completely subjective. Paying $90 per person for an experience like MVMCP, if you don't want to go, clearly holds no value to you. On the other hand, someone who wants to go and who likes the idea of "limited" attendance, "free" cookies and hot chocolate, early access to the holiday parade and characters dressed out in unique holiday costumes (and available in otherwise unseen groupings) will clearly attach great value to the experience. That person might, as you alluded to, find just as much value at twice the cost.
To use another comparison -- the widow's mites, when she gave them as an offering, only cost her a lepton, but as a percentage of her total holdings, clearly had much more value to her than to the rich man who gave ten times that much and barely noticed.
Luxe
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I agree about cost, however I still think value can have objectivity to it. There are fall off points where something is no longer a value no matter how you justify it. Paying $1000 for a McDonalds cheeseburger and claiming it was a value to you because you thoroughly enjoyed it does not constitute value. At that point, it's unreasonable to consider the exorbitant price as a value. I guess there is always a rare instance where someone legitimately feels $1000 for a cheeseburger is of great value...
I can't quite remember where I was going with all of this, but I'm sure it was important some time or another...
21stamps
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Lol. I hope not.
The whole "cost vs value" convo is interesting.
If the "actual price" was the only thing that determined value, resale tickets to- sporting events, plays, concerts, etc wouldn't exist.
The eBay and Amazon Top Christmas Toy jerks wouldn't exist- this one I'd be ok with though!
Laketravis
Well-Known Member
Nope, that constitutes insanity. Which WDW seems to be taking advantage of lately.
I am Timmy
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Yeah, but you can get the mother load of candy! Just hit every spot three times toward the end of the night, then you can give most of it away the next day at your resort!
Or you can skip the candy lines and spend the time riding attractions and doing M&G's. Then you can go to any store and buy bags of better quality candy another day!
Yeah,....a child getting approached by a stranger with candy. That should go well.
L.C. Clench
Well-Known Member
Back in my day they gave away Hershey's and Mars candy! We could scoop all we wanted out of Teacup ride vehicle placed throughout the park and we liked it!Or you can skip the candy lines and spend the time riding attractions and doing M&G's. Then you can go to any store and buy bags of better quality candy another day!
I'm not sure about the M&G now. We were in MK last year on one of the party days and people came in at 4 and started lining up for the Jack and Sally spot. I didn't wait 3 hours to ride Splash on opening weekend in the land before FP so I couldn't imagine doing it for a M&G.
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I am Timmy
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Not a child, entire families! We had a blast collecting all that candy, then we had more fun the next distributing the mother load to eager families poolside at Pop Century. The dads seemed the most excited about free candy......
I am Timmy
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They are still giving great candy selections, every kind of candy bar you can think of, and also some strange yogurt covered cranberries... but still lots of fun. We rode so many rides, then trick or treated right up until they said we had to go. They were giving handfuls! I felt like a little kid again, it was great. I got to trick or treat WITH my son, he thought that was the greatest.
emcclay
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Yes, it did.