MrPromey
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That's the charge per hour for plaids with a minimum of 7 hours, I believe.
Plus gratuity
That's the charge per hour for plaids with a minimum of 7 hours, I believe.
Yes, although it is funny to think about Disney reconfiguring the queues to further segregate guests by class.Would this basically be “enter any LL at any time you want” pass?
I think it would have to work that way, similar to Express Pass. If a bunch of people jump in line at once or a ride breaks down and just reopened the LL line can get longer. I remember being at Universal and having Express Pass over Spring Break when Kong was the newest ride (I think it was open over 6 months so not exactly brand new) and we waited close to 45 mins in the Express Line. I think standby was over 2 hours.So a question I have is how it would work. As I understood it from a friend that just did a Plaid in DL, they basically just entered the LL with their plaid. They didn’t jump ahead of anyone in any line.
Would this basically be “enter any LL at any time you want” pass? Or else they’d have to configure some way for them to pass both standby and LL lines.
I think this is probably the main reason they didn’t go this direction already at WDW. Most parks just have a premium line skip service which is very expensive and those who really want it buy in and those who don’t ride standby. Most parks don’t sell multi-day passes that go out 10+ days. It’s not really likely that people would buy this for length of stay and people will be much less likely to buy at any park other than MK (maybe DHS but even that’s a stretch).People will do it for ONE day…which is problematic for the swamp
And I remember the days when you'd call looking for a room at the Contemporary or the Poly and had to shift your visit dates to find something available...
Rack rates, even adjusted for inflation, were significantly less back then.And I remember the days when you'd call looking for a room at the Contemporary or the Poly and had to shift your visit dates to find something available...
Nope…club level is NOTHING…it’s a few hundred rooms totalI could see this as an add-on for folks staying club level similar to what they did back in the day with FP+.
People pay for these sold out after hour events. Why wouldnt they do the same for a full days worth & a full slate of rides even if it does cost minimally moreI'm sure there are. But 800-1000 a day for a family of 4 is insane to me and we don't even think about what things cost while at Disney. But would absolutely not pay that.
There would be no value in this in Epcot and AK. If they initiate this and limit it to one park (thus no parking hopping) it could work without disrupting current operations.RUMOR: Walt Disney World to Debut Universal Express-Style Skip-the-Line Offering
A new rumor that Walt Disney World will roll out its own Universal Express-style skip-the-line system called Lightning Lane Premier Passblogmickey.com
I wouldn’t expect an unlimited Express type option either (though I’d personally prefer it).
Disney is selling a resort destination to their premium guests. That resort begins to crumble once you finish every ride at AK by 11 am and HS by 12. You can already get close to that without it, but that’s to the seasoned vet, not your family from Ohio staying concierge at Yacht & Beach.
If you’re not staying at the parks, you’re not shopping, dining, buying photopass, etc.
Universal is largely in the rides business (consider how little there is to do outside of rides) and Disney is in the holistic experience bundle.
Plaids are a good bridge between Express and LLMP, but they’re done on a limited scale at astronomical prices.
Overall, I think every park should satiate every category of guest desire for a full day, but currently, there’s parks, like AK, where it only provides a full-day experience if you do everything, not just rides.
Obviously, some imminent investment will help, but that’s all it’ll do, it’ll help, not fix it. An express pass would exasperate that problem.
With minimal effort, I could knock out AK, DHS, and Epcot’s attractions in a single day, so you have to price it to offset a loss of ticket clicks, so assuming a $150 park hopper, this would need to be more than that, but that’s before considering lost spend from stores, food, etc.
I’m not sure the GSAT would be that positive for such a service either, because while it’s much simpler, it makes the parks also seem far more one-dimensional.
Just thinking aloud here— but I bet they could use an express pass to drive higher attendance at certain parks (cough, animal kingdom, cough)— especially if it’s a once per ride situation. There aren’t enough headliners to keep people busy at MK and DHS all day if you can just walk on the rides you want in logical order once (obviously if you like shows and kiddie rides there’s more to do)— if you made it so that it cost $300/pp for the first park, but only $25-50 to add AK, you could probably get a lot of interest from families like mine, where the kids just want to do coasters and thrill rides. They could even have dynamic pricing and pop-up notifications about adding other parks that are slow.
Or... limit the amount sold, like Uni does.Then can give all of the previous DAS spots to LLPA and we would be in the same place we were in June...
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