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WDW to Raise All Buffet Prices By Almost 50%?
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flynnibus
Premium Member
That price of averaging ~$45 pp a day would have been fine under the old models. 3 meals a day.. full meals.. etc. But under the current stripped down system, its basically just a pre-paid system under Disney's crazy inflated pricing.
Not as only as they keep that 'free dining' carrot out there.
Jon81uk
Well-Known Member
The DDP never offered three meals a day, unless going for deluxe.
The original plan was still one QS (inc dessert) and one TS. But the TS was three courses and TIP included. Having to add the tip on makes a big difference to us!
flynnibus
Premium Member
Back in the day it did.. before it was called DDP. When we would go in the 80s, with magic kingdom club we'd have all recreation included too. Back when it really was the vacation kingdom...
Prices are increasing, but nowhere near the 50% range. And yes, it's a rile up the masses thread, regardless of whether it was originally posted as a rumour.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Damn I really miss those days now that WDW has become the 'Upcharge Kingdom'.
Jon81uk
Well-Known Member
The website did briefly show two credits needed on DDP for some character meals. Also given how quickly QS meals have gone up in price in the last six months it wouldn't be a surprise to have more buffets at $50+ when the pricing gets done in October
wannabeBelle
Well-Known Member
Exactly so Jon, I saw the two credit listed on the My Disney Experience app for a few places, Tusker House, Chef Mickey's for dinner and Akershus for lunch and dinner the other night. Perhaps speculation that this was right, led to the idea of if it was two credits, that the pricing would have to go up to still be considered a value? Marie
disneyflush
Well-Known Member
Feels like there are decision makers playing a Name that Tune-ish game where the first goes 'I can raise that price by 3%' and the other goes 'I can raise that price by FIVE percent!' and it just goes back and forth as everyone looks admires the guts and courage to be so risky with your division and products.
My family went in 1990 and I remember a gold card with a key on it that let us eat anywhere on property 3 times per day. Plus any activity we wanted to do like fishing, boat rentals, etc. Can't find the information on it but I specifically remember that gold key card when we stayed at the Poly that year. Only year we got it though.
My family went in 1990 and I remember a gold card with a key on it that let us eat anywhere on property 3 times per day. Plus any activity we wanted to do like fishing, boat rentals, etc. Can't find the information on it but I specifically remember that gold key card when we stayed at the Poly that year. Only year we got it though.
I think this is true. While members of the 1% no doubt go to Disney, it's not the vacation destination for them that Disney tries to market it as. I would venture to guess that most 1%-ers who go to Disney do it as a weekend-type trip as opposed to a full-on vacation. They go to Europe or other exotic locations. WDW is too common, even if you are staying at the Grand Floridian.
Disney is primarily a middle-class vacation spot, it doesn't matter how fancy they make their hotels or how much they charge for them. Disney seems to continually raise prices as if the customer base is in the upper echelons of society, yet most are probably middle class. Eventually this pricing is going to catch up to them in a bad way.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Exactly
Wendy Pleakley
Well-Known Member
People have been saying this for as long as I can remember.
Every time tickets or annual passes go up in price, every time they add a new up-charge event, every time the dining plan is devalued, etc.
"Disney has finally gone too far", I've been hearing for years, even decades.
And just about every time, the people keep coming. The people keep paying.
The notion that the masses will ever say "enough is enough", feels like fantasy.
And that's coming from someone who agrees that the buffet prices are heading into "no way" territory for himself.
Nj4mwc
Well-Known Member
I prefer the dining options at universal now to what disney offers.
Nj4mwc
Well-Known Member
What do you mean by float dollars?
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Disney was enjoying the newly rich from the Brazilian oil boom, With the collapse of oil prices well that revenue source has dried up and now with the US/Canada basically self-sufficient in oil/gas production that money is not coming back soon.
The problem right now is that enough people are coming to make-up for the people who stop going. Lot's of first time visitors are making up for the repeat guests who have stopped coming. Price increases are significant enough to the point that it makes up the difference between those who spend and the increasing number who don't. But at some point, particularly with the increased presence of Universal, Today's first time guests may not ever become tomorrow's return visitor. What happens in the next recession? As I said above, while no doubt the 1% go to Disney, they couldn't keep it in business. And if you price out the middle class, where do you get your guests?
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
When you prepay for DDP the funds are placed in a interest bearing account and until you use your DDP credits Disney collects interest on that money it's called 'float interest' in the banking world.
Nj4mwc
Well-Known Member
My wife and i for several years stayed only on property ate in the parks and were happy, we are now planning our next trip to be off poperty and to eat outside the parks because it HAS gotten way to expensive,
Nj4mwc
Well-Known Member
THat just ticked me off knowing they are making even more money off me withfloat dollars and not just over charging me on the food