What's your maximum on ticket prices? An unscientific poll...

[Sirwalterraleigh]

FlamingMonkey knows nothing, Hans Gruber. I'm off to fight the white walkers.

Today’s winner

 

[mikejs78]

Taking out multi-day tickets as that's how I normally purchase my tickets - A one day ticket to Universal for this Saturday (7/28) is $124 (and that doesn't include ExpressPass) - for Disney it's $119. So yeah, I think Disney provides more value than Universal by a decent margin (just my own personal opinion, I know others differ and I don't want to get into that argument), so the current price seems like a great deal to me, especially when you take into account that I get FastPasses with a Disney ticket, while I don't get anything with a Universal Ticket (unless I pay a premium).

I also priced out a ticket to my local Six Flags ($69). Now, using that as a baseline, I'd say that Disney's attraction quality as compared to Six Flags is probably worth around $40. Then I would pay $30 just to see the Disney nighttime spectaculars. The entertainment and dining quality is also much higher at Disney parks than at Six Flags, so I'll give that a value of $30. So overall, I think a day at Disney is probably worth $100 more than a day at six flags (again, personally), so that $169 would probably be my ceiling - but I'd need to do rope drop to closing (with maybe a break) for that value.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Taking out multi-day tickets as that's how I normally purchase my tickets - A one day ticket to Universal for this Saturday (7/28) is $124 (and that doesn't include ExpressPass) - for Disney it's $119. So yeah, I think Disney provides more value than Universal by a decent margin (just my own personal opinion, I know others differ and I don't want to get into that argument), so the current price seems like a great deal to me, especially when you take into account that I get FastPasses with a Disney ticket, while I don't get anything with a Universal Ticket (unless I pay a premium).

I also priced out a ticket to my local Six Flags ($69). Now, using that as a baseline, I'd say that Disney's attraction quality as compared to Six Flags is probably worth around $40. Then I would pay $30 just to see the Disney nighttime spectaculars. The entertainment and dining quality is also much higher at Disney parks than at Six Flags, so I'll give that a value of $30. So overall, I think a day at Disney is probably worth $100 more than a day at six flags (again, personally), so that $169 would probably be my ceiling - but I'd need to do rope drop to closing (with maybe a break) for that value.

Interesting...

However...If the single/multiday tickets went to an average of $169...they would suffer a 10-20% drop in attendance and Orlando would be in crisis mode.

No Non-disney diehard is paying $30 for a projection show and a parade. They have and always will be the most overrated aspect of a Disney park ticket. People want 12 hours of freedom of choice entertainment...not 11 minutes packed like sardines.

 

[mikejs78]

Interesting...

However...If the single/multiday tickets went to an average of $169...they would suffer a 10-20% drop in attendance and Orlando would be in crisis mode.

Not Non-disney diehard is paying $30 for a projection show and a parade. They have and always will be the most overrated aspect of a Disney park ticket. People want 12 hours of freedom of choice entertainment...not 11 minutes packed like sardines.

Again, this is my *personal* ceiling, I'm not advocating that Disney raise prices to that, nor do I think that others may share the same value. And to me, HEA is more than a projection show, and other parks don't come close to Disney in regards to nighttime shows. I'd easily pay $30 to see FoF + HEA, or just to see Illuminations, especially since I don't go that often. Fantasmic/Rivers of Light, probably not, but those two shows I easily would...

But again, that's just me...

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Again, this is my *personal* ceiling, I'm not advocating that Disney raise prices to that, nor do I think that others may share the same value. And to me, HEA is more than a projection show, and other parks don't come close to Disney in regards to nighttime shows. I'd easily pay $30 to see FoF + HEA, or just to see Illuminations, especially since I don't go that often. Fantasmic/Rivers of Light, probably not, but those two shows I easily would...

But again, that's just me...

You’re losing points, Bud...

Are you talking the FIRST time? Maybe I could see that...

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Somewhat related to this thread, I'm currently planning the 4th and final day of my Orlando trip and I'm looking at various options of things to do. So far, I have not purchased any regular park admission for either Universal or Disney, opting instead to do their Halloween events.

While there are things at the parks I'd like to do, I find it really hard to justify paying $102+ tax just to go on a few rides at AK or Epcot, or paying an additional $62 + tax, to upgrade to a park hopper for that day.

It's the kind of thing were if it were $75 or less, I wouldn't be writing this post. In the past I have purchased a MNSSHP ticket and a day at Epcot and felt that was a good value, but the prices for both have increased quite a bit, and I think I'm at the point where I just say "no thanks, not this time".

 

[WondersOfLife]

All of these "they already hit my max" votes are bull. Most of ya'll will still keep going to Disney. Maybe not as often, but I bet 80% of you will.

My vote is "other." I believe it is way overpriced right now, but I will continue to buy these tickets until I LOGICALLY cannot afford to go anymore.

 

[Christian Fronckowiak]

They've hit my max in terms of what exists now. As new attractions are added, we reconsider.