HongKongFooy
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Anyway to expand on that with specifics.
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Who else thinks Park Prices & Resort Prices will Increase?
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Anyway to expand on that with specifics.
HongKongFooy
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This is the part that has me curious. It looks like you have no working comparison to even begin to conclude that WDW offers "more" on a pound per pound basis as you say(which is not what I was declaring. I purposely chose the word "quality").
Sure you can look at videos of rides but you will never understand and appreciate the intangibles unless you see first hand like the marvelous and breathtaking mountainous backdrop of Hong Kong Disney, the explosive and powerful sights and sounds of Mt Prometheus erupting and bellowing, the magical customer service of a TDR, the finer details of a brick Main St in Paris, the taste of other Disney destinations foods or feeling the history and heritage of walking around Anaheim DL.
How can you make such a conclusion if you lack these experiences, no?
Mickey5150
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Or the magic and wonder of the Animal Kingdom, oh wait that's in Walt Disney World.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Oh I agree...
...I’m just saying that “they are increasing prices because they want to reduce attendance” is a dump truck filled with manure...
marktornits
New Member
I think it's easy to expect the prices to go up. I'm not sure that people will want to return for a multitude of reasons. It will be fun to watch.
Disstevefan1
Well-Known Member
Reduced attendance could possibly be a side effect of raising prices of everything at WDW, although a dump truck filled with manure parked in the parking lot of the resorts In the hot sun and humidity of Florida May also work..... hmmmm... causation or correlation?
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
No public company ever wants reduced traffic...so that one we can put to bed easily.
Disstevefan1
Well-Known Member
Well.... not exactly....
Disney Raises Theme Park Ticket Prices In Effort To Reduce Crowding
Disney Raises Theme Park Ticket Prices In Effort To Reduce Crowding
Walt Disney Co. is raising the price of tickets to its theme parks in California and Florida in an effort to control the crowds at the popular tourist locations.
www.forbes.com
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Frankly...that article isn’t worth the bytes it used. They aren’t throwing billions of capex in to have less attendance. That just doesn’t make business sense at all.Well.... not exactly....
Disney Raises Theme Park Ticket Prices In Effort To Reduce Crowding
Disney Raises Theme Park Ticket Prices In Effort To Reduce Crowding
Walt Disney Co. is raising the price of tickets to its theme parks in California and Florida in an effort to control the crowds at the popular tourist locations.
They want more attendance at higher prices. Econ 101.
That’s just a story as they experiment with testing boundaries. And before anyone says “they have to tell the truth!” Absolutely not. Not one bit when you are manipulating your own narrative.
Wendy Pleakley
Well-Known Member
In normal times, the notion that Disney wants to reduce crowds is indeed a myth.
Short term, they may be able to get away with higher prices if COVID means a cap on attendance. They could even do what some restaurants are doing and charge a COVID fee, to cover the "related expenses".
Long-term, assuming things get back to "normal" or we have a vaccine, I'd expect some discounting. I assume the economic impact will mean less people being able to travel for a period.
Short term, they may be able to get away with higher prices if COVID means a cap on attendance. They could even do what some restaurants are doing and charge a COVID fee, to cover the "related expenses".
Long-term, assuming things get back to "normal" or we have a vaccine, I'd expect some discounting. I assume the economic impact will mean less people being able to travel for a period.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Strong points
Prices have already gone up, at least for European visitors. I was booked for Sept this year, a week at All-Stars plus the 14day hopper ticket offered to UK guests. Had an email from Disney end of last week, offering to either go as planned but with reduced offerings (no dining plan, probably no parades/fireworks etc.) reschedule for 2021 or cancel. Looked into rescheduling; a week in late April is now close to $800 more expensive just for the hotel. The park tickets has also increased by over $50. Will be cancelling now and maybe take a trip to Cali instead next year...
Walt Disney1955
Well-Known Member
May I ask why? Health? Age? Fear of flying?
Walt Disney1955
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I think Disney will increase them, although perhaps not right away. Once they get back to full capacity they might have a discount to lure people back but once that happens the prices will go up. You can't close the biggest theme park in the world for 4 months and not expect the same company to want to find a way to make their money back. Federal/State funding will only go so far.
I also think that people don't realize just how much in jeopardy some of these non-Disney parks are in. Six Flags for instance isn't drowning in money like Disney and they have shut down their parks in a regular season let alone this unusual time. We might find out just how big of a mistake (I already knew) that the shutdowns were. You can't be in favour of the shutdowns and then wonder why things close or why the places that survive try to do things to stay alive and make up for the shutdown.
I also think that people don't realize just how much in jeopardy some of these non-Disney parks are in. Six Flags for instance isn't drowning in money like Disney and they have shut down their parks in a regular season let alone this unusual time. We might find out just how big of a mistake (I already knew) that the shutdowns were. You can't be in favour of the shutdowns and then wonder why things close or why the places that survive try to do things to stay alive and make up for the shutdown.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
1. UK prices are always cheaper than domestic
2. September is not a busy/expensive month...April is.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Indeed...
Another side story is “someone” is floating a $2 trillion bailout of certain things...notable the tourism industry...that I can’t see getting past Nancy.
Not that it doesn’t make sense...but there won’t be that kind of creampuff easy money coming in based on the calendar.
This is a “political” mechanism...but it directly affects the economics of tourism. I’m not trying to start a politics debate. It is what it is.
Even when I looked at going Sept. next year the price increase is still over $500 more than for this year. I just didn't want to wait that long for some vacation.
Oh the prices always go up... but if they cut the hours, eliminate the parades, fireworks and shows then they will be hard pressed to draw the number of guests they want if they increase the prices right now. I expect the price increases will be on hold until the virus BS goes away and they start operating more normally. Would you really pay 100 dollar for a day at Disney if they had no shows, parades, fireworks or even meet and greets? Frankly I would need a big discount before I would go under those conditions.
Megamazing
Active Member
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I don’t think they’ll raise prices right away. I think at first prices will remain the same and they’ll do lots of discounts and special offers (like after the 2008 recession,) and then when crowd levels start going back up, then they’ll raise prices.