thrillrider Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I agree. The passes may be a little pricey, but you get what you pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moinab Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I have the Florida resident weekday pass for $180 and it's worth every penny. I've used it 5 times already this year and will probably visit 2 or 3 more times this fall. While not everyone can get a Florida resident pass, there's always different options to save money, so I don't see raising the price a couple dollars here or there being that big of a deal. I was so happy to see this option, this year! We bought FL resident seasonal passes, last October, when they were offering 15 months for the price of 12. Next time, I think we'll go with the weekday passes, if they are still offering them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gforce532 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Just the other day I was looking at the 1994 map of Disneyland California (when Indy opened), which I have saved when I was a kid. And on the map they were avertising a regular annual pass with 27 blockout days for only $99. And the premium was $199. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Can't we just sticky this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I understand the ticket increases, its a business and they're trying to make money and people still come. But in my opinion they've steadily been raising prices, almost 10 dollars over the past 3 years now, but it been almost 3 years since a major new attraction was added. Don't you usually have to justify an increase with a significant addition? I thinks it funny how the tickets prices in Orlando do one thing and the prices at every other park in the country are doing the opposite. I remember in 2000 after Son of Beast opened at Kings island's, the one day admission at the gate was around if not over $50, and now over the past 10 years its dropped to where a single day admission is around $35 if not lower. As far as I know its the same case for Six Flags, Cedar Point, etc. But everything in Orlando just gets more and more expensive every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay20016 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 But everything in Orlando just gets more and more expensive every year. And people come back year after year. I would like to see the $15 parking fees lowered however... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electerik Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Disney's pricing strategy over the last few years has finally paid off (resulting in small attendance gains for them and losses for their competitors this last year), so why would they stop now? The question is, will UO and SWO attempt to follow again, and continue to get burned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeist04 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 ^Didn't Universal increase some of their prices/packages before Harry Potter opened up? I really don't remember, since I renewed my season pass back in January and haven't checked the website lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 yeah Universal did raise their prices before Harry Potter opened up, but they also had Harry Potter opeing up in the coming months to justify that raise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelizeIt Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 (edited) My cousin just visited last week from the east coast and bought a 1-day park hopper for Disney/DCA for $97.00. We spent about 15 hours at the parks that day, so that works out to about $6.00 an hour? For her $6.00 an hour she got to ride an endless series of attractions, parades, fireworks, Fantasmic, etc... Still seems like a good value to me. On another note, there are definitely some people who do want to pay ANYTHING! The line we were in to enter the park got held up because some parent with a child who was clearly 3+ years of age was trying to claim their little boy was still only 2 years 10 months. We moved to another line, but the parents were arguing with the supervisor over it when we walked by. I wonder what Disney does in those situations, I'm sure it must be a daily occurence. Edited August 5, 2010 by BelizeIt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timfreeman Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Just because you think they are older than 3 doesn't mean they are. All my kids look much older than they are. My current 2 year old frequently gets the "he's only 2???" statement. We normally don't get stopped because we have passes, but I try to always carry a copy of his birth certificate for this reason. I'm not saying some people don't try this, but not everyone that is "clearly 3+ years of age" actually is. To stay on topic, despite the regular price increases, I'm guessing attendence has actually increased in the "off season". I don't have any data to back it up, but the parks seem much busier. We always tried to go during the slow months, but the crowds are getting to where it doesn't make a huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay20016 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Just because you think they are older than 3 doesn't mean they are. All my kids look much older than they are. My current 2 year old frequently gets the "he's only 2???" statement. We normally don't get stopped because we have passes, but I try to always carry a copy of his birth certificate for this reason. I'm not saying some people don't try this, but not everyone that is "clearly 3+ years of age" actually is. To stay on topic, despite the regular price increases, I'm guessing attendence has actually increased in the "off season". I don't have any data to back it up, but the parks seem much busier. We always tried to go during the slow months, but the crowds are getting to where it doesn't make a huge difference. I blame the internet. Now every Dick or Jane with a computer can find out the best information for parks with a simple google search. But it does seem like there really is getting to be a constant level of tourists, with increases around the big holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Still totally worth it, and when you factor in the time spent for different events it's still less (comparatively speaking) than the Movies, Concerts or Lift Passes for ski resorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Interesting commentary on this subject posted over at Screamscape thats worth a read.I didn't realize that in 2002-2003 the price of a single day admission ticket was only $50. so a $32 dollar increase over the last 7-8 years. I wonder where admission prices will be in 2020? http://screamscape.com/html/screamscape_news.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor6 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 How many people really buy a 1-day ticket to a Disney Theme Park? My guess is not many. A lot more people seem to buy the multiple day park hopper tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillrider Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Exactly. Unless you live in the area, most people are going to spend multiple days at the resort. If you buy a 7 day ticket, it's $320. That's only about $45 a day. It's actually cheaper than that if you buy a package. Ticket prices... http://allears.net/pl/ticketchart.htm#MYW1 A annual pass to disneyworld is only $531 or $488 to renew. That's only about $122 per park for an entire year. A cedarfair season pass is $160. And unless you live in california, it's only good for 6 months out of the year as most cedarfair parks are seasonal. I live in Michigan, and have came really close to buying a season pass for disney the past few years. We already go for a week every year, and it would be nice to have the option of going down there anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 yeah the Disney prices are defiantly designed such that they want the guests to spend multiple consecutive days on property and spend money at the parks and hotels and restaurants and everywhere else, that's why the tickets are so much cheaper if you but multiple consecutive days. I know when I was working at the parks I had a lot of family and friends who were in Orlando for other things besides a Disney vacation (conventions, sports events, passing through to or from a cruise, coming over for a day during spring break or a beach vacation etc.) and going to the Disney parks for just a single day or two days was completely out of the question because it was so expensive. They would always end up getting a 2 day universal ticket for the around same cost as a single day Disney ticket even though Universal wasn't their first choice of parks. Again I just feel bad for people who are in Orlando or Central Florida and impulsively decide to stop in and spend a day at Disney without any knowledge of the ticketing situation. They pay their 15 dollars to park, ride the monorail into the Magic Kingdom and get the gates to find out a single day ticket is $83. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillrider Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 But even at $83, you get what you pay for. Each of the attractions they build at Disney, cost a heck of a lot more than a 8 million dollar wooden coaster. Not to mention all the great shows and landscaping. Heck, Disney probaly spent 8 million on the sign for the concession stand. A concert ticket cost's me about $65 for two hours of entertainment. For $18 more, I can get a full days entertainment at Disney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I highly doubt someone that lives in Central Florida has no idea about Disney ticket prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timfreeman Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I live in Michigan, and have came really close to buying a season pass for disney the past few years. We already go for a week every year, and it would be nice to have the option of going down there anytime. We bit the bullet this year. We normally go down there twice a year, so we'd break even on the passes. In the past, we'd always stay on site, so the food discounts out-weighed the passes. Now, with the passes, we just rent a house/condo as it saves quite a bit of cash. We also now drive instead of fly, which saves even more. With the passes, we have more of an excuse to pick up and go at any time. We are heading down next week for the third time this year. I just found out the last flight to Endor stuff is next weekend, wish I had the cash to go to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davisal771 Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 ^^ Holy crap $160 for a Cedar Fair season pass?! Elitch's season passes are only 55 bucks and you still get access to all the other PARC parks... or so I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewelap Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I live in Orlando so I visit the parks regularly, and by that I mean strictly Universal. I can completely see reasoning for the price increase for the Disneyland Resort (because it's awesome and laughably better), but definitely not WDW. I refuse to spend hundreds of dollars just to visit four theme parks which aren't even the best Disney has to offer. If they actually finished AK, updated the aging attractions at MK, and fixed DHS park identity problem, then I could see this price increase as reasonable. I don't count Fantasyland's expansion; its a pale counterattack to Harry Potter. All WDW is doing is cutting off the local market and relying too heavily on international and out-of-state tourists. I'm not a hater, I just miss the WDW of the 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timfreeman Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 ^^ Holy crap $160 for a Cedar Fair season pass?! Elitch's season passes are only 55 bucks and you still get access to all the other PARC parks... or so I think... Just to clarify, that is the Platinum pass that is for all parks. Not a bad deal for just Cedar Point and Kings Island alone. A normal pass is $99 just for Kings Island. I think we got our Gold renewal for about $70 if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT3000 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I didn't realize that in 2002-2003 the price of a single day admission ticket was only $50. so a $32 dollar increase over the last 7-8 years. And in that same time span, park upkeep has steadily gone down the toilet. Hilarious. I'm proud to be counted among those who WON'T "keep going anyway." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 All WDW is doing is cutting off the local market and relying too heavily on international and out-of-state tourists. Those evil tourists spend a hell of a lot of money at WDW on hotels, full-rate admission, food, and the like. I know which customers I'd cater the most to if it were my resort: The ones who spend the most money there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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