Originally Posted By xzoocrew A ticket costs $89. Has anyone been to this in the last few years? Is the high cost because of bringing in "name" entertainment or is there more going on to justify the cost? I've never been and don't understand why the ticket cost is so high. I'm thinking about going this year and would appreciate hearing about your experiences.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss $89 doesn't seem high to me, given the cost of say, the Fantasmic! dessert buffet seating at $56. Whether it includes anything beyond admission and is worth it, I don't know; never been.
Originally Posted By Indigo My suggestion is spend that $89 buying a really nice bottle of champange. Find a spot on the beach at the Polynesian and toast in the new year in style. Don't forget to designate a driver if you're not staying at a Monorail Hotel.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper It is the "name" entertainment and the desire to not let the crowd size get out of control.
Originally Posted By seanyoda The only problem with Indigo's suggestion is that sometimes Disney Security will restrict access to the Poly's beach to Poly guests only. I wouldn't be surprised if they did that for NYE.
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney The price used to be double that, or even more. But they used to get bigger names, and include a huge buffet of quality, unlimited, food as well as champagne. I would expect this will be the last year of the event with major changes coming to the whole area, including a parking structure.
Originally Posted By typhoonCM Event includes dinner buffet, smash mouth on stage, some jazz band in BET for 2 hours, an 'exclusive' amount of tickets, champagne (sp?) and random celebrities all night. It's really not a bad price for the dinner, midnight toast and entertainment. It's not an amazing party, but it's not terrible either. And the above message was correct, this is the last NYE party for PI (at least in this form). Pleasure Island will be droping the NYE theme permanently on the first of the year.
Originally Posted By xzoocrew Thanks for your replies but I take it no one has been in the last few years?
Originally Posted By TDLFAN An article appeared on Jim Hill's site today about the possible demise, gutting and rebuilding of PI in the near future... Quite interesting read, even if it may be based on rumors and heresay, but concidering how bad the experience at PI has become...I personally would not mid if some of the things Jim Hill talks about do come true.
