Originally Posted By dlkozy I heard that prices to DL/WWW are going up on the 5th-anyone know for sure what the new prices will be?
Originally Posted By dlkozy Never mind-found the info here: <a href="http://ocresort.ocregister.com/2010/08/03/disneyland-raises-ticket-parking-prices/51833/" target="_blank">http://ocresort.ocregister.com...s/51833/</a> Guess I will be buying my tickets today on-line for our trip in Oct.
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE They just raised them in January I thought , my pass doesn;t expire until Dec 5 th, can i get my new one now to beat the increase or are we stuck to Dec to renew...I haven't received one news letter ever since being an AP holder ...if I did not see this post I would never have known, so thanks dlkozy for posting this info..
Originally Posted By onlyme Great! Hopefully, more people will get the deluxe now, instead of the Premium. Holidays are my new favorite time to go. With all passes (except premium) always blocked-out, the park is noticeably more comfortable on these days. Memorial Day and 4th of July were quite nice compared to years before. Maybe it was a fluke; maybe less people are buying the Premium. And yes, I realize that this is unfortunate news for most. $101 for a one-day park-hopper makes it difficult to go if you have a few kids.
Originally Posted By Terminus $101 is a lot of money for people with a few kids, sure. But $101 for a park-hopper is a lot harder to afford than $97 for a park hopper? Seems pretty close to me... I guess that's what Disney is banking on, though. "It's only 4 dollars."
Originally Posted By GMLSKIS This stinks, now they get an extra $20 out of me next week. Can't buy my pass today because of blockouts I have to buy the 5 day hopper and then upgrade to AP on my last day. Nothing like short notice to squeeze more money out of us. With World of Color hot now they know people will pay it anyway. I love Disney but give us a break, Isn't this 3 raises in the last 12 months?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "It's only 4 dollars." Yes, it may only be $4, but having the price for a single-day ticket in triple digits will make a lot of people think twice. Most guests don't realize what the prices were last year, or even the last time they visited, which was probably not within the current pricing scheme. Also, raising the prices of APs twice in a single year is a bold move. Unlike single-day tickets, there aren't many people who are going to buy more than one AP in a calendar year. It just doesn't make any sense. Instead, when the folks who are renewing soon (why did I have to get mine right after the new prices always go into effect?) will be paying around $40-50 more than last year. While I do agree that they should do something to scale back the number of APs (getting rid of the SoCal levels is alwways an option-the parks seem to be overwhelming when they're not blocked out), I don't think raising the prices twice in a year is the right way to do it. If they want us to pay $50 more, do it all at once. Splitting it into pieces is just tacky, when they know that you only pay attention to the price one a year.
Originally Posted By retlawfan They seem to have stopped sending the letter to renew ahead of time also. Is tis an effort to let peopler "forget" to renew until it's too late, and force into purchasing the renewal at the higher rate? Ugh.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance It's obviously to help save the environment! Think of all of the trees they will be saving by not sending out those letters
Originally Posted By believe It's their way of reducing the overly crowded parks. You charge more, less people will come.
Originally Posted By bravebrother ^^ Umm...No! They arent trying to do that! It's there way of trying to grab a few more bucks. They are not concerned about the parks being crowded at all. If they were concerned they have ways of controling attendance. They can limit the number of AP's, or even just close the gates when they feel it's too full. This is just a money grab because they can do it. But I must admit that the price increases are getting out of hand. Looking back on some of my past tickets... in 1995 my 3 day passport cost $79.00. Now you get 1 day for that price 15 years later!! 1992 single ticket... $28.75... WOW!!!
Originally Posted By Sparrow I agree with bravebrother. I think they are seeing the record attendance this summer and taking advantage of it.
Originally Posted By ImTempest Whatever happened to the rules about how many people Disneyland could hold? There used to be a set amount, because of public safety. Now it seems like there is still a set amount, but it's twice as many people as it used to be. How does that work? God forbid there should be an earthquake on a Friday afternoon, and I'm in the middle of the Adventureland bottleneck. I'm not happy about the prices, but it's how many people are in the park that worries me.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Record attendance + Fastpass = clogged arteries. People used to be absorbed in the queues, now with Fastpass, they are roaming about.
Originally Posted By believe >>>Whatever happened to the rules about how many people Disneyland could hold? <<<< Yes, there are in-park limits. However, there's only a handful of days a year that the limits are actually met. In the pre-AP days, ThxGiving, Christmas time, and some other days. You can get pretty crowded even when it doesn't hit the limit.
Originally Posted By Mickeyfan1 One more observation. I found this on another discussoin board where someone was asking about admission prices back in the mid 60's: Admission - Adults $2.00 / Children 60 Cents I could not confirm that this was the actual cost for admission in 1965, as the closest I could find was 1967 information. However, if it is not it would be very close. These were the ride ticket prices in 1965. A-Ticket: 10 Cents B-Ticket: 25 Cents C-Ticket: 35 Cents D-Ticket: 45 Cents E-Ticket: Adults 60 Cents / Children 50 Cents An exception to this was the "Enchanted Tiki Room" that was not given a ticket value but just costs 75 Cents for Adults and 50 Cents for Children. These were the "face" value of the tickets. If you purchased them in a book you would very often save a couple of dollars. For example if you purchased the Golden 20 book for $5.25 you would get Admission into Disneyland, 20 rides plus 2 free tickets making it a $8.90 value if you purchased everything separately. In my previous post I mentioned theater tickets. Again 13 to 16 hour you could spend at Disneyland and a play/musical lasts about 2/12 hours. I remember the first time I purchased season tickets to the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera for the 1967 season. We got a small discount for purchasing season tickets, however the face value of the Orchestra seats at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion were $9.90 per show and we sat in about the 15th row center. I honestly think when you look at it this way the prices at Disneyland are not out of line at all compared to what the other areas of entertainment are charging.
Originally Posted By GMLSKIS Price gouging at Disney's best. They know people will pay it so like any other entertainment venue based on supply and demand they will put it to us. My pass next week will cost me $20 more which although won't make me happy won't break me either. That hat or T-shirt I might have bought I might pass on now knowing they already got my twenty. I plan on getting about 13 days on my pass so the $20 works out to less than $2 a day more still. It still makes the AP usage for me less than $20 a day for both parks.
