Originally Posted By scottie My family from the bay area would often take roadtrips to Disneyland and be there from opening to closing. We would go to Disneyland one day and go to one or two of the non-disney parks depending on the time we had in So-cal. It wasn't until DCA did we start to use park hoppers/multiday passes. I for one think it is a good deal to be able to visit Disneyland at a more leisurely pace and have the option to hop between both parks. Of course it would be even a better deal if I thought DCA was a better park. Regardless, it still has increased the time we dedicate to Disneyland and the resort versus the time we would spend at non-Disney attractions. Have the amount of people who buy multiday passes versus single day passes significantly increased with the addition of DCA? I would never buy a single day pass for DCA but I wouldn't tend to buy a park hopper/multiday just for Disneyland either. I could even say that, because they added DCA, you can now count 2-3 clicks to Disneyland for each of my family members since we go there first on most days. I'm curious to hear to what degree DCA has affected other previous day-trippers.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ We were definintely day-trippers. Now we multi-day and have a much more leasurely trip.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer I think it will be hard to say.. Walt Disney Travel used to sell a lot of package deals that included trips to Knott's, Universal, SeaWorld and other local attractions. Disneyland Marketing of the tickets has also changed, first starting with the "2 days" free offer that came in 2002, and has converted this year to discounted Advance Purchase ParkHoppers. The old version, when DL was the only park, you could get 2 and 3 day tickets, but usually only saved a couple of dollars over single day tickets (based on a per day price). The original plan was to not offer ParkHoppers (with the exception of staying at a Disney owned hotel, that was supposed to a major exclusive perk). Everyone was expected to buy a single day ticket to one park, or buy a multi-day ticket, whci you had to choose which park you wanted to visit each day. They even stopped selling AP's prior to DCA opening. Shortly after the park opened, Disney was forced to rethink their plans, as most folks were not going for the offerings (a good percentage of folks showing up were the Disney Hotel guests, or AP's who bought their AP prior to the cutoff of sales). Nowadays, the reported numbers (not official), 50 to 60 percent are AP holders, (more AP'ers in the off-season than peak), 30 percent Multi-Day ParkHoppers (most of which are the advance purchase discounted version, either from Travel Packages, or bought directly from Disneyland.com or other sources), about 10% is supposed to be comp admissions, mostly CM's and the folks they sign in, plus the marketing giveaways, and less than 5%, some say much less, Full priced One Day DCA only tickets. (some say that tickets such as the 4 day one park only Costco ticket counts in that number, but they cost $25 a day). IMHO, I think it was more the Disney marketing machine that responded to DCA initial attendance problems, and offering days free, both on tickets, and even free night hotel rooms did more to get folks to get the ParkHoppers.
Originally Posted By scottie Darkbeer- Thanks for the response. When you are talking about the breakdown of numbers, is this just for DCA or for the entire resort? A two day hopper doesn't give you much of a discount but the fact that I can go for two days and hop from Disneyland and DCA makes it worth it to me. Like I said before, without a Hopper and DCA, I would cram a day at Disneyland and head somewhere else. If there is a significant increase in multiday passes or an increase in the average duration of multiday passes from pre-resort years I think that it would show people are staying longer. Wasn't that the intention of the expansion in the first place. Stay longer here, spend more here! Excuse me if this has already been discussed.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer The percentage I shared was for just DCA... Lately, the Disneyland Park numbers have been showing about 30% AP Holders, and about 20% One Day only tickets (paid for), comps are about 10%, that leaves about 30% for Multi-Days, and other tickets. (Once again, not official, but from decent sources). Also, numbers due change based on the day of the week (More Visitors (Multi-Day PH) during the week, More Locals (AP'ers and Single Day) on weekends.
