Originally Posted By CuriousConstance " No amount of "magic" justifies submission to such a fleecing. " To YOU maybe. But obviously plenty of others feel that it is completely justified.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Heck, I've paid $200-$300 per night to stay in freaking Branson, MO.<< I think I'd be willing to pay $200-$300 per night to stay AWAY from Branson, MO!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 You wouldn't say that if you knew about the Baldknobbers. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.baldknobbers.com/">http://www.baldknobbers.com/</a>
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Maybe we should end this discussion before Disney reads it and decides they can dramatically increase the resort hotel rates.
Originally Posted By Tikiduck It may seem like a dead horse, but I am going to get it back up, ride it another thirty miles, and than eat it. What some may see as a business charging what the market will bear, I see as corporate greed. My whole peeve here is seeing people so cheerfully submitting to that greed, and therefore perpetuating it. You guys should be paying less than half the price for those hotel rooms. If more of you felt like me, that would be the case. It troubles me to see otherwise bright people spending little Timmy's college money so unnecessarily.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<You wouldn't say that if you knew about the Baldknobbers. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.baldknobbers.com/>>">http://www.baldknobbers.com/>></a> Oh my GOD!! I've never seen the Baldknobbers and never will! The Landing and Big Cedar are a totally different side of Branson. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bransonlanding.com/">http://www.bransonlanding.com/</a> <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bigcedar.com/default.aspx">http://www.bigcedar.com/default.aspx</a>
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "You guys should be paying less than half the price for those hotel rooms." If the prices were that low, none of us would ever get to stay because the rooms would sell out a second after the bookings become available. "It troubles me to see otherwise bright people spending little Timmy's college money so unnecessarily." Oh, brother.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>You wouldn't say that if you knew about the Baldknobbers<< OK. $600 then.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Baldknobbers looks like a trashy version of The Billy's At Disneyland.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<It troubles me to see otherwise bright people spending little Timmy's college money so unnecessarily.>> Don't worry yourself unnecessarily about my kid's education. I paid 100% of Rachel's c (ollege expense... tuition, fees, books, dorm and dining plus $300 per month in spending money so she wouldn't need a part time job. I wanted her to graduate in FOUR years. I also didn't want either one of us taking out student loans... I DESPISE them! (Unfortunately my wife owes more in student loans than I care to think about.)
Originally Posted By Tikiduck "the rooms would sell out a second after the bookings become available." So you would rather pay double for the chance of getting one of those coveted rooms? This whole thing is like trying to explain atheism to a highly religious person.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<This whole thing is like trying to explain atheism to a highly religious person.>> We understand your point of view, we just don't agree with it. What part of that don't you get??
Originally Posted By RedRider "Are we still beating this dead horse? One could easily say the same thing about park admission and the cost of food and souvenirs. If I'm being fleeced by Disney when I stay in one of their hotels then everyone is when they pay to visit one of their parks. Disney destinations are not necessities; it's all frivolous fun and nonsense - from the parks to the hotels and everything in between - designed to entertain. Quit judging." Thank you! I'm not even sure if I will ever stay there again, but I sure enjoyed it and I have stayed at a lot of hotels in Anaheim.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "What some may see as a business charging what the market will bear, I see as corporate greed." The parks are just as overpriced as the hotels. "My whole peeve here is seeing people so cheerfully submitting to that greed, and therefore perpetuating it. You guys should be paying less than half the price for those hotel rooms. If more of you felt like me, that would be the case." Why are you singling out hotel rates while ignoring how expensive everything else is at Disney's resorts? Do you have free admission to the parks? Do you sneak food in as well? Do you shoplift on Main Street and World Showcase? Please tell us your secret for navigating around Disney's exorbitant prices? If these things are affordable for you that's great. Consider for a moment that there are millions of people who might consider you foolish for cheerfully submitting to that greed and therefore perpetuating it. "It troubles me to see otherwise bright people spending little Timmy's college money so unnecessarily." Nothing about visiting a Disney resort is necessary, so this argument, like everything else you've said, is both judgmental and silly.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<The parks are just as overpriced as the hotels. >> Yes... I can get a season pass to Silver Dollar City, an extremely nice regional theme park, for less than the cost of a one day pass to Disneyland. If you don't think it's worth it, you don't go. Simple as that.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Why are you singling out hotel rates while ignoring how expensive everything else is at Disney's resorts?<< For me, it's easy to single out hotels because there are so many comparable experiences elsewhere. It's tough to replicate the same quality of theme park, convenience of dining, or sentimentality of souvenirs, but there are plenty of hotels in the same area that offer a more-or-less parallel experience. Given that most people spend relatively little time of the vacation awake in their hotel rooms (3-4 hours per day at most), it also seems like a pretty logical place to cut costs, without having a huge impact on the quality of your vacation. For me, if the convenience and cost were equal between a Disney Moderate and a Hilton-style hotel, I'm not sure which I would choose. As it stands, the Disney hotels in both WDW and DL are more convnient (though I think WDW has an edge with the 'free' airport transporation), but the costs are much higher, which leads to this discussion.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Hotels are also the only category where you can really pick your price point within Disney's metrics. Yes, there are various prices for dining and souvenirs, but they are relatively consistent across the board; a T-shirt costs roughly the same everywhere, and a cheeseburger costs roughly the same everywhere. Their hotels, however, have a wide range of prices, which seems to encourage people to look at outside prices as well
Originally Posted By tashajilek I don't really agree that the hotel prices are on par with the admission. A park hopper for a few days is still less expensive than a one night stay at the DLH. I still find the admission prices for the amount of time I spend in the parks to be a good. Sadly being from Canada the food prices at Disneyland especially the sit down locations are reasonably priced to me. Anyways, it would be nice if the hotels charged less, but they don't. I don't think it's worth it, but It really isn't my business if people are willing to pay for it and are happy doing so.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Given that most people spend relatively little time of the vacation awake in their hotel rooms (3-4 hours per day at most), it also seems like a pretty logical place to cut costs, without having a huge impact on the quality of your vacation.>> Depends on how you spend your time on your vacation. Personally, I spend about as many waking hours in the hotel as I do in the parks.
