Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of the headline: <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/News-HID.asp?ID=30599" target="_blank"><b>Headlines: OCReg: Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary Tickets Sell Out in Minutes</b></a> Packages for the Sept 9th "Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary" merchandise event at Disneyland went quickly earlier this week.
Originally Posted By crazy4disneypooh I think it was really crappy how they set up the sell for this event. I was to get a ticket as a wedding gift from my soon to be mother in-law. My fiance was able to get his ticket, but disney's server kept poopin out and both were unable to get my ticket. We are to be married on September 4, 2009 and will be spending our honeymoon in Disneyland. Anyone else think this was a crappy way to sell tickets? Why not have a limit of 3 per person?
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Well, now I have a reason for not going...instead of I can't afford it.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Can I ask a question though? Aren't these merchandise events a bit over-rated? I never attended one. Seems eventually getting a piece or two of merchandise is not entirely impossible. And if I wanted to meet those involve with the building of the ride back in the late 60s ... I bet the annual NFFC convention in July probably will probably turn up a few of those same individuals .. as they have in the past. I've personally attended NFFC conventions both in July .. and the mini "semi annual" in January. And I have some great memories of specialty events of MANY Disney legends putting on a good talk, answer questions, and put on some sort of show .. maybe even a slide show ......... FAR before these type of events became fashionable via Paul Pressler and Cynthia Harris in the 90s. So ... I would check with the NFFC .. and see if their theme this year may be the Haunted Mansion's 40th .. and see if the same legends popping up in September might attend the NFFC Convention in July.
Originally Posted By crazy4disneypooh I read there was a 30th and now a 40th. so will there be a 50th. I could care less about metting this person and that person. It's the dinner, and the cake cutting, the ride and the stories I was looking forword to.
Originally Posted By Ursula Yes, they are VERY over-rated and too expensive. But they are fun to go to, that's for sure. I really enjoyed the one for the TOT opening.
Originally Posted By wildestdreams They really should schedule additional nights for this event. It really wasn't fair to those of us who couldn't even go online and purchase tickets until later in the day! I scheduled my vacation in September just for this event.. so much for that. I wanted to get first dibs on the merchandise! I know its going to go fast!! Then I asked Disneyland if they were going to sell the same merchandise from the event at the park.. and they said that "whatever doesn't sell at the event..will come to the park".. Great! We all know most of the merchandise will sell out at the event! The good stuff anyway. Well, at least Olszewski announced that his "haunted mansion" light box will be an open edition.. Disney really blew it on this one.
Originally Posted By Westsider I hope Cynthia wears that big cape again and arrives in a cloud of smoke!
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Disney fans snapped up several hundred hotel-and-park packages — for as much as $475 each — within minutes of their going on sale to celebrate Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion’s 40th anniversary. >>> <<< Yes, they are VERY over-rated and too expensive. >>> Actually, the fact that all of the packages sold out in minutes would seem to indicate that if anything, they were dramatically UNDERpriced.
Originally Posted By SuperDry Yes, I have. I went to the HMH merchandise event in 2003. I bought the top package, which was $2250 a person. It included a night at the GCH, limousine transport from the hotel to New Orleans Square (after the park was closed of course), a cocktail reception there, and a multi-course dinner inside the Haunted Mansion. It cost a lot, but for a once-in-a-lifetime experience, it was worth every penny. But my comment about the merchandise events being underpriced was not based on my personal experience: The fact that something of limited supply sells out almost instantly is evidence enough that the price is too low based on what supply and demand just showed you.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I wouldn't say they are so underpriced ... as the number of DL fans have grown tremendously over the decades. To levels that can't hold everyone interested in one thing or another. There are over 650,000 APers out there. Then there's the number of DL fans world-wide who are just as interested in DL as a local APer. I've looked at the prices of these events since the days Paul and Cynthia (you know who) made them fashionable. And of course there us fans who are into DL so much .. doesn't matter what the price is. If we got the careers with the cash, we'll justify the expense with no problem.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Oops .. missed my point about the wonderful Paul and Cynthia :~ ........ These events are expensive, period! And what do we do with our overly priced merchandise we clawed for anyway? .. stick on some back wall .. and maybe looked at once in a blue moon?! LOL
Originally Posted By oc_dean ['But oc_dean, if there was a special event for the 1967 Tomorrowland .. what would your attitude be then????'] No comment. :~)
Originally Posted By spaceace Don't worry all the merch will show up on ebay so people can pay for their trip. I went to the first one they did for POC back in may of 1999(?) and the first two they did for Hunted Mansion Hoilday. The best one that I went to was the First one for Hoilday Mansion. That one went the smoothest. I am not a fan of the shag stuff so I am not missing on this one. I say that now.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< These events are expensive, period! And what do we do with our overly priced merchandise we clawed for anyway? .. stick on some back wall .. and maybe looked at once in a blue moon?! LOL >>> You make a good point. For me, it was the after-hours in-park event which was the key to the experience. The fact that there was "limited edition" merchandise was interesting, and I did buy a thing or two, but the whole notion of the thing being a "merchandise event" seemed odd to me. But at the time, I though they can call it anything they want if they want to put on such special events. It still surprises me that they don't have more special access events like this put on not by merch, but by some other department just for the sake of charging people extra money.
