Originally Posted By CuriousConstance So far, the DL website doesn't have any special pricing for tickets like they usually do, other than promotional prices for tickets ending May 28th, after those are gone, I'm anxious to see what the prices or promotions will be. They always have it cheaper to buy online. (Hoping)
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>They simply can raise prices because the demand is there. If it wasn't they simply couldn't. Doesn't mean I like paying higher gas prices and ticket prices to get into DL. But I'm not going to take it personally.<< In the case of gasoline, demand has been steadily dropping in the USA. That topic is probably best left to World Events.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>$16.50 in 1985 has $35.28 of buying power today.<< I don't where they come up with these numbers, but most things cost a lot more today than 2x of their 1985 prices. Things like cars, rent, energy, medical care, tuition rates, etc.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Some perspective: Disneyland 3 day park hopper for kids is $235, Citypass kids ticket is $239 and it gets you a 3 day park hopper plus one day Universal, and one day Seaworld. I can't imagine who would want to go to Seaworld but that's a good deal if you do. Even if you don't but do want to go to Universal, it's a good deal. Adults 3 day hopper thru Disney is $250, city pass ticket is $279. That's a good deal too.
Originally Posted By Manfried I say raise the AP prices even more. Maybe less of them will go and I'll have less blackout days.
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Originally Posted By Brer Human "Of course, no one likes it. I don't like it. It's hard enough for my family to afford to go once a year, now it's even harder. But I can definitely see past my bummed feelings over it and realize it's a business decision that any conglomerate would make if they were fortunate enough to have the problem of too many people walking through their gates." No, it just means Disneyland sucks. Plain and simple. Corporate greed and they are not ashamed of it.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "No, it just means Disneyland sucks. Plain and simple. Corporate greed and they are not ashamed of it." So is it the increase or the amount of the increase that has you so ticked off? Disney may be greedy, but at the same time it's not like development at DLR has been stagnant with the exact same roster of attractions, restaurants, shop, hotels and entertainment that was there 15 years ago. Remember when the place was falling apart, operating hours aware being cut back, and there were no new attractions being built while prices were still being raised regularly?
Originally Posted By Pollyana Well, we just purchased our 4 day park hopper through Luke Airforce base at a great rate.....208.00 per adult.... and they are offering a smokin deal for active military at 99. for a 3 day PH... don't know how long that deal lasts...we are not active military....
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I think they have that deal for military close to all the time. I've heard about that for sometime now.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "Corporate greed and they are not ashamed of it." They shouldn't be. It's not like their prices are creating hardship for anyone.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder My point about bringing up gas prices is that many times the rise in prices is contrived, and as a result many people complain because for the most part, they need the product, so they pay it. Understandable. Here, nobody needs Disneyland, yet when the price hikes are as contrived as these are, most people don't begrudge them. Go figure.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Just read through some very negative comments on DL's facebook page. There are over 4000 comments, 99% of them seem to be negative. Probably like that every time they increase their prices though.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder If the economy doesn't improve or keeps "improving" at the slow pace it supposedly is (read most experts feel it is going to take years to recover), and they keep raising prices in this manner, they WILL price themselves out of the range of many people to the point where they'll see a drop in attendance and revenue. As others like to say, the "new normal" will even affect this place.
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^There is a price point where they will price themselves too high. But until they reach it, they will keep pushing.
Originally Posted By Brer Human "So is it the increase or the amount of the increase that has you so ticked off?" Amount of. It was still high even before that though.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Just read through some very negative comments on DL's facebook page. There are over 4000 comments, 99% of them seem to be negative." And yet DLR attendance year to date come 2013 will likely be break records. I get that people are annoyed, but come on, it's not like this is surprising. "So is it the increase or the amount of the increase that has you so ticked off?" >Amount of. It was still high even before that though.< Is it enough to make you stop visiting?
Originally Posted By Manfried Hey, folks, if you don't like the price the best way to complain is not to pay it. But from what I read, many went to pay for another year before the increase, so they put it off. Seems like people still want it, so Disney - charge what the market will bear.
