Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I think the attitude is enjoy life now because everybody knows they will have to work til the day they keel over...hopefully on Screamin'
Originally Posted By sjhym333 Every time I visit Disney or Universal I have to ask how do people afford this? I'm not talking about value, I'm talking actually afford to go. We make a good living but we are local and even the cost of an AP has gotten expensive. But when I go to the parks or stop by one of the resorts and see how many people are there I start doing some quick math in my head and think...how does a family afford to do this? Even when the economy was in the tank, I would go to the parks and they would be busy and I would think...what recession?
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 The American people are like the Govt , spend like there is no tomorrow and let the next generation figure it out .
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance You know how twice a year you get an extra pay check because of the way Friday paydays fall there happens to be three in one month? Well I save those for vacations. I don't charge vacations, or anything if I can help it.
Originally Posted By LuvsDsnyTrips CC...I have done that also ....of course still deducting for gas and groceries for those weeks....gotta eat and still gotta drive!
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 "But when I go to the parks or stop by one of the resorts and see how many people are there I start doing some quick math in my head and think...how does a family afford to do this? Even when the economy was in the tank, I would go to the parks and they would be busy and I would think...what recession?" "Credit cards!" It is not all on credit cards. For a lot of those families those trips are a once-in-many-years type of a thing. It is the dream vacation and they save for a long time to be able to take their kids to Disney. Others have different ways of saving for their trips. For example, my family puts a little bit each month into a vacation fund, and then we add to it from bonuses and things too. Are there people who pay for their trips in irresponsible ways? Sure. But that probably has little to do with Disney's prices, and more to do with them just being irresponsible with their money...I am sure that someone who would put an entire Disney vacation on a credit card also puts a lot of other things they cannot afford on credit cards.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Hans, you have to go back at some point, I'm still waiting for that group shot of us with Duffy.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "It is not all on credit cards. For a lot of those families those trips are a once-in-many-years type of a thing." While that has always been true, my family went to DL almost every summer from the Bay Area, and it was a fairly common thing for my peers as well. Vacations from Northern California to DL with side trips to Knott's and Universal were typical for my generation because they were affordable. Even adjusted for inflation there is no way that we could go as often on the income we had if I were a kid growing up today. "Hans, you have to go back at some point, I'm still waiting for that group shot of us with Duffy." Now that I would pay anything for.
Originally Posted By danyoung I think many folks are looking at this wrong. Disney isn't raising the price more on the MK because it's so much better than the other parks. When you look at folks who buy a one day ticket, I'd betcha that most folks who do go to the MK, as that's the keynote park of WDW. As such it's more able to support a larger increase.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I love Disney's parks, and haven't flinched when prices increased in the past, but I just can't get with this latest raise. The added 2 bucks for the MK is the frosting on the cake. They'd better be planning something truly amazing with all the extra money their making.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance lol Hans. It's two bucks more at MK because that park is always the busiest and most crowded, isn't it?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt According to unofficial numbers it's the most visited theme park in the world.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Hans I Agree, who in their right mind would pay more money for the MK over DL? Also I get why Disneyland is raising prices with Carsland, but I don't think the weak FL expansion is worth the ticket prices being raised. I bet everyone is paying extra for NextGen. I don't get how a whole family can afford a Disney vacation either. I don't mean to be rude, but I can't understand why People throw their money away staying at a Disney hotel? Staying off property saves me enough money to actually make my trips affordable. I can't even bring myself to spend the money on a Value resort.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Disney isn't raising the price more on the MK because it's so much better than the other parks. When you look at folks who buy a one day ticket, I'd betcha that most folks who do go to the MK, as that's the keynote park of WDW<< That's probably true, but it still baffles me. Personally, I think that Epcot is WDW's 'keynote' park, as it is completely unique in the world. However, I doubt that there are even a significant number of people who buy one-day tickets at WDW, so it's probably a moot discussion >>Hans I Agree, who in their right mind would pay more money for the MK over DL?<< When you factor in travel costs (hotel and airfare/driving), WDW is significantly cheaper for much of the population of the US. Even if the tickets are a few bucks more expensive, the $200-300 airfare savings per person can quickly overcome that. Plus there's the whole argument that WDW is more of a 'destination' than DLR, since it offers so much more beyond its parks. Perhaps the ever-increasing park ticket prices are a means of boosting interest in the non-park options (though those have been decreasing in recent years)
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I don't mean to be rude, but I can't understand why People throw their money away staying at a Disney hotel?" I confess that I stayed 3 nights at the DLH on my last visit. It was expensive, but honestly, it was pretty much a near perfect experience. Being single I can afford things that families with children cannot, so I was very perplexed by the number of families with kids staying in the hotel.
