Originally Posted By Terminus For me, it's not though. I bought the handy-dandy super priced AP. I just go stand around and don't ride rides at all! So that way I can clog up the walkways! So I'm not paying anything to ride PotC!
Originally Posted By doombuggy "I think Disney should offer an ultra-premium AP for $1,000." A PAP should be that much, it's half way there now. Even at 1K it would still a bargain. A 1 day hopper is $101 so just after 10 visits it's paid for it's self.
Originally Posted By Terminus Actually... That's a good point. I wonder how many less they'd sell at 1k. I'm guessing a lot less or they'd have done it already...
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt >> Hey Hans I dont mind paying $14 to go on the ny ny coaster. The coasterf is much cheaper than going to DL and it is one hell of a ride << It's not worth $14 for one ride. That's just crazy.
Originally Posted By tashajilek I get what everyones saying, but if you are not at DL and want to ride on ride i dont mind paying. You can also buy an all day ride pass for i think $30 and ride it 20x if you wanted.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Plus tasha is rich. She's been to DL from Canada three times already this year AND she's paying for Hans and I to share a suite with her at the DL hotel.
Originally Posted By tashajilek HAHAHA well im not rich but i choose to be cheap on somethings and when it comes to vacations, well thats where most of my $$ goes.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "It's not worth $14 for one ride. That's just crazy." Ohh Hans im sure you would pay more for a fancy cocktail! I was a little PO that staying at the NYNY didnt include at least one ride free on the coaster. It was sad looking out my window seeing everyone but me have fun! lucky for me i was driving over to DL a few days later.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Ohh Hans im sure you would pay more for a fancy cocktail!" Yes, and the effects of a cocktail last a lot longer than a 2 minute coaster ride. Every time I'm in Vegas I just stare and that thing and wonder just how much revenue that coaster generates for the hotel. On a busy weekend it's around $250 each trip! Hey, but whatever floats your boat.
Originally Posted By tashajilek An ideal day for me would go on the ny coaster and a trip over to the Paris for a giant eiffle tower drink! but not in the opposite order or there can be trouble lol. I guess it's one of those things you have to do once.
Originally Posted By SafariRob FROM POST 87: "I was at a fair last weekend and to ride the wooden rollercoaster it would cost 22 for 2 people!! And that isn’t Disneyland. I couldn’t imagine what the asking prices would be for Indy or SM. I would think that far less people would go and Disney losing $$$. They stopped the ticket system for some reason?" "I know! Fairs are totally ridiculous! It was 7.50 per ride that my kids wanted to ride together at the fair. For kids tiny, stupid rides!" I invite you all to do an interesting experiment. Take the amount of money you spent on tickets for your last trip and divide it by the number of rides/shows you were able to take in. I am curious to see the numbers for AP's, too. Obviously, their cost will be much lower than the example below. This is a generic example (not mine). Let's look at an average family of four with 3-Day Hoppers. 3-Day Hopper (Adult): $186 3-Day Hopper (Child): $165 1 ride per hour (average) 12 hours per day (average) ________________________________ 36 rides for $186 = $5.16 per ride ($10.32 for two adults) 36 rides for $165 = $4.58 per ride ($9.16 for two kids) Average family on an average trip = $19.48 per ride! That’s right. Almost $20 each time a family of four goes on a ride (on average). When I look at those numbers, I would be hesitant to fork over $20 for a family ride on Storybook Land. Think about all the rides you would pay that much for...and the ones you would not. All of a sudden, you start thinking about things like overall entertainment value, attraction time, etc. Anyway, I thought that was interesting.
Originally Posted By Terminus That's under $5 per person, which is much better than $11 per the fair wooden roller coaster example above... and hopefully a better quality ride and environment. PAP $439 / 60 trips a year = $7.31 per trip 5 rides (I'm guessing an average) per trip ... $1.46 per ride. My son is under 3, so he rides free... If I'm doing that right... $1.46 per ride sounds high, though.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt That is interesting SafariRob, and sort of illustrate another reason why avoid DLR as much as possible during busy seasons. For someone visiting infrequently from out of town it just doesn't make sense economically speaking in terms of what you get for the money spent. I remember going to DLR one Christmas about 5 years ago and it was so crowded that we were only able to do 5 or 6 attractions. Never again.
Originally Posted By Terminus Depends a lot on what you're riding, I guess. You can probably hit Pinocchio, Snow White, walk through the castle, see the Tiki Room, walk through to Pooh and get all 5 of those done in like an hour and a half. But if you're talking Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, etc, then you're not even getting 1 an hour, I bet, most days.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo Where's the option for a kid free day at Disneyland? That's the one I want. I'd pay extra.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "A 1 day hopper is $101 so just after 10 visits it's paid for it's self." This isn't necessarily true. The value you receive from the 2nd, 3rd or 4th visit and beyond is not the same as the first visit. It declines with successive visit in a finite period of time. If this were not true, then Disneyland would not offer multi-day passes or annual passes. People would instead pay the 1-day price whether they are visiting once or four days in a row.
Originally Posted By SafariRob >>Where's the option for a kid free day at Disneyland? That's the one I want. I'd pay extra.<< That would be Grad Night. I don't remember how much I paid but it was worth every penny...even if it worked out to like $6 or $7 a ride.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "That would be Grad Night." I would include graduating seniors in my definition of "kids." Where's the over 25 night? That's what I would pay for.
Originally Posted By doombuggy "This isn't necessarily true." You need to go back and read what I said. I was talking if they had a 1k PAP. If u went every Saturday or once a month after 10 thats 1k. even with a 6 day hopper being $216 after 30 visits a 1k PAP would still be a better deal. As it is now a PAP is a steal after 12 visits.
