Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Because apparently they can, Disney is raising ticket prices yet again, recession be damned. So here's a question for you (more aimed for non AP holders, since the value of an AP works out very differently than for the once-every-couple-years guest): Is there a price point at which you would say "I can't justify spending that amount for a couple days at the parks?" Is $80 for a one day pass just too much, or still okay?
Originally Posted By tashajilek I think it would depend on "Who" is buying the tickets. For me it would be for myself and Fiance which wouldnt hurt as bad as a family of 4 or so. For me i still would but if and when i have children, i would have to really ask myself what i would be willing to pay. Currently i do have an AP, but i still have to pay megabucks for airfare and hotels, cars every year.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt It's too much. At least for a visitor like me who has been to DL enough times to not really care if I go again in this lifetime. I love the place, but it's not something that I can't do without and $80 has crossed the invisible threshold of being overpriced. By the way, the Florida parks are $85 for a single day. Oh no they didn't!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Its hard to resist because of all the new offerings." This is very true. I still haven't seen WOC yet, so I'd be getting my $80 worth if I were just visiting DCA, especially when next summer comes. I bet they'll raise the prices again before I can get down there.
Originally Posted By tashajilek I think $80 is a lot but Disney is still much better quality than most parks. I would probably be very upset if i paid $80 and only rode 5 attractions.
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<Is $80 for a one day pass just too much, or still okay?>> It's a legitimate business write off for me, so I will re-up my AP one more time.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I think $80 is a lot but Disney is still much better quality than most parks. I would probably be very upset if i paid $80 and only rode 5 attractions." OK, I now Universal Studios or Knott's is not Disneyland, BUT I just checked their admission prices and a one-day ticket is $74 plus you get a second day FREE if you purchase online. General admission to Knott's online is $39 and $47 depending on the season. Disney can easily compete with these two parks in terms of content, but the pricing seems way out of whack to me. Of course they know they can get it, so I certainly don't blame them for charging as much as they possibly can.
Originally Posted By ecdc As I've expressed here before, my vacations are generally rooted in big city, big entertainment type stuff. It's just my personality and what I'm into. So I plan my vacation and then save, or use a bonus, etc., to do it. I don't look at how much I have and then say, "Well, here's what we can afford." It might influence where we stay when we go to the park's, but that's it. (Another curveball for us: My job may be taking me to SoCal in the near future. We will almost certainly get APs, at least for that first year, if just to help the kids feel like they have a familiar place near their home they can visit.)
Originally Posted By 73baloo I have an AP too even though I am out of state. I will still go and if not as busy...YIPPEE!!!!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Us cauldron girls don't have ta pay a cent ta git inside Dizzyland. We got brooms an' can just fly right over them turnstyles like as if they weren't even there. (Well, I should say Orddu an' me can fly OUR broom sticks over the turnstyles. Big, fat Orwen cain't hardly git her broomstick off the ground so she can thank her lucky stars she's got a silver pass that lets her inside without havin' ta fly over them turnstyles.) ORWEN: I heard that, old biddy! Why don't you just tell the REAL story? That no Disney characters have to pay to get into the parks! That's 'cause we're 'Disney royalty'. Still, we feel bad for all the potential guests out there who can't get in at all because of rising costs. ORDDU: Indeed! If an annual pass is the most cost effective way to go, then we'd recommend it. But we should also caution that Mickey Mouse isn't the one in charge of running the theme parks or the studios any longer. It's the Disney Villains--like Peg Leg Pete, Gaston, The Evil Queen, Jafar, Maleficent, Capt. Hook and so on who are REALLY in charge of all things Disney these days. That's why everything about the company is in such bad shape. ORWEN: We're hoping for a day when all the Disney heroes out there can unite and fight against these awful villains all over again and truly vanquish them once and for all!!!
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne I guess my situation is a little more unique than most.. By the time I pay for flights and accommodation, airport transfers and the like, I am lucky to remember what I paid for a ticket to the parks.. In my mind, you can't put a price on Disney happiness.. But for me it is the highlight of an already very expensive vacation ( flights to the US are over a thousand dollars) and it's not somewhere I get to visit very often ( one trip a year for the past three but might not make it back until 2013). Honestly, I don't think 80 a day is too bad at all.. But my perception of it all us a little warped because getting to a Disney park is always such a big deal for me.
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<ORWEN: We're hoping for a day when all the Disney heroes out there can unite and fight against these awful villains all over again and truly vanquish them once and for all!!!>> I just don't understand why the all knowing and all powerful Witches of Morva can't insert themselves on the Board of the WDC? I mean, you are all knowing and all powerful, right?
Originally Posted By Ursula I can tell you that $80 is my breaking point. I went yesterday and the type of pass I have got me into DL. I was told that this one time, it wouldn't work in DCA. There was NO way I'd pay $80 to ride the Ursula ride. Also, I refuse to pay that much and have the parks be so freaky crowded. However, I did truly enjoy the Soundsational Parade. Job job!
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 I will be getting a premier pass in December. We already booked our Dec trip and are going to upgrade because we also have a WDW next June and another DL trip in Aug or Sept, so it will really be worth it. We usually stay at DL for 5-6 days (in the parks, not counting travel days) and we will be at WDW for 10 days. The $749 a person (there are 4 of us) would be less than Park hoppers for all of those days and when you factor in food and merchandise discounts it is a good deal. This will be the first time we have had APs...I have no idea if we will do it again, but this many trips is unusual so probably not. The increased prices will not stop us from our usual once-a-year visit though. The cost of the tickets has very little to do with our decision do go.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt ^^^ Apparently you are not alone: <a href="http://www.examiner.com/walt-disney-world-recreation-in-orlando/disney-world-ticket-price-increase-unlikely-to-affect-park-attendance" target="_blank">http://www.examiner.com/walt-d...tendance</a>
Originally Posted By bravebrother I bought a 6 day park hopper about 2 months ago for $216 on the Disneyland website. As long as they keep having deals like that I will be okay, but the price hike is very uneccessary and seems like a greedy cash grab. $80 bucks does seem very high. It only seems like yesterday I was paying $79 for a 3 day pass.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Oh, we'd LOVE to just march right in and insert ourselves into MANY different situations, crapshoot, duckling. It would solve so many of this world's problems if we did that. But you see, we agreed to NOT interfere with what's going on in the world--at least in terms of using any of our magic. ORGOCH: 'Side that, I don't think my two looney sisters got 'nuff magic left ta be a no use no how. Remember Aunt Clara from Bewitched? That's 'bought how tragic their magic is. Orwen cain't even ride a proper broom an' Miss Theme Park Hag--Orddu--cain't cast a love spell worth nothin'! (Otherwise she'd be married ta her fav'rite man in a loin cloth by now--er least her fav'rite man OUTTA a loin cloth--Doc Hans!) ORWEN: Why, you good for nothing old biddy! Speak for yourself! There's nothing wrong with MY magic at all! You're the one who always has to be rescued from spells gone wrong! If only you'd take your medication the your witch doctor prescribed, you could avoid most of the problems you have in your sorry life!! ORDDU: Well, the point IS we aren't allowed to use magic in this particular dimension. ORGOCH: Prob'ly a good thing, too. Otherwise most of ya's would be frogs by now--er frogs gone by that made me happy an' well fed fer a lot suppers gone by! (Burp!) ORWEN: Don't worry, ducklings. Orddu and I would NEVER allow such a nasty old biddy turn any of you into frogs. She just likes to hear herself talk! ORDDU: One thing I WOULD do, though, if I could use magic here is to dismantle your Federal Reserve, the United Nations and drive out all the evil politicians who are running the entire world. But that's a topic mission for World Events.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb It really depends on the circumstances. I have been recently enough that $80 is too much. Maybe in a few years it won't be, but for now it is. $80 is especially too much given the crowding of the last few years.
Originally Posted By LadyKluck Considering we only make it once every couple of years now & when we do go, we buy multiple day park hoppers, we typically spend less than the single day price. We also save a ton of money on lodging now since we belong to a vacation club, or we go in big groups so we're sharing the cost of everything. Honestly, I'm not sure there ever will be a breaking point for me. If one way gets too expensive, I'll figure out another way to get there.
