Originally Posted By GalDisney Walt Disney World said Friday that ticket prices for its four parks in Orlando are going up on Sunday, the second of Central Florida's big three theme parks to announce a price increase in recent weeks. Disney spokesman Craig Dezern said prices are rising 0.8 percent to 5.8 percent depending on the length of stay per ticket. The basic one-day, one-park ticket will cost $63 plus tax, up from $59.75, or a 5.4 percent increase. SeaWorld announced on Dec. 14 that it would raise its one-day adult ticket to $61.95 plus tax effective Monday, up 3.7 percent from the previous year.
Originally Posted By Labuda Wow, price is getting up there, but still a good deal for a person who's silly enough to only buy a one-day, one-park tickie!
Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-disneyprices3105dec31" target="_blank">http://www.orlandosentinel.com /business/custom/tourism/orl-disneyprices3105dec31</a>,0,7192087.story?coll=orl-business-headlines-tourism >>Disney's seven-day Magic Your Way ticket, for example, will cost $204 effective Sunday, up from $199, or a 2.5 percent increase. But the per-day cost averages $29.14, if the ticket-holder visits for all of the seven consecutive days allowed. A two-day Magic Your Way ticket, by contrast, is rising to $125 from $119, or 5 percent, and that works out to be $62.50 per day. Florida residents once again are getting a price break, for one-day and three-day tickets. The one-day Florida-resident ticket is rising to $56.70, from $53.75, up 5.5 percent. The three-day pass will be $120, up 0.8 percent from $119. Disney's tickets are for ages 10 and older. Various price ranges are available for youngsters 3 to 9. Prices for those various children's tickets as well as various annual passes also will go up effective Jan. 1.<<
Originally Posted By brotherdave They did! The Studios added a huge commercial exhibit on Narnia, while the Magic Kingdom added vbdad55's favorite new attraction, Pooh's Playful Spot! What more reason could you want for raising prices to nearly $64!!! ;-)
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney ^^They will use Everest as an excuse as to the increase. The fact they have been planning it for months (almost since the last one) is just a nasty little secret. But they really need to do some major work on MK and Disney-MGM. They have always been more than worth the cost of a one-day admission. I don't think they are anymore.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Boo! if you are going to hike up gate prices fix up the MK and Studios.<< AMEN! I hardly concider an overglorified "Narnia" movie preview (on film mind you) fixing MGM. If you are going to charge such high prices, then WDW management needs to take a look at OLC's way of running their parks and emulate them, at the very least. What a rip off.
Originally Posted By basas <<AMEN! I hardly concider an overglorified "Narnia" movie preview (on film mind you) fixing MGM. If you are going to charge such high prices, then WDW management needs to take a look at OLC's way of running their parks and emulate them, at the very least. What a rip off.>> I don't understand...you want ticket prices raised to keep out "the Wal-Mart crowd", but you complain when they're raised...oh BTW, Wal-Mart is a good place to shop!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN If you are cheap! and for the record... I don't care one bit if WDW raises prices every month...but I do care about this sinple fact: The current physical state of many of the MK attractions and the lax cleanliness of the place makes it way overpriced (not to mention you get much less at DAK for the same 1-day price of admission..a bigger rip off IMHO) Besides.. it's not the price of admission what's filling up WDW with the Wal-Mart crowd. It's the cheap airline seats doing the trick.
Originally Posted By Labuda Also a good place to shop if you believe in treating employees poorly and treating them like things instead of people.
Originally Posted By Labuda Sorry, dude, I live in Texas - we don't have that word in dictionaries outside of the theatre business! lol
Originally Posted By GalDisney Another excuse for WDW to raise prices is Fl. minimum wage increases today from$6.15 to 6.40, and everyone knows when minimum wage increases, prices increase.
Originally Posted By Labuda Wow, good for Florida increasing the minimum wage before the rest of the country - at least SOME member of the Bush family can do some good, at least!
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Me & the wife dropped $40 seeing Harry Potter the other day. Forty bucks!! And that's WITH sneaking in chocolate.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 < at least SOME member of the Bush family can do some good, at least!< I want the Labuda imposter posting on the HoP thread arrested -- here's the one I know
Originally Posted By Labuda heh Well, you'll note taht the HoP has a VERY special place in my heart, and always will, so I'm glad it's still around even if it's got an evil person as the current "star" AA.
Originally Posted By Labuda Nah, I don't think I'm capable of polarizing people to the extent you are, my dear friend.
