Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Yeah, right..That is why the parks made a record profit last year.>> But that's mostly thanks to all those $6.00 hot dogs that they sold! Kidding aside, I wouod say that we easily spend more on food and merchandise than on tickets. I wonder what percentage of gate clicks are full priced 1 day passes?
Originally Posted By mrichmondj FWIW, the parks didn't make a record profit last year, either. They haven't set any record there in many years. They've essentially made it back to where they were before 9/11, but definitely not setting any records.
Originally Posted By alisserae I compared Disney to Madonna becuase in terms of quality of guest experience I consider them to be on similar levels. If I was looking at a lower end theme park I would've compared it to a lower end concert experience/sporting venue.
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney When compared to most kinds of entertainment (sports, concerts, Broadway, even movies and dinner) WDW comes out looking like an amazing bargain, even at the one-day price that very, very few people use. And what does it come out to if you stay a week? $29 a day? That's just an amazingly good deal, even if WDW could use some TLC and some execs with a clue.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^ As a former season ticket holder for both the Cubs and the Blackhawks ( really !) here who just couldn't write the checks any more without looking at the cost and thinking....am I nuts? I absolutely agree -- a bargain it is
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney ^^That's for sure. I am sitting here just watching the Heat roll over your town's Bulls and wondering how much a night for a family of 4-5 cost ... likely an absurd number. I can -- and do -- fault Disney for many things, but overpriced admission definitely wouldn't ever be one of them.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 yeah -- the MJ Bulls would have crushed this Heat squad like a bug -- but they are gone forever. I can tell you for 4 - 5 $80 gets you a decent seat at a Bulls game...not a good seat mind you so let work with 4 as that is my family size: $320 tickets 25 parking 24 2 beers for each adult @ $6 each 16 2 sodas for each kid 50 sandwhiches - popcorn & whatever & not much ---------- $435 for 3 hours My Cubs season tickets (4) when I stopped $22K without parking. Insanity -- but I'll give up my Bears tix when heck freezes over...( or the Cubs win a pennant )- the freezing over has better odds Makes those AP's look awful cheap huh ?
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun I never ever considered getting an AP before. After all, I'm from Western NY, so it couldn't be worth it. Right? Boy was I wrong!! After following many discussions here I decided to check it our myself. If our family of 4 is going to twice in one year (end of one summer then beginning of next) we can save over $200 getting the AP's instead of 2 sets 7 day passes!!!! WOW I wouldn't have believed it. And maybe, just maybe we could sneak down for a long weekend sometime in between. Hey, the tickets are already paid for, why not? Thanks to everyone here that even got me to think about this. You are all such a wealth if info!!!
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun Maybe this is the wrong place to put this, but what other discounts do you get with an AP? The website is not very specific.
Originally Posted By t1lersm0m Happy Birthday Disneyland! sun-n-fun, check out mousesavers.com. There are generally discounts on WDW resorts up to 2 months in advance with AP's. The discounts can be substantial. Also, if you're not going to do the MYW+dining, you can buy the Disney Dining Experience card for $50 or so which gets you 20% off food and alcohol at a lot of WDW restaurants. I'm sure there are other discounts, but those are the ones I know of.
Originally Posted By BeccasMommy it felt weird to me yesterday when i bought my tickets for our trip next week at the Disney store...i handed the friendly cast member $706.11 and she handed me three small pieces of plastic certainly no dispute to their worth next week, but for today...
Originally Posted By Labuda sun-n-fun - check out this page for the current list of AP benefits: <a href="http://www.allearsnet.com/pl/apass.htm" target="_blank">http://www.allearsnet.com/pl/a pass.htm</a>
Originally Posted By a1stav "I compared Disney to Madonna because in terms of quality of guest experience I consider them to be on similar levels." I understand your point. I was saying that Massive Attack offers an experience every bit on the same level as Madonna, or anyone else for that matter for a much lower price. When you go see a huge pop star like Madonna you are paying for her huge personal paycheck for being there. Check out some of the reviews... <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/268279_massive28q.html" target="_blank">http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ pop/268279_massive28q.html</a> One thing about that review is there was no mention of how visually impressive the show was. I would NEVER want to close my eyes while such amazing visuals were going on. PS:I do feel that Disney World offers a good value for the money.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun Thanks Labuda. I'm beconing more and more convinced that AP's are the way to go.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Disney is not gouging anyone for charging $70 to enter a park. It's worth that amount.<< It's worth that amount in Tokyo, but not in Orlando. The Tokyo parks offer much much more, and currently for only $52 a day based on currency exchange rates. Whereas the MK for example does not at $63 per day.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I won't argue that TDR is a better value, but that doesn't mean WDW is not worth $63.
