Ticket price increase

[Crow]

saw something about an increase on the one day prices on Sunday. anyone else hear this. or more

[AndrewJackson]

Yep.

By Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel
February 23, 2014

Starting Sunday, Disney's Magic Kingdom guests will have to fork over a few extra dollars for single-day park admission. The tickets now cost $99 for adults and children 10 years and up.

This $4 price hike keeps Magic Kingdom as the most expensive Disney park. A one-day ticket for Epcot, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios will go from $90 to $94.

"Our pricing reflects the high quality and breadth of experiences we offer and our ongoing commitment to investing in our parks," Disney spokesman Bryan Malenius said Saturday. "We offer a variety of ticket options that provide a great value, and find that most guests select multi-day tickets that offer additional savings."

This is the second price hike in less than a year. The June price increase marked the first time the prices were different for different Disney parks.

Universal Orlando also raised its prices last summer. A one-day, one-park ticket is $92.

[Daisy'sMom]

Disgusting! Soon many families will say forget it, and find something else to do.
I don't know how young families do it now, let alone deal with added expenses.

[Scar]

As a Capitalist, I have no problem with Disney setting prices at any level they see fit. My problem is with this...

"Our pricing reflects the high quality and breadth of experiences we offer and our ongoing commitment to investing in our parks," Disney spokesman Bryan Malenius said Saturday.

This is where I will decide if I want to continue to give them my money, and lately, I am losing faith that they are willing to live up to this as Disney should.

[quack arf squeak]

Universal here we come!

[Terra]

Do many people really buy one day tickets? I do think it is expensive for a one day pass. But personally I do agree they offer a ton of stuff in each park. Each park is easily 2 days each.

The one thing that kind of irks me more than the adult price, is the children's price. I do think those need to be half price personally. $50ish. It would make it a better deal then.

That said, I'm thinking most people buy multi day tickets or passes which really is where the discount comes in.

That's why we get the APs as Florida residents.

[DizneyFreak2002]

Do many people really buy one day tickets?

Yes... a lot more than you think... A LOT MORE...

Annual Passes up $25 as well, since I haven't seen that being reported in any of the price increase articles... Regualr annual passes are up from $609 to $634 plus tax...

Premium annual pass: $from 729 to $754

Florida Resident: from $464 to $485
Florida Resident Premium: $584 to $605
Florida Seasonal pass: $309 to $319

[Kwesty]

Although I agree that this is WAY expensive, I do think the fact that the parks are as busy as ever means they are only keeping prices up with demand. Also, I believe they raise regular prices to make their "special packages" that much more attractive -- makes people feel like they are getting an even better deal.

It seems to me, just from these boards with people going every year or multiple times per year -- they haven't reached the threshold of what people are willing to pay.

I've always said that Wall Street would be the death of the Disney standards -- you have to keep showing the stockholders more and more profit. How do you do that? Keep raising prices and reducing overhead (quality). The outstanding Disney we all grew to love is in the past and in my opinion it will be all down-hill from here. I hope I'm wrong.

[Tekneek]

I think it is insincere, but typical business talk, to claim the price reflects the quality of the offerings. It may be what the market will bear, though, so good for them. I would hesitate to assume that the number of people in the park reflects they feel the 1-day price is a true representation of the value. The people who mainly bear the brunt of these increases are those who stay off site. Many people staying on-site will be getting some sort of discount to do so, at least off the inflated rack rates, so they're not being hit as hard. As is typical, this is about trying to convince people to stay at Disney and do only Disney for a longer period of time in order to decrease the per-day expense.

You would be extremely foolish to attend a Disney park with a 1 day ticket. It would require some special circumstances for me to even consider it.

[Terra]

You would be extremely foolish to attend a Disney park with a 1 day ticket. It would require some special circumstances for me to even consider it.

Yes to this. Especially as a Florida Resident! With the payment plan, you'd be better off doing a seasonal.

I will admit, that Almost $500 for a FL AP is a bit crazy. But I do have to step back and look at it like this...
I'm getting 4 parks, any time, plus parking included. I can go for a couple hours in the evening. Or all day. Or a weekend away.

When I look at LegoLand who's FL AP is currently $99, while you get the Park and Water Park, it's still small and gets old fast. Plus it's all outside and unbearable in the summer.

On the payment plan I pay $80 a month for one AP and 2 seasonal passes. I'm thankful that we can do it.

[Ian]

It's very simple really ... they're trying to steer people away from buying one day passes by making the price differential so drastic between them and multi-day passes that people start to buy multi-days just because.

It's not that much different than what they did to close the former "annual pass loophole." I'm fine with it. Supply dictates demand and their parks are PACKED constantly. Price gotta rise to compensate.

[DizneyFreak2002]

You would be extremely foolish to attend a Disney park with a 1 day ticket. It would require some special circumstances for me to even consider it.

Unless you are in town for business, in which case you may only have 1 day to visit the parks... Then it is a one day ticket... would be foolish to buy more than one day... And believe me, there are more people than you can think of that are only around to visit one day... And not necessarily business trips/convention people... Not everyone visiting is there for a week or more...

[RunDMV]

I just see it as alienating long term customers for the sake of the one-and-done visitors.

[AndrewJackson]

Unless you are in town for business, in which case you may only have 1 day to visit the parks...

Then just write it off on your expense report.

Most of what folks are stating is not a result of the recent increase. Ever since Disney introduced the MYW tickets, they have been encouraging multi-day tickets. Today's $5 increase didn't create that scenario.

[DizneyFreak2002]

Then just write it off on your expense report.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a crafty accountant out there who could manage to pull that off.. LOL...

[Goofy4TheWorld]

Then just write it off on your expense report.

Most of what folks are stating is not a result of the recent increase. Ever since Disney introduced the MYW tickets, they have been encouraging multi-day tickets. Today's $5 increase didn't create that scenario.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a crafty accountant out there who could manage to pull that off.. LOL...

It's not MY fault the client scheduled a working lunch at Cinderella's Royal Table, which necessitated the purchase of a park ticket!

[Tekneek]

I cannot really imagine spending that much for 1 day. I am sure I could find something else to do.

[JerseyDad]

"Our pricing reflects the high quality and breadth of experiences we offer and our ongoing commitment to investing in our parks," Disney spokesman Bryan Malenius said Saturday.

...translated ...that actually says:

"We blew a few billion bucks last year .....and it left a nasty hole in our wallet ....and since, " Sharing Is Caring" ...we feel the hole in your wallet needs a bit of enlargement!!

[Crow]

so i WAS gonna see if i upgrade my ticket to an AP next wk when im there, in case i do go back in May w my fiance...but maybe not now. and i am a disney stockholder, dont raise the prices for my sake

[MNDisney Dad]

Think the CM's will be seeing a raise? NOT!