Disney World Introducing $150 Paid After Hours Event At Magic Kingdom

I saw reports of people on rides alone.. my favourite photo was a selfie of a women on Dumbo and the only others on with her were cast members.

Patricia;2482934 wrote: I saw reports of people on rides alone.. my favourite photo was a selfie of a women on Dumbo and the only others on with her were cast members.

Fun for the guests, but I imagine that looks like excessive headcount to Disney management.

1DisneyNut;2482914 wrote: Hold on a minute, now if the cap is 3000 and it is from 7PM to 2AM I am definitely in. However, I probably won't buy a regular day park ticket at all. I would so go down and do MK and even another park if they offered it if this is the case and do Sea World, Busch Gardens, Kennedy Space Center or Universal on a few other days and call it a trip.....Actually sounds like a lot of fun. lol

This ^^^ is how it would work best. Won't this take some people who would purchase packages and allow them an easy out to stay off property and go other places and only visit disney one night instead??? Doesn't this go against their whole "we want to keep you on property and buying everything all the time" philosophy??

LandFan;2482954 wrote: Doesn't this go against their whole "we want to keep you on property and buying everything all the time" philosophy??

I think the business principle of making more money off less people supercedes that...

LandFan;2482954 wrote: This ^^^ is how it would work best. Won't this take some people who would purchase packages and allow them an easy out to stay off property and go other places and only visit disney one night instead??? Doesn't this go against their whole "we want to keep you on property and buying everything all the time" philosophy??

Disney developed this program specifically to market to off property guests.

Maybe for one person it may be worth it.....$150 for 3 hours of unlimited rides with a small attendance as stated being 3,000 people....but I don't see a family of 4 paying $600 for tickets to do this for 3 hours. However, maybe they will? It seems a little much, but that's just my opinion.

Someone mentioned that on the 14th, they had access from 7pm - 2am? That was longer than the 3 hours that was mentioned in the announcement. Unless I read it incorrectly.

missymouseworld;2482981 wrote: Someone mentioned that on the 14th, they had access from 7pm - 2am? That was longer than the 3 hours that was mentioned in the announcement. Unless I read it incorrectly.

You can enter on your "event ticket" at 7pm, even though the exclusive access doesn't start until the park closes.

I am actually thinking about this, just for DD & I though ... we'll have to see how it plays out over the next little while.

I believe it is 3 hours beyond the regular MK closing. So it will be either 1 am or 2 am depending.

Two words: EPIC FAILURE

Is it wrong I am smiling?

DizneyFreak2002;2483653 wrote: Two words: EPIC FAILURE

Is it wrong I am smiling?

Is that why they're now offering it to pass holders at half price?

DizneyFreak2002;2483653 wrote: Two words: EPIC FAILURE

Is it wrong I am smiling?

True

Nope

magicofdisney;2483708 wrote: Is that why they're now offering it to pass holders at half price?

Most probably

magicofdisney;2483708 wrote: Is that why they're now offering it to pass holders at half price?

Which still feels like a scam to me. If I paid $749 for an AP, why would I spend $75 for some extra hours on one night?

DizneyFreak2002;2483653 wrote: Two words: EPIC FAILURE

Is it wrong I am smiling?

Yep. It's wrong. Why would it be a point of joy that they lose money and so don't invest in the park. Not something I'd be cheering.

Besides, if one is a true Disney fan why would you get glee out of failure and second why does an optional activity matter that much too you.

Polynesian Dweller;2483715 wrote: Why would it be a point of joy that they lose money and so don't invest in the park. Not something I'd be cheering.

One might posit that slowing down the constant increases in tickets, exclusive events, etc, is born of a love of Disney and not from some destructive place. If they wanted to have the parks open during these times, they could choose to do so. If they want them closed, they could choose to do so. They, instead, thought they could extract $149 out of a bunch of people for what amounts to an evening in the park with a few hours of limited exclusive access. As we are routinely reminded, Disney will continue raising rates, fees, and increasing the number of exclusive events until the market won't bend to their desires. If we prefer to see these sorts of trends roll back, then any sign that the market isn't lining up to throw money at them is a positive development.

Tekneek;2483724 wrote: One might posit that slowing down the constant increases in tickets, exclusive events, etc, is born of a love of Disney and not from some destructive place. If they wanted to have the parks open during these times, they could choose to do so. If they want them closed, they could choose to do so. They, instead, thought they could extract $149 out of a bunch of people for what amounts to an evening in the park with a few hours of limited exclusive access. As we are routinely reminded, Disney will continue raising rates, fees, and increasing the number of exclusive events until the market won't bend to their desires. If we prefer to see these sorts of trends roll back, then any sign that the market isn't lining up to throw money at them is a positive development.

This. Exactly. They kept looking for "the point" where people would stop paying. Looks like they found it.