I'm just curious

joonyer;2482622 wrote: As of now, Disney resort guests can still take advantage of early and late EMH without paying additional costs (on other days), so I think these tickets are designed to get $$$ from those off-site guests who have been complaining that they can't access EMH times. The question is: how much longer will on-site guests be getting the EMH perks without having to pay extra? Or, Disney could just increase room rates of course and still call EMH "free" for on-site guests.

Stay tuned...

mydisneygirls;2482624 wrote: I really, really, really hope people don't buy into their greed and that they'll do away with it.

Consumerism 101, there is a sucker born every minute... And most customers are suckers... Companies prey on those customers... And Disney is no different... They have their most loyal fans who will rather go into debt, lose their home, not have a college fund for their kids then give up their Disney addiction... There are also the first time customers who don't know any better and think they HAVE TO pay these money grab fees because Disney's marketing machine makes it sound that way...

Perhaps they're testing people's willingness to pay this much for a hard ticket event so they can jack the rates of MNSSHP and MVMCP. I'm only referencing the nighttime offering here.

Nope. With good touring plans you don't need those extra hours. Save your money.

DizneyFreak2002;2482630 wrote: Consumerism 101, there is a sucker born every minute... And most customers are suckers... Companies prey on those customers... And Disney is no different... They have their most loyal fans who will rather go into debt, lose their home, not have a college fund for their kids then give up their Disney addiction... There are also the first time customers who don't know any better and think they HAVE TO pay these money grab fees because Disney's marketing machine makes it sound that way...

Yes. and not only do they think that they have to buy it, they will think that it is smart or "cool" to buy it.
i can see it now:
"When I went to Disney World, I paid extra for exclusive after hour access." *Puts on cool guy sunglasses*

Yeah.. You aren't smart.. you're just a sucker.

magicofdisney;2482638 wrote: Perhaps they're testing people's willingness to pay this much for a hard ticket event so they can jack the rates of MNSSHP and MVMCP. I'm only referencing the nighttime offering here.

I 100% agree with this. I have a feeling those parties will be $99 (at least) this year.

I can't imagine us doing either one of those. As others have pointed out, if you stay on property you have the EMH to use. Even if we were just passing through and wanted an evening in MK, that's $600 for our family of 4. Yikes! We did MVMCP that way a few years ago. We just stayed a couple nights at AoA, did the party, then the mini golf courses and Downtown Disney. But, the party tickets came to $300, I think? I can't remember how much we paid for them. This would have been 3 years ago.

magicofdisney;2482638 wrote: Perhaps they're testing people's willingness to pay this much for a hard ticket event so they can jack the rates of MNSSHP and MVMCP. I'm only referencing the nighttime offering here.

They don't need to test the public's willingness by doing these paid EMH... They know the publics' willingness already... They continue to jack the prices of MNSSHP and MVMCP and they always almost still sell out...

This is just another revenue stream to add to the bottom line... Just another thing they want to monetize, because they don't monetize everything else...

I was looking over the Run Disney site today in preparation for this weekend's Star Wars run and saw something I've never noticed before. They now have a "VIP" option to pick up your race packet the morning of the race. For "only" an additional $39!!! I had to read that several times to let it sink in. $39 - more than the cost of most local 5K races - to JUST pick up your packet. I didn't see anything else included.

I love Disney, but it does seem they're trying their best to swindle every last penny from their guests.

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Just to stir the pot... What about premium parking? Only right now at MK and Epcot at $35.00 a pop. It's basically just behind the handicapped parking in one section (at Epcot). I can see$10.00, but $35.00 is ridiculous.

TWGator;2482685 wrote: I was looking over the Run Disney site today in preparation for this weekend's Star Wars run and saw something I've never noticed before. They now have a "VIP" option to pick up your race packet the morning of the race. For "only" an additional $39!!! I had to read that several times to let it sink in. $39 - more than the cost of most local 5K races - to JUST pick up your packet. I didn't see anything else included.

I love Disney, but it does seem they're trying their best to swindle every last penny from their guests.

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Well, to play devil's advocate, a LOT of people have to fly in early and get an extra night of hotel room just to be able to pick up their packet the day before.

Paying $39 is far less than the cost of a night at any of the Disney hotels and if this had been publicized a couple months ago, my husband would have absolutely done this as opposed to paying an extra $125 for a night at Pop that he really doesn't need this week for the Star Wars races.

DizneyFreak2002;2482682 wrote: They don't need to test the public's willingness by doing these paid EMH... They know the publics' willingness already... They continue to jack the prices of MNSSHP and MVMCP and they always almost still sell out...

This is just another revenue stream to add to the bottom line... Just another thing they want to monetize, because they don't monetize everything else...

. . . YET.

Give em' time.

We won't pay it. We stopped getting hoppers years ago. :(

The early morning one doesn't appeal to me at all. You get (at most) an hour of "exclusive" time to ride 3 attractions. Depending on how many tickets they sell for this event, you may only be able to get on each of those rides once during that hour. Granted, there is a breakfast buffet included, but in order to eat there, you're going to be giving up precious early morning park time when the lines are still relatively short for most attractions. I can see where this event might appeal to off-site guests who weren't able to get a FP for 7DMT and PP on their only day at MK on their once-in-a-lifetime trip to Disney World.

I might be willing to pay for the evening event if it was just me and my husband and we were only in town for 1 day or just passing though and only had an evening available to stop at Disney World. At least with the night time event you can get in the park at 7:00 and spend a few hours doing things before your 3-hour "exclusive" time begins. I think we'd be able to get a lot more things done during the night time event. That being said, I would never pay for our whole family to attend during one of our week-long trips to Disney World.

I would consider the morning having two young children, hitting those rides are a must and our FP could be used on other important attractions.

The evening, I would only do if it were my wife and I. We would attend the evening on a resort/pool day that way we're not using a park day on top of it. We'd get there in the early window to still see the parade, castle show, and fireworks. Then spend the rest of the time hitting our favorite attractions that we haven't rode together in years because of our young ones. As others mentioned, a short trip, this would benefit as well.

As long as EMH is still offered to onsite guests and these are offered on other nights I'm ok with Disney making these available. If people want to pay for it, let them spend their money. The more successful our parks are, and universal, the more this "extra" money will be reinvested into the parks and magic band technology.
I know everyone is on this Disney is gouging the consumer kick, but a full days worth of entertainment at Disney is a great value. I recently went to Hawaii and we paid $100 a person for a Luau and they had 3 hours of entertainment, a buffet, and a free drink. I just recently saw a Bruce Springsteen concert and with tickets, parking, a drink, and sand which it was about $225 for 3 1/2 hours.
I think Disney and Universal for that matter are starting to understand that they can charge more comparably and people are still walking away feeling good about the money spent. I hate the price increases, but we go every year because we feel like it's still worth it.
Sorry to go off on a tangent.