I'm just curious

Not sure if I am allowed to post a link, but there was an interesting article on Motley Fool's website today regarding the possible "flop" of the After Hours launch last week.

JS

I read an article of the weekend that the first night time extra hours was a flop. 1000 guests and most were free tickets for travel agents and APH. They lost money and most surveyed so no they are not willing to pay extra .

As for me, No WAY. It is too expensive.

waymickey;2483049 wrote: I read an article of the weekend that the first night time extra hours was a flop. 1000 guests and most were free tickets for travel agents and APH. They lost money and most surveyed so no they are not willing to pay extra .

As for me, No WAY. It is too expensive.

The 1000 number was ONE bloggers "guess." It was not an official number. They only offered a limited number of free admissions to DVC members but they did cut that off when they reached "capacity." It was also a rainy night so some of those DVC members might have skipped it or left early. By Disney's count, the event "reached capacity."

I agree with what everyone else is saying, and no, I wouldn't pay extra. I think it's ridiculous how they're making us pay extra and cutting down on quality. For example, they now purchase a cheaper bread for Tonga Toast. However, the old bread was what made it taste good/memorable to others (or so I've heard). Dining experiences like that should not be changed and overcharged. Ridiculous.

If I were going to Florida for a non-Disney vacation and I wanted to spend a day in the kingdom I probably would. I would find $150 to be a great deal to have 7 hours (and 3 of them relatively unbusy) in the magic kingdom at night (my favorite time) since you would not have to pay for a regular day ticket. I figure paying an extra $40 (I figure a regular park ticket for a single day would be around $110) for having the park relatively empty for the 3 hours is not an unfair price.

However I would never pay it if I were there for any length of time and already had a regular multi-day ticket.

No!

I would if I were going to florida on a "non-Disney" trip and wanted to spend a day with Mickey. I think $149 is justifiable on it's own for 7 hours (3 of which are very unbusy as long as they keep to the 3,000 attendance level) in the Magic Kingdom given a regular day ticket is $105 or something now. For that extra $45 to know I'll have 3 hours of relative emptiness - yes, I think that is a good deal for one day.

Given that, I would never pay it on a regular disney trip. I'm already paying for that day's ticket. It does also tick me off (from this point of view) that this means more early closing days at the Kingdom - which dilutes the power of my park ticket even more and makes the cost higher per hour possible.

So I see it as good and bad depending upon your point of view or your type of trip taken.

No no no... I can't believe that someone came up with these ideas and that people bought into the -- it's ridiculous!!! I try to frame things in a way that I see the outcome. I can't see anyone walking away from paying and attending this and honestly saying that it was worth the price.

mydisneygirls;2482557 wrote: Would you really pay a $150 for extra hours at night or $69 ($59 for kids) for Early Morning Magic where you get breakfast and can ride Seven Dwarf, Pooh and Peter Pan. This is will be Tuesdays and Saturdays and does not take the place of Early Magic Hours on other days. I certainly won't.

It seems that they're eventually going to be charging for everything!!! What's going to be next....$10 a day for using the pool!!!!!!! It's getting ridiculous.

I wouldn't pay for extra time - I'm already paying to get in so to me it seems like I'm paying twice for the same day??

It might be okay if they TRULY limited admission to say 15,000 or so. But I am sure like everything Disney, it will start off quite limited and gradually just keep increasing in numbers until people stop going. Like the parties that are waaay too packed now.

After all, posting selling number to 5 tickets below full capacity could be considered "limited", wouldn't they?

Early Morning Magic runs until 10:00. Does that mean the park will already be crowded when it opens on these two non-EMH days? I've given up on EMH because of the crowds. My plan has been to get there at park-opening on non-EMH days. Now I have to avoid Tuesdays and Saturdays? Or will it spread the crowds out and actually help? Who knows. Maybe they just needed an extra breakfast venue.

Not paying extra and not happy. Things are getting too complicated.

I am on the Disney website now and guess what! They're selling tickets for a day in April and four days in May - 3 on Thursdays and one on a Sunday. So if an average family of 4 go, it would cost $634 FOR A TOTAL OF 3 EXTRA HOURS!!! Utter greedness. It's about time for Mr. Iger to go for a ride on the Gran Fiesta Tour and bid hasta luego!

I'm getting to the point of walking away from everything Disney. They are getting extremely greedy. It's not like they have offered anything that was innovative. They gave us the new addition to Fantasyland. We got Thunder Mountain Railroad with seven dwarfs, we got Finding Nemo with Eric and Ariel. Not only did they give us the Mermaid and her guy, but they included oversized dentures on them. We have two Dumbos, an overpriced restaurant and story time. I'm not looking forward to their new projects, if they are like this. As far as imagination, Universal has stepped up to the plate, leaving Disney in the dugout.