Ticket Price increase

I've been seeing the same rumblings. I wouldn't be surprised to see an increase next Sunday.

I have to wonder what this will mean for the non-expiring ticket that I have been holding onto. It still has 5 days on it.:mickey:

Mrs Bus Driver;2445229 wrote: I have to wonder what this will mean for the non-expiring ticket that I have been holding onto. It still has 5 days on it.:mickey:

I could be wrong but I suspect they will continue to honor existing non-expiring tickets even if they no longer offer this option.

I'm glad I just bought my DVC AP.

This makes me very happy that I decided to get APs since we just got back a few weeks ago and are going again in June.

The non-expiring ticket isn't as good of a deal as it used to be anyway. They've raised the price of the "option" so much that it practically eliminates significant savings even a few years down the road.

What we'll probably do from now on is buy fewer days than we think we're going to be in the parks, and then add days onto the ticket while there as needed. That way we'll still get the benefit of a ticket purchased before the increase, but we won't have to worry about possibly buying more days than we'll use.

I have also heard that the benefits such as discounts for AP's will be less. Like going down to 15% for mini golf and stuff.

I've also read that the Water Parks and More option will be combined with Park Hopper. I read that this will be done to help justify the increase. I'm now trying to figure out if I should buy my tickets now or wait and see if it'll be a better deal with those two combined, since we always buy both options.

So consumer prices are falling, oil is falling, middle class wages are stagnant yet ticket prices are rising? This should be some really good creative writing on the Disney PR's teams part.

As far as PR/marketing, they seem to be doing a great job with special events and groups outside of the US. Because of this, there really isn't a slow season anymore. As far as my previous statement, I think I figured out the reason for the combination Park Hopper and Water Parks option. Unfortunately, it hurts those trying to stretch our budgets. With the old system, if you stayed in Orlando for 10 days, you could purchase a 5 day MYW park hopper/water park ticket and be able to do Disney 10 days for the price of 5 plus add ons. We would spend 5 days at the main parks and 5 days at the water parks or Disney Quest. With the new system, we'll be forced to buy a a 10 day park hopper, which will include the water parks, but I fear will be much more expensive than our previous option. I'm hoping that I'm wrong.

It is simple. Repeat guests are of no concern to WDW. They have forsaken the repeat guest for the once-in-a-lifetime customers who vastly outnumber repeat guests.

The powers that be coukd care less if you come back year after year. In fact, they want you to stay away.....as long as long as that new customer who doesnt notice the falling value and rising cost still comes, you dont matter.

eandrsmom;2445555 wrote: As far as my previous statement, I think I figured out the reason for the combination Park Hopper and Water Parks option. Unfortunately, it hurts those trying to stretch our budgets. With the old system, if you stayed in Orlando for 10 days, you could purchase a 5 day MYW park hopper/water park ticket and be able to do Disney 10 days for the price of 5 plus add ons. We would spend 5 days at the main parks and 5 days at the water parks or Disney Quest. With the new system, we'll be forced to buy a a 10 day park hopper, which will include the water parks, but I fear will be much more expensive than our previous option. I'm hoping that I'm wrong.

I'm not so sure you would need to buy a ten day ticket. Of course I don't have a crystal ball but my guess would be that the 5 day with the PH/WPM would still be good for 14 days from first use and allow 5 park visits with PH and 5 WPM visits. Just the pricing structure will change which may meaning they're increasing the PH and bundling it with WPM.

I hope you're right. What I read was that it would be done so that you could hop to the water parks or DQ. Honestly, when we've spent most of the day at the water park, we are tired and have no desire to go to another park that evening.

So if you don't like the water parks or if it is too cold to visit them, you are stuck paying for it anyway if you want to park hop? Boo.