Early Morning Magic - another upsell

[RBrooksC]

Yes, they may. But that isn't the discussion. What IS the discussion is the fee they are charging for this event. You can either pay it or not. They aren't stealing anything. You don't have to do it, vacation like you normally do and that's that. If somebody else, wants to spend the extra money to get in the park at 7 PM and be there until 2 AM, so be it. If they do start to whittle away at what they are offering and start to charge for everything, that is a different story, but NOWHERE in what they have proposed is ANYTHING been taken away from ANYBODY. Most of this seems to be a more a factor of "no fair!". Well, life isn't fair. You can't afford the hard ticket event or you just don't want to pay for this hard ticket event, then don't. Again, nothing is being taken away. You can still go to the park, get your FPs, and enjoy the day the best you can. And they are only squeezing money from you if you choose to pay it. Again, they aren't forcing anybody to pay for anything. You can still pay for your vacation and do it like you always do and never pay the extra charge for any hard ticket items.

[1DisneyNut]

Yes, they may. But that isn't the discussion. What IS the discussion is the fee they are charging for this event. You can either pay it or not. They aren't stealing anything. You don't have to do it, vacation like you normally do and that's that. If somebody else, wants to spend the extra money to get in the park at 7 PM and be there until 2 AM, so be it. If they do start to whittle away at what they are offering and start to charge for everything, that is a different story, but NOWHERE in what they have proposed is ANYTHING been taken away from ANYBODY. Most of this seems to be a more a factor of "no fair!". Well, life isn't fair. You can't afford the hard ticket event or you just don't want to pay for this hard ticket event, then don't. Again, nothing is being taken away. You can still go to the park, get your FPs, and enjoy the day the best you can. And they are only squeezing money from you if you choose to pay it. Again, they aren't forcing anybody to pay for anything. You can still pay for your vacation and do it like you always do and never pay the extra charge for any hard ticket items.

Here is where you are incorrect. They are in fact taking something away from guests and putting something in place with a new fee. They are in fact impacting the way many of us visit the parks and the value we get out of them. Here is how: They are closing the park at 7:00PM for a special hard ticket whereas, normally they would be open until at least 10:00PM and if occupancy levels were high, they would also normally extend the park hours until 11 or 12. Now those park hours are gone unless you want to buy an additional ticket.

Before you point out that this is about an early morning special ticket, it is still the same thing. Earlier in the morning, later in the evening, it doesn't matter. Hours during the day are hours during the day that you could potentially be in the park and now they want to charge you for it on top of entrance tickets you already have to buy. That is a money grab.

So my point is, this not only affects my vacation but it also affects yours but you haven't realized it yet. Wait until you go and you find out parks are closing at 7 for a hard ticket and you just spent all day in a busy park with 90 minute wait times and then get back to us on your satisfaction level.