When you consider the size of the park, the cleanliness, the attitude of the employees, the standards, and the sheer number of rides/attractions/characters/... and then consider they literally have something for every age that walks through the gate, it all boils down to getting what you pay for.
If you don't want to pay the admission, don't go. It's that simple.
Disney World Raises Prices, $100 Admissions Not Far Off: Outrageous or Understandable?
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2012/06/11 01:06:23
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On Friday, Disney World raised its single-day ticket prices from $85 to $89. And if this trend keeps up, the $100 ticket will arrive in about two to three years! We love Disneyland as much as the next person. But laying down a Benjamin for a single day in a theme park! That seems outrageous to us.
Unfortunately, just a quick look at the numbers makes it clear that that’s where we’re heading. According to Beth Kassab of the Orlando Sentinel, over the past decade Disney has raised prices by an average of 6%, or about $3.90, each year. At that rate, we’ll reach the $100 ticket in 2014 or 2015.
Even if moving to three digit admissions prices makes financial sense, there’s no denying that the $100 ticket (like $4-per-gallon gas) requires crossing a big psychological milestone.
"The moment you get to three digits, it has an emotional impact," says Eli Portnoy, CEO of CultureRanch. "It's a barrier no one wants to cross, and Disney is going to have to be careful about crossing it."
Disney does have to be careful. But the fact that theme park attendance continues to rise even during tough economic times (3% last year according to the LA Times) means that further prices hikes are inevitable.
So SodaHeads, what do you think about Disney admissions prices approaching $100? Outrageous or understandable?
Unfortunately, just a quick look at the numbers makes it clear that that’s where we’re heading. According to Beth Kassab of the Orlando Sentinel, over the past decade Disney has raised prices by an average of 6%, or about $3.90, each year. At that rate, we’ll reach the $100 ticket in 2014 or 2015.
Even if moving to three digit admissions prices makes financial sense, there’s no denying that the $100 ticket (like $4-per-gallon gas) requires crossing a big psychological milestone.
"The moment you get to three digits, it has an emotional impact," says Eli Portnoy, CEO of CultureRanch. "It's a barrier no one wants to cross, and Disney is going to have to be careful about crossing it."
Disney does have to be careful. But the fact that theme park attendance continues to rise even during tough economic times (3% last year according to the LA Times) means that further prices hikes are inevitable.
So SodaHeads, what do you think about Disney admissions prices approaching $100? Outrageous or understandable?
Read More: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/os...
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Couri 2012/06/11 02:32:36
If a trip to Disney is as miserable as you make it out to be their wouldn't be a price of admission because they would be closed by now. Yet people people go for days or even weeks at a time year after year. I went just last year in the middle of June and the longest I waited in line was 30 minutes and that was for one of their newer attractions. On average I spent no more than 10 minutes in any line at any given time. You just have to know how to plan your day.
They have changed, it's just small changes every so often instead of a total face lift. Some attractions have been done away with and replaced with newer ones, upgrades are made here and there, and additions have been made. They just do these things in such a way that very few people notice them until they're done.
Seriously, to all of you tourists out there, if you're vacationing in Central Florida and you want to take a trip to Disney World, get up very early in the dark hours of the morning, and enter Disney's gates when they open at 8:00 AM. Otherwise, you'll get tired, miserable, and sweaty standing in terribly long lines, for many cumulative hours, being able to ride only 5 rides for a cumulative total of 20 minutes, after spending 89 bucks a head to get in, not to mention parking and meal expenses.
Unfortunately it seems I will not be going back.
ABC, wholly-owned by Disney, also produced and distributed a truly anti-family, anti-Christian TV series called "Good Christian Bitches" (now shortened to GCB due to the backlash) and is wholly in the tank for President Doofus Golfsalot who views capitalism as a complete turn off and chief blame for the world as it stands today.
There are dichotomies in the liberal world that just cannot be explained by any simple means but this book certainly is a good start ...........