The biggest price increase, 15 percent, is reserved for Disney's high-roller fans, as the two-resort

Disney announced substantial price increases for admission tickets and annual calgary hotel passes at both Walt Disney World and the Disneyland Resorts, effective tomorrow. (So buy today if you're planning a trip soon!) Prices will rise from one to 15 percent.
And for the first time in the United States, Disney's priced a one-day ticket at one of its theme parks above the price of a one-day ticket at other parks in the same resort. A single-day calgary hotel visit to the Magic Kingdom will cost $5 more than visiting one of the other Disney World theme parks, starting tomorrow, for those rare individuals who do not buy a multi-day pass to the WDW theme parks.
At Walt Disney World A one-day, one-park rises from $89 to $95 for the Magic Kingdom, and to $90 for the other parks A four-day base ticket (one park per day) rises from $256 to $279 A 10-day base ticket rises from $318 to $339 Adding the park-hopper calgary hotel option to your pass rises $2 per ticket (regardless of the number of days on your ticket), from $57 to $59 A four-park Annual Pass rises from $574 to $609 for non-Florida residents and from $425 to $464 for Florida residents
At Disneyland calgary hotel A one-day one-park ticket rises from $87 to $92 A one-day park hopper ticket rises from $125 to $137 The SoCal Select Annual Pass rises from $269 to $279 SoCal Annual Pass rises from $329 to $359 Deluxe Annual Pass rises from $469 to $499 Premium Annual Pass rises from $649 to $669 (no blockout days, parking included) The parking add-on for non-Premium APs goes from $129 to $139 The AP blockout day ticket goes from $70 to $84
The biggest price increase, 15 percent, is reserved for Disney's calgary hotel high-roller fans, as the two-resort Premiere Pass, good for 12 months at all Walt Disney World and Disneyland theme parks, raises $130 to $979.
A friend who's planning his son's bday at Disneyland calgary hotel later this year asked me yesterday about price increases. I told him typically they occur first weekend in June, but said he should call as I haven't read any updates yet.
FWIW, I have no problem with price increases as long as something new is brought to a park. This year, Disney adds what? If they want to increase prices, do so next year when the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train opens.
With that said....I can only imagine how much of a hassle calgary hotel DLR will be when they have to provide four 1s to every guest handing them a $20 bill. That just doesn't make sense. Raise the price of tickets an extra $1, but $16 for parking is going to be more trouble than its worth.
My pass expired on the 20th, I'm going back in less than two weeks and was going to renew it then and now it's too late to call and renew because the web site doesn't recognize my pass and the call center closed 30 minutes before I found out about the price change.
I'm tempted to say screw it and not renew them this year and instead just go to Universal/Busch Gardens/Seaworld instead. They at least have something new to see. (Yeah, I know, Disney opened new stuff last year, but I've been three times since new fantasyland opened, so I'm just waiting on the 7 dwarves ride next year.)
I believe you can buy the pass online but not activate it until you go! At least, for Disneyland. I remember buying the night before last year's increase and the paper saying I had until December 31st to activate it. I didn't go until June 18th which is when it expires this year. Unfortunately I wanted to buy a new pass in September to wait out the summer rush, but looks like I might renew tonight to save $40...
Behind all that pixie dust we need to remember Disney is running a business here, first and foremost. calgary hotel Judging by how attendance numbers are high at their parks and people still pack their parks, they are have every right to raise ticket prices. It's just good business, just about any business owner will do the same.
Disney is free to do what they want. That doesn't mean I like it. I lost interest in Walt Disney calgary hotel World quite a while ago and I won't visit their parks if all of them have received substantial upgrades and additions.
Someone posted 'Dismey, your parks are crowded...' That simply means the price is too LOW. Raising the prices might even out supply and demand a tiny bit, making the park more pleasant for those who can afford it. I'm a bit surprised Disney hasn't figured calgary hotel out a 'premium' experience yet ala Discovery Cove.
Every major theme/amusement park around the world is upgrading and putting new e ticket attractions every two to three years but WDW. Even Disney in California and International is making improvements. The last thing that Disney World did that's E Ticket quality is add Everest which in many opinions is still broken with a non animated yeti (disco yeti). I'm tired of hearing well its a business and people still go whatever the price. What price is too much for a park that doesn't improve for like 10 to 15 years?
Also you can't change an exisisting ride and call a new e ticket ride. I'll give you some examples calgary hotel at WDW. Changing test track to tron trek.....still the same ride. Changing Star Tours to Star Tours 2.0 is still a simulator with some options. Alien Encounter to Stich that should be taken out its so bad. WDW should wake up and start coming up with new rides, lands, or parks to compete. Real e ticket rides and not some family coaster.
Here is an informal economic explanation for the recent price increases in central Florida’s oligopoly theme park industry. Historically, Disney has been the dominant firm and demonstrated it by exhibiting price leadership; Disney would announce its price increase and Universal would match it, SeaWorld would set its price a little less. With the opening, of Harry Potter Universal started to challenge Disney as the dominant firm in Central Florida. Last year 2012, Universal tried to exhibit price leadership by announcing its daily park price increase before Disney, but Disney set its price later and slightly higher. This forced Universal to re-announce its daily ticket price to match Disney’s (to avoid the appearance of having an inferior calgary hotel product as measured by daily ticket prices.)
This year it appears Universal got Disney’s goat when it announced its $92 daily ticket price several weeks ago. I believe that based on sound economic analysis of Disney’s economists, Disney was planning on a $90 daily ticket price for all parks. But in light of Universal’s price increase Disney’s management thought it would create the impression that now Universal had the superior product. So Disney’s management over ruled the recommendation of its economists and established a two tier pricing scheme a $95 daily price at the Magic Kingdom and $90 at its other central Florida parks. While $90 per day may be the correct profit maximizing price for Disney’s central Florida theme parks, Disney set the Magic Kingdom price higher for two reasons: 1) to obscure the fact that it may have lost its dominant firm position to Universal and 2) remind calgary hotel the world that Disney calgary hotel still has the number one theme park in the world–the Magic Kingdom. Disney is sacrificing profits for the ego and pride of its executives calgary hotel and management. (Note: I am not sure that $92 per day is the correct profit maximizing price for Universal either. calgary hotel Their executives and management could just be “screwing“ with Disney’s and vice versa.)
1. in response calgary hotel to the suggestion that I do it online. I can't renew mine online. I'm a vacation club member and you have to either go to the park (not an option since I live 6 hours away) or call. The DVC call center calgary hotel closed at 5:30 and I didn't see this article until after they were closed.
2. My price actually went down! I have the premium pass that includes the 4 parks in orlando, the water parks, disneyquest and one of the golf courses/sport thing and it just expired on the 20th. Turns out that while the purchase cost went up, the renewal cost went down. Also, it looks like they merged the adult/child pass for DVC members. (ie... seems like they used to have separate tickets for adults vs children. Now they only have one pass for DVC members, so they raised the price on kids and lowered the adult price.) Financially, they probably came out ahead since most people have multiple children. In my case, it's just me and my wife so we saved a little bit.
How does the average family afford to go at $92 per entry? For a working family of four they're looking at spending $400 before they step into the park. By the time you have two meals at inflated prices, snacks, multiple drinks on 100 degree days, and buy the kids a balloon and a hat, you've got to be looking at more than $800, maybe a grand for the day.
Once upon a time when I was a kid-- Parking was Free. Walt Disney calgary hotel promised when building The Magic Kingdom that parking would always be free. He designed the park not as a place to squeeze every last penny out of people, but as a place families could gather and enjoy together. calgary hotel I have an old ticketbook in front of me that cost $5.75 for the day at Disneyland. How does a single mother scraping by take her kid(s) to Disneyland? The answer is-- she doesn't. It's very sad to see what Disney has become.
I visit the parks twice a year and will continue to do so. My problem is that they are really calgary hotel making it difficult for those who struggle to afford to visit. They reduced the amount of time they offer the free dining and now the cost increase. Bottom line it is a business and a smart one at that.
I don't think WDW Parks are too crowded. The problem is they lack attraction offerings which results in huge wait times for every major attraction. Look at CA adventure calgary hotel which will soon eclipse Epcots annual calgary hotel attendance. A park 4 times the size of CA adventure, calgary hotel yet consistently has longer wait times for its attractions. The difference is CA adventure simply has more attractions, which spreads out the crowd throughout the park. WDWs Parks are huge compared to Disneyland Resort but they lack attractions. New lands /attractions/parks are the only way to ease overcrowded Parks. The pric