News Round Up 2018

[OKW Lover]

News

Parking prices also increased today

http://blogmickey.com/2018/02/2018-parking-prices-walt-disney-world-increased/

I continue to be amazed at the "preferred parking" up-charge.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

You would need to purchase the ticket that covers the higher priced days. At least that was the information that was provided when the survey regarding tiered tickets was circulated.

I wonder what happens if you have to cancel or reschedule your trip? You're purchasing a ticket for a specific day or time frame so if you don't use it, are you just out of the cash or can you apply the value of the ticket towards the purchase of a future trip? You'll soon need to degree in accounting to figure all of this out.

That last part is what I worry about - just picturing a family that isn't super knowledgeable showing up and being told they have the "wrong" tickets

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Where'd you see that? I haven't seen anything yet. I checked Twitter too.

One Facebook group is follow posted it (and they are usually only into factual things not rumors) and saw someone else make the same comment to the DIS article about price increases. Like I said, trying to corroborate but that is two comments I have seen

 

[Fantasia79]

News

Saw this on my DVC notifications.

Membership Extras Eligibility
Effective February 25, 2018, to be eligible for Membership Extras, Members must own and maintain a minimum of 75 Vacation Points purchased directly from Disney Vacation Development, Inc.

All Members who are eligible for Membership Extras as of February 24 will not be impacted by the 75-Vacation Point requirement, as long as they continue to meet the previously implemented eligibility requirements. For more information, visit Important Membership Documents.

 

[WebmasterJackie]

NEWS:

Walt Disney World Raises Prices of Tickets and Annual Pass

Disneyland Resort Raises Ticket and Annual Pass Prices

 

[rteetz]

News

Walt Disney World is adding FootGolf

https://wdwnt.com/2018/02/disney-world-adding-footgolf-disneys-oak-trail-course/

 

[skier_pete]

News

Saw this on my DVC notifications.

Membership Extras Eligibility
Effective February 25, 2018, to be eligible for Membership Extras, Members must own and maintain a minimum of 75 Vacation Points purchased directly from Disney Vacation Development, Inc.

All Members who are eligible for Membership Extras as of February 24 will not be impacted by the 75-Vacation Point requirement, as long as they continue to meet the previously implemented eligibility requirements. For more information, visit Important Membership Documents.

Ouch - they are DETERMINE to deter resale buying. I feel very lucky I bought in before they changed all these rules. This raises a lot of questions for me, but I will post them on the DVC forum.

NEWS:

Walt Disney World Raises Prices of Tickets and Annual Pass

Disneyland Resort Raises Ticket and Annual Pass Prices

Looks like Blog Mickey got the prices wrong...going up but not quite as bad as they said for the longer park tickets - but pretty bad.

 

[Loopster]

Surprised, but happy to see that MaxPass prices didn’t increase at all for DL!

 

[rteetz]

Looks like Blog Mickey got the prices wrong...going up but not quite as bad as they said for the longer park tickets - but pretty bad.

Actually they didn't. What they posted is the gate price. Buying at the gate it $20 more than buying in advance online. Disney started doing that last year.

 

[dina444444]

Trying to corroborate via an additional source but also saw a report Minnie Van service increased pricing to $25

They went up, just priced one out in the Lyft app.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

They went up, just priced one out in the Lyft app.

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Thanks for checking!

I like how it promotes that "this is a good deal" - as if there is ever any variance in the price

 

[rteetz]

Thanks for checking!

I like how it promotes that "this is a good deal" - as if there is ever any variance in the price

They've been popular so far. Disney must feel they can get away with this.

 

[rteetz]

Here it is...

https://www.wdwmagic.com/transporta...nie-van-service-price-increase-from-today.htm

 

[TheMaxRebo]

They've been popular so far. Disney must feel they can get away with this.

definitely - I know originally there was a lot of chatter about "why would anyone do this if Uber is 1/2 the price?" but then lately I have seen a few reports of people trying to request one and there not being any available - so clearly this is a supply vs demand move - and just another illustration of how people at Disney don't always value things the same way they do outside of Disney (not saying right or wrong, but clearly impacts Disney's thinking)

 

[dina444444]

definitely - I know originally there was a lot of chatter about "why would anyone do this if Uber is 1/2 the price?" but then lately I have seen a few reports of people trying to request one and there not being any available - so clearly this is a supply vs demand move - and just another illustration of how people at Disney don't always value things the same way they do outside of Disney (not saying right or wrong, but clearly impacts Disney's thinking)

The Minnie vans are also good if you have more than one child that needs a car seat. That's not an option with regular Uber and Lyft.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

The Minnie vans are also good if you have more than one child that needs a car seat. That's not an option with regular Uber and Lyft.

oh yeah, definitely situations where it makes sense - also some people don't like the business model of Uber and/or don't feel safe with them, etc. ... I see that as part of the value people associate with it.

 

[MommaBerd]

This is not good for those that don't want to pay $40 per hour per person to be in the theme parks. It likely means shorter standard hours and probably continued degradation of the EMH benefit.

I just did this event on Thursday with one of my boys. (It was his Christmas present.) Of course, I can’t say for sure, but I can’t see WDW adding too many nights to this. They had the exact same number of nights this year as they did last. And, they are on non-EMH nights. Friday had evening EMH and I *think* they even had extended hours for that day about a month ago. They are obviously trying to bring visitors (like myself) to the park during slower times of the year. Even if they extend the event to once a week in Jan, Feb, and March, I just don’t see the impact to the daily guest.

News

Saw this on my DVC notifications.

Membership Extras Eligibility
Effective February 25, 2018, to be eligible for Membership Extras, Members must own and maintain a minimum of 75 Vacation Points purchased directly from Disney Vacation Development, Inc.

All Members who are eligible for Membership Extras as of February 24 will not be impacted by the 75-Vacation Point requirement, as long as they continue to meet the previously implemented eligibility requirements. For more information, visit Important Membership Documents.

Everyone predicted it was coming...

 

[MommaBerd]

Good read about all the SEA connections at Disney properties.
http://attractionsmagazine.com/story-behind-sea-disneys-society-of-explorers-and-adventurers/

Oh how I wish I could have gone to the Adventurers’ Club!!! Are there any books or comics on it?

 

[jlundeen]

Oh how I wish I could have gone to the Adventurers’ Club!!! Are there any books or comics on it?

We only went once, and our kids were fairly young....we were very confused by the different "skits" - they would suddenly start up in different rooms, and while it was all really fun and interesting, we didn't understand enough of what was going on. It mostly was like they all seemed to be a bunch of regulars at a "club" who were telling stories about their adventures - kind of like the old movie scenes like Casablanca....and the rest of the "guests" were just in there listening to their tales....

The place I miss even more than Adventurer's Club is the Comedy Warehouse - all improv stuff, and the audience participated by shouting out stuff... a bit "adult" sometimes, but usually pretty family oriented. My young daughter (I think she was only about 10 or 12 at the time) was selected to participate, and it was hilarious!

 

[Moliphino]

We only went once, and our kids were fairly young....we were very confused by the different "skits" - they would suddenly start up in different rooms, and while it was all really fun and interesting, we didn't understand enough of what was going on. It mostly was like they all seemed to be a bunch of regulars at a "club" who were telling stories about their adventures - kind of like the old movie scenes like Casablanca....and the rest of the "guests" were just in there listening to their tales....

The place I miss even more than Adventurer's Club is the Comedy Warehouse - all improv stuff, and the audience participated by shouting out stuff... a bit "adult" sometimes, but usually pretty family oriented. My young daughter (I think she was only about 10 or 12 at the time) was selected to participate, and it was hilarious!

Yeah, that's exactly what it was. I first went when I was 6 and they closed it shortly after I turned 21. It's been almost 10 years and I'm still upset about it.