You brought up the entire vacation in response to why Disney tickets are more expensive than other theme park tickets. It’s just a disingenuous argument to make.
It actually is one of the most expensive trips for many people, us included something I've spoken about before on these Boards ever since I joined. Lot of people during this pandemic and over my time on the DIS too have posted on threads galore about taking other vacations, including ones to Europe for less than what they paid for Disney or would be paying. I'm not sure if you're a lurker who just joined or if you're under a different DIS name but of course you can make trips more expensive than Disney but it's pretty well understood that Disney is considered quite an expensive destination and there's a plethora of options that are not.
I’m not saying it’s not expensive. What I said was that it’s a disingenuous argument to compare an entire Disney vacation to simply buying tickets to a theme park. It’s apples to oranges.
Thankfully no one here did that.
The problem here is that there are two discussions being conflated in order to argue different points.It actually is one of the most expensive trips for many people, us included something I've spoken about before on these Boards ever since I joined. Lot of people during this pandemic and over my time on the DIS too have posted on threads galore about taking other vacations, including ones to Europe for less than what they paid for Disney or would be paying. I'm not sure if you're a lurker who just joined or if you're under a different DIS name but of course you can make trips more expensive than Disney but it's pretty well understood that Disney is considered quite an expensive destination and there's a plethora of options that are not.
I don't live on the west coast and our flights were quite expensive back then to get to Hawaii without SWA around to go to Hawaii (we flew Delta).
I didn't give you snark, that was a "huh?" moment with your discussion. Like bring up Tahiti as if it's a feasible comparison for the bulk of people, that doesn't really make sense to compare that and use that as a way to say Disney is more of an economical choice. I would love to go to Fiji, Tahiti or Maldives but it's too far away to even think about it like well above a day in just flights and for us it's getting to the coast to catch those flights. It seemed purposeful to use Tahiti when that is already out of reach for many people, even the DISers who skew towards high end income, hence my response. I just can't quite tell if you're in the conversation on a good faith effort or not truth be told but please correct me if I'm wrong
You literally did. You brought the cost of Disney in totality. We were talking about admission tickets.
Isn't that the interesting thing? The ADR booking with Genie+
The entire disney vacation has a ton to do with theme park ticket pricing to the vast majority of people who visit Disney World. Acting like you're only allowed to discuss theme park ticket pricing and what you get for it in a bubble doesn't make any sense. It's one part of the overall picture and people are getting fed up with it.
We bought it for 4 days out of 8 this month and it worked great because we had at least 3x in each park ( every day split into 2 parks to take advantage of park hours or special events). Similarly bought it about 4x for our 8 day Christmas/NY 2021 trip, obviously one of, if not the most busiest time of yr. That worked for us because we used it early in our trip, and then skipped it for a few, more relaxing days in the parks by enjoying dining/snacking and the shows/lower demand rides we found ourselves skipping when we had G+. We got too competitive when we had G+ to where were trying to get 10+ LLs at MK and racing around trying to justify buying it. Everyone's different, but that was our experience. Days we used it, it was very handy, and being offsite without early entry, couldn't imagine experiencing everything at HS without it during peak season. But again, it depends on the individual. Some people don't like thrill rides, so only do a few rides like TSM and Runaway and some shows at HS, don't really need it there either. For us, only 2 and not a big party like yours, we generally buy G+ if we can save at least an hr. in line. We feel it's worth the $32.
Okay well for our group not only did we not want to deal with the blue umbrellas if we had a Genie+/ILL issue but we also think all of the table service restaurants in HS are very mediocre to borderline terrible so it was an easy decision to make. But yeah my biggest issue with Genie+ is the day of planning where you just have to take whatever time is available and hope that it doesn't interfere with the ADR you woke up at 5:45 am 2 months prior to get. I do agree that I noticed way more availability in ADRs now vs when Fastpass+ or even paper Fastpass was a thing, even for the more popular places. I bet a lot of people don't want to deal with the headache or they're using the money they would've spent on an ADR to budget into Genie+/ILLs instead.
That’s not what you’re allowed but that was what we were talking about and you brought up the entire cost of a Disney vacation to prove your point that other theme parks aren’t as expensive. Apples to oranges. You said there were no other theme parks more expensive than Disney. That is demonstrably false.
Trust me, age has nothing to do with it. I’m mid 60’s and since DD & I decided on our mid June trip, we’ve been preparing like it’s a DDay invasion. DH & DSIL are “ deer in the headlights “ about the Genie+, LL stuff, but DD & I are ready to hit the ground running with a “take no prisoners” mentality.
The type of guest who is staying Club Level (anywhere) is not the same as what is being spoken about. I didn't really follow the conversation about thrown out there prices but a $50 per person per day for the masses is different than charging a very small set of guests at Club Level who even wanted more FPs because not every person who stayed Club Level purchased the option and there's a finite number of Club Level rooms even offered.
Um … Seaworld is $65 for one day, or $129 for a fun card that lasts through the rest of the year. They also have a special unlimited 14-day pass for $219 which includes all 3 parks and parking. Disney‘s single day tickets are between $129 and $134 per day next month.
Single price one day ticket regular price is $119.99. We’re not talking about random sales because we’re keeping the discussion apples to apples.
I’m not club level and I’d pay it.
