Disney is 'pricing out loyal customers' by targeting more affluent families with $800 hotel rooms and $100 sandwiches despite having no fireworks or parades since COVID

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[algore]

A Disney vacation will now set a family of four back more than $6,000

The hefty price tag comes despite pandemic-related restrictions squeezing some of the magic out of the experience

Firework displays, shows and the iconic character parades have gone

Instead of slashing the prices to make up for the disappointment, costs have continued to climb

Since it reopened in April, Disneyland has focused on premium add-ons like an extra charge on the new Spider-Man ride to ensure a higher score

It is also now offering a $100 supersized sandwich at its new Avengers Campus

The cheapest hotel room in Disneyland in July is $463, with some costing $800

Disney World has increased its ticket prices at roughly double the rate of inflation over the 2010s in an effort to compete with Universal Studios, which opened its Wizarding World of Harry Potter in 2016, according to The Wall Street Journal.

'Disney does not like to lose - not just lose, Disney doesn't even like to compete,' Robert Niles, founder of Theme Park Insider, told Insider.

'Disney wants to dominate its competition.'

In February, Disney CEO Bob Chapek said the company was taking a 'more aggressive' financial strategy 'particularly at Disneyland.'

Since it reopened in April after shuttering due to the pandemic, Disneyland has turned its attention to premium add-ons, Business Insider reports.

[ncalburt]

Called Working for the Rat .

they have now replaced all the american office staff
with Indians H1visas .

Pure Evil

[Theoria]

[TheDon]

Disney pricing the middle class out of their theme parks is hardly the worst thing the middle class is being priced out of. President Trump was in the process of saving the American middle class before the American oligarchy staged the 2020 election coup and shut him down.

[qwerty1234]

I guess the only upside to this, is it will tend to weed out the lowest class people (you know the same people who have taken over vegas since the prices became affordable to them) and then show up and act like the thugs they are.

Living in/vacationing in expensive areas, though expensive, does have that added side-benefit.

Not that I would be found in Disney in either case.

[Steely Tom]

Disney is 'pricing out loyal customers' by targeting more affluent families with $800 hotel rooms and $100 sandwiches

Pfft. I wouldn't know.

[Daniel Ramsey]

Wait until the Star Cruiser hotel opens at WDW, they say its $2,500 for a minimum 2 night stay, and because its themed as a space ship it’s encouraged you do not leave.And then there is the extras for high heeled guests.

[Flick Lives]

A Disney vacation will now set a family of four back more than $6,000

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Get woke and go broke. Family style.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Amusement parks have always been bursts of feast, followed by extended famine. Do a search for “abandoned amusement parks pictures”. Even parts of Disney World have been closed to the public and abandoned.

Walt Disney was smart to set up Disneyland as part of an entertainment empire, so other parts of the corporation would pick up the slack when tourism was off.

My own experience was with Legend City, between Phoenix and Tempe, which lasted from 1963-1983. It *never* made a lot of money, even when it was sold to Mitsubishi Corporation.

[af_vet_1981]

In the 60s Disney was family mainstream; now, take the family to national parks, forests, beaches, or a foreign land. Disney is no longer worth it; I think Walt would agree.

[bobcat62]

I’d ignore the 100 buck sandwich.

Looking at a recent Disney World receipt, a hot dog + drink runs about $15.

[CheshireTheCat]

A few years ago, I got a deal off Priceline, Hotwire, etc. I forget which:

Motel (Baymont, La Quinta, etc., I forget), air, and car rental for 5 days = $550.

Cost of 3-day unlimited park pass = $300.

Escaping a few days of an Ohio winter= priceless.

[Paladin2]

PYM = Pay Your Money?

[Falconspeed]

Agree that Disney is a lost company that rejected the original goodness of Walt and his Catholic wife. “Disney wants to dominate its competition,” like trying to be the king of typewriters.

[tennmountainman]

Disney. Only for the rich and famous.

[Larry Lucido]

:-)

[max americana]

“I live 2 hours away and haven’t set foot on that vile area in over 25 years”

1988 for me.

[DIRTYSECRET]

>>>Is it or is it not their property?<<<

???

Who said it wasn’t their Property or their Food for that matter?

I M talkin’ past U 2.

Once the question is answered we’e both right. I’m way ahead of U.

[sitetest]

Heck, it’s that at NFL football games. Or at least it was when I worked them in the 2010s.

[Kickass Conservative]

Guess so.

Up in the Sky, it’s a Bird, it’s a Plane, it’s DIRTYSECRET!

[Fiji Hill]

In August, 1959, our family of five visited Disneyland. As we rode home in our ‘58 Edsel Villager station wagon, my father complained that the visit had busted our budget. Admission and ride tickets, food and parking added up to a whopping $30.00!