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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
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 06/20/2021 2:20:15 PM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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Disney has a long history of being Evil, I remember even back in the 60s they started pushing the new world order, globalist vision with "Its a small world after all."

then the whole infinite copyright thing which has stolen much of what should now be public domain.

1 posted on 06/20/2021 2:20:15 PM PDT by algore
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To: algore

So, will it be full, or empty?


2 posted on 06/20/2021 2:22:47 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: algore

Is visiting Disneyland and Disneyworld listed on the CPI?

It should be tied to the SS Increases since lots of Grandparent’s take their Grandkids to those places.


3 posted on 06/20/2021 2:24:25 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Trump - Make America Great Again / Biden - Make American Grovel Again...)
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The peasants are revolting after all. Who wants to go to a fantasy land that looks like the passenger manifest for Southwest Airlines?


4 posted on 06/20/2021 2:26:05 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: Larry Lucido

It’s already full of BS.


5 posted on 06/20/2021 2:26:29 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Is it or is it not their property?


6 posted on 06/20/2021 2:26:38 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: algore
From another source: *** Like many of the other items on the restaurant’s menu, the $100 family-sized “Pym-ini” is extra, extra large.

And therein lies the catch: According to Disney, it’s not what’s in the sandwich that makes it cost so much, it’s because it’s meant to serve six to eight people.

So what’s in the sandwich? The panini features salami, rosemary ham, provolone and sun-dried tomato spread on toasted focaccia, along with a marinara dipping sauce, potato bites and an arugula salad.

Anyone looking to try the sandwich who doesn’t have an entire family to feed can purchase a scaled-down version for $14.49.


7 posted on 06/20/2021 2:29:50 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Larry Lucido

Link to #7

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/disneys-newest-sandwich-costs-an-eye-popping-100-but-theres-an-even-more-expensive-item-on-the-menu-11621957133


8 posted on 06/20/2021 2:30:19 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: BradyLS

:-)


9 posted on 06/20/2021 2:31:13 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: dsrtsage

Yogi Berra: Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.


10 posted on 06/20/2021 2:31:59 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

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

???

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

As my Father always said, things are only worth what People will pay for them. Disney obviously has no interest in catering to “Low Rollers”.

I’m surprised they don’t own half of Las Vegas.


11 posted on 06/20/2021 2:32:23 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Trump - Make America Great Again / Biden - Make American Grovel Again...)
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To: algore

A hundred bucks for a sandwich??

And I gotta eat it at DISNEY?? ROTFLMAO!


12 posted on 06/20/2021 2:34:10 PM PDT by sitetest (Professional patient; no longer mostly dead.)
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To: algore
Who the F**K cares?
I live 2 hours away and haven't set foot on that vile area in over 25 years
13 posted on 06/20/2021 2:34:34 PM PDT by Karma_Sherab
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To: Karma_Sherab
Oh crap...Disney "LAND" - not Disney "WORLD" -
Still the same ol' crap
14 posted on 06/20/2021 2:36:04 PM PDT by Karma_Sherab
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To: algore

Disneyland in CA and I are the same age both came to life in the same month. I had the place memorized, as a kid I went there so many times. I have been to the Orlando Disney world.
Star tours was the best.
Given the modern Disney, PC, I’m certain that none of my grand kids or my families Grands kids will be visiting the parks.


15 posted on 06/20/2021 2:37:24 PM PDT by rellic
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To: Larry Lucido

from your source:

Visitors with even more cash to burn could consider dining at Disneyland’s 21 Royal, an exclusive restaurant located in the New Orleans Square section of the theme park.

Reservations at that restaurant reportedly cost $15,000, or around $1,250 per person, according to food website Eater.


16 posted on 06/20/2021 2:42:43 PM PDT by algore
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So, will it be full, or empty?

Emptier, but still profitable. One of the reasons for the price hikes was that people were complaining of the 3+ hour waits in line for the rides. Higher prices = fewer people = shorter lines.

17 posted on 06/20/2021 2:43:31 PM PDT by Gena Bukin (I'm a dude. Gena Bukin is the Russian Al Bundy. Google it.)
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To: algore

I went twice. No better than any other amusement park like Hershey, Six Flags, or Sea World.


18 posted on 06/20/2021 2:46:46 PM PDT by brianr10
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To: algore

Whatever the market will bear.


19 posted on 06/20/2021 2:47:59 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I found that yelling at my screen did not effect the change I sought.)
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To: algore

Sadly a high price tag doesn’t filter out the low rent human trash. We used to do Polynesian concierge for years and the last year they had cut back on horderves. The biggest reason they didn’t leave them out any more is some people would walk up and simply dump an entire tray in their bag and take it back to their room for a meal. Disgusting filth ruin everything nice.


20 posted on 06/20/2021 2:48:56 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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