Posted on 08/27/2022 11:13:55 PM PDT by dennisw
Visitors forced to spend 17% more last year as price of hotels, passes and even Mickey ears rocket
Since reopening in April of last year, the company has made a host of changes to its preeminent parks in Florida and California, nixing perks and raising prices Those efforts, recent earnings reports reveal, have seen the parks' bottom lines swell - but has also alienated visitors been priced out by the increased costs
Implementing changes such as a $15 a day pass on top of admission and a $32 charge for its airport shuttles, customers are complaining of Disney's practices The unrest comes weeks after company brass explained that recent ticket-price increases were offset by an 'unfavorable attendance mix' at Disneyland
Recent price hikes at Disney's theme parks have seen the company's profits surge despite a slump in visitors - leading many to accuse the parks of ripping off loyal customers in order to bolster their bottom line.
Since reopening in April of last year, the company has made a host of changes to its preeminent parks in Florida and California, nixing free perks and ramping up prices, causing the cost of a visit to a Disney resort to rise dramatically.
Visitor numbers at the park have plunged by 17 per cent - but the profit Disney makes on each guest has increased by 17 per cent in a year, helping turbocharge the firm's profits.
One of the most profitable changes is the implementation of a $15-a-day Genie+ pass, which was previously free. It serves as an app on guests' phones, and lets them skip some lines on rides.
Genie+ also flags up promotions on merchandise, helping shift the parks' famously pricey souvenirs.
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I agree, my county fair is a bunch of politicos pimping their "virtues" and I have not been to one in over a decade.
I am a big supporter of my local volunteer fire department and try to go to all of their events and donate multiple hundreds of dollars.
These guys are very special {especially in today's world}.
Our fire chief has his own small business and gives up many hours {and thousands of dollars in profits} to serve his community.
Ya just gotta support those kinda folks.
My parents took the family to Disneyland in 1965, and my wife and I went there in 2005. She sometimes mentions going again, but I’m not due for another visit until 2045.
People who visit Disney are just pedophile enablers.
Cheaper amusement parks have become overrun with misbehavior and unruly "youths".
I'm glad that Busch Gardens still has animals, I'd wondered about that after it changed hands.
Yes, Walt Disney's dream was to create a park for ultra wealthy 'elites'... /s
The harsh irony here is sickening, and would cause Walt Disney, were he alive, to fire every one of these scuttlebuckets.
Now you have Disney parks becoming the playground for the Uber Rich, who denigrated them as gauche and plebian.
Forced? No one forced anyone to go.
Do Busch Gardens tix still include Sea World, too?
amazing the money people will spend for the illusion of happiness. I would not spend one penny at WDW ever again. My father took us there when it first opened and it was a fantastic place, but that was over 50 years ago.
Average family of 4 spends about $6 to 8000 for a week.
Nobody is forced to pay.
Part of the current Disney strategy is that they are in an environment of rising wage costs and shortages of employees. Smaller attendance means that fewer employees are needed, so raising prices makes quite a bit of sense — for now.
I never spent any money with them. It seemed like a ripoff. Now that I’m much older & much wiser, I doubt that I will ever spend anything at any Disney attractions as it’s no attraction at all now.
If I recall correctly, I recently read that ~60% to ~70% are adults without chidden under the age of 18. Peter Pan's.
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