By comparison, in 2013, a ticket to the Magic Kingdom was $95. Adjusted for inflation, that is the equivalent of $125.46 today. (Inflation-adjusted prices were generated using the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator.)
In 2003, a ticket to the Magic Kingdom was $52. Adjusted for inflation, that is the equivalent of $87.04 today.
In 1993, a ticket to the Magic Kingdom was $35. Adjusted for inflation, that is the equivalent of $74.65 today.
In 1983, a ticket to the Magic Kingdom was $17. Adjusted for inflation, that is the equivalent of $52.86 today.
And that’s just ticket prices. Consider food, souvenirs, resort, and parking prices — all of which have gone up tremendously — and you can see how Disney is pricing out many hardworking families.
The other problem that Disney has relates to trip planning. Over the past few years, the company has employed a growing set of “planning tools” that are increasingly complex and decreasingly user-friendly. Oh, and some of those tools add to the financial burden on guests.
After a visit to Disneyland in August 1959, my father complained about the cost. For my family of five, the admission, ride tickets, food and parking set us back a whopping $30.00!
Screw Disney. We can go anywhere else.
I think they have the democratic part down pat as in turning good to crap.
Nobody now, and that should be acting as the canary in the coal mine. A park that makes such a fuss out of appealing to a Diverse Crowd is wondering where everybody else went. Anywhere else, it turns out.
Wife and I went to WDW for our 25th anniversary, nearly 10 years ago. It was our first trip there without the kids. We had a great time, because we didn’t have any schedule to follow - we went where we wanted to go and did what we wanted to do. We set up Fastpass times for a few of the rides but for the most part we just moseyed around. It cost us like $1800.00 for 4 days, including stay at one of the “value” Disney resorts and meals.
It sounds like that sort of trip is not as feasible as it was back then, which would be a problem for us. Not that we would go again anyway - it’s a lot harder for us to get around than it was back then, and the groomer stuff really offends me, and the cost is ridiculous - but if we couldn’t go and do it our way we wouldn’t want to go again even if those factors were not there.
All Disney needs to do is get back to basics. Cut all the silly crap and make Disney what it was in its inception.
I know I'm not going to Martha's Vinyard.
That playground belongs to Obama.
In the meantime I can go to myrtle beach.
“Nothing is more futile than schemed merriment.” -Samuel Johnson
My kids grew up with a basket full of Disney DVD’s. All the classics played daily. My grandkids have no interest whatsoever is Disney anything. I’ve never been to a Disney Park, don’t ever plan to go. Our vacations always involved miracles of nature.
Makes sense.
By “planning tools,” do you mean scheduling a time for a ride or restaurant?
I’ve heard the “fast pass” (for scheduling rides) is no longer free....I’m not sure about scheduling restaurants.
Bttt.
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