New survey .. proposal .. Tiered Ticket Prices

[Donald - my hero]

I just completed a survey based on my visit last October. All was happy, even magical perhaps, until i got to the "meat" of their questions. The possibility of 3 different levels of tickets based on not only day of week but time of year as well ... Gold, Silver & Bronze. Some bizarre algorithm used to determine what the entire cost of tickets would be since they are also considering that even if you buy multi-day tickets you would pay more on the days you visit MK even with a park-hopper option added?? Using the formula provided i would have paid close to $1300.00 EACH for the ten days we visited. If i was to buy tickets from the website right now i would pay that for BOTH!

Anyone else get this survey?? Make anymore sense to you as to how they are coming up with this pricing?? OH ... the GOLD pricing for a MK day is over 130.

 

[avic77]

That is very concerning!

 

[momof2n2]

I just completed a survey based on my visit last October. All was happy, even magical perhaps, until i got to the "meat" of their questions. The possibility of 3 different levels of tickets based on not only day of week but time of year as well ... Gold, Silver & Bronze. Some bizarre algorithm used to determine what the entire cost of tickets would be since they are also considering that even if you buy multi-day tickets you would pay more on the days you visit MK even with a park-hopper option added?? Using the formula provided i would have paid close to $1300.00 EACH for the ten days we visited. If i was to buy tickets from the website right now i would pay that for BOTH!

Anyone else get this survey?? Make anymore sense to you as to how they are coming up with this pricing?? OH ... the GOLD pricing for a MK day is over 130.

Say it ain't so...

 

[mom2rtk]

Ruh roh.........

Just when I thought it might be safe to come out from under my rock.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Part of me says "everything is cyclic" and remembers reading that way back when Disneyland was built, there were tiered tickets for individual rides.

But at the same time, I really don't like the idea. Planning for Disney is complicated enough now! They don't need to make it even crazier.

 

[mesaboy2]

Ruh roh.........

Just when I thought it might be safe to come out from under my rock.

You need to try the higher ticket prices before you can comment on it.

 

[mom2mickeyfan]

So if Disney did tickets this way, what would happen if your plans changed and a "cheaper" time of the year and you had already purchased tickets? I can't see Disney refunding money!

 

[mom2rtk]

You need to try the higher ticket prices before you can comment on it.

LOL, no doubt.

But then do you call this set of 3 single day MK tickets I have laying here on my desk..... for which I paid $315?

I know.... I know...... apparently a bargain.

 

[mom2rtk]

Part of me says "everything is cyclic" and remembers reading that way back when Disneyland was built, there were tiered tickets for individual rides.

But at the same time, I really don't like the idea. Planning for Disney is complicated enough now! They don't need to make it even crazier.

Not really the same. Back then they didn't have all access pricing as the basis everything was layered upon.

I'm guessing they're going to embrace the complications and encourage you to just hand over your CC and let them worry about all those nasty details........

 

[wisblue]

I guess it shouldn't be shocking that Disney would consider something like this because it is becoming more common in other forms of entertainment. For example, professional sports teams now often have different prices for games on preferred dates and with more attractive opponents. In some cases prices for a particular game can be adjusted based on demand for that game.

I can see how Disney could use something like this to encourage people who have the flexibility to do so to visit at less busy times.

The concept by itself wouldn't necessarily bother me, but how the concept translates into dollars would be critical.

 

[mom2rtk]

The concept by itself wouldn't necessarily bother me, but how the concept translates into dollars would be critical.

It's Disney. How do you THINK it would translate into dollars?

Non-peak times would get a normal price increase. Moderate and peak seasons would get an above average and much above average increase.

 

[AndiSlamberg]

The concept by itself wouldn't necessarily bother me, but how the concept translates into dollars would be critical.

Exactly!

 

[jtowntoflorida]

So you'd pay a premium to visit the MK on a Saturday, but only the standard $100/day (or whatnot) to visit AK on a Saturday? Something like that? That's totally bizarre..."Hey, you get to pay more for the privilege of standing in wall-to-wall crowds!" It's sorta, kinda like Universal's express pass pricing, without the option to skip the bulk of the line. Hmmm.

Looks like FP+ wasn't the panacea for crowd control that they were hoping for.

 

[mesaboy2]

The world is too complicated anymore. I want to be a kid again, which is why I like Disney, which is getting too complicated, which is....

<system halt> / end-of-line

 

[wisblue]

It's Disney. How do you THINK it would translate into dollars?

Non-peak times would get a normal price increase. Moderate and peak seasons would get a above average and much above average increase.

Well, of course I would expect prices to go up because they always do. The question is whether the impact on a typical trip would be different than usual.

I wouldn't assume that prices at non peak times would see a normal increase and everything else would be more.

Not something I'm going to worry about until it becomes a reality.

 

[BuckeyeBama]

Until it becomes a problem, it isn't a problem.

 

[Angeejoe]

I just completed a survey based on my visit last October. All was happy, even magical perhaps, until i got to the "meat" of their questions. The possibility of 3 different levels of tickets based on not only day of week but time of year as well ... Gold, Silver & Bronze. Some bizarre algorithm used to determine what the entire cost of tickets would be since they are also considering that even if you buy multi-day tickets you would pay more on the days you visit MK even with a park-hopper option added?? Using the formula provided i would have paid close to $1300.00 EACH for the ten days we visited. If i was to buy tickets from the website right now i would pay that for BOTH!

Anyone else get this survey?? Make anymore sense to you as to how they are coming up with this pricing?? OH ... the GOLD pricing for a MK day is over 130.

I'm very scared!!! What's the point of this other than making money? Yes I get that this is business & it's their job to make money, but it's going a bit overboard.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I just completed a survey based on my visit last October. All was happy, even magical perhaps, until i got to the "meat" of their questions. The possibility of 3 different levels of tickets based on not only day of week but time of year as well ... Gold, Silver & Bronze. Some bizarre algorithm used to determine what the entire cost of tickets would be since they are also considering that even if you buy multi-day tickets you would pay more on the days you visit MK even with a park-hopper option added?? Using the formula provided i would have paid close to $1300.00 EACH for the ten days we visited. If i was to buy tickets from the website right now i would pay that for BOTH!

Anyone else get this survey?? Make anymore sense to you as to how they are coming up with this pricing?? OH ... the GOLD pricing for a MK day is over 130.

Didn't see it. But they have a similar pattern, but no medal names, for Florida resident passes. Annual, Seasonal, Weekday, and an EPCOT after 4pm I think. I know people who have the Weekday and they are happy with it.
BUT--these are all good for a year with blackouts.

What gets me is that when Disney does something to try and split up how they price things--they don't reduce prices for the reduced feature. They increase the other prices. So instead of hey, add your park hopper if you want it--and save money if you don't--they just removed it, kept the ticket price the same and then added it al a carte. Bugs me!

HOWEVER--that said--people have been posted they have been willing to pay more if they could get more, so maybe Disney is throwing this survey question out as one option to see if people would really be willing to do that.
If they are finding that folks are traveling during peak weekend times and some just do weekdays, maybe they are on to something. Unfortuntaely I think it would just mean charging extra to get all the days versus offering a sale price on a weekday pass. But some people just do the week days. A few years back, we flew in on Sunday and flew out on Friday--so a weekday pass would be appealing since we did not go to the parks on the weekends during the day.

But $1300 just for 10 days is ridiculous. I am under no illusions that annual pass prices would not go up--but we pay less than half of that for a heck of a lot more days. Even with black out.

ETA: Just realized I did get a survey email. Time to go check it out.

 

[cakebaker]

It would be interesting to see the details on the idea. I'd want to know more before I jump off a cliff.

 

[cindyfan]

Thanks!! This thread just gave me a headache!!!