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I won't visit the WDW parks. | 168 | 15.98% | |
It won't affect my holiday. | 510 | 48.53% | |
I'll still visit the WDW parks and pay reluctantly. | 373 | 35.49% | |
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10 Oct 15, 11:20 AM |
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I announced that this year's March holiday was going to be our last 'family' holiday. So what did we do? We went and bought into the DVC.
So ... we're 'tied in' (not reluctantly, I hasten to add) for the next 37 years. If nothing else, it's somewhere for DD to go on holiday where we know she'll be safe on her own. And DD and I am having our second Disney holiday of the year next month. I offered for OH and I to go for a week for our Silver Wedding next summer but he opted to skip next year and have another big holiday in 2017 to celebrate his 60th. What annoys me is that our DVC discount will only work against annual passes, and as we usually only go once a year it's just not going to work for us. I told them we should be able to get discounted tickets for the MYW options as well.
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10 Oct 15, 11:21 AM |
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How much has the price increased for UK visitors?
I have heard about the price hike for local passholders. Apparently they want people like us there ... who spend money on hotels, meals in their restaurants and souvenirs ... rather than the locals who turn up a couple of times a month for a few quick rides. The place is too crowded and they need to reduce visitor numbers. But I think they want foreign visitors to keep coming! |
10 Oct 15, 11:30 AM |
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Well, the Ultimate tickets seem to rise by between £10 and £20 a year. As they're now around the £300 mark that's less than 10% - but not much!
Another thing Disney is doing at the moment is offering good discounts on room rates instead of offering the free dining plan. This suits some families more - especially when you've only got a couple staying in a room. I don't know if the dining plans went up in October - I luckily got in and got ours in September, so if they have gone up we've got in in time. (I also managed to get our plan the one weekend the dollar rate was in our favour which was good luck). If you buy the plan on its own (ie as we're DVC members) you HAVE to buy it through Disney US and not only is it a bit more expensive (yes, it is, honestly), you have to contend with the fluctuating dollar rate as well. I always said I'd never PAY for the dining plan, but as we're staying on site and I costed up paying for meals in the parks/resort against schlepping offsite to eat or the irritation of having to buy in loads of food and actually cook it, the $100 difference wasn't worth worrying about. We're only going offsite for the first night's shopping and then one afternoon/evening at Premium. So it's a decision based purely on convenience (oh, plus the fact we're there for the Food & Wine Festival and we want to use our snack credits trying different foods there).
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10 Oct 15, 11:32 AM |
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I suppose one advantage if being such a WDW newbie is that I don't know anything other than the current prices... and I have to say now I have completely caught the Disney big it would take very big increases to keep me away. It may mean we won't go as often as we are currently but I could never stop going completely that is for sure
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10 Oct 15, 11:33 AM |
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Oh, meant to say that Disney's highest percentage of 'customer type' these days is the South American groups. There doesn't seem to be any time of year that these huge groups (and have you noticed, they're always girls - never boys) 'swarm' round the parks. Disney's making a fortune from these groups with block bookings at the hotels etc. They also seem to be made of money and flash it about freely. Disney is more than happy to keep on welcoming these groups.
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10 Oct 15, 11:36 AM |
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There will always be a flow of new families going to replace any those that stop going...
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10 Oct 15, 11:38 AM |
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Of course there will. It's the natural progress of life/age apart from anything else. You grow up, you go on your own, you take your kids, your kids grow up and don't come with you anymore, then you get too old/infirm to want the hassle, and so on. I call it 'the conveyor belt of life'. As things drop off the end, new ones jump on at the start.
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10 Oct 15, 11:39 AM |
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I can't see any price increase ever stopping us going (especially as we're DVC), we love Disney too much- we'll always find the money to go.
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10 Oct 15, 11:40 AM |
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Orlando has so much more to offer than just Disney
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10 Oct 15, 11:47 AM |
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I would still go and give Disney a miss, my kids want to go to typhoon lagoon though. I am not sure of the price for four of us for one day, might give it a miss if its silly money!
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