Disgusting - 14 day tickets now £419 for 2017

[Moorlandman]

Pity they don't offer a 5 day pass at something reasonable like £150

[Andy C]

Originally Posted by memphis69

Yes but we paid less for flights last year than we did in 2010 with the same airline Virgin at the same time of the year.

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Airline flights are subject to all sorts of weird and wonderful fluctuations in price based on demand against supply and whatever the airline is paying off at the moment.

You did well, and/or were lucky (or were unlucky in 2010). The exchange rate wouldn't have had much of an effect on the change - it was pretty similar through both of those years.

[memphis69]

Originally Posted by mysteryjimbo

Of course its not. Prices go up every year, thats a given. Disney is a business and has been increasing prices yearly because it can and there are enough people willing to pay.

This thread was started due to the increase in price since last year and a large portion of this is due to the sterling exchange rate. I've already shown the price increase in euro is much much smaller.

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I think some people will be priced out soon which is a shame and its not just Disney Universal prices are crazy too if it continues at the rate Disney tickets will be £1000 by 2025!

[memphis69]

Originally Posted by Andy C

Airline flights are subject to all sorts of weird and wonderful fluctuations in price based on demand against supply and whatever the airline is paying off at the moment.

You did well, and/or were lucky (or were unlucky in 2010). The exchange rate wouldn't have had much of an effect on the change - it was pretty similar through both of those years.

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no was not unlucky Paid £450 Each direct.

[Guest]

Originally Posted by memphis69

I think some people will be priced out soon which is a shame and its not just Disney Universal prices are crazy too if it continues at the rate Disney tickets will be £1000 by 2025!

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I think most people in the UK are already priced out, even so Disney are still seeing record attendance as are Universal - so their tickets seem priced just right. If they were seeing people staying at home they would reduce the prices but they aren't - little price rises like these aren't a barrier to a "once in a lifetime" holiday - they impact people returning but Disney already know you spend more on their "tat" in your first visit than your returns so they want the park full of newbies

[Guest]

Originally Posted by Moorlandman

Pity they don't offer a 5 day pass at something reasonable like £150

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If they needed numbers to fill the parks they would, in all honesty they need to raise the price more to get attendance levels down to a more enjoyable number - the crowds nowadays are much bigger than in the past - and that brings long waits and irritable people

[Guest]

They're not trying to be reasonable. That's the whole point, they want less people to pay more!

While people are standing in line for rides, they're not buying anything. Disney don't make money from the rides, they make money from all the extras. The ice creams, the treats, the souvenirs.

[Andy C]

Originally Posted by Andy C

Ah, that article's very useful, thanks.

So they're increasing their prices by about 6.8% - from $478.50 for a 14 day adult pass to $511.18.

Unfortunately, while the new price would be £352 (from £330) on the old exchange rate, on the new one, it's £419.

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Apologies - used the wrong exchange rate for 2015. It was actually around $1.528 on average through the year.
This means that £330 in 2015 would have been $504.

An increase to $515 (2.2%) gives a UK price of £419 at $1.23 to the pound.

It's the exchange rate. Not Disney.

[Forkbeard]

Originally Posted by Guest

I don't think anyone can complain really. The UK made a free and informed decision on how it wanted to interact with the world outside its borders. That was always going to make the pound less attractive.

I don't see why any foreign business would therefore want to soften the blow of the currency fall by effectively taking a 20% discount on the chin themselves - especially not for a country that did this to themselves

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You're painting a very gloomy picture here and scaring people into thinking Disney might be out of their reach. The UK has the 5th highest GDP, it's likely we will bounce back, maybe not next year, but in all likelihood it will happen.

So whilst I agree that we must pay for the drop in exchange rate now, it's an over simplification to argue that the vote was the issue, and implying that's our lot.

Even the BBC were quick to point out that the drop in the pound was about the impact of speculators on the market soon after.

Now, the Disney price hikes... those we should be mad about :angry:

[antietam]

Hi just Paid £441 x 4 about a month ago with Orlando Attractions for Ticket Bundle that included Disney 14 day ultimate and 3 Park SeaWorld with Free Memory Maker and Free parking at SeaWorld for August 2017
[/B]This ticket is now £485.
As we have DVC we don't pay onsite parking but I bet our annual dues are gonna be affected big time by exchange rate.