Disneyland and Universal Have Raised Prices
Up to $45, from $43, for a one-day ticket.
Up to $45, from $43, for a one-day ticket.
Disney's tickets are good at only one of the two parks, Disneyland or California Adventure.
Universal's ticket gets you an annual pass to the park, if you visit before May 30.
Also, Universal has instituted a "rain check" policy: "Beginning immediately, any guest who purchases a ticket to Universal Studios Hollywood on a day when the park receives over 1/8" of rainfall
by 2:00 p.m. will be offered a rain check good any time in the ensuing 30 days. "
I don't mind Universal's increase so much, since you do get the Annual Pass. But where does Disney get the nerve raising their prices? What have they offered since DCA was built? NOTHING! What are they planning on for this year? NOTHING! Plus, half of DL is closed for rehab so what kind of crap is this? Gawd, I hate those people!
From Anonymous
Posted March 20, 2002 at 6:39 AM
actually, they are planning to offer a new land in DCA... and possibly new cars/sound system on space mountain.
I wish Universal Orlando would do the annual pass deal too! Busch Gardens Tampa is running a deal like that now through April 30, but it would be great if UO would follow suit!
Planning and doing aren't the same things. Besides, the new "land" in DCA is actually just a cheap redoing of a land that was already there. AND it won't open until next year. So why charge people for it now? And $2 is a ridiculous price to charge for a minor upgrade on Space Mountain. Especially considering half the park is closed down! This is greed! Nothing more! Nothing less!
UO does have good deals on Annual Passes. Of course they aren't like USH's deal, but they couldn't be. USH is in far more trouble than those two parks. Still, for the annual Power Pass, the cost is only $99.95. That is about the cost for two regular park tickets, except summer weekends and Xmas and Easter weeks are not included. That is an awesome deal. A deal is not a word Disney seems to know anything about.
From Anonymous
Posted March 21, 2002 at 11:23 PM
It's that true about most of the attractions being closed? Which ones? I was planning to go to Disneyland next month.
From Anonymous
Posted March 22, 2002 at 12:14 AM
I think you guys really have to look at the not just Disneyland but Disney as a whole. They are not doing well in these times. ABC is down,Movies,Merchandise etc etc...Look at there stock portfolio there free cash is not impressive what so ever. You can't blame them. Anyway who actually pays the one day rate anyway. You have to be pretty dumb to go there without a discount coupon or something. So, Lets give them a chance here and see if they can redeem themselves with new attractions at DCA and I heard that DL will have it's own face lift before there big 50 with major work on all there "E" ticket attractions. I live 400 miles away from Disney Land yet I still have a Premium Passport and it's worth all 200 bucks I paid for. :)
Go to
this page on Disneyland.com for the latest official rehab list.
Keep in mind that this list only goes out until late May or so. Splash Mountain, for example, could be down all year. The Castle appears to be closed indefinitely, as well.
I'm sorry but just because Disney is incompetent in all its other businesses, doesn't mean they should overcharge the few loyal customers they have. If ABC is having such a problem, then ABC should have to suffer, meaning stars and personalities on that network. Not theme-park visitors. And so on for every other pathetic business Disney has going. Under that logic, if Disney owned McDonald's, then everything there should go up by a quarter just because they ran Millionaire into the ground? Uh-uh. Disney has ALWAYS made the theme parks suffer and they have always been the one constant moneymaker for the company. They need to make the buck stop somewhere else. If they want to raise prices in a year where they are actually adding something, then fine. But they have raised prices consistently without offering more than a parade for almost a decade. That is disgusting.
In order to "get" something you have to "pay" for something they are having a lot of trouble getting funding for new attractions as well as sponsors. So, they raise the price. Its just how things work. Look at groceries how they've risen almost 5% in less then a year. We are in a economic hard ship. It's a complete web of crap. If Disney was raising the price because they are greedy. There stock would be better there cash flow MUCH better and there would be no lay off. That is simply not the case. Trust me I HATE how much theme parks are in fact just last night I was trying to remember when Theme parks were about 17-20 to get in (anyone remember when?) I've followed the Disney company for many years now. This is not a good time for them they know as well as some others around the world that they are loosing there "charm" and influence. Take the Movie Atlantis sure it did great in theaters around 90 million but animated films are crossing the 100 million dollar border. If you read the future Disney has for releases most people would be shocked to know that almost 90% of the two dozen or so movies they have in the works..are remakes,"part two,three etc.." They are loosing there touch as I said. The prices reflect that. When was the last time you saw the enormous crowds of the International tours that was a constant thing at Disneyland. Now long gone for the time being. Maybe it's because of 9/11 maybe it's because of Tokyo Disney and Disney Sea who knows. What it comes down to is they raised the prices you either pay for it or you don't. They actually make more money on Merchandise and food/beverage in the park then they do on park admission anyway so that's what I would keen an eye out for.
Your last line is the absolute truth! They do make the majority of money on food and souvenirs, so raising the prices just keeps more people OUT of the parks where they can't buy food or souvenirs. So if they desperately need money for attractions, then they should be LOWERING prices so people will come and spend more money inside.
The stuff about paying now for the future is not how theme parks work. You build the ride that will get people into the park, THEN you raise the price. Supply and demand. Currently Disney is not supplying a whole lot that the public is demanding, so raising prices is not only greedy, but stupid.
As for needing sponsors. They don't. That is just more greed. Disney has VAST monetary reserves that they could use for attractions. But they don't need to. Theme park revenue was up by either 11% or 17% (it's on another thread here somewhere) so they made more money last year on the parks than EVER and that money is STILL not going into attractions.
I have given Disney the benefit of the doubt many times in the past. The facts show me that they don't deserve that benefit anymore.
From Anonymous
Posted March 23, 2002 at 5:30 PM
agreed but lets face the truth you and I both know no matter how pissed we will be at Disney when they open up a new ride. We'll be there. ;)
I won't! I have made a pledge to stay away from Disney for five years! Which will be hard since I go to Orlando every year now. (Not this year! Not this year! Not this year! Repeat to self a million times!) I only went to Disney/MGM last year and was extremely sorry for having done so. Their shortened hours seemed to me to be the equivalent of Disney STEALING our money, since the heavy crowds made it impossible to see everything in that little park. The fact that Disney was worrying more about the stockholders than in giving me my money's worth finalized a decision I had been working towards for about a year. Besides, most of their parks need AT LEAST two new attractions to intrigue me, which means that five years may be too soon to end my personal boycott.
From Anonymous
Posted March 25, 2002 at 1:24 AM
Well goodluck keeping away! I'm on my way to DisneyLand Resort in two weeks and again in Sept. Only because I have a pass otheriwise I would not be paying those prices.
The Annual Pass was actually a good deal. But it had to be or they were going to lose tons of AP holders.
From Anonymous
Posted March 25, 2002 at 11:35 AM
True, you know I always wondered exactly how much Disneyland relies on "out of town" pass holders. I wonder if it's a big percentage or not.
Probably not, since about 3/4 of Disney guests are all locals. That's counting visitors through the gates, not how many tickets and APs they sell.
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