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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They need to let fewer people in. Cap the admittance/attendance numbers but keep prices the same. It’s ridiculous to pay almost $200 per ticket (once you include genie+) and still have to wait in such long lines and be on your phone all day strategizing.[/quote]

This!!

They could totally cut down on line length through this mechanism , but why when they can convince people to buy fast passes on top of the already exorbitant price of the Disney experience.

[b]What about a family that can barely afford it, so they have to bypass the fast passes? They just get left in the dust all day by rich kids who can step in front of their kids for all of the good rides??[/b]

The business model really turns me off. Why feed the greedy monster?[/quote]

I know, right?  And what about the kid who really wants to ski at Deer Valley, but can't afford to, an so has to content himself at Liberty and Whitetail?  DV, and Delta, should lower the prices!

And I always wnted to spend a week on a yacht off the coast of France, but we can't just swing it.  That shoudl be a lot cheaper.  [/quote]

Its cheaper for us to go to Copenhagen for a week than go to Disney. So....Disney is overpriced. And we get to go to Tivoli which actually inspired Walt Disney with Disneyland!

Also, we arent discussing the cost of entry. The PP is talking about tiers of access within the park. Everyone who enters the park should be treated the same while using park amenities. It would be like having to pay for a clean restroom and if you cant, then you get a porty potty. Or in this case, someone paying to be able to skip you in line. [/quote]

First of all, your argument would just mean the price of the ticket goes up for everyone regardless of their preferences.

Second of all, a trip to Copenhagen is a totally different vacation than a trip to Disney so the comparison is nonsensical. Also flying to Copenhagen cheaply takes up 2 whole days of the vacation vs a 2 hr direct flight to MCO …[/quote]

I've been to Copenhagen (and Tivoli).  Copenhagen was a cool city, but Tivoli can't compete with Disney even if it did inspire Walt. [/quote]

Seriously. We did both Copenhagen/Tivoli and Disney last year. Tivoli was fun but it was definitely no Disney, and to compare the two is crazy. [/quote]

I am not comparing them. Disney is just built up in my opinion and is not worth the heat, cost, crowds/long lines or stress/planning. Its also become this pinnacle of American experience, which is why the demand is there. Furthermore, quite a few people who I know who go more than 1x year have started saying the same things and that the experience is no longer magical. Maybe it is because they have been so many times.
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People who go again and again are the people who clog the parks up. But apparently Disney can't price those people out, they will keep paying no matter the cost. It's an addiction.[/quote]

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