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[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]

You can get cheap flights to Copenhagen that are direct from Dulles. It's one of the cheaper cities in Europe to fly direct in and out of, though Denmark is on the whole pricier (with a disadvantageous exchange rate) compared to other European countries.

However, the PP is right that you could fly direct into Copenhagen for pretty cheap (I've seen tickets as cheap as $450 if you buy during sales, if you want a bit more comfort and some meals/more luggage, you will probably pay closer to $800-1000 depending on airline), go to Tivoli gardens which is WAY cheaper than Disney and also a million times more accessible (you can get tickets into the park for super cheap, you can buy individual ride tickets or passes depending on whether you want to ride a bunch of things or just a few, you can even access the food hall without paying entrance to the park if you want). Then you could spend a day or two in Copenhagen, take  the train to Sweden and spend some time in Malmo or go all the way to Stockholm or spend some time at a rental house on the coast or near a lake and do the whole swimming/saunaing Scandi thing. And you'd still wind up coming around or even under what it would cost to take two kids to Disney for 4 days.

I know this because I priced both vacations out last summer and we wound up in Denmark/Sweden having an incredibly memorable trip that we all enjoyed, but my kids still haven't been to Disney.[/quote]

Ok that sounds fun but it’s not Disney so thanks I guess? Disney is also logistically much easier. I also strongly doubt your cost calculations. [/quote]

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