The upcoming multi-day ticket tiering

[DisneyPrincess1984]

So would early December be considered peak season since it's during the holidays? Or would just Christmas to New Year's be peak season? I have so many questions, and this is kind of stressing me out!

 

[Planogirl]

If the individual parks end up costing different amounts, how would this work with hoppers? This is getting too complicated.

To sort of borrow a phrase "if you charge them, they will come." There doesn't seem to be an end to this.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

So would early December be considered peak season since it's during the holidays? Or would just Christmas to New Year's be peak season? I have so many questions, and this is kind of stressing me out!

Here is a link to the calendar for the 1-day pricing tiers:

http://disneyticketcalendar.com/wdw.pdf

Most of December is "Regular" and then turns to "Peak" on the 20th for the rest of the month. Except all Saturdays are Peak

 

[HuskieJohn]

So would early December be considered peak season since it's during the holidays? Or would just Christmas to New Year's be peak season? I have so many questions, and this is kind of stressing me out!

I am assuming it will be the same as the current tiered pricing.
http://disneyticketcalendar.com/wdw.pdf

Actually looking at it closer I would expect more peak days than regular days listed...and more regular days than value days listed.

 

[Firebird060]

For me I’ve found an AP to work well as I have three trips this year. My question come expiration time is do I want to renew. I’m not sure how often I’ll be going in 2019. If I don’t renew I would lose the grandfathered in pricing that I have and have to pay any increases if I buy one in the future. I’m tempted just to renew because of that.

Just Renew rteetz your as addicted as the rest of us. Just give disney your money and say take me to wonderland

 

[Farro]

n/m

 

[rteetz]

Just Renew rteetz your as addicted as the rest of us. Just give disney your money and say take me to wonderland

Lol, I probably will renew. I know I am doing one 2019 trip for sure. I could do a summer trip and/or try and brave SWGE opening day.

 

[mum2two]

As a UK visitor I would be interested in seeing how this pans out for us. We can buy 7, 14 or 21 day ultimate tickets - which includes everything and there is usually a 14 day for price of 7 deal.
And also it makes things massively complicated for non-disney ticket sellers.

 

[Firebird060]

As a UK visitor I would be interested in seeing how this pans out for us. We can buy 7, 14 or 21 day ultimate tickets - which includes everything and there is usually a 14 day for price of 7 deal.
And also it makes things massively complicated for non-disney ticket sellers.

Because UK tickets and rooms are sold under contract, I doubt you will see any differences until 2020, the same with the charging for parking.

 

[Firebird060]

Lol, I probably will renew. I know I am doing one 2019 trip for sure. I could do a summer trip and/or try and brave SWGE opening day.

As much as I know your a college student Rteetz you should shoot for d23 I suspect Star Wars land at Disneyland might be open by then. Since we know DHS is opening later

 

[rteetz]

As much as I know your a college student Rteetz you should shoot for d23 I suspect Star Wars land at Disneyland might be open by then. Since we know DHS is opening later

I would love to do D23 but 1. cost and 2. the time it is happening is just not good for me.

 

[HuskieJohn]

My guess of pricing for a 5 day ticket bought online...

For remainder of 2018 until typical Feb 2019 price increase...
Peak $465a/$440c
Regular $395a/$375c (same as current pricing)
Value $380a/$360c (WDW will make a big deal of a $15 price cut)

Feb 2019 we will see the value price become the regular price

 

[mshanson3121]

That's a good point. The differential is pretty small right now. I imagine tiering on multi day tickets will be small to start as well. They have to get the frog into the pot before they start turning up the heat.

Ahem. This is a Disney board... a better analogy would be get the poor crab in the pot.....

 

[mshanson3121]

I'm guessing as far as how the tickets will work, it will be quite simple:

You buy the passes (any amount of days) based on the level of Value, Regular and Peak. If you buy a 5-day Value pass, you can go during the Value days only. If you purchase a Regular pass, you can go on regular and value days, or buy a 5-day Peak pass (which would allow you to go whenever you want) etc...

This would really benefit Disney since there are a very limited amount of Value days. The longest stretch in a row is 5 days (all mid-week), so, most people are going to be forced to pay for a Regular priced pass. (Ex if you go Sept 8-15, you would have to have a regular pass to cover the 8, 9, 14, 15th). But, they can still come across as "looking out" for the budget-conscious traveler, since they do offer select weeks with 4 or 5 days in a row of Value days.

 

[ShadeDK]

It's almost time to break out the easy-to-use "Magic Our Way" flow chart again to help people decide which ticket option is right for them with the new tiered multi-day tickets:



I am curious about how the multi-day system will work - whether you will have to pick specific calendar days, or whether your account is loaded with a specific number of value/regular/peak days based on your anticipated stay (bless the CMs working the gate and having to explain: "sorry - you don't have a ticket for today" - "what do you mean - I spent almost $500 on 4 days!" - "oh - those are regular days. Today is a peak day - come back next week."), or something else.

Another concern is whether tiered multi-day tickets are going to lead to tiered APs with black-out dates for lower levels (which, of course, already exist for DL and Florida residents) - along with higher prices for "anytime" APs.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I'm guessing as far as how the tickets will work, it will be quite simple:

You buy the passes (any amount of days) based on the level of Value, Regular and Peak. If you buy a 5-day Value pass, you can go during the Value days only. If you purchase a Regular pass, you can go on regular and value days, or buy a 5-day Peak pass (which would allow you to go whenever you want) etc...

This would really benefit Disney since there are a very limited amount of Value days. The longest stretch in a row is 5 days (all mid-week), so, most people are going to be forced to pay for a Regular priced pass. (Ex if you go Sept 8-15, you would have to have a regular pass to cover the 8, 9, 14, 15th). But, they can still come across as "looking out" for the budget-conscious traveler, since they do offer select weeks with 4 or 5 days in a row of Value days.

I could see that, and it might help with what Disney is (at least saying) it wants with this, which is to spread the crowds out.

So in extreme cases, if someone is going there for 2 weeks and had a 7-day ticket Regular Pass they would pick the days they could go, thus lowering the crowds on the Peak days (theoretically at least)

 

[mom2rtk]

It's almost time to break out the easy-to-use "Magic Our Way" flow chart again to help people decide which ticket option is right for them with the new tiered multi-day tickets:

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I am curious about how the multi-day system will work - whether you will have to pick specific calendar days, or whether your account is loaded with a specific number of value/regular/peak days based on your anticipated stay (bless the CMs working the gate and having to explain: "sorry - you don't have a ticket for today" - "what do you mean - I spent almost $500 on 4 days!" - "oh - those are regular days. Today is a peak day - come back next week."), or something else.

Another concern is whether tiered multi-day tickets are going to lead to tiered APs with black-out dates for lower levels (which, of course, already exist for DL and Florida residents) - along with higher prices for "anytime" APs.

If they go to tiered multi day tickets, I really think they're just hoping people will give up and let Disney "calculate" for them. Put your dates in the box, and we'll send you a price quote. That chart might just convince them.

 

[mom2rtk]

I could see that, and it might help with what Disney is (at least saying) it wants with this, which is to spread the crowds out.

So in extreme cases, if someone is going there for 2 weeks and had a 7-day ticket Regular Pass they would pick the days they could go, thus lowering the crowds on the Peak days (theoretically at least)

Except that if enough people go with the less expensive days, they might no longer be low crowd days. I think to some extent, Disney's resort promotions have already accomplished a lot of that.

 

[pd1138]

This is all so confusing, we normally buy an 8/9 day PH for a ten/eleven day trip. On the two extra days we do a water park and a Resort day. I plan the heck out of the first four days, Each beginning in a different park with must do ADRs and FP. But, lately I’ve become more flexible with the second half. We book stuff months in advance for the second half, but most of the time we change on the fly as the weather may dictate a better water park day. Plus it depends what we did or didn’t do at the first pass of the theme parks. Also, we try to do our resort/pool day on a Saturday since Saturdays may be busier with locals. Will these new tier prices essentially LOCK me into the exact park and day months in advance then?

 

[Roxyfire]

I don't really see the point in getting worked up with the speculation. Just wait and see what happens when they release it. Then at that point decide whether or not you'll continue to purchase as you normally would, cut back, or not go. If anything, those who are on packages probably wouldn't know the difference at all.