luxury “ vacation ?? Themed overpriced hotels and 15.00 chicken fingers .. I don’t think it is what I would call a luxury vacation and definitely NOT worth the costs they are charging plus resort parking charges ... amount other things .Luxury destination, luxury price.
Not one single person is saving "thousands of dollars a year" having an AP. No matter how the Disney apologists try to spin it, AP discounts are not that great.You can't reasonably just compare how many days or trips you'd have to make with an AP in order to save money over buying tickets. There are many other discounts you get with an AP. Dining, resorts, memory maker etc. If you factor it all in, even with a single trip, longer stay, it makes sense over a regular ticket. If you're off site, don't use memory maker, don't do a lot of dining or special events- and AP has always been hard to justify. AP's are intended for those who make multiple trips in a year. I think Disney is seeing just how much money people like me are saving (literally, thousands of dollars in a year) and are closing that gap a little. I can't blame them.
Luxury destination, luxury price.
They will push it as far as they can and see if the market can withstand it. I renew every December, we will see when the time comes. Does anyone know the renewal prices? Thx
What's the percentage discount for the renewal rate, does anyone remember?
And I just found it -- roughly 15%, for anyone who's wondering. 15% off the new rates, I assume it's still a thing?
Are the renewal prices listed anywhere?
DH and I did, too and now I get to decide if I want to do a long weekend in August weeks before GE opens. Right now, I'm leaning towards no.At least with Disney tickets, you are getting more rides along with the price increase. Probably not worth it to most people, but it's better than what a lot of other corporations are doing. Comcast, for example, keeps raising the cost of my cable package without actually giving me any extra services.
We all have the option of saying no to going to the parks. My wife and I had that conversation just this morning.
I don't know. If you're offsite and have an AP you get free parking and dining and merch discounts. Who knows if Disney will continue to have good discounts on resorts? We are considering only getting one AP in the future and staying offsite. Not sure we'll do that now, but that was our plan.
I agree with you and one is coming. Disney will be begging for people to come back like they did in 08, but most everyone will have moved on to other destinations by then.Unfortunately until there is a recession this is going to continue
That was my point really. It's not just a matter of comparing the price of an AP to the price of the number of days ticket you would need. There are a lot of other discounts that come into play. If those discounts don't factor in for someone, then it's more difficult to justify an AP. I don't look for much in the way of AP discounts right after SWGE opens, but I think we'll see them again in 2020. Time will tell. I wouldn't buy an AP right now if room discounts were the deciding factor. I never would actually unless the discounts were already out.
I checked this morning for the same period in March 2020 that we went in 2019 and the hotel cost (Boardwalk) has gone up significantly. Even if I get a 35% AP discount I can no longer do it. Very sad day.What I'm concerned about is the price of rooms and food (dining plans) going forward. Disney has shown their hand now.
What about gold renewal for FL Resident Gold same as DVC gold?Guest (non-DVC) & Member (DVC Blue Card) Prices for new/renewal:
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Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but can out-of-staters buy the gold version of the annual pass?