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How does everyone feel about the new mid day tickets? Not sure if disney has ever done it before but it seems like a great idea for people who like to sleep in and do morning activities.
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I think it is a good thing for people that want to just check out the park, good for people that want to avoid the heat of mid-day, etc

Of course can read into it that this is another sign Disney is worried and trying to get more people into the parks
I have friends who used to buy 10 day non-expiring tickets every 5 years and use 2 days each year. They haven't been back to Disney since their tickets expired.

Something like this might entice them as it reduces the cost for a 2 day ticket a little.
 
Here is link to story for those that haven't seen it:




I think it is a good thing for people that want to just check out the park, good for people that want to avoid the heat of mid-day, etc

Of course can read into it that this is another sign Disney is worried and trying to get more people into the parks
Yeah that's a good point. They could just be wanting to pack the parks and know this will probably help that. It is a good savings for people who don't go to park that early and instead want to relax by the pool and also not feel rushed for a breakfast. I know a lot of other theme parks do this but honestly never saw Disney doing it but then again it is another option to bring in money so guess I can lol
 


This is probably a good test for Disney, if they sell enough Half Day tickets, it might be something we see show up durring the "light" crowd times
 


Here is link to story for those that haven't seen it:




I think it is a good thing for people that want to just check out the park, good for people that want to avoid the heat of mid-day, etc

Of course can read into it that this is another sign Disney is worried and trying to get more people into the parks

This is a little shocking to me.

WDW isn't out to save people money. Only reason they would do this is the decline of single day ticket sales, which must be occurring.
 
This is a little shocking to me.

WDW isn't out to save people money. Only reason they would do this is the decline of single day ticket sales, which must be occurring.

or just tickets in general as these start at noon, so really only missing a few hours, and you can get multi-day. Also these seem a bit more "simple" in that, unless I missed something, there aren't different prices depending on what day you start, etc.

And I think the fact these would not include any extra morning hours (e.g., the 3 extra, extra hours every day they are doing for Galaxy's Edge) I think it is a bit component to be attractive to people that don't care about Galaxy's Edge

And you can almost look at it the flip way, that a "normal" day ticket now costs $88 - but if you want access to the morning hours (with lower crowds) you pay a surcharge
 
or just tickets in general as these start at noon, so really only missing a few hours, and you can get multi-day. Also these seem a bit more "simple" in that, unless I missed something, there aren't different prices depending on what day you start, etc.

And I think the fact these would not include any extra morning hours (e.g., the 3 extra, extra hours every day they are doing for Galaxy's Edge) I think it is a bit component to be attractive to people that don't care about Galaxy's Edge

And you can almost look at it the flip way, that a "normal" day ticket now costs $88 - but if you want access to the morning hours (with lower crowds) you pay a surcharge
I think it's interesting that you can buy it for today even. GE isn't open yet too. The timeframe is basically 4months of a ticket deal.

For a quick comparison I priced it out for tomorrow (due to the time right now) and a normal 2-day ticket for 8/16 without hopper is $246.88. The ticket deal is $187.06 without hopper. All parks open at 9am tomorrow-the 19th (which is the last day a 2-day ticket could be used for if purchasing for tomorrow's date) with the exception to EMH for MK tomorrow, EMH for DHS Sunday and EMH for AK Monday. If you're going by dollar/hr a loss of 3 hours (excluding EMH) is "saving" a person $59.82. That may very well be worth it to someone.

Obviously dates matter because of the dynamic pricing but it may very well be good pricing for folks who either have morning things they like to do (eat outside the parks, spend time at the resort, etc) or they are just not traveling parties that can get to the parks early enough be that because that's their normal thing or maybe they are coming from offsite and their party is slower in getting ready as well, etc
 
Here is link to story for those that haven't seen it:




I think it is a good thing for people that want to just check out the park, good for people that want to avoid the heat of mid-day, etc

Of course can read into it that this is another sign Disney is worried and trying to get more people into the parks

I think I love the idea of a noon-time discount ticket! It's perfect for us because we hit the parks at rope drop and only stay until 1 or 2 PM, so this will be perfect to keep more people away in the morning so we can get even MORE done. Love it.
 
I think I love the idea of a noon-time discount ticket! It's perfect for us because we hit the parks at rope drop and only stay until 1 or 2 PM, so this will be perfect to keep more people away in the morning so we can get even MORE done. Love it.
So is this a fall promotion to help fill up a soft fall?
Or is this a test to basically sell two tiers of tickets each day? A FULL DAY ticket and an AFTERNOON ticket?
Or is this just another way to spread crowds out during their anticipated madhouse coming from SWGE?

I like the concept .. as missing only 3 hours (and EMH) isnt really much of a loss IF you intend to stay all afternoon and stay late.

I am guessing the system will prevent you from making fast passes before noon?

Though it is crazy how much prices have gone up .. .. the 10-day park hopper no expiration tickets I bought back in 2014 averaged out to less than these afternoon tickets. ($75/day)
 
I am guessing the system will prevent you from making fast passes before noon?
Disney's website uses this wording "Disney FastPass+ selections before 12:00 PM will not be valid with this ticket."

That doesn't sound necessarily like the system prevents it on a technical standpoint but I guess we would only know by someone having the ticket and trying it out.
 
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Think they'll have some of the others like Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, and/or Talespin as well?
 
I wish they'd offer the same deal for us rope-droppers. I'd give up time after 5pm in order to be the first in the gate.
Problem is its hard to enforce. They would have to do the reverse of the Parties system where they give everyone a wrist band who is only allowed till 5. Which wouldnt be hard for someone to remove. So there is no good way to enforce. At least they can enforce these new afternoon tickets at the gate. To hard to do the reverse.
 
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