Disney After Hours

[waymickey]

Does Mickey Mouse hold your hand while walking around the park?

Probably can't with it stuck in your pocket the whole time, but maybe!

If mickey holds my hand and goes on the rides with me I will pay for the extra hours! Otherwise I will pass.

[BriarRose0708]

Did anyone see there is now an "early access" ticket to Fantasyland? You pay almost $70 for access to only three rides - 7 Dwarfs Mine Train, Winnie the Pooh, and Peter Pan - and a continental breakfast. This on top of already having to have a park ticket to even buy this early access. *INSERT EYE ROLL HERE* I feel like if you fall for this one, you deserve to be out $70!

[BrerGnat]

Did anyone see there is now an "early access" ticket to Fantasyland? You pay almost $70 for access to only three rides - 7 Dwarfs Mine Train, Winnie the Pooh, and Peter Pan - and a continental breakfast. This on top of already having to have a park ticket to even buy this early access. *INSERT EYE ROLL HERE* I feel like if you fall for this one, you deserve to be out $70!

This one actually makes me giggle. Like people are falling all over each other to get to Winnie the Pooh in the mornings. Why not just be less subtle...."Pay $69 to ride 7 Dwarfs Mine Train." That's really what it comes down to.

I wonder what letter that ticket would be. I assume "F" - something.

[i'm grumpy]

Arriving soon, the 8th dwarf, Greedy.

[DonaldDuck1117]

Admin costs will eat that $75000 pretty quick. Between CMs to run the rides, maintenance people, security, parking attendants, etc. Can't imagine 500 is a good number. They won't do this to break even, they are looking to make a killing! 500 people in the park won't do that.

Maybe they aren't doing it to turn a true profit but to help reduce costs. Now that line of thinking only works if you assume MK would be open those nights for EMH anyways. Meaning they would already be paying for administration costs but with now extra income.

But, I agree that there is no way this is limited to only 500. If it were you would be looking at prices like $300-4000.

[CanadaLovesDisney]

No thanks! Too much money. Perhaps if it was $30-$50 but over $100 not a chance.
Not for this group of Canadians. Looking at flights for $1,000 right now when converted to our dollars its $1,400.00 Sighhhhhhh

[i'm grumpy]

No thanks! Too much money. Perhaps if it was $30-$50 but over $100 not a chance.
Not for this group of Canadians. Looking at flights for $1,000 right now when converted to our dollars its $1,400.00 Sighhhhhhh

Yikes. It's too high from the Midwest too. And they want you to leave early morning going home.

[joonyer]

And I thought the Halloween and Christmas party prices had gotten out of hand.
If people are willing to pay $150 for three extra hours with much less amenities than the parties offer,
then look for Disney to be raising the prices for the parties next.

[DizneyRox]

And I thought the Halloween and Christmas party prices had gotten out of hand.
If people are willing to pay $150 for three extra hours with much less amenities than the parties offer,
then look for Disney to be raising the prices for the parties next.

Yep, we've only seen dates, not prices. With everything else going on, I suspect this will be closer to the new price of those events vs last year's prices. Popularity of these events will drive pricing on those tickets.

[SurferStitch]

Yep, we've only seen dates, not prices. With everything else going on, I suspect this will be closer to the new price of those events vs last year's prices. Popularity of these events will drive pricing on those tickets.

Well then, if that's the case, we definitely will not be attending anymore parties. They are so overcrowded as it is now!! They won't lower the number of available tickets if they jack up the price, and I'm not paying that much to get packed in like sardines to watch parades and fireworks, or wait an hour for a character.

[baldburke]

The jury is still out to see if Disney does this right...right? Between Disney After Hours and Early Morning Magic maybe it's not such a bad thing if it perhaps eased some of the regular traffic or gave you an opportunity to enjoy the park at a less hectic pace. If I was down for seven days then I could see going with a six day park hopper while picking up one of these other offers. The price points are a little high, but again hopefully the quality is good. But it would be great to do one of these and get some more mid-day R&R at the resort.

[joonyer]

The jury is still out to see if Disney does this right...right?

No, It's officially a done deal now.

[gratuspater]

Remember when this was called E Ticket nights and it cost $12?

Again, though, this appears to be marketed towards OFFSITE guests. It could be worth it if they REALLY limit ticket sales for each night to something around 5,000.

I do remember the E ticket nights, and they were awesome! I don't remember the exact cost but I know it was well worth it. But I do remember thinking how reasonable the price was, and did not seem like a blatant money grab. For the price the park was EMPTY! It was enjoyable to just walk around the park with all of the lights on and enjoy the ambiance, without feeling packed in like a sardine. But this just seems like Disney catering to their most important "guests", the ones with the most money. instead of doing something to mitigate overcrowding so everyone has a more enjoyable time, they can just open the parks up later for the ones who can afford it. And the rest of us poor suckers can just deal with it and be glad they let us in in the first place. Kinda like the 3rd class passengers on the titantic.

[joonyer]

I can't really blame Disney for charging the higher prices for these special admission events, if that's what guests are willing to pay (other ones, not me). But I do wish they would limit the admissions for these high price limited duration events. We quit going to the Halloween party because it got too crowded to justify the price.

[LandFan]

Well then, if that's the case, we definitely will not be attending anymore parties. They are so overcrowded as it is now!! They won't lower the number of available tickets if they jack up the price, and I'm not paying that much to get packed in like sardines to watch parades and fireworks, or wait an hour for a character.

Yeah - we decided our last party was November of 2014. It was insanely busy and we didn't have any of the fun that we used to have because of it. We're out. It used to be a good deal and so much fun!

[LandFan]

I do remember the E ticket nights, and they were awesome! I don't remember the exact cost but I know it was well worth it. But I do remember thinking how reasonable the price was, and did not seem like a blatant money grab. For the price the park was EMPTY! It was enjoyable to just walk around the park with all of the lights on and enjoy the ambiance, without feeling packed in like a sardine. But this just seems like Disney catering to their most important "guests", the ones with the most money. instead of doing something to mitigate overcrowding so everyone has a more enjoyable time, they can just open the parks up later for the ones who can afford it. And the rest of us poor suckers can just deal with it and be glad they let us in in the first place. Kinda like the 3rd class passengers on the titantic.

Totally agree! E-ride nights was AMAZING!! It was only like $15 or something and we rode everything and the park was ROOMY. It was so nice. You could relax and THINK and take in your surroundings.

[Terra]

For some people... this $150 price tag is NOT what they might call "expensive". They have the disposable income to handle these kinds of things without thinking much about it. This is targeted niche marketing....as are the other experiences that are mentioned in the quote above.

We've saved up the pennies for a long time and done a couple of the "experiences", and they were well worth the price. Not something we can afford to do regularly... nor are some of them affordable for us EVER (like swimming with dolphins, the old race car stuff, etc.).

Some people will gladly buy these offerings. For Disney, it's an additional revenue stream. Those who don't buy are not really impacted... because they can still go to the parks as they usually do.

I doubt that they will simply do away with Extra Magic Hours..... it is a benefit of staying on property and helps with the marketing of that offering. They might try to mesh the two groups together though. Stay on property and get EMH included ........ or pay an additional $150 a day to get the same thing if you stay off property. The single days might be a test marketing things to see if the flag waves when they raise it.

best,

................john

Yes to this! Just depends on each family and their budgets. For us, we would never be able to do something like that and honestly I wouldn't do it anyway. I personally think it's a bit wasteful.
$150 for us is our weekly grocery budget.

I think more and more wealthy people must be going to WDW and we lower middle class are being squeezed out sadly.

[WiltonJohn]

I think more and more wealthy people must be going to WDW and we lower middle class are being squeezed out sadly.

That fits the overall description of what is happening economically in America in general. Sad but likely true. Although it was never likely affordable to just about everyone, places like Disneyworld used to be affordable to a wider swath of the general public.

best,

...............john

[Stu29573]

That fits the overall description of what is happening economically in America in general. Sad but likely true. Although it was never likely affordable to just about everyone, places like Disneyworld used to be affordable to a wider swath of the general public.

best,

...............john

True...and corporate practices like Disney's aren't helping... But that's a discussion for another board, I'm afraid.

[Tekneek]

Yep, we've only seen dates, not prices. With everything else going on, I suspect this will be closer to the new price of those events vs last year's prices. Popularity of these events will drive pricing on those tickets.

With 18 dates in October, and the current state of the other parks, you would be hard pressed to get value out of any kind of ticket that month.