New ticket system coming to WDW - Begins October 16th

[PJ4's Dad]

Have they said how many times through out the year they will adjust the prices on the calendar? Is it once a year or will they change periodically? sorry if already asked.

 

[FigmentSpark]

just wondering is it better to buy a multi day ticket now before the prices change
im looking o go next nov 2019 during the days before turkey day

Mousesavers is recommending purchasing now.

 

[kristinebarboza]

can you buy tickets from under cover tourist or can they be brought from disney

 

[morrik5]

What happens if after the policy change someone wants to give you park tickets as a gift but you don't know when you're going, especially if it involves someone not staying on Disney property? Do you have to just pay a difference if you go at a different pricier range period?

 

[Searc]

just wondering is it better to buy a multi day ticket now before the prices change
im looking o go next nov 2019 during the days before turkey day

Yes. Buy your ticket now if at all possible. If buying from Undercover Tourist, make sure you purchase an e ticket, as it won't expire until Dec 2019.

 

[DizBelle]

LOL - yes! It's hard to tell what they're going to do as I can't see them suddenly charging $150/day for each day of our tickets.

I would anticipate like it is now, the more days purchased, the lesser the price per day is.

E.g. even using the lowest priced day in the pic, the price is $81/day. I have 9 day tickets on our current reservation. If I was to take the $81 and multiply it by 9 that's a total of: $729.00. The current price of a 9 day adult ticket is $435.00. There is absolutely no way they are going to almost double the price of their longer tickets. (And if they do, I'll be priced out of Disney just as I have been priced out of Disney cruises. )

I guess all we can do right now is wait until Oct 16th and then take bets on how long it takes all of us to crash their system as we run our numbers! I give it less than 5 minutes from release before Stitch and Donald are everywhere!!!

My guess:

Current price of a 9 day ticket is $435 or $48.33 per day.

I would think that the new price of a 9 day ticket would be around $435 minus $50 (remove the flexible option) = $385. $385 plus some increase on the order of past increases which looks to be about 4%. $385 + 4% = $400.40. If you want the flexible option, add $50 = $450.40. So an overall price increase of just under 4% for the same type of ticket.

I think it is possible that, if you don't add the flexible option, a ticket you buy after Oct 16 may be less than a ticket you buy now.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

I wonder if Walt Disney World released this news as early as they did to generate some ticket sales late in the quarter. I'm not exactly sure how they'd book this accounting-wise - whether it would be revenue now or if they defer it until people use the tickets. Either way it either strengthens their balance sheet or their income statement at the end of the quarter if they were looking for a little push in ticket sales... Just a thought...

Obviously they also released it early to avoid negative backlash if they didn't provide a heads up as major changes like this could freak people out.

 

[AngiTN]

Okay, forgive me, I read the first 20 pages and I've seen this asked but not answered:

How does the "onsite packaging" guidelines apply to DVC members? Anyone know yet?

It's been discussed off and on and no one knows but I personally feel that they'll apply the same parameters to the tickets

just wondering is it better to buy a multi day ticket now before the prices change
im looking o go next nov 2019 during the days before turkey day

Consensus from everyone is buy now

Have they said how many times through out the year they will adjust the prices on the calendar? Is it once a year or will they change periodically? sorry if already asked.

They are static not dynamic

can you buy tickets from under cover tourist or can they be brought from disney

Wherever you wish

What happens if after the policy change someone wants to give you park tickets as a gift but you don't know when you're going, especially if it involves someone not staying on Disney property? Do you have to just pay a difference if you go at a different pricier range period?

Good question. Personally, I would purchase a gift card in the amount closer towards the higher end of the range and then leave it to them to purchase the ticket.
Unless they continue to sell Ticket Voucher gift cards like they have now (I saw a rack at our local Publix last week)

 

[hiroMYhero]

I wonder if Walt Disney World released this news as early as they did to generate some ticket sales late in the quarter. I'm not exactly sure how they'd book this accounting-wise - whether it would be revenue now or if they defer it until people use the tickets. Either way it either strengthens their balance sheet or their income statement at the end of the quarter if they were looking for a little push in ticket sales... Just a thought...

Obviously they also released it early to avoid negative backlash if they didn't provide a heads up as major changes like this could freak people out.

I think they released the ticket pricing news to generate more of a frenzy for their January Stay/Play/Dine packages. To announce ticket pricing one day before releasing resort packages is amazing timing.

 

[g-dad66]

Do you think the $50 flexible fee could be added on at any time (for example, if deciding at the last minute to make the trip later).

If so, it would seem there would be no incentive to buy the flexible ticket initially.

If not, it would seem very foolhardy to buy a non-flexible ticket if there was any doubt at all about the exact travel dates.

 

[hiroMYhero]

Do you think the $50 flexible fee could be added on at any time (for example, if deciding at the last minute to make the trip later).

If so, it would seem there would be no incentive to buy the flexible ticket initially.

If not, it would seem very foolhardy to buy a non-flexible ticket if there was any doubt at all about the exact travel dates.

Guests will be able to alter/modify any purchased tickets at will via their MDX account. Guests will have control of their tickets whether bought from a third-party or from Disney.

 

[AnnaKat]

I find it interesting that Disney currently has 3 tiers of park pricing: value, moderate and peak (not positive about names). The video clearly shows many more pricing options so it appears the pricing may vary day to day and week to week a lot more than it does currently.

That's because the calendar prices are based on the number of days of tickets a guest chooses, and your start day of your days is an AVERAGE of the value, reg., peak days within your window of days.

SEE the Miusesavers article. The multi-day ticket discount is already factored into each day of EACH multi-day calendar.
The computerized system has TEN different calendars, one for each ticket length from 1- day to 10-days, ALL based on length of ticket window averages of value/reg./peak prices.

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[g-dad66]

I think it is possible that, if you don't add the flexible option, a ticket you buy after Oct 16 may be less than a ticket you buy now.

Hmm... I was just getting ready to pull the trigger on purchasing 7-day tickets for our March 2019 trip.

But do I want to gamble that the price might be lower if I wait and purchase the non-flexible option? Does anyone think that would be a good gamble?

 

[AnnaKat]

Good catch!

^^^

 

[Tksolomom]

I know we don't have all the information yet but from what others have posted it sure looks like Disney is focusing on packages as being able to use the tickets for length of stay - nothing has been said so far about room only with tickets purchased directly from Disney.

Not really sure of the numbers but I think there are a fair amount of DVC members that do not purchase the DVC AP. Many DVCers only take 1 trip a year or every other year depending on how many points they have. Before moving to Florida the only time I had a AP was if we knew in advance we were doing multiple trips in a year. If we were only doing 1 trip or before DVC got a discount on APs we always purchased tickets for the number of days we were there.

I am a DVC member and definitely don’t do annual passes. We switch between DL, DW and Aulani. Our flight to Florida are 900 + tax, so I am definitely not going down more than once a year.

 

[FigmentSpark]

Hmm... I was just getting ready to pull the trigger on purchasing 7-day tickets for our March 2019 trip.

But do I want to gamble that the price might be lower if I wait and purchase the non-flexible option? Does anyone think that would be a good gamble?

I looked at the dates I am going. They are currently Value and Regular days. If I had Peak days, I would definitely be buying now. There won't be a decrease for Peak days. Now, in my case, I can't see even the Value days being much cheaper than now. If I wait, I can't go back in time to get today's tickets, but if I buy now, I could possibly save those tickets for another trip (next year) or sell them to someone going on Peak days. I'll probably just use them.

As for the PP who talked about the $50 discount for flexibility, I think that's wishful thinking. I think the $50 will be an upcharge to keep those tickets on Disney's books. When they went from "good for forever" to "good for 14 days" there was an upcharge to get the "good for forever" feature. Unless I'm mistaken, I don't think there was a discount for that feature being taken away and there won't be a discount for flex now, either.

 

[mousestruck]

Does anyone know if an e-ticket purchased through UT can be upgraded to an AP (at park)? I’ve always had an actual ticket to upgrade. I realize all the rules may change, but calculating my risk for buying a park hopper now for my March trip with plan of upgrading to a Platinum pass for a second trip in December.

 

[hiroMYhero]

Does anyone know if an e-ticket purchased through UT can be upgraded to an AP (at park)? I’ve always had an actual ticket to upgrade. I realize all the rules may change, but calculating my risk for buying a park hopper now for my March trip with plan of upgrading to a Platinum pass for a second trip in December.

A ticket, whether it’s an eticket or plastic, is still a ticket linked to your MDX account.

When upgrading, CMs pull the digital info from your MDX account. It’s all the same.

 

[boilermakeric]

The Mousesavers article claims you can upgrade to a more expensive ticket (add # days, change date range for same # days, etc) at any time yourself, and pay the difference at that time. But if you want to downgrade, you get no refund. If the pricing is truly going to be static once released, I don't understand...

1) Why ever pay the $50 flexible fee at all upfront? Sounds like the system has some amount of flexibility and you just pay your new rate? Is the main selling point of the Flexible option really the flexibility of the 14-day use window, versus the flexibility of the assigned ticket dates? Is that really the "feature" that the $50 differentiates?
2) Seems like there will be an unnecessary burden to try and purchase the cheapest possible ticket that covers your initial plans, and just tweak it upwards if/when needed. Can't see the incentive of purchasing on the high side if you can never downgrade and recover the investment.

 

[DisneyStarWisher]

Ok, so after talking with the family, we are looking at maybe going the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday before Columbus Day next year instead of the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of Thanksgiving break. I was planning on going ahead and buying at least two tickets, but now I'm not so sure I should. Current pricing shows our first day as value, our second day as regular, and our third day as peak. Based on what I've read, if I wait I would pay the value price for every day since our first day is value. Could this really mean a cheaper price? I sure wish we could see prices before this rolls out.