Douglas Dubh
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 13, 1999
I really enjoyed Eisenhower’s farm at Gettysburg.
Going to Cedar Point and getting all the add ons to 'fast pass' the lines can be as expensive if not more expensive than a trip to Disney! I live within a reasonable drive from CP and never go. We do, however, go every year to Hershey Park. It's a great value! With small children we would combine Hershey with Dutch Wonderland and camp for a few days I also started hitting Kings Island during the off season and making a trip up to Canada for Marine Land. We havent been to Disney World as a family since 2017, we did DisneyLand California in 2018 and DH and I were just at Disney in January and I will be back for a day trip in March (2 days at Universal too). We will probably do another family trip to Disney in 2021.
Current Cedar Point combo ticket- Admission, All Day Dinning and Parking- $49.99. I go to both parks and for me, cedar point is only a small fraction of the cost of wdw but it's not hard to make any trip expensive if u want to. I can spend the weekend at cedar point, ticket combo and hotel for literally the cost of a single 4-day base wdw ticket. I agree with the majority here, cedar point is more of a weekend gateway type vacation whereas wdw is more of a thought out, full blown family vacation. Honestly, I like the weekend getaway vacations though, it's so nice being able to just wake up in the morning and decide to take off and go to cedar point.
I agree it doesn't seem to be making a difference with Disney but I have seen a lot of posts of people starting to venture to other destinations instead. You can go somewhere else for longer for either less money or the same amount.I don't think this would have any change to Disney. As for Cedar Point, with offering the Gold Pass now there are so many more people that are fairly local that bought the passes and already went 5-6 times last fall where normally they would only go 1 or maybe 2 times a year and it had no impact on other vacations.
I'm actually having fond memories of my one day at MK this past fall. I wouldn't hesitate to do a day here or there again. Much cheaper and less overwhelming as far as planning.I agree it doesn't seem to be making a difference with Disney but I have seen a lot of posts of people starting to venture to other destinations instead. You can go somewhere else for longer for either less money or the same amount.
At some point the current Disney bubble will burst and they will again have to entice people to come back with lower prices or more "free" promotions/add-ons. We just don't know when the burst will be.
In the meantime I have very little desire to return to the US theme parks. I will most likely go to Tokyo Disney in the next year or 2 and maybe even Shanghai or Hong Kong before I'm back to Florida. I would even be more likely to go out Disneyland in California first.
DisneyWorld is crazy these days and I just don't have the patience even though I love theme parks.
No.Are there any rumors of them building a new park in Orlando like a Disneysea park???
Are there any rumors of them building a new park in Orlando like a Disneysea park???
Seems like this whole thread is much ado about nothing considering the recent earnings call. People are (still) coming in droves, staying at the resorts (moreso than usual), and spending tons (upon tons) of money.
I glad they found someone to take my place.“Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.”
I forget if it was this thread or not but it sounds like Christmas, New Years, Marathon were up to their typical level of busy. People are happily snapping up FPs and Boarding Groups for that “disappointing failure” Galaxy’s Edge. I understand where this thread was coming from in that they’re pricing people out who have gone for years and it’s frustrating, but others are definitely going.
i mean..no, not really. i get it, everything is still up, but disney still has people not coming back.Seems like this whole thread is much ado about nothing considering the recent earnings call. People are (still) coming in droves, staying at the resorts (moreso than usual), and spending tons (upon tons) of money.
i mean..no, not really. i get it, everything is still up, but disney still has people not coming back.
there is still a disconnect with some long time repeating guests and disney.
Resort occupancy isn't directly related to park attendance.I guess, I mean nobody is going to have 100% retention, but you can’t reasonably expect to fill the resorts much more than they do. So yeah, really.
Resort occupancy isn't directly related to park attendance.
And resort occupancy was up in 2016 (as far as I could find) yet park attendance was down.Park attendance was up 6% this past quarter. It’s not directly related but there’s a pretty close relationship between the two.
Nope no argument. Just made a fairly consistent statement made on the Boards regarding resort occupancy and park attendance. Nothing I said is related to the rest of what you're trying to say so yup dunno what you're getting at in relation to what I was talking aboutOkay, I guess you’re just looking for an argument here. Attendance is up (yet again at 6% on already high numbers) at the parks and the resorts are booked pretty tight at 92%. If you want to act like things aren’t going really well for them at WDW, go right ahead. The financial results tell a pretty clear picture, though.
I guess, I mean nobody is going to have 100% retention, but you can’t reasonably expect to fill the resorts much more than they do. So yeah, really.