TheMaxRebo
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2008
This is the worst part... All of these "add-ons" or "a la carte / state fair / carnival" pricing models are hurting everyone else's experience. Bottom line is, it devalues the original high ticket / admission price. The devaluation is extremely small. So small most people won't even notice or care; but, it is still devalued none the less. The problem is, the more "add on" options there are, the more they add up and are more noticeable to other guest. Most of these "add-on's" include prime viewing locations or some sort of preferential treatment over other guest. When prime viewing locations are taken away from the general admission guest or park resources are diverted to cater to a small group of people it devalues the experience for all other guest. It's not that the "up-sells" aren't adversely affecting your vacation because they undeniably are; it's just they haven't bothered you enough to really complain. That slight devaluation of the general admission doesn't mean much to the average guest; but that devaluation means a lot to WDW when applied to millions of guest throughout the year.
The flip side to this is (granted, coming from a more optimistic / "Disney-colored glasses" place) is that rather than increase the price of the standard ticket even more than they already do to it their targets/make Wall St happy they are finding ways to get extra income from people willing to may more while keeping the baseline experience 99% as good