Not all locals. Summer tickets were for CA Residents, not So Cal Residents. Very slight distinction but worth mentioning it cause there were locals excluded in each.
What do you mean by this bolded part?
Not all locals. Summer tickets were for CA Residents, not So Cal Residents. Very slight distinction but worth mentioning it cause there were locals excluded in each.
Interesting point. They need community support for DisneylandForward. There could be some strategy in keeping neighboring businesses and local residents happy.Disney seems happy to continue leveraging neighborhood hotels for stays and only expanding on the DVC side of the house for the past decade of planning. It seems all efforts are being put into DisneyForward
Interesting point. They need community support for DisneylandForward. There could be some strategy in keeping neighboring businesses and local residents happy.
Disney is happy with their hotel bookings I would think. They run regular hotel sales to firm up hotel occupancy. They get people like me from NY that have 8 day trips to DL at GCH and then I drop money in the parks for food, events/tours and collectibles.Exactly. Disney is happy with their share of hotel revenue in Anaheim. They make the big bucks inside the gates anyway.
For the So Cal tickets (Spring), norther California, USA was excluded but it included Norther Baja California, Mexico.What do you mean by this bolded part?
For the So Cal tickets (Spring), norther California, USA was excluded but it included Norther Baja California, Mexico.
CA Resident tickets (Summer), included norther California, USA but not Norther Baja California, Mexico.
Disney is counting "locals" as all of the ppl that live in those zip codes. But as you can see, there was a slight dif on what segment of "locals" was included in each promotion. Not super sure on why they decided to make that distinction, but I thought it important to mention so the dif type of promotions don't get mixed up.
Me either till I read the small print. I was very disappointed.Oh, okay. I wasn't aware of the Baja California exclusion on the summer discount.
They did it the summer after reopening from covid. I remember because I got really burned. They announced Magic Keys shortly after releasing the three-day ticket and would not allow us to upgrade them. Never been so mad at Disney!I find it interesting that they extended the CA resident ticket offers into the summer this year. That's not something they had done in the past. Or did they do this for the first time Summer 2022? It's all blending together at this point. Regardless, offering discounted tickets but ONLY to So Cal/CA residents over the summer shows that they DO rely on the "locals" to fill the parks year round. These offers used to only come around between Jan-May in the past. The current offer was all summer and goes through 9/25.
My guess is that this offer is a carrot being dangled to blocked out Magic Keys over the summer. Pretty sure a lot of those people bought these tickets considering that Key discounts continue to work even on blocked out days. The only thing that doesn't work on blackout days is the parking discount.
They did it the summer after reopening from covid. I remember because I got really burned. They announced Magic Keys shortly after releasing the three-day ticket and would not allow us to upgrade them. Never been so mad at Disney!
Yes, I think it started in August.Oh yeah, I remember that. Although it was a late summer offer though, right? It didn't cover June and July.
Agreed - and it's even worse when they do monthly payments.Interesting thread. All of the keys are a gigantic bargain no matter the level compared to purchasing a day ticket every time they enter. People with the "hoity toity" Inspire key who attend weekly are hardly paying their fair share.
I do think Disney needs the MK revenue but I also think they would love to kick those people to the curb. I don't think there's much debate that day ticket holders spend more per person daily than MK holders. Disney would love to see a 70/30 split of day ticket vs MK, but right now I'd bet it's closer to 50/50 if not a majority of guests are MKs. This weekend for example the MK calendar is booked while the day ticket is wide open.
As for the hotels, the price per night of onsite hotels has increased significantly since 2019. Once you see how the system works it's hard to justify the extra cost of an on-site hotel when compared to the much more affordable hotels on Harbor and Katella.
2024 will be an interesting year for DL. I think it's safe to say the COVID demand is dying and we will start to see a better true reflection of the state of the parks.
When was that said?Didn't one of the Disney executives say passholders created an undesirable mix or something.
I agree. The reservation system at Disneyland will remain. Disney uses it to keep operating expenses down and control attendance. WDW is much bigger and gets mostly out-of-town visitors and international visitors. Disneyland's attendance is majority So Ca locals and Keys. Disneyland is never going to allow Keys to just go to Disneyland at the spur of the moment. Those days are over. Disneyland severly restricts the sale of Keys and they are not giving that up.When was that said?
I used to see groups of high school students hanging out in the parks after school. I don't see that as much anymore. Maybe that is what they were referring to, and is why they are keeping the reservation system in CA.
Agreed - and it's even worse when they do monthly payments.
Didn't one of the Disney executives say passholders created an undesirable mix or something. People were so mad about that, but it makes sense from a business perspective. Multi-day vacationers are going to be spending at a higher rate, hands down. They would much rather have the higher spenders than those who may go for a couple hours every week but spend less.