All the more reason to use a different park. That way the fall decor could overlap the Christmas a little bit.I wish the Halloween parties were extended the other way - through the beginning of November. I go down for the Wine & Dine races at the beginning of November, but it only lines up with the Halloween party every few years (like this year!). As someone who loves the Halloween party, I would love to do it every year.
Last year I didn’t do any park days beyond the Halloween party and the post-race party at Epcot, which was perfect.
That was my thought though. Get people into those parks and get more money out of them. And leave mk open to people to continue eating and buying.
(And it’s an absolute pain trying to avoid MK on party days.)
Ooh how did I miss a dedicated opportunity to rant about hard ticket events?
I think these are to the detriment of all guests, including those who love the parties. Because even party guests (mostly) aren't attending all types of events. Every year we're creeping closer and closer to the concept of morning, afternoon, and night tickets at MK. There has been an explosion in early morning events, late afternoon/evening events (the parties), and after hours events, all while seeing lower regular operating hours in years past. Disney has way less motivation to plus the evening entertainment on those regular nights, because they know people will pay a premium for them. A hefty, hefty premium. I don't even blame them for not having a night parade anymore (let alone one that runs twice a night), since for a good chunk of the year they are running a parade at night, and charging $$$ per head to watch it.
If I don't like the parties, I can not go during party season, of course. This doesn't solve the problem that the parties take up nearly half the year at this point, with after hour events sprinkled throughout the other half, leaving little opportunity for hours to to be extended to what used to be the norm in years past. And don't even get me started on what a zoo MK is on non party nights.
So, a few facts: we live in a capitalist society which means companies are owned privately and run for profit. NOT collectivism where the needs of the group are prioritized over the individual. Disney’s main purpose is to generate profit for shareholders. Walt Disney’s vision is the product now, not the purpose.
No one is arguing that. But also a fact, is that with this comes a HUGE measure of greed. Disney and it's shareholders are making PLENTY of money. They're netting billions every year. It is greed, pure and simple, that keeps driving them to make more.
Further, this ignores the fact that Walt himself, also lived in a capitalist society, yet while he certainly knew how to (and desired to) make a profit, he was also FAR more concerned with the guests than the current corporation is.
we're aware how much cheaper it is, some of us came to disney as young adults before we had kids, which i have zero problem with. It's when disney starts flooding the market with all these extra events and people flock to them, that it starts to make it unbearable for those that do have more than 2 in our family.Anyway people aghast at “who pays for these things anyway” should bear in mind that not every guest has to pay for four and five people. I see this a lot in threads about upcharge events in general, and I don’t think people who only go with their families realize how much cheaper a Disney trip is the less people you have