Universal Orlando has raised theme park admission prices AGAIN, since The Wizarding World of Harry Potter has attracted so many muggles. A one- day, one- park ticket has raised from $82 to $85. Don’t let me forget to mention that this was following another park admission ticket boost at the place where “dreams come true”…? A week earlier, Disney raised their prices from $82 to $85 also. The increase was not limited to just park tickets either. Annual passes and Florida resident tickets have now taken a hike in price as well. Is this going to be permanent?
Well, after the opening of Universal Orlando’s The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (pictured to the right,) attendance rose dramatically. Even after its one-year anniversary, there is still an excruciating wait to get into the spell-binding island in the park. With that being said, I doubt that Universal feels threatened by the chaos that could come of this price change. Any passionate, die-hard Harry Potter fan who’s dream is to come to The Wizarding World will make it happen no matter what the price is.
Although this is not great news, we all feel it coming every year. There is nothing we can do to lower the prices, BUT there ARE ways to work around the system at Disney in order to get as much bang for your buck as possible. Here’s how:
Most tourists who are visiting the central part of Florida or even Florida in general, look at the top 10 places to visit, and you bet they are going to Walt Disney World. It is currently ranked number one in the top 10 largest amusement park corporations in the world in order of annual attendance with an attendance of over 120 million in 2010. The second corporation ranked, Merlin Entertainments Group in the United Kingdom, had an attendance of 41 million. As you can see, it’s “a walk in the park” for Disney to get people to come to their fairytale land. With that being said, Disney knows that when a family is taking a trip to their parks and resorts, they are committing to the real deal vacation, so their advantage is to make it ridiculously cheaper to add extra days at a Disney theme park once you’ve purchased three days of theme park tickets.
So for you moms and dads who are saving up to take the kids to Disney in the near future, know that if you are purchasing three days of theme park tickets, it only costs $9 extra to add a fourth day and then $8 extra each additional day after that up to 10 days total. If you’re already spending the paper, you might as well make a week of it and take advantage of visiting all the parks in one trip to satisfy the craving for a while before prices hike up again.
Any thoughts readers?
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