What Disney needs to realize is their out of state customers spend more money that their in state annual card owners. More money on hotels, food, drinks, souvenirs. An in state annual card holder doesn’t. They often bring in food & don’t buy souvenirs.
An out of state annual pass holder will visit more often if allowed to purchase an annual with a good price. We did and we returned from CT to WDW 6 times in 2 years. Come on Disney think about your loyal out of state people!
Hi I’m I’m not sure who you’re referring to that brings in food and doesn’t purchase stuff but you have to realize that when it takes us 3 hours to get there we can go five times a year so we don’t have to purchase millions of souvenirs or get a Mickey bar everyday because we’ve been there done that however the quick trips that we all used to make for a 2 or 3 days we don’t do it anymore because even if it’s $69 a day you have to buy 3 days consecutive in a row can’t hop blah blah blah well that’s not really what we want who has been there a million times so don’t talk about Floridians like they’re less than anybody else I mean I live 10 minutes from the beach but I never go so maybe you live where you can go skiing everyday in the winter but I’m going to fly there and spend a week to go skiing.. right? does that make it any different? The difference is the snow is a novelty to us and we have to live down here with this humidity and this heat and this miserableness all the time we don’t really want to go to Disney as often so when it’s not a great price we’re not going to go at all and in case you haven’t noticed Florida is a pretty big state. You also forget that we have family members maybe you’re my cousin say and you want to come down for a week …well;)
You need to consider that us so called “Local Florida Residents” have to put up with the millions that flock to the Sun Shine State. Eleven Million visitors come to our state each year…..that’s more than most states have in total population. Give us a break, we deserve a few little “perks” once in awhile.
While I understand Florida residents feelings are valid, knocking out of town visitors are the meat and potatoes of Florida State. Telling us you merely “put up” with us insults the very people keeping your taxes down and employment up. Obviously Disney is hurting. Affording discounts to only residents will not fill the cavity. Disney NEEDS business from out of state visitors. Disney will not survive otherwise.
It’s really sad. We make a trip to Disney about 2x a year. One is for a granddaughter who does cheer and the other is an actual vacation. Our Disney portion of the trip is getting shorter and shorter. I’d rather give my hard earned money to Universal where I can get 2 days for the price of 1 at Disney.
Out of State passholders have only one option. We should get more opportunities to save money. We spend the most. Me and my wife are retirees we buy 2 passes . We go to Disney at least 3 times a year from Indiana. Then we go to park and you want us to pay more to ride the popular rides ! When is enough a enough !!!
What Disney needs to realize is their out of state customers spend more money that their in state annual card owners. More money on hotels, food, drinks, souvenirs. An in state annual card holder doesn’t. They often bring in food & don’t buy souvenirs.
An out of state annual pass holder will visit more often if allowed to purchase an annual with a good price. We did and we returned from CT to WDW 6 times in 2 years. Come on Disney think about your loyal out of state people!
what about the DVC members, with what they pay out if anyone should get a ticket price break they should. Not saying the FL residents don’t deserve they do
We have been Universal >> Disney for decades at this point. We go to Orlando multiple times a year from Louisiana (next trip mid-October), and it’s not even close for those of us who buy annual passes. Universal gives legitimate discounts; we are going in December (see? multiple times per year), and we are staying at The Portofino Bay (very nice and at least as good as the most expensive Disney Hotels – we’ve been to all of them) for . . . $250/night because it’s the annual passholder rate. Regular rate at that time? About $700/night. AND you get free unlimited express pass. AND the rides and parks are actually better. No contest.
People living in fl make the parks very over crowded especially during the weekends it nice to give an offer but if they gave outside residents offers they wouldn’t be as over crowded does it make sense that thousands of locals go all the time if I had the opportunity to receive a season pass at the fl price I might get there 2 maybe 3 times a year if I’m lucky enough.out of state Disney fans could use a better pass offer or at least bring back the no expiration ticket offer again they would make more money with dining, stays, and souvenirs because out of state people go there every once in a while so they can’t take it vantage of the every day experience like the Florida residence can.
More money on hotels? Do you think we sleep in our car? And we don’t buy less souvenirs we just buy them less frequently.. you realize Florida is a pretty big state right and it’s not like we just go there for the day it takes us four and a half hours to get there so we’re not overcrowding anything we have to work and go to school just like everybody else in fact gas probably cost more than a plane ticket these days
My apologies for the run-on sentences as I have to do talk to text because it’s pouring here in Florida and you know we can’t text and drive ;)LOL just kidding for those of you that think that we just hop on over to Disney for the day ,well some of us live for 5 hours away- so it’s not much different than if you’re driving from Georgia or whatever,BUT, it used to be. It used to be different because we could afford an annual pass and there were no blackout dates.. that’s what you guys don’t understand with those passes the special Florida resident passes ..there’s a million blackout dates that we can’t go.Esp when the kids are on vacation from school ,long weekends, 3 weeks in Dec..Also it’s kind of like anything else -if you live 10 minutes from the beach, you never go. those of you that don’t live near the ocean, I bet you swam in the ocean more time in last 10 years than I have ,and I live close.. we used to be able to go up for a couple of days at a time, because they gave us discounts, but we can’t do that anymore gas is so expensive,tolls, we need hotels just like you& we need to eat just like you!believe it or not we buy stuff just like you do !just not as much and not in bulk. So don’t rag on the Florida residents it’s not like this is a tiny state&everybody is an hour away from Disney. we can’t pop up if its it’s a holiday weekend because those are blackout dates for Florida resident prices. Think of it more of a employee discount .lol. I think there’s more magic in coming to Disney three times as a child ,Under 12- then there is going 12 times as a 3-year-old child like we used to be able to do! when we had annual passes and DVC memberships we did! But, as soon as kids start school…..party is over;) . it gets old just like anything else! Those of you that cook dinner every night and go out to dinner for special occasions or people’s birthdays treat going out to dinner as a special occasion. Those of us who are never home to cook can’t cook and eat out every night because it’s actually cheaper well, we think of homemade meals at Grandma’s as a special occasion, so it’s all perspective . So I’m just saying there are little things that are not included in those passes you Whoever posted about Universal Studios and the cheerleading competitions, well we do drive up for Nationals and regionals because my daughter cheers as well it’s a three to four hour drive and we don’t get discounts on the hotels and we don’t get discounts at the parks but I will tell you that Universal is a lot friendlier to Florida residents than Disney has become;) .And, NONE OF us are going july august sept..then,comes Hurricane Season.pardon the typos, just my 2 cents..
I will say this- if you’re one of those people that collects Disney stuff then you need a friend in Florida who can go shopping for you LOL that’s about it we have a Disney Outlet 10 minutes away and if you were my sister or my cousin and I did live an hour away from Disney I bet you’d be happy that I did:)
Florida resident who has the annual pass. I live four hours away from the park. I get a hotel, buy the food, and almost always get talked into a souvenir…all while rinse and repeating 4-5x/year. While I agree that out of state residents can certainly spend and visit in similar frequencies, it’s wrong to assume we’re all stuffing pb&j in our purses and sleeping in our own beds each night. 💕
If you don’t like living in a tourist area get out. I’ve lived in one kind or another of tourist type places all my life. Southern CA, Northern CA, now northern Nevada. I know the tourists would come and they do! I don’t get breaks on things except maybe a small percentage off on one or two casino restaurants. Covid killed it all.
Sorry, I don’t care if you live in Florida or the north pole.. Deal with it.
Always funny when the out of stators state locals don’t spend as much at the parks laughable thanks for your one vist with your 10 entitled children on your shoulders blocking everyone’s view. You have no idea what a local truly spends at these parks. We should charge ever tourist who causes havoc across all the parks in Florida and the terrible drivers don’t get me started
Disney is a business and these decisions are design to optimize revenue, profit on revenue, and predictable recurring revenue.
Likely reasons why Disney offers lower cost passes to Florida residents are as follows:
– Disney wants to attract more local customers who can visit the parks more frequently and spend more money on food, merchandise, and other services.
– Disney benefits from the tax revenues and bond debt payments that it pays and collects for the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a special district that governs the land where Disney World is located. By offering lower cost passes to Florida residents, Disney increases its tax base and reduces its financial burden.
– Disney faces competition from other theme parks and entertainment options in Florida, such as Universal Studios, SeaWorld, and Busch Gardens. By offering lower cost passes to Florida residents, Disney aims to gain an edge over its rivals and increase its market share.
– Disney also used lower cost passes to Florida residents as a way of rewarding them for their loyalty and support, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when the parks faced reduced capacity and revenue. By offering lower cost passes to Florida residents, Disney fosters a positive relationship with its local community and enhances its brand image.
Comments for Disney World Prices Out Non-Florida Residents
Jake
It’s the American way. Why act surprised or what’s to not like?
Kathy
What Disney needs to realize is their out of state customers spend more money that their in state annual card owners. More money on hotels, food, drinks, souvenirs. An in state annual card holder doesn’t. They often bring in food & don’t buy souvenirs.
An out of state annual pass holder will visit more often if allowed to purchase an annual with a good price. We did and we returned from CT to WDW 6 times in 2 years. Come on Disney think about your loyal out of state people!
Dani
Hi I’m I’m not sure who you’re referring to that brings in food and doesn’t purchase stuff but you have to realize that when it takes us 3 hours to get there we can go five times a year so we don’t have to purchase millions of souvenirs or get a Mickey bar everyday because we’ve been there done that however the quick trips that we all used to make for a 2 or 3 days we don’t do it anymore because even if it’s $69 a day you have to buy 3 days consecutive in a row can’t hop blah blah blah well that’s not really what we want who has been there a million times so don’t talk about Floridians like they’re less than anybody else I mean I live 10 minutes from the beach but I never go so maybe you live where you can go skiing everyday in the winter but I’m going to fly there and spend a week to go skiing.. right? does that make it any different? The difference is the snow is a novelty to us and we have to live down here with this humidity and this heat and this miserableness all the time we don’t really want to go to Disney as often so when it’s not a great price we’re not going to go at all and in case you haven’t noticed Florida is a pretty big state. You also forget that we have family members maybe you’re my cousin say and you want to come down for a week …well;)
Rroe
You need to consider that us so called “Local Florida Residents” have to put up with the millions that flock to the Sun Shine State. Eleven Million visitors come to our state each year…..that’s more than most states have in total population. Give us a break, we deserve a few little “perks” once in awhile.
Susan
Not to say locals don’t deserve perks, but outpricing tourists will not create revenue.
Thumper
While I understand Florida residents feelings are valid, knocking out of town visitors are the meat and potatoes of Florida State. Telling us you merely “put up” with us insults the very people keeping your taxes down and employment up. Obviously Disney is hurting. Affording discounts to only residents will not fill the cavity. Disney NEEDS business from out of state visitors. Disney will not survive otherwise.
EM
Those out of state people you have to put up with bring a lot of money into your state. Without them Disney would disappear along with a ton if jobs.
Susan
It’s really sad. We make a trip to Disney about 2x a year. One is for a granddaughter who does cheer and the other is an actual vacation. Our Disney portion of the trip is getting shorter and shorter. I’d rather give my hard earned money to Universal where I can get 2 days for the price of 1 at Disney.
Enrique Campos
Out of State passholders have only one option. We should get more opportunities to save money. We spend the most. Me and my wife are retirees we buy 2 passes . We go to Disney at least 3 times a year from Indiana. Then we go to park and you want us to pay more to ride the popular rides ! When is enough a enough !!!
Kathy
What Disney needs to realize is their out of state customers spend more money that their in state annual card owners. More money on hotels, food, drinks, souvenirs. An in state annual card holder doesn’t. They often bring in food & don’t buy souvenirs.
An out of state annual pass holder will visit more often if allowed to purchase an annual with a good price. We did and we returned from CT to WDW 6 times in 2 years. Come on Disney think about your loyal out of state people!
Dani
More money on hotels? Do you think we sleep in our car? And we don’t buy less souvenirs we just buy them less frequently
Cathie
what about the DVC members, with what they pay out if anyone should get a ticket price break they should. Not saying the FL residents don’t deserve they do
Nancy
Actually, Disney Vacation Club members also receive the same discounts as Florida residents.
Douglas Moss
We have been Universal >> Disney for decades at this point. We go to Orlando multiple times a year from Louisiana (next trip mid-October), and it’s not even close for those of us who buy annual passes. Universal gives legitimate discounts; we are going in December (see? multiple times per year), and we are staying at The Portofino Bay (very nice and at least as good as the most expensive Disney Hotels – we’ve been to all of them) for . . . $250/night because it’s the annual passholder rate. Regular rate at that time? About $700/night. AND you get free unlimited express pass. AND the rides and parks are actually better. No contest.
Once a fan
People living in fl make the parks very over crowded especially during the weekends it nice to give an offer but if they gave outside residents offers they wouldn’t be as over crowded does it make sense that thousands of locals go all the time if I had the opportunity to receive a season pass at the fl price I might get there 2 maybe 3 times a year if I’m lucky enough.out of state Disney fans could use a better pass offer or at least bring back the no expiration ticket offer again they would make more money with dining, stays, and souvenirs because out of state people go there every once in a while so they can’t take it vantage of the every day experience like the Florida residence can.
Dani
More money on hotels? Do you think we sleep in our car? And we don’t buy less souvenirs we just buy them less frequently.. you realize Florida is a pretty big state right and it’s not like we just go there for the day it takes us four and a half hours to get there so we’re not overcrowding anything we have to work and go to school just like everybody else in fact gas probably cost more than a plane ticket these days
Dani
My apologies for the run-on sentences as I have to do talk to text because it’s pouring here in Florida and you know we can’t text and drive ;)LOL just kidding for those of you that think that we just hop on over to Disney for the day ,well some of us live for 5 hours away- so it’s not much different than if you’re driving from Georgia or whatever,BUT, it used to be. It used to be different because we could afford an annual pass and there were no blackout dates.. that’s what you guys don’t understand with those passes the special Florida resident passes ..there’s a million blackout dates that we can’t go.Esp when the kids are on vacation from school ,long weekends, 3 weeks in Dec..Also it’s kind of like anything else -if you live 10 minutes from the beach, you never go. those of you that don’t live near the ocean, I bet you swam in the ocean more time in last 10 years than I have ,and I live close.. we used to be able to go up for a couple of days at a time, because they gave us discounts, but we can’t do that anymore gas is so expensive,tolls, we need hotels just like you& we need to eat just like you!believe it or not we buy stuff just like you do !just not as much and not in bulk. So don’t rag on the Florida residents it’s not like this is a tiny state&everybody is an hour away from Disney. we can’t pop up if its it’s a holiday weekend because those are blackout dates for Florida resident prices. Think of it more of a employee discount .lol. I think there’s more magic in coming to Disney three times as a child ,Under 12- then there is going 12 times as a 3-year-old child like we used to be able to do! when we had annual passes and DVC memberships we did! But, as soon as kids start school…..party is over;) . it gets old just like anything else! Those of you that cook dinner every night and go out to dinner for special occasions or people’s birthdays treat going out to dinner as a special occasion. Those of us who are never home to cook can’t cook and eat out every night because it’s actually cheaper well, we think of homemade meals at Grandma’s as a special occasion, so it’s all perspective . So I’m just saying there are little things that are not included in those passes you Whoever posted about Universal Studios and the cheerleading competitions, well we do drive up for Nationals and regionals because my daughter cheers as well it’s a three to four hour drive and we don’t get discounts on the hotels and we don’t get discounts at the parks but I will tell you that Universal is a lot friendlier to Florida residents than Disney has become;) .And, NONE OF us are going july august sept..then,comes Hurricane Season.pardon the typos, just my 2 cents..
I will say this- if you’re one of those people that collects Disney stuff then you need a friend in Florida who can go shopping for you LOL that’s about it we have a Disney Outlet 10 minutes away and if you were my sister or my cousin and I did live an hour away from Disney I bet you’d be happy that I did:)
Natalie
Florida resident who has the annual pass. I live four hours away from the park. I get a hotel, buy the food, and almost always get talked into a souvenir…all while rinse and repeating 4-5x/year. While I agree that out of state residents can certainly spend and visit in similar frequencies, it’s wrong to assume we’re all stuffing pb&j in our purses and sleeping in our own beds each night. 💕
Kathy
If you don’t like living in a tourist area get out. I’ve lived in one kind or another of tourist type places all my life. Southern CA, Northern CA, now northern Nevada. I know the tourists would come and they do! I don’t get breaks on things except maybe a small percentage off on one or two casino restaurants. Covid killed it all.
Sorry, I don’t care if you live in Florida or the north pole.. Deal with it.
Terry
Always funny when the out of stators state locals don’t spend as much at the parks laughable thanks for your one vist with your 10 entitled children on your shoulders blocking everyone’s view. You have no idea what a local truly spends at these parks. We should charge ever tourist who causes havoc across all the parks in Florida and the terrible drivers don’t get me started
Spencer
Disney is a business and these decisions are design to optimize revenue, profit on revenue, and predictable recurring revenue.
Likely reasons why Disney offers lower cost passes to Florida residents are as follows:
– Disney wants to attract more local customers who can visit the parks more frequently and spend more money on food, merchandise, and other services.
– Disney benefits from the tax revenues and bond debt payments that it pays and collects for the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a special district that governs the land where Disney World is located. By offering lower cost passes to Florida residents, Disney increases its tax base and reduces its financial burden.
– Disney faces competition from other theme parks and entertainment options in Florida, such as Universal Studios, SeaWorld, and Busch Gardens. By offering lower cost passes to Florida residents, Disney aims to gain an edge over its rivals and increase its market share.
– Disney also used lower cost passes to Florida residents as a way of rewarding them for their loyalty and support, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when the parks faced reduced capacity and revenue. By offering lower cost passes to Florida residents, Disney fosters a positive relationship with its local community and enhances its brand image.
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