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It's truly amazing how prices at Disneyland have risen over the years. It makes me wonder where do they think an individual or a family can get that kind of money? And for what? I was in the store yesterday and saw a Child's ticket (ages 3 thru 9) .. a one-day ticket, priced at $143 !
I like Disneyland of course, but someone from Japan was asking me to tell them about it, and how it might be more special than what they've got over there... and I couldn't think of anything ;P There's go to be something! *puzzles and ponders*
In any case, I've been wanting to look for an article like this for a long time (or plot the trend myself, luckily someone has already worked it out quite nicely).. a web page that shows the graph of Disneyland prices over the years (at least back to 1983)...
Interestingly, even though prices went up, the acceleration of how FAST they went up DOUBLED in the 2000s:
The Mighty Statistics
Another thing to consider (which isn't on the page) is the price of Parking... this is a more straightforward (albeit even more terrifying) trend: Parking prices were a mere 50 cents convenience fee practically from when the park opened in the 1950s, all the way up through the mid-1980s, when it began to rise rapidly... to its current level of about $15 !! Yep, parking prices rose even more exponentially than admission prices! Put it all together and a family might have to save up for several WEEKS just to afford to go to Disneyland.
The author of the web page makes a good point that attendance is still high, and doesn't currently show signs of letting up... so, if we're ever going to get these prices in check, as a human population we're going to have to collectively back off our attendance there.. heh!.. or we're probably looking at more punishing prices from Disneyland long into our lifetimes... :P I've gone to about once or twice a year... but where is everybody else coming from? LOL!
I like Disneyland of course, but someone from Japan was asking me to tell them about it, and how it might be more special than what they've got over there... and I couldn't think of anything ;P There's go to be something! *puzzles and ponders*
In any case, I've been wanting to look for an article like this for a long time (or plot the trend myself, luckily someone has already worked it out quite nicely).. a web page that shows the graph of Disneyland prices over the years (at least back to 1983)...
Interestingly, even though prices went up, the acceleration of how FAST they went up DOUBLED in the 2000s:
The Mighty Statistics
Another thing to consider (which isn't on the page) is the price of Parking... this is a more straightforward (albeit even more terrifying) trend: Parking prices were a mere 50 cents convenience fee practically from when the park opened in the 1950s, all the way up through the mid-1980s, when it began to rise rapidly... to its current level of about $15 !! Yep, parking prices rose even more exponentially than admission prices! Put it all together and a family might have to save up for several WEEKS just to afford to go to Disneyland.
The author of the web page makes a good point that attendance is still high, and doesn't currently show signs of letting up... so, if we're ever going to get these prices in check, as a human population we're going to have to collectively back off our attendance there.. heh!.. or we're probably looking at more punishing prices from Disneyland long into our lifetimes... :P I've gone to about once or twice a year... but where is everybody else coming from? LOL!
