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Episode 1065 - Odds Makers II

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Episode 1065 - Odds Makers II

Today, once again, we give the odds that we think certain things will or wont happen at Walt Disney World

Running Time: 15:00

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Turkey Legs

Authored by: frandog on Thursday, July 26 2012 @ 11:11 PM CDT

I was cracking up during the Turkey Leg discussion-hilarious. One positive: it may work as a sort of "smelling salt"to wake groggy motorists up in the morning-who knows, it may decrease accidents during morning commute.

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Episode 1065 - Odds Makers II

Authored by: patrickandlydia on Friday, July 27 2012 @ 07:41 AM CDT

With the changes in annual pass pricing, what are the chances of children's tickets coming to parity with adult tickets prior to hitting the hundred dollar mark?

Episode 1065 - Odds Makers II

Authored by: Brian on Friday, July 27 2012 @ 11:29 AM CDT

I agree that they'll stay $99.99 for a 1-day ticket for a long time--at least 3 years. What I expect WDW to do to counter their "losses" is cut services even more drastically then they're currently doing. Imagine the 33% reduction in evening Extra Magic Hours across the spectrum. Then when they finally do go over $100.00/day, they can increase prices while not restoring those items that were cut.

That's what they did with the Dining Plan a few years ago--they took out the app + tip after 07, and temorarily reduced prices (by 1 whole dollar!). The cost of the basic DDP has risen over 40% since then (from $39/day in 08 to next year's $56/day). The odds of seeing a return of the app + tip to the basic DDP? Can we list a negative number? :)

Episode 1065 - Odds Makers II

Authored by: tokenfanboy on Friday, August 03 2012 @ 10:43 PM CDT

I think they will keep the single-day ticket at $99.99 as long as possible. What they'll likely do for now is make up the revenue on the multi-day tickets. The additional day discounts won't be as great as they are now. Right now the difference between a 3 and 4 day base ticket is $14, and between a 4 and 5 day is $12, and additional days starting with day 6 increase $10 per day. They'll likely increase the difference between a 3 and 4 day to $15, and a 4 and and between a 4 and 5 day to $13, and then go $10 more per additional day starting on day 6.The per extra day price for day 6 and beyond will likely increase eventually too. I think that is the range they will likely raise for now rather than the single day price. They'll want to let Universal go to $100 first.