Disney Cost is too expensive!!! (amusement park, safest, park)

[ploopy]

how much is a yearly pass to check out that stupid mouse?

[Curmudgeon]

In 1955 I was 8 years old and my parents and I were at Disneyland on opening day. There were fewer and different rides and attractions but it was, indeed, magical. Since I lived in Newport Beach, Disneyland was a great place to occasionally take a date and over the years I was able to see it through the eyes of my own children as the five of them became, in turn, old enough to enjoy it.

My current wife and I spent our first Christmas day together there in 1996. It was something we'd joked about on our first date and two months later we were there on our honjeymoon. We couldn't believe how crowded it was and we didn't really enjoy it all that much. But crowds of people in any venue is not our favorite thing.

I still think it's a wonderful place when seen through the eyes of a child. I also think it was more wonderful in the 50s when the original Mickey Mouse Club was on television in black and white, along with Davey Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, and you could ride the Mike Fink river boats around Tom Sawyer Island. Back in the day we children read books and acted out our fantasies in outdoor games. We actually had imaginations back then. Everything wasn't made for us on a colorful flat screen so to see fairy tales come alive in person was particularly thrilling. I mean, I was absolutely convinced that I was really flying over London while on the Peter Pan ride.

Great memories and life remains an 'E' Ticket ride!

[ferretkona]

Originally Posted by icstitch

It's $69

Just dropped my wife off to work there yesterday, still $59

[Everest209]

Originally Posted by SOON2BNSURPRISE

Lest we forget. In 1955 it cost $1 to enter the park. But that didn't get you on any of the attractions or rides. You had to pay to ride. Remember the phrase "E ticket ride" as in I drive an E ticket ride, or that Ferrari is an E ticket ride? When the park opened they had A, B, and C ticket rides. The E ticket came out in 1959 when more exciting rides and attractions opened up. In 1955 it cost $2.50 for 8 attractions and these were not the most exciting rides in the world.

Here it is 1955 and your dad and mom take you to Disneyland. It would cost a family of four $4.00 to get in and $10 to buy four $2.50 attraction tickets that would get each of you into 8 attractions, not just rides, attractions. So now dear old dad just spent $14.00 to get everyone into the park for a little fun, but tame fun because many of those exciting rides that they have now were not at the park in 1955.

Lets see how much the old man was making per year. The medium income in 1955 was about $4,200 a year, not month, year. That is $350 a month. I think that is interesting because in 1965, 10 years later, my dad made $320 a month and in Port Hueneme in 1965 he was doing very well. They owned a home, truck with a camper, a boat and we had a really nice life back then.

Today it cost $72 to get into the park for one day or $288 for a family of 4 and now you can ride and visit any attraction in the park. For comparison a family today would need to make $7,200 a month to compare to the 1955 income amount. How I came up with that is you take the monthly avarage income in this example I used the $350 a month figure. I devided that by the $14 entry fee for a family of 4. A visit would be 1/25th of the family income for the month. If you multiply the current entry fee of $288 by 25 making that $288 amount 1/25th of your income you come up with the $7,200 monthly income. From my limited point of view this is at least as affordable as it was back in 1955 and the park has so much more going for it now than it did back then. I see the place as very affordable when you compare both 1955 to 2010.

WAIT!!!!

Are you telling me you build a time machine out of a Delorean???????

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by ploopy

how much is a yearly pass to check out that stupid mouse?

Deluxe Annual Passport (cheapest): $299.

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

Originally Posted by Everest209

WAIT!!!!

Are you telling me you build a time machine out of a Delorean???????

Not following you on your comment here. Are you saying that you can't figure out the average income for a given year or is it the average cost for a given year to get into Disneyland? Fairly easy to do if you ask me, and no Delorean needed.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by SOON2BNSURPRISE

Lest we forget. In 1955 it cost $1 to enter the park. But that didn't get you on any of the attractions or rides. You had to pay to ride. Remember the phrase "E ticket ride" ...

Wish I could find the link to all the discontinued rides from the 1960's and 70's. Here's one just to photos of Disneyland in the 1950's. It must have been amazing to have been at the park when it first opened.
Disneyland's Grand Opening

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Everest209

Can I say something that I think makes a lot of sense........

Can you imagine what a cluster you know what Disneyland would be if prices were any lower. During Christmas, Main Street USA is a sea of humans, a claustrophobic attack waiting to happen. Do you know how crowded Disneyland would be with 30,40 or even 50 dollar tickets?

Ohhh you are so right about this. I made the mistake of going there on New Years Eve some years back. NO WAY IN HELL I'm ever doing that again!

[icstitch]

Originally Posted by Gentoo

Ohhh you are so right about this. I made the mistake of going there on New Years Eve some years back. NO WAY IN HELL I'm ever doing that again!

Im going this year for NEW YEARS EVE... Omg I cant wait!

[marcopolo]

If you think Disney is making too much money, buy a little percentage ownership (common stock) in the company. I did, and now when I spend money there I figure I'm just doing business with myself.