【《We Chinese in America》Media Editor Tang Zhao, October 21, 2022】Prices are rising again at Disneyland and neighboring California Adventure Park by as much as 9% for single-day tickets and 11% for preferred parking.The Anaheim resort has also increased prices by up to 25% — starting Tuesday — for the new Genie+ service, which allows visitors to skip long lines on some of the most popular attractions.The price hikes come a year after the theme park raised preferred daily ticket prices up to 8% and increased preferred daily parking rates by 20%. The increase also comes only two months after the resort raised prices for annual passes by as much as 16%. (Prices for tickets and parking (except standard parking) will rise for many Disneyland visitors starting  last Tuesday. The Magic Happens parade on Disneyland’s Main Street U.S.A., shown on Feb. 27, 2020, will return this spring. Photo credit: Los Angeles Times)

By comparison, overall consumer prices rose 8.3% in August from a year earlier, the highest rate in four decades, according to the most recent federal report.

Halloween fans were already getting a taste of the steeper costs: Tickets to Disneyland’s Oogie Boogie Bash range from $129 to $179 this year, up from $114 to $169 last year.

Disneyland officials tried to soften the blow of the latest annual price increases, which are typically announced before the busy Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s holiday season, by emphasizing several new attractions and upgrades that are launching in the next few months, including a new Toontown ride and a parade in Disneyland.

“Disneyland Resort is always planning the next new idea, attraction and story,” Disneyland officials said in a statement.

The park adopted a demand pricing system in 2016 that offers lower-priced tickets for low-demand days, such as Tuesdays in February, and higher prices for more popular days, such as Saturdays in December. The lowest-priced ticket for a single-day visit on low-demand days will remain at $104. The daily ticket for high-demand days, which was $164, has increased to $179, a 9% increase.

After the parks reopened in 2021 from a 13-month pandemic closure, Disneyland and California Adventure Park adopted a crowd-control system that required visitors to secure reservations before entering the parks. Hardcore fans have groused about the system, saying it has made visiting the park on high-demand days, especially on weekends, very difficult.

A two-day ticket, previously priced at $255, has increased to $285, a 12% rise. Disneyland officials said they couldn’t yet say how many low-priced days the resort will offer in the next year, noting that the online calendar that shows the daily ticket prices is updated on a rolling 120-day basis.

“Disneyland Resort is always planning the next new idea, attraction and story,” Disneyland officials said in a statement.

The park adopted a demand pricing system in 2016 that offers lower-priced tickets for low-demand days, such as Tuesdays in February, and higher prices for more popular days, such as Saturdays in December. The lowest-priced ticket for a single-day visit on low-demand days will remain at $104. The daily ticket for high-demand days, which was $164, has increased to $179, a 9% increase.

After the parks reopened in 2021 from a 13-month pandemic closure, Disneyland and California Adventure Park adopted a crowd-control system that required visitors to secure reservations before entering the parks. Hardcore fans have groused about the system, saying it has made visiting the park on high-demand days, especially on weekends, very difficult.

A two-day ticket, previously priced at $255, has increased to $285, a 12% rise. Disneyland officials said they couldn’t yet say how many low-priced days the resort will offer in the next year, noting that the online calendar that shows the daily ticket prices is updated on a rolling 120-day basis.

(Source: Los Angeles Times)

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