Years of increased costs and decreased quality-- How much of this did they think the public was going to take? We are 24 year DVC members and WDW these days is no where near the value it was back when.

I've been an annual pass holder for 15+ years. We went to WDW during the recession of 08-09, and we went many times. But now Disney seems to not want the pass holders clogging up the parks, they have raised prices and made black out dates. It took the fun of just"let's go to Disney this weekend". So we will not be renewing again. And we will not be going to WDW.
And I'm a real Disney kid, went to Disneyland in 1958. Sorry they've pushed us away.

I've been an annual pass holder for 15+ years. We went to WDW during the recession of 08-09, and we went many times. But now Disney seems to not want the pass holders clogging up the parks, they have raised prices and made black out dates. It took the fun of just"let's go to Disney this weekend". So we will not be renewing again. And we will not be going to WDW.
And I'm a real Disney kid, went to Disneyland in 1958. Sorry they've pushed us away.

In regard to the "bounce back" offer - does that mean that if you are staying at Port Orleans you cannot book the offer for a future trip and stay at an included resort? Or just that you can't book the future trip to Port Orleans?

We have DVC and in the past have purchased Tables in Wonderland. It's amusing that they list new restaurants as a perk when they increased the purchase price 50% last year. We used to buy 10 day no expiration hoppers to curb ticket costs. No expiration tickets were done away with last year. All of the "perks" that "frequent flyers" utilized are being discontinued and making their "regular" customers seek other vacation options!

We were lucky to renew our annual full passes last year a week before the new roll out... in one year we only have gone 5 times... it's just too expensive now... we stay on site and a quick weekend trip now costs our family of 4 around 600 to 1,000 for 2 nights and 3 days.... I just don't see the value any longer so 9/11 our tickets will expire and we won't be back for a few years until it's affordable again

We have and are WDW fans... We started back in the early days of WDW and took our family at least once a year from Minnesota while our children were at home. Now over the last 10+ years being empty nesters (so to speak) we have been annual pass holders (now living in the south and much closer) we can no longer afford the passes due to constant increases. Pass holders benefits are not that great anymore either, good luck finding a pass holder rate at the value or even sometimes the moderate hotels. And if we want to bring our grandchildren we can't afford the 1-2 day admission it's just not family friendly any longer. Maybe families can save and go that one special time but the times of families returning year after year is gone unless prices are reduced. Disney.. please think about this!

Our family goes annually and we stay on site. Not only has the cost increased rather substantially, there are always rides down. Last April thunder railroad and soaring were out of commission. Hollywood studios has closed so much in the last year it's almost not worth heading over there. It's still magical, but to me it's all been getting worse since the fast pass system changed. I think we will wait a few years until some of the new attractions are opened.

Normally when Disney offers free dining it is the quick serve plan for those staying at the value resorts and the regular dining plan for other resort guest. Is this stating that all guest will be offered the regular dining plan?

I think that Disney has had a slide coming to it for a long time. If you keep on putting up costs and cutting back what you give people in return you hit a point where people say enough is enough. Disney has unbelievable fan loyalty but if you push to far and go beyond the tipping point in could take a LONG time to get the loyalty back

Bring back the non expired tickets

None of these really have much value. Not sure why they think they will make much a difference. Prices need to be dropped (ie every day is a standard or value). Blackout dates need to be lifted. Parking needs to be cheaper. Once people get in the parks they will spend money, but if the prices are too high to get in no additional money will be spent.

I think Disney has raised their prices to the point that the public is bypassing a Disney vacation. They have pushed to the limit and now they are seeing the results. It is a classic economic model. They are going to have to lower prices if they want attendance to increase.

Unless they start dropping their annual passholder prices I'm going to let mine expire. They have gone over the top for middle class income. Don't care about the cheaper dining, etc. They need to go back to the previous year tier prices.