2024 Ticket Prices (Compared to 2015 and 2007)

Vater pulled up an old thread from the dead and somehow made it relevant. For some reason it instantly popped this old line of thought into my mind:

Original 2007 Post

2015 Follow-up

You probably want to read them for context. I'm not going to get too deep into this at all. Let me just hit the websites and check the online price of tickets nowadays at said parks:

Walt Disney World - $149 (varied, a few days were $139, but it was mostly $149 and up)
Busch Gardens - $86
Holiday World - $60 (again, varied a couple of days were $50, but $60 was usually the deal)
Kings Island - $50/$60 (weekday/weekend)
Knoebels - $42 (RAD excludes haunted mansion)
Cedar Point - $50/$55 (weekday/weekend)
Kennywood -$60 (any day ticket)

In a nutshell, at a glance, and with other sayings and metaphors attached, my non-professional, armchair quarterback analysis is that, with the exception of Disney, gate prices largely stagnated over the last decade.

What are prices inside the park like in 2024? (I don't go anywhere anymore) Same story?

Are we getting past amusement parks - or at least past what felt like another peak era of parks and roller coasters?

I asked in that 2015 post:
"Will WDW continue increasing their tickets by more than 50% every 8 years? Will the posted price of a one-day ticket to WDW really be in the $150 range come 2023?"

So let's ask it again.

Will WDW continue increasing their tickets by more than 50% every 8 years? Will the posted price of a one-day ticket to WDW really be in the $225 range come 2032?

The most f'd up thing about this continuing narrative through these threads is that it probably will be.

Viva capitalism!

This is timely, because we have to renew WDW passes this month, and they're gonna be around $850 each. When we landed here 11 years ago, I believe they were around $400. Granted, my income is significantly higher, but it still stings a bit. The cruise costs are even more out of control.

It does look like Holiday World has adjusted prices in kind of a proportional way to inflation and park size, but yikes, it's like the rest don't have any faith for what their product is worth. You ask a good question, are we over amusement parks? Everything else entertainment, concerts, sports, alcohol, have outpaced inflation. If I just landed on the planet, I think I would see Cedar Point as worth it for $100 for a day. And yet, that can get you a whole season sometimes.