I think the issue is that the demand for MP is driven mostly by a 2-3 rides in each park so those individual rides would have to be priced very high to maintain the same revenue as the current MP system.
EP is the extreme example. Remy really drives people to buy G+ (or soon to be MP). If on a $30 MP day Remy is priced at $15, FEA at $10 and Soarin at $5, them WDW isn’t going to generate the same revenue with the expanded SP concept compared to only selling MP because many people will purchase Remy and nothing else (or maybe Remy plus one other). So to solve this issue WDW could price Remy at $22, FEA at $12 and Soartin’ at $8 … at which point most Remy buyers would just buy the full MP.
The SP concept seems most workable for HS which has many high demand rides, but the pricing calculation is still tough to try to match MP revenue. For HS I could see moving SDD to ILL with Rise and then leaving the rest of the attractions on MP.
We paid $25/person ($100 for 4 of us) to ride Rise at HS last week. It seemed like highway robbery given that it is not a new attraction. But we paid it to avoid S/B… so I guess we are part of the price gouging problem.
Do we know what date is the primary one for the 7 days in advance, Hotel reservation or date based ticket?
For example, I check in late on Aug 8. Since it will be late, my 4 day magic ticket will not be dated until Aug 9. Will my 7 days begin on Aug 1 (7 days prior to my Aug 8 resort reservation) or Aug 2 (7 days before my date based ticket)? From how it is stated in this thread, it is Aug 1, but want to make sure since my park tickets won’t start until Aug 9.
Thank you Jeff, that is what I was hoping to read! I thought that is how it worked, but this is the first time I have been in the dated ticket world where a date like this mattered.
Thrill Data posted these videos of going through MDE to purchase LLMP and SP. You can’t go all the way through to the purchase option, but you can see current pricing for the first batch of dates (which he notes is likely subject to change). Interesting to note that the prices listed are the same as Genie+ (and ILL), even though the mechanics of hopping will be different.
I haven’t tried and haven’t updated the app cause I’m too lazy. But I wonder if he is sneaking in through a back door that us regular people don’t know how to find.
One thing I’m curious is how long the slots will be cached for. I assume there’s no way they can do it like current Genie+ where your time isn’t held at all and it can be different when you check out! Do they hold all 3 for each day so I can make multiple choices and then check out? Or will it be a race to select, check out (hope no glitch or sign in error) and then go back and do the next day??
But I wonder if he is sneaking in through a back door that us regular people don’t know how to find.
