As if Disney vacations weren’t already expensive.
These days, any sort of Disney vacation — land or cruise — will cost travelers a pretty penny.
Now, to add insult to injury, Disney is supposedly sneakily increasing prices on things without vacationers knowing.
Reportedly, Disney Cruise Line has increased the prices of their WiFi packages for cruise-goers who want to scroll social media or connect with loved ones back home, according to Cruise Hive.
Their basic internet package has increased from $26 to $30 per day, while the premium offer went up 17% from $42 to $49. And these prices are for only a single device.
Most vacationers weren’t aware of these price changes, which Cruise Hive says are among the highest in the cruise industry, until they went to sign up for a package this month, so it seems like a very recent change.
WiFi has never been one of the included amenities, such as twice-daily stateroom cleaning and room service, for Disney cruise goers, so travelers always expected to pay. But this quiet increase in their internet service will now make an already expensive vacation that much worse.
Unfortunately, this markup doesn’t come as a total surprise, considering the Walt Disney Company hiked ticket prices for both of its US theme parks — Disney World and Disneyland back in October.
At Disney World in Orlando, Florida, one-day tickets now cost $209, a $10 increase, while annual passes across all tiers rose $20 to $80.
For a Tier 6 one-day pass at Disneyland, theme park lovers will have to shell out $224 per adult, an $18 increase and a 126% spike over the last decade.
And the price-gauging didn’t stop there.
Floridians who drive to the parks will now have to pay $5 more per parking spot, $35 instead of $30, regardless of whether it’s standard or preferred parking.
Disney officials blame rising labor costs and ongoing park work for its jump in prices, according to MickeyVisit.com — an excuse almost every business uses these days to justify their high costs of things.
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