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↩ replying to MisterPenguinDuh, it's not ACTUALLY selling out. Disney just picked an arbitrary date and/or an arbitrary number of tickets and declared it "sold out."
(Am I doing this right? :))
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Anyone else surprised MK doesn't have Fall/Halloween Decor Yet?
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↩ replying to YodasnuggsWe make more money by not selling any more tickets!!
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↩ replying to MisterPenguinSo long as guest spend is more, then yeah that's exactly how it works penguin. You should pay better attention to the quarterly earnings reports.
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↩ replying to monothingieIs that how it works, thingie?
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Some Halloween decorations on Main Street today.
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↩ replying to MisterPenguinYou create FOMO by "selling out" a few dates early on. Then, due to "popular demand," you can MAGICALLY find some more "tickets" for those sold out dates.
Even better yet, your resort concierges can double their tip income positive guest feedback by MAGICALLY providing Deluxe hotel guests $200 party tickets to go along with their $400 Minnie Van rides to and from the airport...
ETA: I've been informed that Disney concierges are not allowed to accept tips. YMMV
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↩ replying to larryzI don’t get the scare quotes and scepticism. Yes, there are still ways of getting tickets in certain circumstances (I was given complimentary tickets a few years ago to a sold-out party after my own party night was rained out). But that doesn’t change the fact that you can no longer buy them online in the usual way. Though some here seem not to like the fact, the parties are popular and do sell out.
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↩ replying to larryzWhat do you mean 'create'?
What do you mean by scare quoting 'selling out'?
Let's say what we mean plainly.
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If we can trust Disney IT to be working properly-
Looks like Aug. 24th and Aug 26th are still available at the low price of 129. The 5 other dates in August are sold out.
Only one date in Sept. sold out as of today at what seems to be the 139 price.
Only Halloween , the highest price, sold out in October as of today.
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↩ replying to MisterPenguinDisney sets an arbitrary limit on how many admissions they allow for each party based on some unknown standard of service they intend to provide. They CREATE the market for the party by limiting attendance. Keeping the number low means parties "sell out" fairly quickly, generating FOMO among the faithful devotees who wouldn't miss MNSSHP unless forced to by a hurricane, MK-swallowing sinkhole, or Cuban missile attack. Hypothetical example: Some suit determines that a "quality MNSSHP experience" requires limiting attendance to 20% of MK capacity. But to provide flexibility for weather and other circumstances beyond Disney's control, they decide to use a 15% capacity figure, giving them (a) an earlier "sell out" and (b) the ability to run the figure up to 20% as they get closer to the date, taking into account predictions on weather and historic and current data on resort reservations, MK reservations, outstanding annual passes, the phase of the moon, and cast member availability. Even the 20% hard ceiling gives them a couple of percent flex over that, since 10% don't show, leave early, etc.
The only REAL hard ceiling on attendance is whatever the Fire Marshal determines is the maximum safe capacity of the park. If they set the limit lower than that, it's arbitrary and not a REAL sell out -- again with the flexibility aspect of deciding where to set the limit for a "quality" experience.
I thought I was pretty plain the first time.
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↩ replying to larryzA sold out party isn’t really that low anymore. The cap has doubled over the last 10 or so years.
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↩ replying to YodasnuggsThat is LITERALLY what they do. 😂
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↩ replying to larryzOr they limit attendance to give guests a better experience. People want that so they can get on the rides without waits.
We’ve gone to both the Halloween and Christmas parties and thoroughly enjoyed them. That’s what causes the FOMO.