This topic started in the parenting in the park section, but I think more people look in the lounge.

Would you like to see disney charge for day ticket by age or height?

There are many people out there (my self included) that take there 3 year old in and call him 2. Is this fair to disney well no, but it is almost as hard for cast member to ask his age as it is to ask a woman if she is pregent.

Do you think it is fair to call a 12 year old an adult ticket as well? Or someone that isnt going there for the rides but the magic of disney or maybe just dinner.

I think the ticket prices should be free to all under 40 in and the next size would be 40 to 42 and 42 to 48 and last one is over 52in.

There are adults out there that are under 52inches, why should they pay full price if they cant enjoy eveything.

Now if i remember right six flags here did somthing like this, and i'm not sure if there are sill doing it or not but I wonder how it worked.


Open the flood gates of talk and let me know what the rest of you think

Haha, I was just reading that same topic over in Parenting at the Parks.

For me, I think that the height thing would be cool. My oldest daughter, is 4 yrs old, and is only able to go on rides without height requirements, and Gadgets Go Coaster, and Matterhorn (when it's open ;) ). My youngest, who is 2 1/2yrs old, is only allowed on those without height requirements.

Soooo...do I think that I should have to pay either $35 per day, or even $99 for a So Cal pass, for each of them...heck no!

I agree that there are a lot of rides that they can go on, however, there are many more that they cannot go on.

I can't remember if it was Magic Mountain or Knott's that did the height thing to determine the price either.

But, maybe if they were to incorporate a price per height thing. Maybe go with the colors of the wristbands, such as white costs X amount to get in, yellow costs a little more, etc.

As far as those just coming in for dinner...that is hard...too many people would say "we're here for dinner" and then later see them on rides. I think that is why it is nice, that Downtown Disney has resturants for people to enjoy the Disney atmosphere without having to pay.

Originally posted by disneyscott
This topic started in the parenting in the park section, but I think more people look in the lounge....in which case, please find a topic to discuss that fits in the Lounge.

I've considered the wristband idea. I've seen waterparks that do that, let parents in free (or cheap) and only give wristbands to people who are riding. Another posibility (though probably more costly) is to sell different admission levels, encode the entrance tickets, put a turnstyle at each ride, and have you swipe your ticket (like say in a Fastpass style machine) to unlock the turnstyle.

The problem with either of these is enforcement. It would mean hiring a LOT more CMs to check wristbands or monitor the turnstyle and to have more eyes to prevent people from jumping lines.

Nevermind that with EVEYRONE paying full price, we're already paying $45 to get in. Imagine if as many as 2/3 are paying a reduced price? They'd have to jack up the "all access" price immensely, and I don't think people would go for that.

Originally posted by disneyscott
Do you think it is fair to call a 12 year old an adult ticket as well? Or someone that isnt going there for the rides but the magic of disney or maybe just dinner.

But then you're talking about taking the park back to the days when it first opened (from what I've heard) - charging a nominal entry fee and then charging individually for each attraction. Speaking selfishly, I would not be in favor of that happening.

I can see the argument about where the child/adult cut-off should be because of what the child can ride, but you can also take that argument to apply to particular adults. Some adults can't go on rollercoasters because of physical restrictions, but they don't get a discount. Pregnant women are restricted in what they can ride, but they don't get a discount. Some people only like going on particular attractions, but they don't get a discount.

I don't have an opinion of what age a child should have to be to purchase an adult ticket. Maybe if many or most kids who are 12 are tall enough to go on all the rides, I can see the justification in asking them to pay an adult price.

I've considered the wristband idea. I've seen waterparks that do that, let parents in free (or cheap) and only give wristbands to people who are riding. Another posibility (though probably more costly) is to sell different admission levels, encode the entrance tickets, put a turnstyle at each ride, and have you swipe your ticket (like say in a Fastpass style machine) to unlock the turnstyle.

I thought about wristbands also. To add to the problems you listed: A problem could be during major refurbishments. People would scream for a refund because they bought a ticket to ride a certain admission level of rides and half were not running. Not that people don't complain now, but it may increase the complaints.

I have always wondered why they don't offer each level of AP's at two different rates by age.

Six Flags Marine World does a "childs" ticket by height, it's about 10 dollars less than the full price ticket, they also have discounts for Seniors and Disabled guests (which is SUCH a joke since they treat disabled guests terrible IMHO)....I think that people would have a much 'easier' time accepting the price break if it were by height instead of age. I don't see Disney doing 3 or 4 breaks, but using the shortest height requirement as a standard would be "fair". I think there would be a lot fewer parents that "cheat" and lie about their childs age if the used the height factor over age factor, and it would be easy to implement now that they have the coded wrist bands for the rides.

I'd love to see them break it down by height. When my son turned 3, it wasn't like he was suddenly big enough to do all the rides. He could still only do a certain percentage of the attractions, and so it should be pro-rated based on that.

And while a 12 year old probably can ride everything, isn't this park supposed to be for families? If my family has to buy an extra adult ticket or two, I'd consider not going at all.

We have passes though, so it's not an issue for us.