Outraged Disneyland followers slammed the Mouse Home for jacking up ticket costs once more — with some posting memes portraying CEO Bob Chapek as varied Hollywood villains together with Dr. Evil, Hannibal Lecter and the murderous doll from the “Chucky” horror franchise.
Disneyland and neighboring California Journey Park in Anaheim, Calif., on Tuesday raised single-day ticket costs by as a lot as 10%. Which means the worth of entry on “excessive demand” days like weekends and holidays will now price $179 versus $164. Two-day passes, beforehand priced at $255, jumped 12% to $285.
The Los Angeles-area resort — which didn’t announce the will increase, leaving it to prospects to find them on the corporate’s web site early Tuesday — additionally raised the worth of most popular parking to a whopping $50 a day from $45.
In response, one consumer retweeted a thread that superimposed Chapek’s face onto Kathy Bates’ ax-wielding character in “Distress.” One other confirmed Chapek because the Depraved Witch of the West from “The Wizard of Oz,” saying, “I’ll get you my fairly…”
Different photos included the CEO as Hannibal Lecter from “The Silence of the Lambs,” The Joker, Dr. Evil, Dracula and Ivan Drago, the Soviet boxer from “Rocky.”
Disney’s web site additionally revealed that the fee for the brand new Genie+ service, which permits prospects to skip lengthy traces on a few of the hottest rides, rose to $25 from $20. Disney World in Orlando, Fla., additionally elevated its Genie+ cross to $22 from $15 however didn’t change its ticket costs.
“Our tiered ticketing construction gives company completely different choices to expertise that magic all year long, together with our lowest worth level — which hasn’t modified since 2019,” a Disneyland rep mentioned, referring to day by day ticket costs on “low demand” days, at the moment at $104.
The worth hikes come a yr after Disneyland raised day by day ticket costs as a lot as 8% and elevated day by day parking charges by 20%. It additionally follows a 16% hike in annual passes simply two months in the past.
Chapek has hinted on earnings calls that if demand continues to surge, worth hikes are prone to comply with. The information didn’t sit effectively with cash-strapped followers who took to Twitter to gripe.
“We get it Disney! You’re gonna preserve elevating costs, protecting the common of us out. Possibly if folks simply stopped giving in and going, they are going to decrease their costs,” a fan tweeted.
“Bob Chapek: Worst CEO EVER,” tweeted one other fan.
“I refuse to purchase this…. it’s the precept of all of it. I don’t just like the path Disney goes, and I’ll proceed to point out with my $,” added one other.
Chapek has confronted blowback this yr for price increases at both Disneyland and Disney World following the pandemic, which had shuttered the corporate’s theme parks. Followers have additionally griped concerning the quality of food, portion sizes and the general expertise on the parks whereas Chapek has reeled in compensation of $32.5 million, incomes him the moniker “Bob Paycheck.”
Journalist Scott Gustin broke down all the worth will increase by way of Twitter with charts, denoting will increase that vary from 6% for single-day tickets to 30% for valet parking.
