Disneyland and Disney World: “The Most Expensive Place on Earth”

Above, Disneyland's Mark Twain steamboat in Frontierland in 1988. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

There was once a time when a visit to Disneyland in Anaheim, California or Walt Disney World in Florida didn't require taking out a second or third mortgage, or even a co-signer. 

Not anymore. 

I used to go to Disneyland quite often with family or friends from the 1960s to the 1980s. The last two times I was there were both in 1988. The admission price for one day in 1988 was $28.00. 

The last Disney theme park I visited was Tokyo DisneySea in Japan in 2015. Since it seemed like half of Tokyo's population was there, we didn't go on any rides. The wait times were excessively long.

Today, the powers-that-be of the Walt Disney Company has seen fit to raise their prices again for Walt Disney World and Disneyland, practically to the stratosphere, and people are raising hell.

The New York Post reported:

“The Most Magical Place on Earth” is being rebranded as “The Most Expensive Place on Earth” by angry customers who slammed Disney for price hikes at its Disney World and Disneyland theme parks.

Disney customers took to Reddit over the past week to rip the Mouse House’s theme parks over higher admission fees, as well as a subpar experience that includes more expensive, lackluster food and staffing shortages.

Disney, which has been hit hard by the pandemic, has been increasing prices in order to make up for the loss of business.

Late last year, Disney said it would increase ticket prices at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, Calif., this year, noting that its popular single-day ticket price would jump 6.5% to $164 for admission to one park, while a two-day park hopper pass would cost $319, up nearly 9 percent.

That's not all, the food concessions and souvenirs at Disneyland has also become more expensive, but you'll have to read the full article to see just how expensive they've become.

Just to bring a date to Disneyland, for a halfway decent time for two, one should at least have $600 in their wallet. Imagine what a family of four would cost!

Walt Disney would probably spin in his grave if he knew how expensive it is to spend a day at Disneyland.  

To read more, go here.

Papers, Please! Los Angeles County To Require All Theme Park Goers Be Vaccinated

Above, visitors to theme parks like Universal Studios will have to show proof
  of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to enter. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The fascism never ends in Democrat-controlled locales.

The latest is in the County of Los Angeles where thrill-seekers wishing to enter a theme park has to show proof of vaccination to enter starting next month.

According to Travel + Leisure:

Thrill-seekers in Los Angeles will be required to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to enter theme parks next month, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced.

Starting Oct. 7, anyone heading to a theme park within Los Angeles county, including Universal Studios Hollywood and Six Flags Magic Mountain, will have to show proof they have been vaccinated or received a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of arriving, according to the department of health. Children under 12 are exempt.

The mandate applies to venues "with more than 10,000 attendees that are ticketed and/or have controlled points of entry to a well-defined area." 

To read the full article, go here. 

World's First Permanent Godzilla Theme Park Ride Coming May 19

Well, if we can ever get back to Japan for vacationing, there's one new attraction that's sure to draw Godzilla fans from around the world to look forward to.

It is the “Godzilla the Ride: Great Kaiju Decisive Dominance Battle.” Riders will be thrown into the midst of a battle between Godzilla and King Ghidorah.

SoraNews24 reported:

There are a lot of amusement parks in the Tokyo area, but it’s often hard for them to compete for attention against Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea. However, the recently renovated Seibu-en, located right over the prefectural border from Tokyo in the town of Tokorozawa, Saitama, has a plan to step out from the Disney parks’ immense shadows by recruiting a character Uncle Walt has no claim to: Godzilla.

When Seibu-en holds its grand reopening next month on May 19, guests will get to walk through a large-scale replica of a nostalgic shopping street from Japan’s Showa era (1926-1989). At the end of the street is a suitably retro-style theater building, and inside is the world’s first permanent Godzilla theme park ride.

To read more, go here.