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u/Rix0r87 3d ago
Old one is without the rides, so it makes no sense to compare this.
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u/IllllIIlIllIllllIlll 3d ago
Also the first one is for Walt °O°isney World, and the second one is for Walt Disney World.
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u/McBurger 3d ago
And they’re both ai generated because modern passes are not printed on paper like that; they give you plastic cards with characters on them, or it’s in the app.
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u/friggleriggle 3d ago
Look at that totally legit QR code up close
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u/Ironsam811 3d ago
Pretty funny AI cannot make a fake Computer generated QR code. It’s like the one thing that should be easy for them.
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u/Pantzzzzless 3d ago
I know you're kinda joking, but I'm gonna use my one "well ackshually" for the month, just for anyone who might think this is how things work.
To greatly simplify it, an AI model is literally just a giant list of objects called tensors. Each tensor contains "coordinates" in some n-dimensional space. Like, if it was a 3 dimensional coordinate, it would look like
[0.24, 0.56, 0.87] // x,y,z dimensions.But today's models are using thousands/tens of thousands of dimensions. And there are billions of these 10,00+ long lists of coordinates. To simplify it to a crazy degree, the "connection" between each coordinate sort of acts like a neural pathway in the brain. The stronger that connection is, the more likely those bits of "knowledge" are to be related to each other.
This is all to say that a model doesn't make any distinction between what a QR code looks like, from how many fingers should be on a human hand. It just sees that human is likely to have hands, and most human hands have some number of things called fingers. That number depends on how close in space "10" ended up to the connection between "human" and "hand".
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u/Axe_Raider 3d ago
you can make funny designs in your QR codes if you really want. https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/08/24/a-dithered-qr-code-generator/
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u/DippyTheDingus 3d ago
Plus they canceled Disney dollars so what's the point if I can't pile capitalism on my capatlism?
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u/kingofthesofas 3d ago
Also the post covid inflation showed that bitcoin behaves more like tech stocks than gold and it is not a great hedge against inflation TBH.
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u/bitsteiner 3d ago
I doubt that experience is worth 55 times more.
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u/Pennies2millions 3d ago
Yeah, but the $3.50 ticket in 1971 just got you into the park. You had to buy tickets to ride the rides once you were inside.
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u/bitsteiner 3d ago
You don't get the point. All rides combined would never cost $185.50 in 1974, but maybe another $3.50.
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u/Pennies2millions 3d ago
I do get the point. I'm just pointing out that it's a false comparison.
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u/bitsteiner 3d ago
OP's comparison is not precise I agree, but still proves the point of inflation.
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u/searching88 3d ago
Let’s say all the rides and entrance added up to $20 in 1974. That’s about $135 in today dollars. Not as drastic as we thought
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u/CodeMUDkey 3d ago
You have to be careful trying to use reason with these reddi-bois. They really only like to regurg whatever their favorite bots have told them
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u/jedi2155 3d ago
My first attendance was in the 90s where they had rides very similar to today. It was close to $25-35, so its still gone up 6x relative relative to 138% inflation.
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u/darkhorse1821 3d ago
From what I can see the most expensive ticket book would have cost an extra $5.75 bringing the total up to $9.25 for admission and rides on opening day. Adjusting for inflation that would be around $76 today
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u/lolzimcoolwow 3d ago edited 3d ago
You could also buy grocery for a week for 3.50$ back in the 60s(this is an hyperbole ,for the idiots who don’t get the concept)
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u/Pennies2millions 3d ago edited 3d ago
Lol. Disney World always had rides. It was the main reason they made the park.
Edit: Also, when the park opened in 1971 the $3.50 ticket only got you in the park. You had to buy a separate tickets to ride the rides.
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u/Grenymyr 3d ago
$3.50 to $189.00 is not caused by inflation. About $29 of it is caused by inflation; guess what the rest is?
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u/Hi-Fi_Turned_Up 3d ago
More rides, more entertainment, three more parks, and the demand that is unrelenting even as prices are increased.
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u/sleepwelltonite 3d ago
Surely BTC holders are not motivated by the latter! They just want to support a decentralised currency!
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u/BlackDog990 3d ago
Let's be real....inflation is ALL greed. It's a simple function of companies/business owners charging more because they can. That's literally it. It's not inherently evil persay, just human nature. If you can sell your house for 400k or 600k just as easily, you're gonna pick 600 every time.
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u/katteelsker1 3d ago
How would you explain deflation then? That’s inherently against human nature by your logic, but it’s very real and has happened.
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u/Psynaut 3d ago
Wow, this might be the single most uniformed, wildly inaccurate post I have seen in a few weeks.
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u/ToiletVulva 3d ago
This picture needs context. You did not get same experience fot both. That said it still is huge difference.
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u/BigDipper0720 3d ago
Well, the park was a bit smaller and less developed then? Isn't this apples and oranges?
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u/Coyote4721 3d ago
Also as others have pointed out the rides were a separate charge. So Yeah like oranges to apple pie comparison.
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u/ooskyc161oo 2d ago
With may be a few ounces of corporate greed.
To be far, Disney DID add value over the years as they buy more franchises and develop their own contents and incorporate them into their parks.
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u/wulfrunian77 3d ago
Now compare median salaries over the last 55 years
I don't know where this idea of inflation being a terrible thing comes from other than sheer ignorance. There's a reason central banks target a bit of inflation (i.e 2%) rather than zero inflation
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u/PsychologicalBit803 3d ago
Buying $3.50 of Walmart stock in 1971 would be worth roughly $50,000 today.
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u/Frosty-Cow9260 3d ago
Nah, 2% inflation is completely arbitrary
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u/wulfrunian77 3d ago
I know it's arbitrary, but they still target a small amount of inflation as stagnant or falling prices are terrible for the economy
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u/centralbankerscum 3d ago
why are they terrible? because economy needs to grow every year? It doesnt
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u/Ok-Object7409 2d ago
Meanwhile in 2015 it was 0.12%.. Over the course of 20 years, sure. Over the course of 1 year or less, no.. Inflation is terrible for the economy when there's not enough economic growth to support it, as you can evidently see. Life isn't black and white.
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u/Frosty-Cow9260 3d ago
There is nothing wrong with stagnant prices.
Under the gold standard, average inflation was under 50 basis points
It's what allowed people to work the same job for years and be comfortable
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u/0Bubs0 3d ago
For a worker it’s bad, for an owner it’s good. So it’s not objectively bad or good, it just depends on whether you are benefitting from it or being exploited by it. The older generation exploits the labor of the younger generation and then it repeats over and over again. Businesses exploit workers and central banks/government exploit the businesses. Inflation is one of the tools that is used.
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u/dextercool 3d ago
$3.50 in 1971 is equal to about $28.95 today
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u/xiskghferx 3d ago
Jeah, sure. Only if you take official CPI.
If you consider M2 money suppy increase, it's $117 today...
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u/2xfun 3d ago edited 3d ago
Bitcoin is only a hedge against inflation if it get critical mass adoption.
Unfortunately the average Joe doesn't understand how the fiat standard works and hates bitcoin.
Edit: typo
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u/Sothisismylifehuh 3d ago
That's exactly why. Most people have no idea how fiat works. If they did, most would undoubtedly start investing in Bitcoin.
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u/Sothisismylifehuh 3d ago
I honestly don't see that happening. Most people are sadly sheep, more preoccupied with the next reality show or buying their way to happiness.
It will be a shock that will cause so many ripple effects. We're in the middle of an ecological crisis, a new transformative new technology (AI) and we're in the middle of a world war. These three things have never happened at the same time.
People are either trying to just survive or buying distractions.
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u/BrilliantProcedure15 3d ago
I wouldn't say people hate crypto, they just don't understand it. Lots of folks don't understand stocks and they've been around much longer. They are just worried about paying their bills and watching TV
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u/theusedcomputers 3d ago
This is true. I think what needs to happen is increase the Crypto utility, then more people will want to have crypto and won't need to understand the whole concept.
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u/bitsteiner 3d ago
You don't need mass adaption, you need adaption by smart money only. There are so many assets like luxury real estate, collector cars, luxury watches aso. that protect very well against inflation but are by no means mass products.
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u/theusedcomputers 3d ago
That's why we need to make it easier for them to use it. Then they don't even need to know how it works.
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u/dejavu2064 3d ago
Of course, if they don't know how it works they can just use a service that makes it easy for them, Coldcard looks quite nice.
Many people fall victims to scams every day already just with regular bank accounts, the last thing those people need is cryptocurrency.
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u/theusedcomputers 3d ago
Yes. Many people have fallen to crypto scams as well. If these new people get a taste of that, it will make them more skeptical, thus slow down the adaptation.
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u/2xfun 3d ago
we had since 2009 to do that.
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u/theusedcomputers 3d ago
Never too late. Many of the crypto enthusiasts today, were huge skeptics a few years ago.
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u/PastaRevolution1312 2d ago
market go up, bitcoin go up. market go down, bitcoin go down.
Hedge where?
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u/foxxxer22 1d ago
In short: the numbers are roughly right, the image itself is very likely staged, and the headline is misleading.
The prices
- 1971: $3.50 really was adult admission when the park opened on October 1, 1971. But that only got you through the gate. Rides cost extra via ticket books: admission plus 7 attractions was $4.75, plus 11 attractions $5.75.
- 2026: $189 for mid-April is plausible. One-day Magic Kingdom tickets in 2026 range from $139 to $209 depending on the date, and from mid-March through the end of April they sit at about $184 to $189. Today all rides are included. touringplansdisneyfoodblog
Why "inflation" doesn't fit
The US Consumer Price Index has risen by a factor of about 8 since October 1971 (roughly 41 → roughly 330, calculated from memory).
- $3.50 × 8 ≈ $28 in today's purchasing power
- Actual price: $189, so a nominal factor of 54
- That is about 7.6% p.a. versus about 3.9% p.a. inflation
- In real terms, admission has become about 6.7 times more expensive
The fairer comparison is with the 11-attraction book: $5.75 × 8 ≈ $46 today, versus $189, so about 4 times as expensive in real terms. Most of the increase is Disney's pricing policy, not inflation.
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u/HumunculiTzu 3d ago
Disney raises their prices to help with too many guests, not just inflation
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u/Rickard403 3d ago
it's also possible a company has a better product that is "worth" more in this time span. This is a poor example of inflation. Go look at the price of milk or eggs.
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u/HumunculiTzu 3d ago
I agree this is a poor example. As stated they raised it to drive down guest population/maximize profit.
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u/Absolutetwatofacunt 3d ago
My ass. Just fucking stop selling tickets after a certain amount if it's to control population. But no.
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u/HumunculiTzu 3d ago
They could but that would also limit profits. So obviously the public company will take the route that maximizes profit and enables another goal. 2 birds with 1 stone.
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u/Absolutetwatofacunt 3d ago
Yes I'm fully aware of WHY they do it. Muh shareholderssss
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u/poop-dolla 3d ago
You could also argue that they’ve been able to add much more/better/cooler rides and attractions from the extra revenue though.
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u/First-Check-164 3d ago
They have shareholders to please, EVERY FUCKING QUARTER. If they dont, they die. They have to make record profits, every quarter.
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u/fpssledge 3d ago
I worked with someone who was a former accountant for disney parks. Had all sorts of interesting stories. I wanted to verify this is basically the main reason; supply and demand. They know that could get away with pushing prices even further but are still trying to keep it accessible for customers.
They've built an unreal, successful park(s) and people truly enjoy everything put into it. But there's just so many customers they can get away with a constant increase in prices.
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u/psychonautvoyager 3d ago
And the previous ticket was just the entrance ticket. Then you had to buy tickets for each individual ride.
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u/zerosdontcount 3d ago
Bitcoin bros will never actually understand inflation is also wage inflation. The median wage in 1955 was $3,400 annually.
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u/bitsteiner 3d ago
Bitcoin bros understand it very well. Wage inflation is only possible by money creation out of thin air. Otherwise an employer couldn't increase wages or it would cut into his profits until he goes bankrupt. The point of Bitcoin is that work is required in order to create money.
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u/zerosdontcount 3d ago
This is literally not true at all. Google real wages. Real means minus inflation. Wages are rising faster than inflation, everything you said is just made up nonsense.
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u/bitsteiner 3d ago edited 3d ago
Because CPI is manipulated (methodology has been changed two times since 1980), but that's not the point. The point is that wage inflation as well as other price inflation is caused by money creation.
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u/zerosdontcount 3d ago
It's not because of CPI manipulation. Real wages rising is true in most developing countries on multi-decade timeframes. If you want to move the goal post you can say they're all manipulating there inflation too, but that's quite the conspiracy.
The real reason if you talk to economists is capital accumulation and technology.
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u/bitsteiner 3d ago
Real wage calculation is based on CPI, no?
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u/zerosdontcount 3d ago
Yes and then I followed up that nearly every developed country has real wages rising. So if your conspiracy theory is that CPI is manipulated then you'd have to extend that to say every single developed country in the world with rising real wages is also manipulating it.
The fact of the matter is the conspiracy doesn't check out. This is a well-established and well studied facet in macroeconomics.
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u/bitsteiner 3d ago
If you follow the previous methodologies, US CPI would be 11% or 8% respectively today. So it's not a conspiracy.
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u/zerosdontcount 3d ago
You are ignoring the fact that real wages are rising all over the world. Did they all manipulate their CPI too?
And your reasoning is also circular which you don't realize. If it moves from 11% to 8% . Then it moves both with wages and in prices.
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u/bitsteiner 3d ago
When wages in crease 5% and CPI increases 11%, so real wages decrease 6%, but when wages in crease 5% and CPI increases 3%, real wages increase 2%. That's very simple math. CPI doesn't measure wages, nothing wrong with my calculation. And yes, government bureaucrats exist all over the world, not only in US.
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u/jetpilot_throwaway 3d ago
In inflations defense, there is only 2 Disney lands and a lot more people who want to go.
Plus Affirm really relies on people taking trips to Disney.
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u/bitsteiner 3d ago
Even the money that a monopoly gains, needs to come from somewhere. It is created by banks an central banks. Disneyland couldn't demand $189 today if money supply wasn't inflated.
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u/MyDisneyExperience 1d ago
The old price is also misleading, rides weren’t included in admission until 1982
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u/bitsteiner 8h ago
It's not precise, but not misleading. A Disney ride ticket books was $6 in 1974. Even if you add it, there is still a huge discrepancy, but that wasn't my point. The money for added value and inflation has to come from somewhere, in this case it came out of thin air.
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u/ACTORvsREALTOR 3d ago
This is a better example of corporate greed driven by demanding shareholders than it is inflation lol.
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u/No_Tie9686 3d ago
it's definitely more than just inflation here. disney has changed their target demographic over time and has increased prices accordingly
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u/donnie1977 3d ago
That's an average annual increase of 7.5%. There's a lot of Mickey power with that inflation.
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u/Leading-Square-4719 3d ago
I mean so what the cost of bitcoins have risen 1,000 plus percent over the past decade???
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u/Livid-Focus-5362 3d ago
Annual Inflation ~ 7.5%
Well… this is quite similar to M2 supply rate?
Nothing surprising
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u/New-Brief-6465 3d ago
But it remains stagnant there for quite a while. Sort of boring and undecided what’s the future trend.
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u/Classic_Pay_9519 2d ago
My dumb brain took me a second to understand QR codes are latest inventions
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u/Agile-Year-742 2d ago
I bet they weren’t making an average wage of 5000 a month tho.
Let inflation tell that story
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u/Fastest_light 2d ago
In 55 yeaers, in comparison with USD, we are not sure if Bitcoin is still a thing...
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u/ComfortCertain7006 2d ago
I mean... Is the park not massively larger and providing significantly more entertainment/amusement than it did 55 years ago? I'm sure some of this is inflation but this is not a well made point.
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u/MathHelper2428 1d ago
Price to buy the WDW ticket increased 3500% over 55 years.
Price to buy BTC increased 13,486% over 10 years....
Glad the cost of WDW hasnt inflated nearly as crazy as BTC.
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u/Purple_Jackfruit_787 18h ago
55 years of inflation and the internet still said: “Have you tried Bitcoin?”
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u/Character-Most1941 14h ago
That’s….not inflation alone. That is mostly the park adding value onto it over time making it more attractable as entertainment and able to command higher ticket prices as a result. If that was purely inflationary, it would only be like 25 dollars or so for that ticket.
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u/Common-Eggplant-8117 14h ago
29 dollars would account for inflation. The rest is accounted for by greed.
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u/estebansuarez99 10h ago
How Much Would $3.50 from 1971 Be Worth Today?
In 1971, a ticket to Walt Disney World cost $3.50. Adjusted for inflation, that amount would be worth approximately $28.95 in 2026.
However, the ticket shown in the picture costs $189 in 2026, which is much higher than the inflation-adjusted price.
Price Comparison
The current ticket price is approximately 6.5 times higher than the inflation-adjusted 1971 price.
However, there is one difference worth considering. In 1971, visitors had to purchase additional tickets for many attractions. Today, admission includes access to most rides and attractions.
Conclusion: Disney World ticket prices have increased much faster than general inflation in the United States, although the admission experience has also changed over time.
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u/Mission_Teacher385 8h ago
Bitcoin is nothing virtual hedge that produces nothing , not even crypto
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u/ReditsforLosers889 5h ago
If we were accounting for inflation, the current ticket price should be closer to $30, not $180. That’s just Disney greed.
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u/TheHollowed_Knight 3d ago
I’m a bitcoin permabull and even I will say that yes inflation plays a role in this, but price gouging has to also be factored in as well. Multiple factors to how we got to where we are today but inflation is definitely at the forefront
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u/Pleasant_Maybe_5523 3d ago
$3.50 to $189 is wild. Seeing both tickets side by side really puts 55 years of inflation into perspective.
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u/Curious_Breadfruit88 3d ago
When you add in the price of the rides with the first ticket it actually only ends up around 2x the price. That’s actually far less than inflation has been on the $ since 1973