VR Locals One Pass - price rise coming 11/11/24

[westical]

Couldn't see it mentioned elsewhere, but in an email I received today trying to get me to renew, it mentions the Locals One Pass is getting a price rise on 11 November 2024.

Gotta pay for the new Oz expansion somehow I guess.

[Brad2912]

3 hours ago, westical said:

Couldn't see it mentioned elsewhere, but in an email I received today trying to get me to renew, it mentions the Locals One Pass is getting a price rise on 11 November 2024.

Gotta pay for the new Oz expansion somehow I guess.

Got the same email, and I only renewed 2 months ago… 

[Michelangelo]

9 hours ago, westical said:

Couldn't see it mentioned elsewhere, but in an email I received today trying to get me to renew, it mentions the Locals One Pass is getting a price rise on 11 November 2024.

Gotta pay for the new Oz expansion somehow I guess.

Locals AP is $219 or $189 to renew, wonder what it’ll rise to if they’re blasting everyone with an email?

Surely this was an error sending to all passholders though?
I checked to see if I could renew & “lock-in” this price and it doesn’t let me because mine expires in July.

So, did I get this email by accident? Or are they trying to trick me into getting a new pass now at $219 because to renew when I’m actually eligible to renew might cost more than that? So confused.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Yeah, what is going on with the village marketing team? sounds pretty incompetent...

[New display name]

I suspect once Rivertown is complete, DW prices will also be rising.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

to be fair I saw recently Dreamworld had put out renewal emails recently too, and friends of mine received completely different pricing offers - including some who had already renewed. 

Sounds like both mailouts are broad targeted to the entire mailing list rather than targeted renewals, so they're both just as incompetent as the other.

...or they've just mail-blasted their member lists to get a message of urgency out quickly and are prepared to cop the flack from messaging people who aren't eligible. 

I get multiple messages because I renewed some passes, and bought new passes other years, so I reckon i've probably got more than one "member number" in the system so even if I have a 'current' pass they're probably still showing one of my membership numbers as 'expired and eligible'.

Edited October 23 by DaptoFunlandGuy

[New display name]

I got a $99 offer from DW but I already have a pass.  While my partner received a $89 offer from DW.

[Park Addict 93]

$99 is the renewal offer DW have been doing for awhile.

$89 is a “welcome back” offer for those with a lapsed pass.

I didnt get either but my pass isn’t quite due for renewal.

Did get the Village beat the price rise email although my one pass is valid til April however. 

[Michelangelo]

8 hours ago, New display name said:

I suspect once Rivertown is complete, DW prices will also be rising.

No doubt about it. Expecting price increases from both after the new areas are open

7 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

to be fair I saw recently Dreamworld had put out renewal emails recently too, and friends of mine received completely different pricing offers - including some who had already renewed. 

Sounds like both mailouts are broad targeted to the entire mailing list rather than targeted renewals, so they're both just as incompetent as the other.

...or they've just mail-blasted their member lists to get a message of urgency out quickly and are prepared to cop the flack from messaging people who aren't eligible. 

I get multiple messages because I renewed some passes, and bought new passes other years, so I reckon i've probably got more than one "member number" in the system so even if I have a 'current' pass they're probably still showing one of my membership numbers as 'expired and eligible'.

DW emails appear to only be received within the renewal period.

Normally, VRTP do the exact same.

I question the reason and intent behind this latest email blast hitting the inboxes of many people like myself who have many months validity left on their pass (I have 8 months to go) therefore not able to renew or ”act fast & best the price rise”.

Smells to me more like a dodgy confuse the masses for a cash grab rather than a whoops accidentally hit send to all instead of some

[franky]

I haven't been a DW passholder since 2022 but I got an $99 pass offer email within the past fortnight. It was for a locals pass though; I didn't have locals pass and I'm not a local, so I'm not sure how they came to that conclusion...

$99 bucks is a steal though!

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

14 hours ago, Michelangelo said:

DW emails appear to only be received within the renewal period.

Just to repeat my original post - friends of mine received renewal offers despite having already renewed.

14 hours ago, franky said:

I haven't been a DW passholder since 2022 but I got an $99 pass offer email within the past fortnight. It was for a locals pass though; I didn't have locals pass and I'm not a local, so I'm not sure how they came to that conclusion...

$99 bucks is a steal though!

Can confirm a friend of mine who isn't local also got a locals renewal offer.

[TV15]

Typical behaviour of VRTP.

Locals One Pass Lite went up by $10.

[Narra]

12 hours ago, TV15 said:

"beat the price rise 10 DEC" they arent going to increase it twice right...

[Tricoart]

Maybe they’re increasing the price of renewals on the 11th of Nov, and the price of new passes on the 10th of Dec (just before the holidays)? Either way, making the process significantly more confusing than it needs to be, to the surprise of nobody.

Edited October 31 by Tricoart

[New display name]

Village know people like to give them money for nothing.

E.g. Village Key, Tiktok.

Edited November 1 by New display name

[Michelangelo]

10 hours ago, New display name said:

E.g. Village Key

Wow, there’s a blast from the not so distant past!

I’ve heard zero about it lately, have they dropped it?

[TV15]

2 hours ago, Michelangelo said:

I’ve heard zero about it lately, have they dropped it?

Tried logging in, verification code is sent but the website doesn't accept it. The 10% discount off Food & Beverage each month for the once off $25 isn't too bad imo. 

Once again I feel as if this came down to mediocre idea awful execution. However, the TikTok subscription was an awful idea with mediocre execution. They've currently got 13 suckers paying for it, first month is $8.39 second $9.99.

[Tricoart]

9 hours ago, TV15 said:

The 10% discount off Food & Beverage each month for the once off $25 isn't too bad imo. 

Its not bad, but them saying the project was to ‘enhance your in-park experience’ ‘to the next level’ in comparison to an annual pass, rather than the obvious jump onto the NFT bandwagon for a quick cash grab, when Dreamworld already offers that exact benefit (but better, ‘cause unlimited & including merchandise) with their annual pass, is telling. Maybe they’ll add the benefit to their One Pass when they up the price, so Village Key becomes useless and the annual offerings are comparable again, but I think we all know that’s not what’s on their mind.

Edited November 1 by Tricoart

[TV15]

Another price rise - December 10th 

[Levi]

5 hours ago, TV15 said:

Another price rise - December 10th 

on another note; $179 for a 5 day pass is criminal. 

Edited November 8 by Levi

[wikiverse]

10 hours ago, Levi said:

on another note; $179 for a 5 day pass is criminal. 

It's $58.33 per park (SW, MW, WnW), with the option to do two parks twice.  That's $35 per entry if you use all 5 days.

It's not that unreasonable if you're doing a 2 week gold coast vacation.  Sure, it's probably not worth it if you go now (since 3 major rides are closed at SW, WoO isn't open, Scooby isn't open), but it's a lot better than paying for single day passes at each park over a 2 week period.

[Brad2912]

14 hours ago, Levi said:

on another note; $179 for a 5 day pass is criminal. 

Think thats a perfectly reasonable price tbh 

[TV15]

15 hours ago, Levi said:

$179 for a 5 day pass is criminal. 

$35.8 Per Park ($179), or $28.43 Per Park for 7 Days ($199), or $109 for one day. If I was Interstate coming up for a long break I know which one I would choose.

How much do we think the 5 day pass will go up by, kind of a no brainer at that point to get the 7 day.

Edited November 9 by TV15

[Levi]

1 hour ago, Brad2912 said:

Think thats a perfectly reasonable price tbh 

it would be pretty reasonable pricing if they had full park availability across all parks. imagine a family of 4 spending $716 on passes, $100+ per day on food and bev, with Sea World having half its attractions currently closed, Scooby Doo & Doomsday closed with who knows what else closed and WoO not open yet, Wet n Wild being ran down. would that be worth around $1200? 

[Jokes_on_you]

33 minutes ago, Levi said:

it would be pretty reasonable pricing if they had full park availability across all parks. imagine a family of 4 spending $716 on passes, $100+ per day on food and bev, with Sea World having half its attractions currently closed, Scooby Doo & Doomsday closed with who knows what else closed and WoO not open yet, Wet n Wild being ran down. would that be worth around $1200? 

What is ran down about Wet n Wild?