Amusement Park food prices

[Krgrecw]

So I went to carowinds today for the first time in twenty plus years. I'm not much of a roller coaster type guy so I never go. So after I went today, how do these Parks get away with charging so much for food? Every price was at least twice which you would pay outside the park. $13-$15 there for fast food you can get anywhere else for $6-$8. How do Parks get away with charging so much for food?

If you're there and want to eat you have no choice but to pay up. There's no competition in the park for food.

[BedellBrave]

Same thing with the ballpark. We went to a Charlotte Knights game at the new BB&T Park in uptown and goodness, thought I was going to need to take out a loan to get a few hotdogs and beer.

[goldfly]

free market

[jpx7]

free market

Captive audience.

[zitothebrave]

Captive audience.

Yup. If a business wants in at a place like that, they have to pay a premium, they pass that premium on to the consumers.

[mossy]

Haven't travelled in awhile, do airport vendors still do this? That's where it really pisses me off.

But honestly if you enter a movie theatre, amusement park, county fair, just gotta assume that you'll need 100-200 bux to pay for just the food if you are a family of more than 2. You know it walking in, it's their turf.

[The Chosen One]

Theaters don't make much money up front on ticket sales... especially the matinees. That's why their food is usually beyond expensive. $5 matinees there is no profit. Just an even steven... unless you buy popcorn for $8. lol

Studios asked to take more of the ticket sale profits, thus ticket prices went up and so did the concession stands.

The annual bucket most theaters have is a really sweet deal. Buy the bucket for $20, then every visit to fill it is $3-$5, and then unlimited refills while you're watching.

As for amusement parks, I mean how often does a family really go there. If they do go there, it's once every x amount of years, so while they are there that one day might as well milk them for whatever they can since they're already on vacation with extra money able to spend.

[BlackwaterPark]

National Parks >>>>>> Amusement Parks

[mossy]

National Parks >>>>>> Amusement Parks

I misread this. "Nationals Park > Amusement Parks". I was gonna say they were the same thing. My bad.

And yes, National Parks are so much better.