20$ for an early extra hour? Garbage!
Remember the time a theme park would stay open deep into the night to GIVE their customers the chance to experience their newest addition?
They don't need to do that anymore as there are enough idiots "guests" to pull their wallets.
Before we know it it's like Disney; no incentive for a good guest experience, if you want something you buy extra like a fracking mobile game. If this happens in Orlando I won't need to visit Epic Universe or Orlando in the future.
Shame on them running a business and looking to make profits!
The problem is people have already shown they are willing to fork over extra cash. Yes, a few will complain, but that's mostly passholders and "fans/enthusiasts" who complain about everything but still keep renewing passes and coming back anyway.
I see this in every FB "Connoisseur" group for every park-- "Everything is terrible--they're nickel and diming us on everything--service is terrible--every year costs more but they give us less!!!" The only way any of these issues are remedied is to
STOP GOING TO THE PARKS. Only your money speaks at this point. If they lose business things change. If you keep going then nothing changes except to get "worse".
When it comes down to it, ALL theme parks are businesses and they are catering to day guests who only go periodically because that is where they make their money. Passholders are a part of their revenue, but they know that most passholders don't spend a whole lot in the parks. The day guests are willing to lay down lots of cash on early admission, skip the line passes, food and merchandise that passholders rarely spend money on.
I'm a passholder for several parks/chains and yes, it's sad to see perks go away or not feel as "special" or valued as a pass holder, but I also know that I can go whenever I want, and how to avoid crowds and get my money's worth without complaining about everything. If there comes a time when I no longer see the value in the pass, I stop buying passes and stop going.