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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Prices Up at Disney Theme Parks

Disney announced this week that it would hike ticket prices at theme parks across the country. But Disney’s theme parks made $15 billion in revenue last year. They’re the second biggest money maker for the company, just behind its media properties division, the part of Disney that manages the Disney Channel and ESPN.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 24, 2015 • 1 min read

    Disney announced this week that it would hike ticket prices at theme parks across the country. But Disney’s theme parks made $15 billion in revenue last year. They’re the second biggest money maker for the company, just behind its media properties division, the part of Disney that manages the Disney Channel and ESPN. We take a look at the economics of amusement parks.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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