Let's take a look at the hard realities. As big industrial facilities, desalination plants can't be plunked down just anywhere on the coast without destroying the qualities that attract people to the shoreline. Yet the plants need to be close to customers, with room for pumps, pipelines, inflows and outfalls.
More so than ever, the price hikes seem intended to push visitors into buying multi-day theme park passes. The one-day adult admission to a single Universal Studios park is $92, while a two-day pass runs $125.99 and a three-day ticket is $140.99. In other words, if youâre buying a three-day pass, the second and third days cost a total of $49, or a little over half the price of that first dayâs admission.
The value at Universal, like at most theme parks, lies in its multi-day and annual passes. The online price for two days at both parks is $194.99, or $97.49 per day. For a four-day, park-to-park ticket, the price is $214.99, or just $53.75 per day. The cost of an annual pass for Florida residents starts at $189, with a Preferred Annual Pass with no blackout dates costing $259.