Last time we were there, we had 5 days riding, we rode Mt Beauty with 4-5 shuttles, Beechworth and did 2 shuttles on the DH track after and each day when we got back from whatever we were doing, a couple of shuttles up Hero. If it was $132 for a 10 shuttle pass, it would still be shit but easier to swallow.
The flexibility of not being tied to a time or session is gold, if we are our doing the tourist thing, get back at 3pm, we want to be heading up Mystic at 3:30pm. Families working on a 2-3 flexible runs a day are the ones losing out here and that is the majority of Brights visitors.
Kids dont chip in shuttle money, the parents pay for the shuttles, bikes, car, fuel ect and 2-3 runs a day is not worth $132 to a family.
If you had 5 bikes and 5 blokes throwing in ~$26 each it may be worth it for a one day pass, but not a flexible 2 runs every day for the duration of a holiday.
Obviously all speculation until the final decision is made but sad to hear it was even put out there in the first place. Nearly hoping its a threat to tourism to get the Bright council to fix the road out of their pocket or throw out some $$$ in the ACC direction.