This is what happens when you book a Disneyland vacation, including if you book through them at a "good neighbor" hotel.
The busses are not going anywhere. Parents will still be able to get their kids on a bus and will not have to deal with car seats. Same buses, same drivers, same operator just a lot more money.
Disney's ME is the least of their problems. Did you miss the fact that it is expected that the highly profitable business passengers will probably never be returning?
I get the feeling front of resorts are going to start looking like the front of Casinos in Vegas with lines of taxis and ride shares waiting. Getting to and from a Casino in Vegas is one of my least favorite things to do even if getting a rideshare/ taxi/ town car is run very efficient. I cant see Disney replicating that any time soon.
Ubers don’t cost $20 before employee salary or vehicle costs associated with it. Minnievans are much more expensive to run than an Uber.
You still do pay for it. It’s just bundled into the cost of a ticket.
It’s already bundled into resort fees etc.
I think this is what a lot of people saying this is no big deal and won't cause anyone to cancel a trip isn't getting. It might not cause cancelled trips, but there's a big opportunity for a ripple effect here. Just as an example; this is the straw that broke the camel's back for me when it comes to staying onsite. Other than bus service to and from parks I can't think of any benefit that can explain the high cost. If I'm already staying off site, I'll likely just start using Uber to get around (what I save is room costs will likely pay for that, plus it's more reliable) and I'll probably be eating more meals off property too; most likely breakfast and lunch, since those are easy things I could pick up at a grocery without needing a kitchen to eat. When it comes to shopping, I'm more likely to head to an outlet now because even though I love the restaurants in DS the shops either don't appeal to me or are too expensive. It's not necessarily the removal of ME that caused this, more the removal of all the key perks that made it worth staying onsite being removed. And when people aren't staying onsite, spending the entire vacation at Disney is no longer the most convenient option. It's not inconvenient, exactly. But it's just not the no-brainer it used to be.
The transportation one, would add to front line cost. Which would mean more bodies to see you have a ticket which means more CM pay and lesser revenue.
It makes lots of sense. They can't charge you a parking fee if you don't have a car and used the bus, but this way they can charger you every night you are there letting your rental car just gather dust in the parking lot of the resort. My guess is they decided they made more from the parking fees than they would make from insuring you couldn't sneak off and get a reasonable priced meal once in a while.
