Just when you thought there was no more money to be made in the parking lots

FigmentFreak

FigmentFreak

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ptaylor said:
We've had parking price increases, premium parking, massively overpriced EV charging, and now Disney has found a new way to make money in the parking lots.

What's next, PhotoPass in the parking lot?

And yes, the poor CM's are holding menus and showing them to the passers buy.

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For the 2017 Food and Wine Festival booths will now start in the parking lot.
Wonder what nationality food / drink would be a good thematic match for the parking lot?
 
Communicore

Communicore

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FigmentFreak said:
For the 2017 Food and Wine Festival booths will now start in the parking lot.
Wonder what nationality food / drink would be a good thematic match for the parking lot?
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They should have F&W - the parking lot version. For just the price of parking, you can have a F&W experience without park admission! Also, if one takes the bus or monorail, then it is a free entrance! No booths here, just golf carts.
 
Brad Bishop

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MansionButler84 said:
Because it looks hideous?

I'll put it this way. I would expect more from Six Flags. I would expect more from the state fair. This looks like something I might expect from a LOCAL, COUNTRY FAIR.

But it's at Walt Disney World. If you can't do it right and make it look nice, don't to it at all. I don't think any rational person would suggest selling soda in a 95-degree parking lot is unreasonable. But do it with class.
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I'm pretty amazed at how accepting people are of literally anything WDW does. Disney could run 1970s rusted-out pickups around the parking lot offering $100 premium trips from your car to the TTC and people would just excuse it with, "Well, it's not something I have to pay for so I really don't have a problem with it."

This, plus all of the other nonsense recently, is why I've stopped going. Cue the, "..just means less lines for me!"-guy.

I have a Six Flags in my city. I can just stay here.
 
BrerJon

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BubbaQuest said:
Someone please tell me this is a joke!!! What next? Guys holding up post-concert t-shirts -- $10!

I mean I guess this is a step up from just selling bottled water out of your backpack, but seriously Disney? The person selling tamales at my local transit mall has a better setup than this.
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Hey, they pay Imagineers big bucks to come up with this stuff so don't knock it!
 
BrerJon

BrerJon

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Brad Bishop said:
I'm pretty amazed at how accepting people are of literally anything WDW does. Disney could run 1970s rusted-out pickups around the parking lot offering $100 premium trips from your car to the TTC and people would just excuse it with, "Well, it's not something I have to pay for so I really don't have a problem with it."
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It can't be long before they lay on expensive VIP trams you have to pay for to take you back to your car and avoid the unwashed. You'll probably be able to reserve one as you leave the park via MyMagic on your smartphone, Uber style.
 
LuvtheGoof

LuvtheGoof

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BrerJon said:
It can't be long before they lay on expensive VIP trams you have to pay for to take you back to your car and avoid the unwashed. You'll probably be able to reserve one as you leave the park via MyMagic on your smartphone, Uber style.
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If we can avoid the rabble, why not? :cautious:
 
Virtual Toad

Virtual Toad

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Why on earth do they need this when there's already a &^%$# coffee/pasty/snack/whatever stand right next to the monorail station as you exit the park? This screams last-minute cash grab. And it shouts tacky from the highest rooftops. Let's try to separate every last penny from the guests before they make it out of the parking lot at the end of the day, cause geez, we're Disney and our customers are idiots.

And yes, for the record, count me in as one of the complainers. For what WDW now charges for its product, we should be seeing an improved, classier, world-class experience. Not the equivalent of a youth-sports-league concession stand on wheels in the parking lot. Partner this with $35 "premium parking" and $650 shanty towns in Tomorrowland and it's a trend that's as disturbing as it is senseless as it is pathetically low-brow. Sigh.
 
Andrew C

Andrew C

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Virtual Toad said:
Why on earth do they need this when there's already a &^%$# coffee/pasty/snack/whatever stand right next to the monorail station as you exit the park? This screams last-minute cash grab. And it shouts tacky from the highest rooftops. Let's try to separate every last penny from the guests before they make it out of the parking lot at the end of the day, cause geez, we're Disney and our customers are idiots.

And yes, for the record, count me in as one of the complainers. For what WDW now charges for its product, we should be seeing an improved, classier, world-class experience. Not the equivalent of a youth-sports-league concession stand on wheels in the parking lot. Partner this with $35 "premium parking" and $650 shanty towns in Tomorrowland and it's a trend that's as disturbing as it is senseless as it is pathetically low-brow. Sigh.
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sometimes I get thirsty in a parking lot...just saying...

anyways...before you have a complete meltdown, why not wait until more information comes out to see what the deal is here?
 
danlb_2000

danlb_2000

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Brad Bishop said:
I'm pretty amazed at how accepting people are of literally anything WDW does. Disney could run 1970s rusted-out pickups around the parking lot offering $100 premium trips from your car to the TTC and people would just excuse it with, "Well, it's not something I have to pay for so I really don't have a problem with it."

This, plus all of the other nonsense recently, is why I've stopped going. Cue the, "..just means less lines for me!"-guy.

I have a Six Flags in my city. I can just stay here.
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As long as it's not an actual 1970s rusted-out pickup but one themed to look exactly like a 1970s rusted-out pickup.
 

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