Preferred parking comes to Disney Springs from June 1

[pax_65]

Sigh. If people are willing to pay, I guess I can't fault Disney for holding out their hand.

Still, it makes me sad... for years Disney set themselves apart in the theme park industry by making every guest feel special. These days if you want to feel special, you need to take out your wallet. It makes Disney feel much less unique and more like other theme park experiences.

 

[seascape]

Aren't most of those charges that already exist up the road at Universal. Disney Springs still has thousands of free parking spaces and is building another garage that will offer more free parking. Why shouldn't they offer a paid preferred parking option in these 2 small lots? What is the big deal? Just more people criticizing WDW.

 

[ABQ]

Disneyland has been charging for Downtown Disney parking for a while now. Though you can get in an out in 2 hours for free. And some validations take place from restaurants. Still, that's all parking, no preferred tiers.
So though the concept is new in WDW, it's not new for TWDC.
https://disneyland.disney.go.com/faq/downtown-disney-district/parking-cost/

 

[flynnibus]

Why shouldn't they offer a paid preferred parking option in these 2 small lots? What is the big deal? Just more people criticizing WDW.

When will it be a big deal for you?

 

[LuvtheGoof]

When will it be a big deal for you?

Since a lot of us never drive - and the parking garages are free anyway - then I would say never. Though, never say never, so right now, most of us have no idea when it will be a big deal. This isn't.

 

[pax_65]

Since a lot of us never drive - and the parking garages are free anyway - then I would say never. Though, never say never, so right now, most of us have no idea when it will be a big deal. This isn't.

I'm a DVC member and usually take the bus or boat from my resort, so this isn't a big deal at all. In fact, I won't pay the parking fee on principle so it won't affect me.

But it's just one more thing... one more step in the wrong direction. Another example of how Disney is changing.

 

[21stamps]

I'm a DVC member and usually take the bus or boat from my resort, so this isn't a big deal at all. In fact, I won't pay the parking fee on principle so it won't affect me.

But it's just one more thing... one more step in the wrong direction. Another example of how Disney is changing.

...or is it an example that the world is changing?

I pretty much always say this. They're charging because people will pay. Because it has been proven, at almost all other entertainment venues, that people do pay for convenience.
Can't really find fault in that.

 

[matt9112]

Citywalk and theme park parking are the same there...

Free after 6 now....with Florida ID.

Edit I'm pretty sure they dropped the resident requirement. At 6 all the tolls open and there are no team members.

 

[matt9112]

So if you go to citiwalk just for dinner you will pay to park?

Free after 6 but earlier yes.

 

[LuvtheGoof]

I'm a DVC member and usually take the bus or boat from my resort, so this isn't a big deal at all. In fact, I won't pay the parking fee on principle so it won't affect me.

But it's just one more thing... one more step in the wrong direction. Another example of how Disney is changing.

We are DVC and won't pay as well. Where we disagree is your next statement. You see the glass as half empty apparently, and Disney is doing nothing but cash grabs lately. We see it as half full, and that in this case (and many others), they are simply offering people a choice if they wish to pay. Nothing more, nothing less. There are still the VAST majority of the spaces located in the garages that are free - and many people have come here to state that since public funds were used to build them - and Disney does not technically own them - that there cannot be a parking fee for the garages.

 

[matt9112]

I'm a DVC member and usually take the bus or boat from my resort, so this isn't a big deal at all. In fact, I won't pay the parking fee on principle so it won't affect me.

But it's just one more thing... one more step in the wrong direction. Another example of how Disney is changing.

I could argue DVC in its entire nature has lead us down this path.

So thanks

 

[flynnibus]

Since a lot of us never drive - and the parking garages are free anyway - then I would say never. Though, never say never, so right now, most of us have no idea when it will be a big deal. This isn't.

Defintion: Self-Centered

 

[Kingtut]

We are DVC and won't pay as well. Where we disagree is your next statement. You see the glass as half empty apparently, and Disney is doing nothing but cash grabs lately. We see it as half full, and that in this case (and many others), they are simply offering people a choice if they wish to pay. Nothing more, nothing less. There are still the VAST majority of the spaces located in the garages that are free - and many people have come here to state that since public funds were used to build them - and Disney does not technically own them - that there cannot be a parking fee for the garages.

I don't quite understand the Public Funds means no parking fee equation. Up here in flyover country the publicly owned lots and garages all have fee's. They are built and maintained by a real government entity. I consider Reedy Creek government to be be just a Disney Government since only Disney approved employees can officially live and vote there.

 

[flynnibus]

We see it as half full, and that in this case (and many others), they are simply offering people a choice if they wish to pay. Nothing more, nothing less.

If Disney had added parking for this - your statement would be accurate - but they didn't.
Plus, it's an isolated view that ignores the larger impact of such mindsets that ultimately lead to monetizing so many other things. Which by now, is well underway and if people can't grasp.. we'll they'll never pull their head out.

 

[flynnibus]

I don't quite understand the Public Funds means no parking fee equation

Because it's completely bunkus.

It's based on the line of thought that DISNEY can't charge for them because they don't own them. Another theory that completely ignores the ability of RCID to lease or contract another entity (Disney) to operate them.

Reality is there is nothing people have currently to spell out the impossibility of any path - we only know the RCID built the garages and termed them as needed as a public service.

Publicly owned parking systems charge all the time... they also lease their facilities...

 

[LuvtheGoof]

Defintion: Self-Centered

Not at all. Some things I don't agree with, some I have no problem with - just like everyone else - well - except some that don't like any of it, but that is their problem - not mine.

 

[LuvtheGoof]

If Disney had added parking for this - your statement would be accurate - but they didn't.
Plus, it's an isolated view that ignores the larger impact of such mindsets that ultimately lead to monetizing so many other things. Which by now, is well underway and if people can't grasp.. we'll they'll never pull their head out.

You are the one ignoring the larger picture - not me. Just because Disney is offering choices that cost extra isn't a bad thing in and of itself. I will agree that those choices that cost extra that affect normal guests are bad, and should be done away with.

 

[LuvtheGoof]

I don't quite understand the Public Funds means no parking fee equation. Up here in flyover country the publicly owned lots and garages all have fee's. They are built and maintained by a real government entity. I consider Reedy Creek government to be be just a Disney Government since only Disney approved employees can officially live and vote there.

I wasn't the one that stated this - I was merely passing along what other people had been saying. Yes, RCID can probably charge to park there, and they could probably contract with Disney to do it. The fact that they didn't do it immediately upon opening is telling.

 

[21stamps]

You are the one ignoring the larger picture - not me. Just because Disney is offering choices that cost extra isn't a bad thing in and of itself. I will agree that those choices that cost extra that affect normal guests are bad, and should be done away with.

"Choice" is the part that people always seem to forget.

 

[flynnibus]

Not at all. Some things I don't agree with, some I have no problem with - just like everyone else - well - except some that don't like any of it, but that is their problem - not mine.

Your entire justification was "I don't have to pay it" so its no biggie. It doesn't get much clearer than that.