leftymoreno
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pssst.....anybody ever heard of reams road? just a thought:kiss:
Sorry Mah...Corrus! Watch your step, please.
pssst.....anybody ever heard of reams road? just a thought:kiss:
Imagine trying to organize a boycott of Walt Disney World? That'll never happen.
There's a way around paying for parking....stay on property. That's what they want you to do. They'll get their $10 another way...food, souvenirs, etc.
I am an accountant, so I understand the costs of running a business. My issue is not raising prices, it is raising prices for such things as parking.
If they really want me to stay on property, then they should only charge $10 a night for the rooms! As long as the least expensive hotel room on Disney property costs almost three times more than what I can pay for some pretty decent places off property, I won't be staying with the Mouse. To me, a hotel is just a place hold my luggage and drop my head for 8 hours in between Park visits. I'll pay the extra $1 to park the car. $7 for a week certainly beats at least $350 for a hotel (even more if you want to stay at one of the nicer hotels).
They still get their money, anyway. Whatever I save in inflated hotel prices pretty much goes to them in souvenirs. At least I get to take away something from it besides just a memory and the ability to say I stayed at a Disney World hotel.
...I won't be staying with the Mouse. To me, a hotel is just a place hold my luggage and drop my head for 8 hours in between Park visits.
Maybe Rent-a-Box would be an option??? :lol: :lol: :lol:CThaddeus said:At least I get to take away something from it besides just a memory and the ability to say I stayed at a Disney World hotel.
Exactly. And I know I sound like a broken record here with this, but property insurance rates are skyrocketing in this state and WDW is not immune to this, I'm sure. They have to recoup that cost from somewhere and this could partially explain the increase in ticket costs and parking fees.I might understand the argument if the parkinglot were a naturally occuring, perfectly flat slab of granite that Disney did not have to do a thing to except fence off so they could put up a few booths to collect money from. However, Disney does run diesel powered trams from the parking lot to the TTC, they have to pay peoples salaries that are associated with parking, security of the parking lot, and maintanance. Last time I checked, I dont think self repairing, striping, and sealing asphalt/concrete has been invented yet and people still throw stuff on the ground, even at Disney.
I often wonder how many of the same people who complain about paying $9 or $10 to park at Disney for a day, happily pay $25 to park at a concert or sporting event for three hours. :veryconfu
So, when you go on a cruise, do you sleep in an inflatable raft being pulled behind the boat? Just curious.
I again will continue to refuse to pay, and now feel even better about myself. What a despicable vile action on Disney's part. This is the kind of thing that makes it harder and harder to justify to my hard working poor friends why they should ever visit the parks. I'd love to see a day when people just refuse to go en mass to parks and they completely lose their shirts.
reams road ---> behind the MK, around by Grand Floridian, Wedding Pavillion, and Poly--->around by parking lot, then just before the toll booth there is a left hand turn to "return" to the parking lot...
Thanks...
To be honest, It's been a very long time since I paid for parking... :zipit: :zipit: :zipit:
I think the excessive charges for parking not only at WDW, but other parks as weel is the biggest ripoff of all. How a theme park can charge $70.00 for an admission ticket, and then screw you out of $10.00 just to park your car is the height of greed.
Don't get me wrong, I love going to WDW, but at what point do you have to say enough is enough?
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