The_Jobu
Well-Known Member
Which of these would be most likely to actually generate a reply?
-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
News WDW Resorts to add fees for parking
- Thread starter The Visionary Soul
- Start date
Which of these would be most likely to actually generate a reply?
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
What's funny is that they seem to
Be alienating the one/ few timers they covet...not old dvc curmudgeons like me...
We are going for break this year...just have ZERO expectations to get anything done. We may not leave DAKL some days...
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
The_Jobu
Well-Known Member
HEYO!
FigmentForver96
Well-Known Member
I was contacted back by the office of George K. once and had an hour phone call with a very nice lady. Actually very refreshing. Not that I think anything would change but you know
You can stay in the parks
The_Jobu
Well-Known Member
You can stay in the parks
They warned me that the Cinderella suite was expensive, but they never said anything about parking fees!
It’s a money grab, but that’s what public companies do when they can. The shareholders kind of demand it. Oh I so wish that Walt Disney World was a private company where all the business practices of a public company are gone. As long as guests are still willing to spend, the company will find ways to capture the money.
DisneyDad79
New Member
I will be in Disney again this year for 7 Days with my wife and two boys. I started staying off-site last year to save some extra money to spend on extra dinners and stuff for the boys in the parks. We are staying off-site again this year but were talking about going back again when starwars opened up and staying on-site. This news will keep me off-site. We always stay at Moderates and at $19/night that is $266.00 for a two week vacation which we do. Granted it is vacation and things cost money but If I can stay off-site "in disney springs" for 1/2 the cost of a disney hotel, I will; even if a little hotel magic gets lost. vacations cost money but it become aggravating when they hit you at all angles.
Oh and thanks for all the work on this site. Big time reader first time poster..
Oh and thanks for all the work on this site. Big time reader first time poster..
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
My local (Bergen County, NJ) newspaper even picking up on this...
FWIW, there is rarely any Disney related news in that paper.
CaptainAmerica
Well-Known Member
I have way more fun at WDW than Europe.
CaptainAmerica
Well-Known Member
Except that crowds are surging. You can complain about big crowds or you can complain about high prices but you can't complain about both. The solution to crowds is higher prices.
What I don't get is why the "parking fee"? They had to know this was going to set off a firestorm. Interesting they chose this battle to fight.
They could have implemented the "resort fee" for a slightly higher price and had that fee include the parking. Still would have created the firestorm, but it would've given them a little more room to operate. They could rationalize the fee, by including a type of Chinese menu, where as part of the fee, you could pick from things like an additional fast pass per day, maybe a 10% off voucher for a table or quick serve location or shopping, photo pass credits, etc. Yes, these things would be phased out over a short period of time, but it would make the transition a bit easier for them.
But they chose to implement the "parking fee" and fight this battle now - and all hell is breaking loose. When they do get around to the "resort fee" it will break loose again. Seems like poor vision on Disney's part regarding its guests. Or maybe it is - they just don't care.
They could have implemented the "resort fee" for a slightly higher price and had that fee include the parking. Still would have created the firestorm, but it would've given them a little more room to operate. They could rationalize the fee, by including a type of Chinese menu, where as part of the fee, you could pick from things like an additional fast pass per day, maybe a 10% off voucher for a table or quick serve location or shopping, photo pass credits, etc. Yes, these things would be phased out over a short period of time, but it would make the transition a bit easier for them.
But they chose to implement the "parking fee" and fight this battle now - and all hell is breaking loose. When they do get around to the "resort fee" it will break loose again. Seems like poor vision on Disney's part regarding its guests. Or maybe it is - they just don't care.
CaptainAmerica
Well-Known Member
Or, like I and others have pointed out, it's not just about the fee. Disney is trying to change behavior. They want to dissuade people from driving and get everyone captive on property. There's no reason for a targeted fee when a universal fee will do unless you're targeting a specific group for a specific reason.
It's the mathematical equivalent of raising prices across the board and then giving a discount to people for using Magical Express.
DryerLintFan
Premium Member
Comparing the negative PR of adding parking fees with cruelly forcing wild sea creatures to live in confined spaces where they are forced to do tricks and be on display is silly. This negative PR will blow over and people will forget they ever lived in a world without parking fees at Disney World.
CaptainAmerica
Well-Known Member
Magical Express is not a service, it's a marketing expense. Disney is closer to paying you to use it than they are charging you for it.
Honestly, have people never put five minutes of though into where WDW's profit comes from?
But they're not. I'm local. Well, as in about an hour and a half from the parks. There are many locals. And many people within a few hours of the park. We're going to drive. We'll figure out how to deal with the fee. Whether just accepting the increase or cutting down on the duration of the trip. But we're not riding buses, boats, or Minnie-vans. If Disney wants to outlaw cars...well...we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
threvester
Well-Known Member
So far.._also remember each gate click is not a unique person..Some locals might equal 50 clicks eachFor almost any other business...I'd agree...
Disney has a paychological X Factor that is hard to scale/quantify...
Besides...at 26 to 1 we're still only up to about 2.5 mil