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News WDW Resorts to add fees for parking
- Thread starter The Visionary Soul
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Until there are fewer of them.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Vaguely...im gettin' old
asianway
Well-Known Member
There wont be. Disney is trying to price out the low spenders and cater to the "whales".
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
It's not hard do delineate dvc cars from non to charge fees...or vice versa...
It's the BAND, silly...
It's the BAND, silly...
Neverland44
Member
I suspected this was coming. When planning I was amazed at the amount of nickle and diming. If you can empty your pockets more, they'll find a way. Eventually emh is going too, unless you pay.
TeriofTerror
Well-Known Member
Boy, they're making those Disney Springs resorts that offer the 60 day FPs look more and more appealing, aren't they?
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
EMH is a goner...that's been determined by a simple common sense assessment for awhile. We just have to wait for them to hatch the egg.
"But they can't!!!!"
...sure they can and you'll line right up - as usual. But don't worry, I'm sure a paid "experience" will take its place.
Infact...I'm starting to hate that word...they're wearing it out these days.
Epcot82Guy
Well-Known Member
13% growth has to happen this year again somehow...
As I've now said several times, these just add on to my personal decision not to renew and swear off WDW for a few years. IT's the principle of major price spikes without much adding to the experience. I will say, I've heard unsolicited response from almost every friend I have who has done Disney this year (most of them fair-weather fans for their kids) that the sticker shock is getting much worse. The sentiment has been pretty clear, "There is just a lot more that money can buy than what Disney offers." And, as a huge life-long fan, I can't say I disagree.
As I've now said several times, these just add on to my personal decision not to renew and swear off WDW for a few years. IT's the principle of major price spikes without much adding to the experience. I will say, I've heard unsolicited response from almost every friend I have who has done Disney this year (most of them fair-weather fans for their kids) that the sticker shock is getting much worse. The sentiment has been pretty clear, "There is just a lot more that money can buy than what Disney offers." And, as a huge life-long fan, I can't say I disagree.
I agree but when the unwashed masses stop showing up the whales will move on to the next hot thing. They have the disposable income to do something new all the time and Disney can be so ..... pedestrian.
I do wonder if somewhere in the Empires evil plan is to move to only park admission for Disney hotel guests. You have to schedule out what you want to do now months in advance ( or at least Disney wants you to) and Disney could just start limiting the number of off-site riff-raff allowed in based on their data. Just a new way to implement phased closings and force you to stay on site while paying for parking. It's a win win win scenario for Disney.
disneygeek90
Well-Known Member
How so? I'm not sure about all the hotels there, but I know the Hilton charges somewhere between $20-30 a night.
Walmart parking update. I popped in to buy my copy of Thor: Ragnarock and parking was still complimentary.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Until they catch wind of the trend and start raising their prices.
Epcot82Guy
Well-Known Member
This is so very key. And, before the flames start, it's not that Disney shouldn't BE greedy. That's the goal of any company, expecially a major public corporation. This issue is in perception. When the perception is that you are greedy, the writing is often on the wall if you aren't something fundamental to life (like cell phones, healthcare, etc.). The perceived VALUE is key (regardless of COST).
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Year???
Are you dense? It's a quarterly world...that stock isn't gonna inflate itself, Figment!
asianway
Well-Known Member
I have no idea where the "whales" are coming from paying $800 a night at the Poly, or paying for club level service with no real concierge. I assume these are people who stay in real hotels in the real world and know what real service is, but they keep coming.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
The problem with iger...and why he should already be gone...is that he is burning through the reputation and longterm value of the name and its brands in an attempt for quarterly returns that only benefit the board and upper management.
That is not responsible public corporation stewardship...and the recipe for the fall of a great one.
This is not a new thing.
I view a rental car as my “hurricane insurance” when traveling during that time of year. I like knowing I can get the hell out of Dodge if Orlando is going to get hit. I will say that I would be disappointed but not surprised. The only behavior I would change is in years where I have a Universal Pass and am on a trip with family and friends who would enjoy a dinner at Ohana I usually book a reservation, that will end if I have to pay for parking.
TeriofTerror
Well-Known Member
But generally have much lower nightly rates than comparable Disney properties.
Epcot82Guy
Well-Known Member
But generally have much lower nightly rates than comparable Disney properties.
This is very, very true. I've often found the B Resort (even with the resort fee) lines up to the AllStars. That's for a room with a view, much nicer accomodations, scheduled park buses and walkability (a fair bit of a hike) to Disney Springs. I often find good rates at the rest of those hotels as well - most of which have now had pretty significant updates in the past few years.