MusicalAstronaut
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- Jul 6, 2017
Exactly. Their prices used to reflect that too but damn. Just emailed them.Disney: Everyone else does it.
Me: You USED to be better than everyone else.
Exactly. Their prices used to reflect that too but damn. Just emailed them.Disney: Everyone else does it.
Me: You USED to be better than everyone else.
Tweet Iger. I did.Still think it has to go higher up the corporate ladder than this. Just like the call centers you will get a scripted email, phoneconversation.
This news makes me sad / angry
The DME will be so much more busy and after a 9+hour flight I do not want to be hanging around for bus.
Coming from the UK a holiday to WDW costs an absolute fortune ( I understand that it costly for everyone ) and with an extra $250 ish for parking it's disgraceful! This will definitely make us stay offsite in future. We already have a trip booked for October so hoping we won't be charged and then take our business elsewhere in the future.
*waves bye bye to my "free" $200 gift card*
Just got off the phone with someone I had been working with at Diney Guest Services in regards to an issue we had on the last trip. Her response was that this is a standard in the industry, that they have been charging for parking at their resorts in California and Hawaii for some time, and that other resorts around them charge for parking so this is not a new concept. I expressed my disappointment with their new policy and told them our vacation dollars would be spent elsewhere and she said our comments would be noted. So in other words what I get is, we are doing it and we don't care.
She did confirm that reservations made before the start date of the fee will not be charged for parking.
It doesn't do any good to flood the shareholder site as they are just the middleman. I'm a shareholder and I'm not happy about the charge either. And I'm really upset that handicapped don't have to pay too. They are also driving in and parking. I see this will be another area of abuse just like the so-called dog pet policy that was implemented.The person you spoke with is not the one that made that decision, thats just like shooting the messenger. Flood twitter, the corporate emails, shareholders, flood them with the complaints. Not the poor people that have to get all of the grief and anger becvause of the top brass's decision.
Yep I agree. We have had pages and pages of threads about people saying they are done because of room checks. Now this... I may be able to stay anywhere whenever I want with a pretty good discount .Well with all of you saying your done, hopefully that means more empty rooms, which means free dining discounts to fill them!
Yea, but we already pay way more for the room that it costs at comparable hotel/motels
See your state's disabled parking placard rules, but generally they're for mobility disabilities.
Did you remind the CM that Disney also charges way more than other places with comparable rooms?Just got off the phone with someone I had been working with at Diney Guest Services in regards to an issue we had on the last trip. Her response was that this is a standard in the industry, that they have been charging for parking at their resorts in California and Hawaii for some time, and that other resorts around them charge for parking so this is not a new concept. I expressed my disappointment with their new policy and told them our vacation dollars would be spent elsewhere and she said our comments would be noted. So in other words what I get is, we are doing it and we don't care.
She did confirm that reservations made before the start date of the fee will not be charged for parking.
Still think it has to go higher up the corporate ladder than this. Just like the call centers you will get a scripted email, phoneconversation.
I was thinking more along the lines of the fact that not every disability may be a physical one. I have some experience with PTSD and for a long while, crowded public transportation upset me to the point of severe panic attacks (although I was not on any Disney trip during this time period). Would someone not consider that person as having a disability of some sort? I hope I am not being offensive here, that is not my intent, but more that a lot of people experience what are considered disabilities that aren't physical ones and don't warrant a disabled placard. I guess what I'm saying is, it can be a murky line to decide who is disabled enough to have the fee waived, and who isn't. I don't mean to delve into driving this off topic but I think it could be a point of contention. Maybe I am overthinking it, but I think it's not going to end well with Disney being the arbiter of who is "disabled enough."
And what they don't seem to comprehend is that people LIKE that fees like that are hidden. People use those "extra" (or "obviously charged") fees as *negatives* for going over to Universal, or staying at the swolphin, etc. They liked that Disney cruises let you bring your booze on; it was a *selling point*. When they do this, it diminishes the specialness of Disney in their eyes.
Obviously they don't care what we THINK of them as long as we (or someone new if "we" leave) keep paying them. But they should.
The more I think about it the less sense it makes. I mean, at this point, would anyone notice if they raised resort rates by $25 a night?? Id just roll my eyes, make a joke about selling organs for my trip and move on. But to take something that's been free for a million years and charge? The optics are terrible.
At what point does enough become enough and you say no more disney? I am right on the precipice now.
Doesn’t matter someone will just replace them. They will still get their money.
We stayed offsite a couple of times last year. If we have to pay to park, saving money on the room and using the parking money to pay for the rental car makes staying offsite look a lot more appealing.
I'm kind of surprised that they didn't make free resort parking park of the AP perks.
Just wondering because I have no idea. Don’t you have to pay to park at the parks if not staying on property?
The person you spoke with is not the one that made that decision, thats just like shooting the messenger. Flood twitter, the corporate emails, shareholders, flood them with the complaints. Not the poor people that have to get all of the grief and anger becvause of the top brass's decision.
Sure did.Did you remind the CM that Disney also charges way more than other places with comparable rooms?