Disney now charging for overnight parking at WDW resorts

Nascfan wrote:

Bad form Disney. I hate to say they are slowly driving me away but with every cost increase and service chip away, it keeps pushing towards that.

Pretty soon you’ll only be able to go to Disney if you’re Oprah. The cost will be out of reach for the majority of Americans. I wonder how these price increases are affecting international tourists? Don’t they rely heavily on British and Brazilian tourists?

piglet54 wrote:

The last few trips, the parks have been just packed. Never have I witnessed the lines at the quick service restaurants and all attractions with lines. We were lucky to get in to see the Tiki Room last trip. I’m thinking, what is going on? Since they are so popular, I think that they are limiting themselves on purpose because people that will pay and because they can collect it.

That’s true, I think they rest on their laurels and think they can do whatever and people love Disney so much they’ll still beg to have Disney take their money Not true. Yes I still go to Disney, but let me tell you, my visits to Universal Orlando have increased since the introduction of FP+. I got so off at Disney after my 2015 trip, I took a vacation solely to UO the following year, instead of returning to Disney as previously planned. So while I’m still a customer of Disney’s, I’m no longer their exclusive customer. They can’t get so obnoxious to think things won’t ever change. As for the crowds, while that’s also true, I think FP+ has screwed with the wait times considerably. Rides that were notorious walk-ons now see waits higher than Tier 1 attractions

I said this in one of the threads earlier but will state here in the forum as well because I believe it so strongly:

The company that all other companies once looked up to as the Gold Standard for Customer Service is transitioning into the company that willingly sacrifices customer service for a few dollars. They will come out ahead — for now. But this will eventually erode the very things that make them distinctive not only in the theme park industry, but across corporate America. They will eventually become a more expensive version of what you can get at many theme parks around the world, and this will hurt them.

Ferg wrote:

The company that all other companies once looked up to as the Gold Standard for Customer Service is transitioning into the company that willingly sacrifices customer service for a few dollars.

You are so right!!! they are definitely choosing money over customer satisfaction these days, as if they need the money! Wouldn’t you want to uphold your image of being the gold standard for customer service?

So I wonder if this explains it. The new (and hopefully failing) streaming service and ESPN, etc. are now part of the same division as the parks. So they are going to make the parks float and recover the losses of these other components now. https://wdwnt.com/2018/03/breaking-disney-parks-and-resorts-absorbs-consumer-products-in-strategic-company-reorganization/

Disney lost sight of Walt’s vision long ago. This is just another example. They used to pride themselves on being the industry leader and creating new visions and ideas other businesses followed. Now, it looks like they are trying to be like everyone else.

And, yes, they are pricing the majority of Americans out. With increasing ticket and room prices plus added parking costs, we’ll more than likely stay off-property next time we go. We can stay off property as cheap or cheaper than two nights in a Disney resort. Makes more economic sense for us to stay off property.

Too bad Disney. Hmm, maybe they should really think about changing their name since many of their decisions are counter to what Walt would have wanted?

luckily i already booked our June trip but this makes me
what the $22/day to park at the parks isn’t enough? this is what my hubby said about Disney “they keep increasing the costs like this and we will stop going”

I also see nothing about AP