Posted on 03/18/2018 11:33:42 AM PDT by Simon Green
The new nightly fees could really add up.
Gather all the pixie dust you can, because Walt Disney World hotels will soon begin charging guests for overnight parking. Pricing, which varies based on Walt Disney World Resort’s three hotel categories, will begin with reservations starting March 21, 2018.
Overnight self-parking at value resorts, including Disney’s Art of Animation, Disney’s Pop Century, and All-Star resort hotels will cost $13. Moderate hotels like Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort and Disney’s Port Orleans will charge $19 each night, and both Disney Deluxe and Deluxe Villas, which includes Disney’s Contemporary, Grand Floridian, and Polynesian Resorts among others, will charge $24 for standard self-parking. (Valet parking, available at select resorts, will increase from $25 to $33 nightly.)
Disney hotel guests will continue to park for free at Walt Disney World theme parks, and guests visiting Disney hotels — either to walk around Disney’s Boardwalk, dine at California Grill, or see the savannah at Animal Kingdom Lodge — will not be charged at all.
The change is intended to align Walt Disney World resort hotels with other full-service hotels in the industry and other domestic resort practices, according to a Disney spokesperson. Over on the west coast, Disneyland hotels charge $20 for self-parking and $30 for valet each night, with flat rates applying to day guests as well, but it’s visually justified. The Anaheim-based theme park is famously tight on space whereas Walt Disney World, which is spread across over 40 square miles, has more room.
Though surrounding hotels not operated by Disney often tend to charge for self-parking, the swift change is surprising, adding as much as $168 to a family’s week-long Disney World vacation. Families visiting Disney World, particularly those with younger children, often opt to have a car during their vacation and drive to the theme parks for comfort and ease, regardless of if they arrived by plane. Disney bus transportation can be convenient but often time consuming, and with only collapsible strollers being allowed on the vehicle, can be challenging for larger groups.
There is one kind of traveler who won’t have to pay for parking anywhere at Walt Disney World: Disney Vacation Club members. Participants in the timeshare-style program will receive complimentary overnight parking while staying at DVC Deluxe Villas — which include luxurious apartment-style rooms — or when paying with points to stay at any Walt Disney World hotel.
Walt Disney World has been dedicated to finding alternative revenue streams in the past few years, but many come in the form of optional vacation add-ons, like Early Morning Magic breakfasts or Disney After Hours events, and don’t affect regular guests. Beyond annual increases to theme park admission and Disney World parking, there have been few upcharges affecting visitors across the board until now.
Whatever the market will bear.....
The days of me being enchanted by Disney are long gone.
Why doesn’t Disney just ask for your bank account and routing number and transfer it all instead of doing so in a million bites? The end result is the same.
Nobody is forced to go to Disney World, but for the life of me, I cannot fathom why anyone would.
It was great before the moral degenerates took it over.
Wow! Boy did we just barely miss that bullet!
Of course, we only rented a car 1 to 2 days of a week, and that was because we had to drive out to visit my friend in St. Aug.
The mass transit is pretty worth it.
Of course, sometimes it’s a LONG walk to your bus.
After the politics by the Gov and Leg in fla, my twice yearly vacations to what was once a great state are done. Now ranks with California. Bye, Mickey.
Free parking is part of what made America Great.
Pay parking is a Communist Plot.
Those with the common sense to travel elsewhere?
They have to makeup for ESPN....Disney is going the way of the NFL..
Deplorables will quit going to Disney World...to dam expensive..
Whoa whoa whoa...what’s this?
“Disney hotel guests will continue to park for free at Walt Disney World theme parks, and guests visiting Disney hotels — either to walk around Disney’s Boardwalk, dine at California Grill, or see the savannah at Animal Kingdom Lodge — will not be charged at all.”
This is a bad sentence. But do I understand it to mean “Disney hotel guests visiting Disney parks will not be charged”? If so, it’s mostly moot. Although I don’t know how they tell - do they charge after the fact, as when we parked there to go to St. Aug the next day and then SeaWorld after that? I.e., we didn’t get pinged as going to a park?
The real Disney World, because it’s legendary, it’s more child-like (thanks to old Walt), and it STILL has incredible logistics with handling crowds.
But yeah, I don’t like the PC things happening the last 20+ years with their movies as well as anything else.
Supply and demand. There is more demand then supply. So Disney keeps raises fees until there is a balance.
It is a win win for Disney.
I never was much enchanted by them although they sounded interesting. Well,I’ve never been to one & I sure won’t be going now. That’s the ultimate cheapskate move I ever heard of. What’s worrisome here is that maybe other hotels will also start doing this. If they are trying to price themselves out of business,they are off to a roaring start.
I've been to 5 of the 6 Disney Parks around the world (all except Shanghai), and go to Disney World every few years. I can't wait for the new Star Wars land to open next year.
The change is intended to align Walt Disney World resort hotels with other full-service hotels in the industry and other domestic resort practices, according to a Disney spokesperson.
Disney doesn’t have to align anything. The INTENTION is to make more money. Let’s cut the word games.
Will they charge “per flush” for the toilets and estimate how much air you breathed?
They better give us free parking Monday, going to the restaurant to meet friends.
The las straw for me was when Micky Mouse started humping Goofys leg
Can’t blame them...if suckers keep coming back for more, so be it - they want to be shafted.
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