Resort Parking Fees to be enforced

To be fair, employees don't always give correct information. For example, just today I had to deal with the fallout from several fellow employees who gave wildly incorrect info to a customer. It was wrong information that completely contradicted written policy (policy that I KNOW these employees had been trained on). No idea why they would just go rogue.

On the other hand, the customer couldn't be blamed for following what they were told. How were they to know the employees were wrong?

The upshot of it is, the NEXT time that customer comes in and attempts to do the same thing, thinking "no worries...they told me it was all good", I'M the one that will have to deal with the shock and potential angry tantrum when I inform the customer that NOPE. They may NOT do that. And frankly, i don't care how much they protest...I follow policy.

So, in summation, don't expect to be able to park at a resort that isn't yours and head to the parks just because you lucked into some clueless or lazy or pixie-dust sprinkling or discretion-stretching CM's and did it last time. You now know what the written policy is. Be prepared.

This is why I always explained to guests when working at Fantasy Faire MK that the only name we were allowed to sew on the hats were their legal name. No nicknames because that becomes a slippery slope. People would come to us upset because they had been told something else by a cast member.
 
I agree, if the real issue is people parking who don't belong there, charging a fee won't resolve that. Why not just increase the room price and do aware with extra 'fees'? Last time we were in LasVegas noticed all major casinos now charge daily parking fees (about $20..used to be free) and added a daily $40 'resort fee', so even if you think your room is being comped, you still pay $60 in extra fees that didn't use to exist.

The OP's article being quoted is from another disney 'related' website. I often find those type of sites are posting opinions and not really official disney information. If people want to use resort parking to go to a park, that is the issue to resolve. I agree as mentioned above, the magic band seems like a more effective way to do this.

I don't want to pay for parking if I don't have a car. I am glad the parking fee is charged separately and only to those who bring cars.
 
Has this always been an issue, the turning away from the lots people without an ADR? I don’t think that’s ever happened to us but now I’m worrying a little. We’re staying at the Poly, booked before the parking fees. We might want to visit resorts to see some Christmas decorations. We’ll monorail to CR and GF. But I’m thinking WL? And my sister and her family are staying at CSR. What if we want to drive there to have QS lunch with them or vice versa?

I don't think you'd have a problem at CSR. There's plenty of parking there and it's not convenient enough to any park for that to be an issue.
 
Hotel parking fees and theme park parking fees are two distinct things.

This is very true. With that said, am I the only one very frustrated over the fact Disney has now pretty much taken away yet another perk of staying on site? By now having to pay to park at the resort, they have negated the "park free at the parks" perk. Yes, I know you still don't have to pay to park at the parks, but paying to park at the resort just equaled that out.

I travel a lot for work and am very used to hotel\resort\parking fees. The difference with these hotels, they are just that, stand alone hotels, not necessarily "resorts". With Disney it used to be an all inclusive trip. I didn't have to worry about those extras once I got there. The nickel and diming is becoming insane and this parking fee thing is nothing more than a massive money grab by an overly greedy company.
 


I don't want to pay for parking if I don't have a car. I am glad the parking fee is charged separately and only to those who bring cars.

Those of us with no choice but to drive if we visit at all don't want to subsidize ME either. We are having to pay twice now, and we are paying for something we can't use. If they are going to keep the parking fee, they need to unbundle ME and charge a fee for that as well. After all, it's the industry standard to have paid shuttles to the airport . . .
 


Those of us with no choice but to drive if we visit at all don't want to subsidize ME either. We are having to pay twice now, and we are paying for something we can't use. If they are going to keep the parking fee, they need to unbundle ME and charge a fee for that as well. After all, it's the industry standard to have paid shuttles to the airport . . .

Couldn't agree more with this!
 
If guests who drive their own vehicle or rent a vehicle at the airport subsidize Magical Express, guests who use ME should be willing to subsidize guests who drive. It's all built into the resort stay. Or, ME riders need to prepare to pay for ME in the near future.
 
We fly in and stay at POFQ and use Disney Transportation - Last time we were on the bus to a park and started chatting with another couple. They drove in from a surrounding town, parked at FQ and used already overcrowded Disney bus to go to a park so they don't have to pay to park at the park. They also bragged that they often used the pools at the resorts. I don't know how they do it, but it explains why WDW wants to institute parking fees.

I know of a few people who do the same thing. It bothers me so much, I'm not against staying off property, My family stays off property once in a while too, but it really isn't fair to the other families who are paying all this money to stay on property.

It wouldn't shock me though if they started charging off property guests to start parking at their hotels, like if they wanted to eat at their restaurants, shop, etc.


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I don't want to pay for parking if I don't have a car. I am glad the parking fee is charged separately and only to those who bring cars.

Disney has floated the plan to charge for DME, so do not be surprised if the parking fee folks make enough noise that Disney decides to "be fair" and stop subsidizing DME with costs incurred by those who do not utilize it. I think one of the most insidious ways that companies have to increase rates is to acquiesce to the folks who complain that they are absorbing costs for something they do not use themselves. Pretty soon amenities are charged for to make guests happy.
 
We have stayed onsite and offsite. If Disney does not want offsite guests to eat in the hotel restaurants or shop there so be it. But, I've always said if we want to go to ESPN or Big River at the Boardwalk then simply ask guests to get a receipt from the bar or restaurant. Personally, when we stay offsite we frequent many of the WDW restaurants. One night (before we knew about this ADR thing) we went to Captain's Grill. There were 4 couples eating dinner at 5:45. The hostess made us go to the front desk and give them a credit card for an ADR before we could eat there at 6pm. The crowd did not increase but we are still confused as to why we had to do this. Honestly, it's easier to eat offsite especially since we always have a car.
 
Posted this on another thread, but figured I'd post it here as well, since there is incorrect information being posted here. I emailed Disney for their policy on parking at other resorts other then the one you're staying at to visit theme parks, and here is their response....

Pipper Chambers (Disney)

Nov 5, 12:58 PM EST

Dear Xxxx,

Thank you for contacting the Walt Disney World® Resort.

The daily parking fees and information at the Walt Disney World® Resort Hotels and Theme Parks, can be found at our website: Parking Fees.

You are welcome to park your vehicle at your resort and use our complimentary transportation to get around the property.
Parking fees applied as a resort guest, allow you to park only at your resort and at the Theme and Water Parks. Guests can only park at a different resort, if they are a guest at that resort or if they are have dining reservations at that resort.

Guests staying at one of our Resorts receive complimentary parking at our Theme Parks for the length of their stay.

If you have any other questions or challenges, please do not hesitate to contact us by calling us at 407-W-DISNEY (407-934-7639) or by chatting with us in the Help Center of the Walt Disney World® website. Cast Members will be happy to assist you further.

Sincerely,
Pipper Chambers
eCommerce Sales and Service Team

PLEASE NOTE: All information is subject to change without notice and should be confirmed just prior to your visit.
 
Posted this on another thread, but figured I'd post it here as well, since there is incorrect information being posted here. I emailed Disney for their policy on parking at other resorts other then the one you're staying at to visit theme parks, and here is their response....

Pipper Chambers (Disney)

Nov 5, 12:58 PM EST

Dear Xxxx,

Thank you for contacting the Walt Disney World® Resort.

The daily parking fees and information at the Walt Disney World® Resort Hotels and Theme Parks, can be found at our website: Parking Fees.

You are welcome to park your vehicle at your resort and use our complimentary transportation to get around the property.
Parking fees applied as a resort guest, allow you to park only at your resort and at the Theme and Water Parks. Guests can only park at a different resort, if they are a guest at that resort or if they are have dining reservations at that resort.

Guests staying at one of our Resorts receive complimentary parking at our Theme Parks for the length of their stay.

If you have any other questions or challenges, please do not hesitate to contact us by calling us at 407-W-DISNEY (407-934-7639) or by chatting with us in the Help Center of the Walt Disney World® website. Cast Members will be happy to assist you further.

Sincerely,
Pipper Chambers
eCommerce Sales and Service Team

PLEASE NOTE: All information is subject to change without notice and should be confirmed just prior to your visit.

Wow, if you havd any concerns it challenges, contact us. Is this who you email when MDE lets you down?
 
Does anyone remember what the actual booking cut off date was to be exempt from the new the resort parking fee? For some reason I am thinking March 21st 2018?
I know I booked before that......I am bringing my original emailed confirmation receipt with me just in case.

Random details: Not sure if everyone already knows this, but the date of the reservation is encoded right into the Disney reservation number. The first two digits are the year (1971 = 01, 1972 = 02, 2017 = 47, 2018 = 48) and the next three digits are the day of the year. (1/1 = 001, 12/31 = 365 most of the time, . . . ) So if the first five digits of the reservation number are 48079 or less, that's the magic set of numbers and some interesting facts about what makes up part of a reservation number fun!

Dave
 
Those of us with no choice but to drive if we visit at all don't want to subsidize ME either. We are having to pay twice now, and we are paying for something we can't use. If they are going to keep the parking fee, they need to unbundle ME and charge a fee for that as well. After all, it's the industry standard to have paid shuttles to the airport . . .

Magical Express is going to have trouble charging that much though. Most people would switch to Uber or Lyft.
 

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