| # | Author | Message |
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| GMouse
Wed 11/18/2009 12:51p | I've been going to Disney World for the past 15 years. A friend recently asked me about special preferred parking called "AAA Diamond Preferred Parking" at WDW. I've never known WDW to have preferred parking.
People are selling these passes on Ebay. Is this real, did I just over look it all these years? If so, can you give me any info about it? |
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| trekkeruss
Wed 11/18/2009 1:01p | The AAA parking is real, and the passes are real; they're given out when booking select vacation packages through the club. |
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| Daannzzz
Wed 11/18/2009 3:26p | We used it a couple weeks ago. We arrived at the MK at 4:00 for the Halloween party and got sent to a nice spot right close to the TTC. |
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| Disneymom443
Thu 11/19/2009 6:20a | I've seen them for sale on e-bay lots of times. |
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| GMouse
Thu 11/19/2009 10:41a | Thanks for confirming. |
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| FerretAfros
Thu 11/19/2009 10:59a | I'm not sure how I feel about this. If they are forcing people to pay $14 to park for a day, I don't think that they should have to park any further away than nessecary. With the reserved spots up front, that pushes everybody else further away.
I visited Six Flags Great America just outside Chicago this summer, and they had a similar parking routine. You can pay $15 for general parking, or $25 for preferred. For general parking, you get the privelage of parking out in the boonies, with no tram service. For the preferred parking, you got to park in the front half of the parking lot, also with no trams. It just seemed like a really tacky way to make money off of people coming to the park.
I'm really concerned that this is going to start at Disney parks too. I know that right now they're being a little more subtle about it, but it's another one of those little things that just detracts from the overall experience. I know that they have deals worked out with AAA, but they don't have to put their other customers at a disadvantage because of it. How difficult would it be for them to just give free parking? I doubt that most people would mind parking with everybody else, especially if they got it for free.
I realize that it seems like a small thing, but it's just one of those little things that adds up over time to leave a really bad taste in your mouth. |
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| Goofyernmost
Thu 11/19/2009 11:50a | Don't let those reserved spots fool you. For example, at MK the handicap parking area is a gazillion miles away from the entrance. It is much less walking to park in the regular spot and take the tram in even if it is at the end of the line. Sometimes what appears to be good really is just smoke and mirrors. |
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| dizneed
Thu 11/19/2009 1:40p | This AAA Diamond "preferred Parking" has been offered for at least 2 years, but there are black out dates. Diamond parking at EPCOT ends up being quite close to the entrance, where as with the MK, AK, & DHS it's questionable whether it's worth it with the trams taking you right to the entrance. It also gave us a 10% discount at World of Disney in July. |
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| Goofyernmost
Thu 11/19/2009 3:33p | True but most of the parking places at Epcot are fairly close to the entrance anyway. I don't ever remember taking a tram to the entrance in all the years I have been going there. |
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| vbdad55
Thu 11/19/2009 9:16p | I visited Six Flags Great America just outside Chicago this summer, and they had a similar parking routine. You can pay $15 for general parking, or $25 for preferred. For general parking, you get the privelage of parking out in the boonies, with no tram service. For the preferred parking, you got to park in the front half of the parking lot, also with no trams. It just seemed like a really tacky way to make money off of people coming to the park
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this is why I keep telling people the prices don't shock me @ WDW for most anything- because here in Chicagoland - prices are so much worse for everything |
