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Old 30 Mar 14, 06:55 PM  
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12156 parking spaces in The Magic Kingdom.

$17 a day

Assuming they fill only half the spaces every day of the year...thats $37,713,990 a year. OVER 37 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR! For 1 park. And thats being generous, it will probably average out more than that over the year.

Whether we like it or not..thats profiteering!
Make sure you also include costs when you try and calculate that sort of thing.

Onsite visitors park for free.

I'm not sure the car parks average half full over the year. They are built to accommodate peak times and are frequently relatively empty.

Nobody is forced to visit WDW - or to park there.
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Originally Posted by Daza View Post
12156 parking spaces in The Magic Kingdom.

$17 a day

Assuming they fill only half the spaces every day of the year...thats $37,713,990 a year. OVER 37 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR! For 1 park. And thats being generous, it will probably average out more than that over the year.

Whether we like it or not..thats profiteering!
Customers have two choices when it comes to any business. Pay the price for the goods, or go elsewhere.

And with regards to making a profit? Thank goodness they do - more investment, more jobs, more taxes paid.
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Old 30 Mar 14, 07:09 PM  
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Nobody is forced to visit WDW... or park there. But we do, and we are ripped off whether we like it or not.
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Old 30 Mar 14, 07:11 PM  
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Sorry to change subject slightly but it was mentioned that you can get SeaWorld/Aquatica parking at a lower rate? Where do you find that info? Been on both sites and still not sure?
It was mentioned in a post on this thread. Unfortunately, incorrect info. There is parking package that you can buy which allows unlimited parking for 14 days at SW/AQ/BG but you have to have bought tickets to Discovery Cove, which can be the swim or non-swim ticket. If you decide to go to DC, and want the parking package, you will need proof which will be your invoice ref number. We did this last year and saved a fortune as we love SW and went several times.
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Old 30 Mar 14, 07:15 PM  
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12156 parking spaces in The Magic Kingdom.

$17 a day

Assuming they fill only half the spaces every day of the year...thats $37,713,990 a year. OVER 37 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR! For 1 park. And thats being generous, it will probably average out more than that over the year.

Whether we like it or not..thats profiteering!
May surprise you to know that it costs around $30 million a day to run Magic Kingdom. I once read that every 350 adult visitors pay for one firework show.
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Nobody is forced to visit WDW... or park there. But we do, and we are ripped off whether we like it or not.
Stay on-site, buy an annual pass, take hotel transportation to the parks - there are ways not to pay (at a cost - the irony is intentional). No one is pointing a gun to peoples heads.
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Old 30 Mar 14, 07:30 PM  
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We went to see a movie in Dublin city yesterday, pre paid tickets so the car was 3 hours or less in the car park - 10 euro or nearly 14 usd. It's not that I would prefer not to pay it, but that's how much parking costs!

I also don't find the food in Disney that expensive. When you convert to euro, the price is pretty much comparable to here
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Old 30 Mar 14, 08:18 PM  
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Even if you go to a disney park every days of your 14 day holiday, you'll be paying what? An extra £15 or something like that?

Its not exactly a huge amount.

If you spend all day then your paying something like £1 per hour for parking, again not exactly a rip off, is it?

We probably spend about $120 on parking over a two week holiday. Not even $10 per day. Its really not much in the grand scheeme of things.
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At least all this takes the heat out of all those fastpass plus threads!
Geoffa,you took the words right out of my mouth!
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£7.50 for 3 hours at Westfield Is what I call extortionate
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