Free park parking with AAA or DC?

[cottontail]

Hello: If you are not staying at a wdw hotel, does AAA or DC give you free parking in any of the parks?

Deb.

[Belle1962]

Disney Club by itself does not give you free parking--what gives you free parking is staying at a WDW resort.

I THINK, and someone may know better, you get the AAA pass when you book your entire package thru them (not just buy passes). Your AAA card alone will not get free parking.

Annual pass holders do get free parking regardless of where they are staying.

[jfulcer]

If you book your entire package with them, you get a 'diamond' parking card, which, in addition to free parking, allows you to park in the diamond lot. Most of the times the diamond lot is spitting distance from the park.

I've heard this second hand, your experience may vary.

[cottontail]

Okay thanks folks. The helpful people on dis are the reason that I love this site so much. Bye,

Deb.:pinkbounc

[NancyIL]

I got the AAA Diamond Parking Pass when I purchased WDW tickets at my AAA office. It is for a reserved parking area at the parks only - not free parking!

[Werner Weiss]

Our experience with the AAA Diamond parking card (not the AAA membership card):
Epcot -- Special, marked parking AAA Diamond spots next to Handicapped
Disney MGM -- End-of-aisle parking in regular guest parking lot, so you don't have to walk as far to the tram
Disney's Animal Kingdom -- No special treatment on one visit; end-of-aisle parking on another
Magic Kingdom -- don't know, because we always take the Disney bus service to the Magic Kingdom
Be sure to show your AAA Diamond card to the parking hosts (at the toll booth and within the lot) to be directed correctly.

As others have noted, neither AAA nor Disney Club gives you free parking.

All guest of on-site Disney resorts get free parking from check-in day through check-out day.