bookgirl
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2006
Parking lot was my first thought. When I was looking at hotels I thought I remembered that one being by a parking lot area.
On one hand I think Disney is smart enough to know that they cannot compete with the plethora of hotels that border the property price wise. They might build a value or even a moderate level, but it would be just a few rooms (comparably) that would be sold out quickly and just cause more frustration with visitors.
At WDW the worth of a value is more than monetary (proxiemity, transportation, alternative entertainment venues all within property), no offsite hotel can get close enough to the action to offer any serious competition, so Disney can offer all three levels and still make money on all of them. At DLR there are more off site alternatives, within walking distance that Disney cannot control. Unless they close the Harbor Blvd entrance those hotels will always be cheaper and closer and there's not much Disney can do about it other than buy them or make access to the parks more difficult.
On the other hand I've pretty sure that there would be a market for people wanting the inclusive feeling of staying "at the parks". I think even if they were still higher than offsite, but significantly lower than the current 3 choices there would be people who would buy into the Disney Bubble effect. Demand would be high and that's never bad for a business, even if they technically lose money for a year or two due to purchase price. In the long run many of it's core visitors, just can't resist staying onsite, and those family suites are so so popular in WDW I can see DLR wanting to give it a shot.
On one hand I think Disney is smart enough to know that they cannot compete with the plethora of hotels that border the property price wise. They might build a value or even a moderate level, but it would be just a few rooms (comparably) that would be sold out quickly and just cause more frustration with visitors.
At WDW the worth of a value is more than monetary (proxiemity, transportation, alternative entertainment venues all within property), no offsite hotel can get close enough to the action to offer any serious competition, so Disney can offer all three levels and still make money on all of them. At DLR there are more off site alternatives, within walking distance that Disney cannot control. Unless they close the Harbor Blvd entrance those hotels will always be cheaper and closer and there's not much Disney can do about it other than buy them or make access to the parks more difficult.
On the other hand I've pretty sure that there would be a market for people wanting the inclusive feeling of staying "at the parks". I think even if they were still higher than offsite, but significantly lower than the current 3 choices there would be people who would buy into the Disney Bubble effect. Demand would be high and that's never bad for a business, even if they technically lose money for a year or two due to purchase price. In the long run many of it's core visitors, just can't resist staying onsite, and those family suites are so so popular in WDW I can see DLR wanting to give it a shot.