Anyone else agree????

[btcrane]

As a military wife, I agree with previous posters' comments that no one "deserves" a discount, but the opportunity provided by Disney to reconnect with family in a magical location after a long absence is very much appreciated. When my husband was gone for nine months last year, it was nice to be able to remind each other that when Dad returned, we were all going to Disney. DH and I are blessed with a wonderful marriage but it is difficult to adjust to partnership parenting when you've made every decision independently for so long. A magical vacation provides military families a neutral place to become a family again.

I also agree with another comment--you cannot combine discounts and there are times when discounts available to the general public are a "better deal" than any military discount. I appreciate all Disney has done (out of the kindness of their hearts or, more likely, to keep their business lucrative, which is ok, too) to make a Disney vacation an affordable option for more families.

Thank you Disney!!!

 

[Indiana Rose Lee]

Teahers here make no where near that amount. Starting salaries are comparable. Obviously it is all subjective and affected by the cost of living in an area. Fair and right do not exist in our society. If so, football players would not be making millions while community workers do not make enough to survive on.

 

[Indiana Rose Lee]

Just as an FYI, SGLI is a minimum of $50,000 coverage and a maximum of $400,000. If a service member opts for lower than the maximum, they actually have to file very specific forms.

I am very sorry for your friend.

I think this was before they changed it. He passed away 5 years ago. Our church covered the costs, and helped out his widow. They had just adopted 3 special needs kids, soing the court stuff with video conferencing!

 

[livie1205]

I don't really understand why you are turning this discussion into people who don't appreciate police officers, when it is a discussion about who "deserves" a WDW discount? It actually makes me a little sad and a little mad that you assume that all who say that they do not think a certain group should get a discount are against law enforcement and firefighters. From the responses in this discussion, it is quite the contrary. No one is arguing that point. You even acknowledge that you DO get a discount but choose not to use it. So I don't understand your anger. Especially since you do not know what the others members or their families do for a living. And for the record. I absolutely respect and appreciate Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters, as well as many other professions and without a doubt, the Military. But I also respect and appreciate many other professions that make the world safer, better and happier. But that doesn't mean that I think they should all get a discount at WDW.[/QUOTE]



YOU KNOW WHAT? NEVERMIND.. SOME WILL NEVER GET IT.

 

[Mickey Fliers]

I think this was before they changed it. He passed away 5 years ago. Our church covered the costs, and helped out his widow. They had just adopted 3 special needs kids, soing the court stuff with video conferencing!

 

[Jenny_WDWFan]

Wow, I'd like to know where I could make $125,000 as a teacher Where I am now, once I hit 20 years of teaching my salary will max out at just over $50,000.


On topic, we are a military family and I have yet to see a discount offered for 2010 from Disney. Yes we can stay at Shades of Green, but the offers from 2009 (free ticket for servicemember deal) haven't been carried over to next year as far as I know. I'm very appreciative of any discounts we are given for my husband's profession, but we do not expect them. Also, depending on the time of year you go, staying on property can be cheaper than staying at Shades of Green.

The other professions mentioned (firefighters, police, etc) are definitely heroes... I don't think that Disney is trying to snub a group of men and women who do so much for our country. There has to be a line drawn. Disney does not give discounts to the military every year.

 

[MissyDVC]

YOU KNOW WHAT? NEVERMIND.. SOME WILL NEVER GET IT.

Again, I really am sorry that you feel that way.

 

[Indiana Rose Lee]

No one has said they do not appreciate LEO, for Heaven's sake. That is like saying that you don't appreciate the military.

 

[carrie6466]

come be a teacher on Long Island and you can make money like that, too. (

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

Does anyone else think that Disney does not pay enough respect to Police, Firefighters and EMT? They don't have to go as far as any extent that they do for the military but something like discounts on rooms or tickets or something like that would be nice. I know the swan and dolphin have these discounts and they are nice but some variety would be nice as well.

10 years ago there were massive wildfires around the resort area and the FL firefighters fought like dogs to keep it away from the grounds and made surprisingly fast progress against the fire. When we showed up for the International Firefighter Convention they discounted our park tickets (our rooms were already discounted under a convention rate) because my dad was a fireman. He kept asking if it was okay for them to discount the tickets b/c he wasn't a FL FF and the CMs kept saying they wanted to do their part for all FF for doing what they do.

Now it's a military discount as we're fighting a war.

Being a civil servant is a thankless job.

 

[Indiana Rose Lee]

come be a teacher on Long Island and you can make money like that, too. (

lol, I teach at a "prestigious" college (just ask them or my MIL) and make no where near that. However, I wouldn't live on Long Island for twice that. No offense, just not my place to be! Well, that and the fact that my house and land would cost 10x's as much there!

 

[JoliBug]

I don't think there was any disrespect meant by Disney. Just an appriciation for a group of people. Why is there such an entitlement issue? Do I deserve a discount because I wear a military uniform? Absolutley not, but I am appriciative. In past years when the only professional discount was for teachers at the Swan and Dolphin I didn't feel disrespected because I wasn't included. I guess I do my job because I whole heartedly believe in the oath I swore to support and defend my country, not for a discount on a vacation.

I have to say I'm one of them. As a military member married to a military member who used to be in law enforcment I don't understand where you are coming from. Have your experienced both carreer fields enough to know the strugles of both? In my DH's experience there is far more disrespect towards military members than there was then he was in law enforcement.

 

[ShannonMB]

Again, I really am sorry that you feel that way.

Me, too. I really don't get the anger, either.

Livie, what exactly is your take on this topic? I get that you and your husband feel underappreciated for his contribution to society, but is the anger based on the "no WDW discount thing?" Because honestly, I've read nothing but how much LEO are respected here. Just because it's not the ONLY respected career choice shouldn't take away from that.

 

[eliza61]

The point I was trying to make is that police, firefighters, and emt basicly do about the same job that the majority of the military do without traveling away from home. They put their lives on the line every day.

And we totally appreciate them but no I don't not think they deserve a special discount because of it.

First of all, I agree with other posters in that Disney has been all over the board with discounts, they are able to take advantage of that.
Secondly, why open a can on ill will. You open it to police, than how about the FBI, then what about doctors who save lives. it can go on forever

 

[eliza61]

YOU KNOW WHAT? NEVERMIND.. SOME WILL NEVER GET IT.[/QUOTE]


We get it Livie, we just don't agree with you. That's the beauty of a discussion.

 

[belle&sebastiansmom]

You do a wonderful service in protecting children and I have total respect for you but I am refering to persons who knowingly put ther lives at risk every time they put on a uniform.

I found this online, thought it was interesting.
http://money.msn.com/content/invest/extra/P63405.asp

The top ten most dangerous jobs (those that put their life at risk every time they put on their uniform and go to work):

Occupation Fatalities per 100,000

Timber cutters 117.8
Fishers 71.1
Pilots and navigators 69.8
Structural metal workers 58.2
Drivers-sales workers 37.9
Roofers 37
Electrical power installers 32.5
Farm occupations 28
Construction laborers 27.7
Truck drivers 25

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; survey of occupations with minimum 30 fatalities and 45,000 workers in 2002

OP, I get where your heart is coming from! But, as others said, where does any corporation draw the line? Might as well give discounts to everyone!!

 

[connie1042]

We just watched a movie this weekend called Home of the Brave. It was about 4 service men and women over in Afghanistan, and then what happened when they got home. My husband is retired Military. He never was IN a war. He went to Saudi once for 6 months and that was enough to scare him. After the movie was over, I said, I don't know if you could of handled that over there and then come home and be the same person you were when you left. He agreed, that he didn't think so either. You hear about the stories over there, but until you see it, you really do not get the feel of it. I know this was only a movie, but I am sure it is ten time worse in reality. I know when my husband was gone, it was tough. We did not live in a military town, so very little support. I don't envy anybody in that situation. All the military deserve the little perks they get. So do the wife's, they put up with a lot. In civilian life your family comes first then your job. In the military it is your job , then your family. Sometimes that is hard to accept.

 

[CFioren317]

I found this online, thought it was interesting.
http://money.msn.com/content/invest/extra/P63405.asp

The top ten most dangerous jobs (those that put their life at risk every time they put on their uniform and go to work):

Occupation Fatalities per 100,000

Timber cutters 117.8
Fishers 71.1
Pilots and navigators 69.8
Structural metal workers 58.2
Drivers-sales workers 37.9
Roofers 37
Electrical power installers 32.5
Farm occupations 28
Construction laborers 27.7
Truck drivers 25

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; survey of occupations with minimum 30 fatalities and 45,000 workers in 2002

OP, I get where your heart is coming from! But, as others said, where does any corporation draw the line? Might as well give discounts to everyone!!

OK, I wasn't going to jump in on this one, but I have to say that while I am not here to defend the OP 100% because I don't feel that ANYONE is ENTITLED to a discount, the above post is absolutely ludicrous in the context of this discussion. Are you actually comparing a person who cuts down trees with a person who puts their life on the line for strangers every time they put on the uniform? Just because more tree trimmers die while doing their jobs doesn't make their job a noble one. A structural metal worker has a greater chance of dying than a firefighter? OK. Who cares? I respect a firefighter more because he runs into a burning building to save a complete stranger. Not to make money. Not to get accolades. To save lives. An electrical power installer may have a better chance of dying than a police officer, but, to be frank, I don't give a rat's behind about an electrical power installer unless there's one in my family. But when I see a police officer or firefighter, I feel a helluvalot safer being in their presence.

All of that being said, I don't think they are ENTITLED to a discount. Nobody is. I think it is nice what Disney does for the military, but they don't even have to do that.

 

[belle&sebastiansmom]

OK, I wasn't going to jump in on this one, but I have to say that while I am not here to defend the OP 100% because I don't feel that ANYONE is ENTITLED to a discount, the above post is absolutely ludicrous in the context of this discussion. Are you actually comparing a person who cuts down trees with a person who puts their life on the line for strangers every time they put on the uniform? Just because more tree trimmers die while doing their jobs doesn't make their job a noble one. A structural metal worker has a greater chance of dying than a firefighter? OK. Who cares? I respect a firefighter more because he runs into a burning building to save a complete stranger. Not to make money. Not to get accolades. To save lives. An electrical power installer may have a better chance of dying than a police officer, but, to be frank, I don't give a rat's behind about an electrical power installer unless there's one in my family. But when I see a police officer or firefighter, I feel a helluvalot safer being in their presence.

All of that being said, I don't think they are ENTITLED to a discount. Nobody is. I think it is nice what Disney does for the military, but they don't even have to do that.

Please feel free to reread my post that you quoted. I made no comparisons. I quoted some statistics. Throughout this thread people have asked why teachers and other professions don't get more Disney discounts, and specifically, as the poster that I quoted, why those who put their life on the line don't get more discounts. "Put their life on the line." Not how they do that or how many people they protect, but those that put their lives on the line. The stats I quoted are dangerous jobs of people put their lives on the line. Period. How does one determine what job should get the "most respect" therefore the "most discounts" at Disney. The police officer or the tree trimmer? Both dangerous in different ways, both deserving of respect. I'm sorry that you feel that certain jobs and the people that do these jobs are unworthy of respect. As another poster said, the amount of respect for a job should not be judged by a $40 Disney discount.

 

[Flametamr]

Okay, First to clarify I have worked all three professions. First Active and now National Guard military. I was also a volunteer firefighter/emt. A full time police officer and currently a professional firefighter so I speak from first hand knowledge.

I can honestly say that an argument can be made on each job about how dangerous it is and how they put their lives on the line for basically minimum wages. It is a national trend to under pay the most important people in society. The ones that actually help you when you are in dire need. It all stems mainly from the fact that most of us love our jobs so much we would do it for free. So politicians take advantage of that.

But the military is expected to do so much for so little pay and zero respect they deserve a discount more than the rest of us. In my opinion. Simply because of the fact that they must leave their families for up to a year at a time and go serve the very people that hate them.

I agree that Disney does not need to get into offering discounts for certain professions. They should just work on improving all aspects of the operation. Take the money saved and make our vacations a better value. But in reality it is discounts that bring people in so Disney will probably continue this practice. I just hope they keep it fair and spread the love around so to speak.