GadgetRick
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 7, 2000
I'm not sure I understand the reasoning that a discount costs Disney money across the board. It costs them nothing unless people use it. Then, assuming people spend more, they actually make up for the slight loss.
I do agree there are some people who would not spend more based on a discount but, trust me, there are WAY more people who spend more when offered a discount than people who wouldn't. This one big reasons companies offer discounts to begin with.
Also, if they offered 10-15% off passes across the board for DVC owners it wouldn't hurt Disney. If it did, they would offer us no discount on passes at all.
Look, one of Disney's main goals is to never have you leave the property. If you leave the property you're spending money elsewhere. If you stay on property, Disney is seeing that revenue. Giving us discounts encourages us to stay on the property and spend more of our money. They should offer discounts for this reason if for no other reason.
I understand why Disney might not want to give discounts but I think it's very shortsighted on their part. They could be realizing quite a bit of extra revenue...revenue which is going somewhere else. Last time I checked, Disney was crying the blues about park revenue being down. What better way to encourage more spending in the parks than giving your most loyal customers an incentive to spend more?
I do agree there are some people who would not spend more based on a discount but, trust me, there are WAY more people who spend more when offered a discount than people who wouldn't. This one big reasons companies offer discounts to begin with.
Also, if they offered 10-15% off passes across the board for DVC owners it wouldn't hurt Disney. If it did, they would offer us no discount on passes at all.
Look, one of Disney's main goals is to never have you leave the property. If you leave the property you're spending money elsewhere. If you stay on property, Disney is seeing that revenue. Giving us discounts encourages us to stay on the property and spend more of our money. They should offer discounts for this reason if for no other reason.
I understand why Disney might not want to give discounts but I think it's very shortsighted on their part. They could be realizing quite a bit of extra revenue...revenue which is going somewhere else. Last time I checked, Disney was crying the blues about park revenue being down. What better way to encourage more spending in the parks than giving your most loyal customers an incentive to spend more?