JimMIA
There's more to life than mice...
- Joined
- Feb 16, 2005
This is a realization that folks will come to as they study this further, and it's actually a transition we made years ago and never looked back.Besides that, I have to ask myself, is it worth the high cost of staying on ground at WDW if I have to arrange for my own transportation, or parking fees at the resort if I rent. I can save, on average, 50% of the cost of a room and stay at a nice hotel but I don't because of the benefits I receive at WDW. Now that these benefits are going away, maybe it's time to look around.
When we first started visiting WDW, we were DVC members and loved it. We drove up from Miami anyway, so we've always had a car. We learned very quickly that no matter how nice our DVC was, we were going offsite often to eat simply because there was more variety, the food was better, and it was less expensive even for fine dining.
When we sold our DVC, we switched to almost exclusively offsite, and we actually enjoyed being outside "the bubble." I can tell you from many years of experience that there is nothing to lose by moving offsite. We actually prefer offsite now.
Disney fully understands all that, but their goal is to increase revenue and profits. There will always be new people attracted to "the bubble," with or without ME, free parking, luggage transfer, or any of the other perks Disney offers. They will continue to reduce perks as a means of enhancing revenue, and they'll welcome the new customers without missing the old customers. That's just business.