Overflow Parking Lot Update

[des1954]

Okay - I just called the front desk at FtW regarding access to the day lot parking lot. I first spoke with Erika - who hadn't heard anything - so she put me thru to Jason (yes Pete, your Jason). He told me that the day lot is still accessable, but there has been discussion about the security of the lot. He said that as long as the kennel was still on FtW property, they needed to leave the lot open for guests boarding pets. He also said at this time the lot needed to remain accessable to HDDR guests and day visitors of guests staying at FtW.

There has been some discussion regarding closing the entrance to the day lot to WDW busses only & channeling all other traffic thru the main guard entrance, but this is only in the discussion stage. Right now everything is situation normal.

Unfortunately there are always going to be people who, if they wish to cause harm, will find a way around the system to gain access to the resorts. I posted this idea on the original parking lot thread as a solution to unauthorized use of WDW transportation...

It seems to me that Disney could come up with some method to insure only authorized people use the transportation. If you don't have a valid resort ID or AP, then perhaps they could have a special booth set up at the parks & DTD to issue bus wrist bands to people with valid park-hopper tickets or seasonal tickets. If you bought a one day one park ticket, no band. If you purchased multiple day admission without park hopping priviledge - no band. If you bought a water park only ticket - no band. If you came to shop at DTD and have no Disney ID of any kind - no band. Yeah, it might be perceived as inconvenient to some, but so what? You can either do that or pay $12 per theme park to park your car if you're on a park hopper ticket or seasonal pass. If you park at DTD to avoid the $12 parking fee - then you'd be SOL, wouldn't you?

 

[ElementCamper]

If you park at DTD to avoid the $12 parking fee - then you'd be SOL, wouldn't you?

Update-parking is now $14 and up!

 

[2goofycampers]

$14.00 is that full hookup ?

 

[des1954]

If you park at DTD to avoid the $12 parking fee - then you'd be SOL, wouldn't you?

Update-parking is now $14 and up!

Thanks for the update. That just makes my AP that more valuable!!

 

[Pirate-Jeff]

Deb:
I couldn't get any time frame from George as per when the lot would be closed either.

Does anyone know when the kennel is to be moved to POR ?

I don't think this is about who uses the transportation system or who visits FTW. I think it's about the MONEY. The people bypassing the parking charges for the parks are costing the MOUSE money. The security issues would be the excuse the WDW suits use to close the free parking loop hole. Remember they did this at the CR and the Poly. Right now you can park in the overflow lot for free walk 100 yards and catch a bus to anywhere in WDW and save the $14.00. You can also do this at DTD but that requires more time in bus transfers. I do think the DTD buses don't start running until later in the day.

This is a weekly topic on the theme park and transportation boards
The posters are proud the they got one over on WDW.

Maybe in WDW's eyes it is getting out of hand.. I'll bet Disney is watching this lot every day. When I can see it you know they can too. The next time you go to the outpost bus stop in the morning just count the people walking to the bus stop from the parking lot area while you are waiting for a bus. They don't even go through the reception center first just straight to the buses for a park and brag that they didn't have to pay for parking today.

Again like everything else Disney does it's all about the MONEY

 

[DisCamper]

In the old days you always had to show a valid resort ID to get on the bus. Disney stoped it because it slowed down the system and pissed off a lot of guest.