Now, I am not trying to offend here, so I am going to tread as lightly as possible.
I have seen a lot of people recently saying that they have gotten this discount, or that discount, and they are raving mad about it.
Some of the complaints I have seen are :
Soooooo, in the most polite tone that I can muster, I ask, “What are you guys expecting here?”
Truthfully, Disney is in the business of making money. They have teams of promotions people who think these things through very carefully. They do all the math, every which way. No matter what discount code you have, you can be sure that Disney believes that they will make money from your trip somewhere, somehow.
If Disney did not make money, you would not be getting any discounts, and Disney would be out of Business.
May I humbly suggest that if you are getting Free Dining which equates to $40 per person per day, (which is $400 for 2 people over a 5 day trip) and you don’t think that this is a good deal, you may want to stay home this year.
If you get a 40% off discount and decide to stay at a Value resort for 5 days that would be a $200 discount off a $500 room….. however if you stay at a Deluxe resort this could be a $1000 discount off a $4000 room. Disney does this totally on purpose. They want you to spend $3000 instead of $500.
Discount codes are not offered so that you can save money. They are offered so Disney can entice those people who are sitting on the fence to come down even if they may not otherwise have come. They are all designed to keep attendance up, and draw your valuable vacation dollars away from other companies, but make no mistake, the moment Disney stops making money, the discounts will end too.
I have seen a lot of people recently saying that they have gotten this discount, or that discount, and they are raving mad about it.
Some of the complaints I have seen are :
- I have received the same discount code twice (or more) and I am Mad!
- I have received a Discount code that is the same as the publicly available code, and it only has more dates so I am mad!
- I have received a special discount code, and its not as good as this other discount code so I am Mad!
- I have received a special discount code, and its only a little bit better than this other discount code I have so I am mad!
- I got an Email from Disney and it didnt have any new discounts in it.
Soooooo, in the most polite tone that I can muster, I ask, “What are you guys expecting here?”
Truthfully, Disney is in the business of making money. They have teams of promotions people who think these things through very carefully. They do all the math, every which way. No matter what discount code you have, you can be sure that Disney believes that they will make money from your trip somewhere, somehow.
If Disney did not make money, you would not be getting any discounts, and Disney would be out of Business.
May I humbly suggest that if you are getting Free Dining which equates to $40 per person per day, (which is $400 for 2 people over a 5 day trip) and you don’t think that this is a good deal, you may want to stay home this year.
If you get a 40% off discount and decide to stay at a Value resort for 5 days that would be a $200 discount off a $500 room….. however if you stay at a Deluxe resort this could be a $1000 discount off a $4000 room. Disney does this totally on purpose. They want you to spend $3000 instead of $500.
Discount codes are not offered so that you can save money. They are offered so Disney can entice those people who are sitting on the fence to come down even if they may not otherwise have come. They are all designed to keep attendance up, and draw your valuable vacation dollars away from other companies, but make no mistake, the moment Disney stops making money, the discounts will end too.
My husband looks like SOMEONE to EVERYONE! I wish he was Lou, then I'd be going to WDW more often. I took me a good 14 yrs to convince DH to take me, and now he is *almost* as hooked as I am. 
