Ticket discounts for shareholders?

[Bellamouse]

Someone told me there is some kind of discount on park tickets for Disney stockholders - is this true?

 

[RSWA2]

You'd probably need to own a substantial amount of shares to get a discount, probably enough to sit at the Board of Directors and if you are, you probably won't care about any discount.

 

[chartle]

You'd probably need to own a substantial amount of shares to get a discount, probably enough to sit at the Board of Directors and if you are, you probably won't care about any discount.

Thats what I was thinking.

How many shares do you need to get a discount? You can go to oneshare.com and just buy 1 share and now you are a stock holder.

 

[MIChessGuy]

According to mousesavers.com, shareholders get no discounts. D'oh

 

[Bellamouse]

I didn't think so, but someone told me they read that there's a 15% discount on all things Disney when you're a shareholder. I am not a shareholder, but the someone owns some Disney stock and were asking me, their Disney "expert" friend (lol) cheapest ticket options. I directed them to UT, but then asked me about the shareholder discount. I said I didn't know a thing about that but that I would ask all you fine folks.

Thanks for confirming. I too thought it would be silly since it's true, one share of stock then makes you a shareholder. And that wouldn't make sense.

 

[dimndgal1]

... but I knew someone who owned a substantial amount of Disney stock and he received information on how to purchase tickets directly with some of his financial information about the company. This was several years ago but I would imagine that if one is entitled to purchase 'shareholder' tickets, they would have easy access on how to do so.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

Until about ten years ago shareholders were automatically members of the (now-deceased) Magic Kingdom Club. Other free memberships were provided by organization. Paid memberships were also available.

This got about a 10% discount on tickets and merchandise, and about 20% discount most of the year on rooms.

 

[Raenstoirm]

Until about ten years ago shareholders were automatically members of the (now-deceased) Magic Kingdom Club. Other free memberships were provided by organization. Paid memberships were also available.

This got about a 10% discount on tickets and merchandise, and about 20% discount most of the year on rooms.

Ah the good ol days!

 

[larryz]

Although technically not a discount, if you own stock, you could consider the annual dividend as a discount of sorts on your tickets... or room rates... or meal prices...

whatever you want a discount on.

 

[fla4fun]

Ah the good ol days!

Yes, I can remember calling and asking if there were any stockholder discounts available on rooms, or Magic Kingdom Club discounts on rooms. I was disappointed when they stopped both. I don't get any discounts for being a stockholder - just some pretty certificates and the knowledge that I own at least a piece of grass on the lawn when I'm there, lol!

Unless you own a lot of stock, the dividends won't amount to much toward your tickets either. I have a few shares and my dividend check won't buy a tank of gasoline, let alone an admission ticket to WDW.