what would you offer for "D23" if YOU could of designed it?

To me if they keep putting out great rides and keep the dining good that is all the loyalty I need....unfortunately they are starting to homogenize food and drinks and cut away some entertainment. That's more my concern... This really doesn't matter to me and I'm happy that they're putting out a good high quality magazine
 
I'll keep it short, what about a reserved time for a character meet for the kids or incentives for something like mouseboat rentals.
 
Lets face it, everything in WDW is expensive. If they threw in some incentives with the membership, it will make alot of people think it's really worth it and (Dis CEO's PAY ATTENTION) Disney can MAKE EVEN MORE MONEY. Consider this, I think it would be a great time during the week to do a fishing excursion with my 2 boys (3&5) but I think $225 is a little pricey for 2 hrs so it's problably NOT going to happen. Now if I found out that being a D23 member get's you 1/2 off the fishing trip, being the Joe Consumer that I am I see that as being $112 savings AND now I can buy a D23 shirt and show it off. Let's review, no discount = no fishing, no membership, no shirts. If there were the discount disney would be getting $75 (membership) + $112 (fishing trip) + whatever I spend on shirts and hoodies. I know I know, Disney needs to make a nice profit too, but guess what with option #1, there's no profit at all.
 
Ok, I have not read anything yet in this thread.

The first thing that popped into my head was...


And I'm sure there are guys out there that are with me on this.....








FREE BEER!!

Or at least a frequent flye.....punchable discount card.

Just sayin'...:rolleyes1
 

OK, I've read through, and your ideas are much better than mine...:lmao:

But punch cards would be neat too.........:rotfl2:

Little Mickey heads. :)
 
A little off topic here, but I just noticed a change on the D23 site. It now appears that membership is only required for the actual D23 stuff. The expensive pens, art, etc...no longer has that requirement.

:confused3
 
A little off topic here, but I just noticed a change on the D23 site. It now appears that membership is only required for the actual D23 stuff. The expensive pens, art, etc...no longer has that requirement.

:confused3

They were probably flooded with complaints from people who wanted to buy the $850 pen, but were outraged by the $75 D23 membership fee! :lmao:

On a side note, anyone see the reasonably price, but rather ugly "Sleeping Beauty" dinnerware? :rolleyes:
 
Magic Kingdom Club used to cost $65 for 2 years...

This is what you used to get from it... (this was back in 1998)

The Magic Kingdom Club (MKC) is a Disney sponsored program that can save you money. There are various MKC membership benefits available at Walt Disney World, Disneyland in California, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris (check with each resort individually for more details).

There are 2 types of MKC membership available, though it's probable that only one is available to UK residents. Large companies with over 500 employees can participate in Disney's MKC program, which generally provides a "free" membership card to it's employees. It's very unlikely that this corporate membership option is abailable to anyone in the UK unless working for a U.S. based organisation that participates in the program.

The second alternative is where you can join the MKC program yourself and receive a "Gold Card". At present this costs $65 for 2 years for U.S. residents, and slightly more for overseas residents due to the additional costs of shipping the printed material.

In addition to the regular benefits of MKC membership, you receive a toll free number to call for reservations (U.S. only I'm afraid) as well as a small tote bag, a free video and luggage tag. Gold Card members also receive a quarterly newsletter and the Disney Magazine.

NOTE: that Disney stockholders are able to purchase the Gold Card at a slightly reduced rate. Call the shareholders office for details.

* Between 10% and 20% discount during specified periods on selected Walt Disney World Resort hotel accomodations.
* Accomodations - Nighly discount at selected WDW Village hotels, Dolphin and Swan.
* Reduced prices on selected ticket options at the MGM-Studios, Magic Kingdom and Epcot Disney Theme Parks, Downtown Disney, Pleasure Island, Blizzard Beach, Typhoon Lagoon, River Country, and Discovery Island. (Call Disney for details)
* Savings at the Disney Instutute (Call 1-800-496-6337 and ask about MKC benefits).
* Savings on the price of vacations on the Disney Cruise Line if booked before June 1, 1998.
* 10% discount on merchandise at Downtown Disney, Pleasure Island and Character Connection at Crossroads, although some restrictions apply.
* 10% off meals at selected theme park and resort restaurants.
* Save on the purchase of a Magic Kingdom Club Classic badge and more at Disney's Golf Courses.
* 10% discount off regular price of the riding or driving programs at the Richard Petty Driving Experience .
* 10% discount on all purchases at The Disney Store
* 10% discount on all purchases made from The Disney Catalog
* 10% discount on Disney's Walk Around The World Bricks (excludes the 25th anniversary granite bricks)
* Save up to 30% on published counter rates with National Rental Car (U.S. Only)
* 10% discount on all merchandise bought at the Festival Disney area of Disneyland Paris.
* 10% discount on all merchandise bought within the Disneyland Paris theme park.

It is also valid at the following restaurants within Walt Disney World:

* The Plaza (MK)
* Tony's Town Square (MK)
* Liberty Tree (MK)
* Garden Grill (Epcot)
* Le Cellier (Epcot)
* Restaurant Marrakesh (Epcot)
* Prime Time Cafe (dinner only) (MGM)
* Mama Melrose's (MGM)
* Brown Derby (MGM)
* Hollywood & VIne (MGM)
* Tusker House (AK)
* Flame Tree Barbecue (AK)
* Restaurantosaurus (AK)

Well, from some of the rumors I've been hearing, this is what its heading towards.

I'm hearing discounts on broadway shows and theme park tours, along with some sort of merchandise discount. I'm also hearing a preview of attractions, shows, movies...before the general public. It sounds like a cross between the Disney Visa and the AP, with some extras sprinkled on top.

So now we'll sit back and see what happens. I always thought they weren't finished with what they were offering and I still believe that. In the end, I think everyone's opinion will change.
 
I'll keep it short, what about a reserved time for a character meet for the kids or incentives for something like mouseboat rentals.

If you are a Disney Visa card member there is a special character meet and greet for the kids at MK:)! You also get points and percentages off tours etc. A better deal than D23 perks! Anyhow, I would love to have seen more incentives with D23. As pp said about the hotel loyalty programs. We are Lowes first members and get lots of perks when staying in their hotels... Free upgrades, snacks in the room, newspaper, kids toy upon arrival, etc. I don't know why Disney doesn't do anything like this for their loyal fans?
 
Simple...

Re-open Adventurers Club as "Club 23" - Members Only!!! :goodvibes

If they reopened the Adventurers Club, I'd be paying them the $75 membership fee in a New York minute.
 
What about some of the magic of the million dreams year? Like a machine (in my dreams I call her Tinkerbelle) that you run your D23 card in at each park and it spits out a golden ticket for something. It might be a free popcorn, or a fast pass to a specific attraction or it might be bigger like a % off coupon for a bounceback stay or a night at the castle or whatever you can dream of. There are so many creative things they could do to make the fans feel special that would cost them next to nothing, make us the fans feel special and encourage us to spend more money with smiles on our faces.
 
If you are a Disney Visa card member there is a special character meet and greet for the kids at MK:)! You also get points and percentages off tours etc. A better deal than D23 perks! Anyhow, I would love to have seen more incentives with D23. As pp said about the hotel loyalty programs. We are Lowes first members and get lots of perks when staying in their hotels... Free upgrades, snacks in the room, newspaper, kids toy upon arrival, etc. I don't know why Disney doesn't do anything like this for their loyal fans?

Lots of people call it the Disney Visa, but it's really a Chase Visa with perks -- only US residents can get it. So...it's a Chase club, not a Disney club. But us guests who live outside of the US would love to get something similar.

I have no idea what I was expecting in total -- one of the things I had expected was an exclusive Facebook-like fan site where we could ask questions about rides, plans, history, etc. and get well-documented, complete answers. A loyalty program would have been a smart idea (I'm sure that a lot of people join AAA just to get the discounts), but I would have been happy to at least have priority when making reservations using public discounts eg. we are signed up with the local arena as members -- we can buy tickets a day before they go on sale to the public.

Also, after watching Whoopie go through the Disney archives on TV the other day, I was wondering why something like this wasn't included for D23 members -- would gladly pay for exclusive tours.

The biggest mistake they made was by starting too small -- they really should have begun the club with so many possible perks, let people know that these would be changed yearly, and then give themselves the latitude to refine the concept over the first few years. As it stands, I'm so not interested.

I just wanted to add that we do not only vacation at WDW. All of our other destinations are to smaller hotels and I know that they remember us from year to year -- Geez! some of them remember me from when I was a kid! It's not because we pay more there, but because they're smaller that we get that kind of service -- that's not really possible at the WDW resorts, even for guests who have been there more than 20 times. So...a small exclusive club like the Adventurers Club would really fill that gap.

I would also like to see an alternative for international guests -- living in Canada, they are expecting us to pay $140 for our membership (just to pay for international shipping). That's just stupid and very insulting.
 
I'd like to see D23 have some events on both US coasts, access to view some of the archives (open up the Wonder of Life Pavilion with archived items and let D23 members go in to look and ask questions), and behind the scenes information.

I'd also love for WDW to stop taking away AP perks and even add some. AP holders continually bring money into the parks time and time again so some added perks/benefits would be nice, not having the perks/benefits reduced. Love the idea of some sort of resort point system. I belong to a chain hotel 'priority club' and when we recently stayed at one, on our way down to WDW, I got a little bag with some peanuts, goldfish crackers and a bottle of water in it along with a standard "thank you for staying here" letter. Would it kill WDW to do something like that? Have AP/DVC holders get so many points per X number of dollars for their resort stays and after so many points the guest can cash in their points for a resort restaurant meal, reduced rate, etc.
 




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