Why do you think Disney didn't extend the AP payment plan to Non-FL residents?

[iuki]

No offense to others, but these were my exact thoughts. We just moved to Florida and intend to purchase an AP for both my husband and I. Because there's just the two of us, we will be putting them on our Disney VISA cards (for Disney rewards) and then pay it in full when the bill comes. We never felt it was unfair for Florida residents to receive special benefits. When the economy is down and people travel less, it is the Floridians who still frequent the parks, so, in my opinion, this is Disney's way of saying "Thank You" to the members of their community.

iuki

Quite a lot of locals also go in to the parks in the evening after work as well so your opening up the possibility of a family maybe coming in to the park to spend the evening relaxing and maybe having a nice dinner out together rather than heading out and having dinner and a movie you now have dinner and a theme park.

Many CM's also probably use the payment option for their family as well, especially if their family visit the parks all the time.

With all the options given by Universal, Seaworld and Busch Gardens as far as payment plans go offering a payment plan to locals is an extremely smart idea as it makes it affordable and helps bring people in to fill the parks especially when the high tourist seasons are over.

My only logic for why its only for Florida residents probably has something to do with defaulting on payments after the vacation is over. Your more likely to pay for something that you can continue to use rather than something you know you wont get to use again for a long time if at all for the remainder of the year. I am being general, not everyone from out of state would default on payments however I imagine there would be a very large part of the population who might use it for a very cheap one time family vacation.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

1) The Florida payment plan and Florida discounts are for ONE reason.
2) To get locals to the parks more often.
3) Vacationers can afford to come, so no payment plan is needed. *
4) Besides, they already have a payment plan for vacationers.
5) You pay periodically until 45-days, when you are paid-off.
6) Or, just put it on a credit card.

* If they couldn't afford it, they would not come.