Sunday, March 15, 2009

Disney

So I went to Disney over spring break and it was great! I worked at Disney for 8 months on the college program, which I would highly recommend. I was there for just two days. Since I worked at Disney and I love the company and their way of running the parks and more importantly the way they treat their guests I was surprised to notice that they have missed one small but easy and obvious way to improve the experience of their guests. I stayed at the Pop Century Resort and because I was a resort guest I was given a free parking pass which I was supposed to put on the dashboard of the rental car. This is a great option that Disney gives, parking for 1 car for 1 day is $12! So by staying at a resort, one of the cheap ones, for approx. $80 you're really only paying $68 because you save $12 for parking at the parks.

This is all well and good except for the fact that there is no "quick line" at the parking lot entrance where cars line up to pay to enter the park. This means that resort guests must wait in line with everyone even though their parking is already paid for since they are resort guests. An easy way to fix this is for Disney to change one of the already existing entrances into a "resort guest only" entrance which would just need a scanner, to scan the already existing bar code on every resort parking pass, and a gate which lowers and opens for each car.

This option grants resort guests and even quicker entrance into the park because they won't be waiting behind minivans which are trying to find the exact change needed. The buses have their own lane, resort guests should as well.

Edit: I finally downloaded my pictures from my trip and here is a picture of waiting in line to enter the park, it'll probably help clarify what I was talking about.

1 comment:

  1. I was at Disney too! When were you there?! :) :)

    I did find how easy it is to find discounts though, kind of like your parking situation. We were even offered a buy-one-get-one-free ticket if we went to breakfast at some hotel on the way!! It is incredibly inconvenient, but could be a good deal in the end..

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