Is this correct at this time? Everyone going to WDW by car pays one of these fees
but just one? Disney charges everyone either the cash stay resort nightly self-parking fee or the RCI exchanger "resort fee" or a theme park daily parking fee?
The only
exceptions that I see are:
DVC members
Annual passholders who stay off-property
1st motorized vehicle on a campsite although I can't find the campground parking fee for the 2nd car, or for a "toad" (car or golf cart towed behind an RV)
Looks like the worst fees would be for people who drive to meet up and stay at a deluxe property... $24/night/car would add $336 for 2 cars to sit in a hotel parking lot for the week. Most of our extended family live or snowbird in the southeast (NC, SC, GA, and FL). We've all driven our own cars to "gather"/meet up at WDW many times.
If Disney increases their mandatory fees for exchangers, in order to park one's own car at their resort, then Disney would charge $358 in total mandatory Disney fees for exchange guests with just one car. If we meet up with a family member (driving his or her car), Disney's added mandatory fees would be $526 for the week... wow.
So
if they add the parking fee to exchangers, it makes quite a difference for us:
Pay $358-$526/week in mandatory Disney fees to stay at a DVC property and simply park our car(s)... or...
Pay $22/day ($132/week) to stay at another nice resort nearby, paying to park at the theme parks and/or use Uber/Lyft.
Watching and waiting...