Originally published Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Comments (0) 
E-mail article 
Print view
Disney offers free admission to theme parks for visitors on their birthdays
Disneyland and Walt Disney World admission will be free on visitors' birthdays starting in 2009
Associated Press
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts will admit visitors free on their birthdays next year.
"Every guest gets in free to one of our parks on their birthday in 2009," Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, said at a news conference in Manhattan today.
Visitors will have to show valid identification and proof of birth date to qualify for the free admission to Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida. Details are available at www.disneyparks.com, where birthday visits can be registered in advance.
Mike Lynn, a professor of consumer behavior at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration, said admitting guests free to the parks on their birthdays could very well make money.
"The only thing they lose is the revenue from those people whose birthdays it is who might have come anyway," he said. "Having an extra customer in the park doesn't cost them anything. Those people are still a benefit because they have to buy food and drinks, and their friends and family are accompanying them."
The birthday offer is part of a larger Disney promotion announced Thursday called "What will you celebrate?"
Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company
E-mail article 
Print view Share: 
Digg 
Newsvine
Leaving the resorts behind in Jamaica
Sweet rental-car deals not so easy to find
A joyous feast in the comeback city of New Orleans
Destinations: Sikkim offers an otherworldly experience to trekkers
Mourners gather at KeyArena for slain officer's memorial
Mourners gathered at KeyArena for the memorial service of Seattle police Officer Timothy Brenton on November 6, 2009.
Procession for slain SPD officer
Election Night: Approve R-71
Election Night: Reject R-71
Election Night: Joe Mallahan
Election Night: Mike McGinn
Election Night: Susan Hutchison
Election Night: Dow Constatine
Candlelight vigil for Officer Brenton
Flying Elephant on Aurora
nwjobs
Post a comment
Michelle Goodman blogs about work/life balance.
How to tell your office you're gravely ill
Post a comment
nwautos
Choosing a new sedan? Weigh the impact of your choice on your wallet and on the planet.
Post a comment
Open Houses | Find this weekend's open house listings.  Or search by location: |
- Flags were key link to cop slaying, bombings
- Suspect shot as city mourns slain officer
- Briefs | Soccer: New Mexico suspends hair-pulling player Elizabeth Lambert
- McGinn pulling away as late ballots come in
- Using anti-shooter tactics, civilian Army police officer brought down gunman
- Huskies suffer another heartbreaking loss to UCLA
- Consortium on verge of owning Eastside railway land
- Suspect in officer's slaying shot by police
- Heavy snow in Cascades shuts down roads
- Stormy weather to continue today in the Seattle area
- UCLA game thread 938
- Suspect shot as city mourns slain officer 389
- Weapons, bomb-making materials found in suspect's apartment 333
- Troubling portrait emerges of Fort Hood suspect 286
- Decision day for health care in the House 197
- McGinn widens lead over Mallahan in Seattle mayoral race 183
- Schools emerge as new tactic in gay marriage votes 99
- Huskies suffer another heartbreaking loss to UCLA 91
- Referendum 71 show's Washington's strategy for marriage equality is working 74
- Using anti-shooter tactics, civilian Army police officer brought down gunman 71
- Suspect shot as city mourns slain officer
- Flags were key link to cop slaying, bombings
- McGinn pulling away as late ballots come in
- Consortium on verge of owning Eastside railway land
- Guest columnist | Cut the South Carolina jokes, Seattle. Get ready to compete
- Movie review | 'An Education' you won't forget
- Practical Mac | With new features, Apple's MobileMe is worth the price
- H1N1 vaccine for high-risk group coming to King Co. pharmacies
- Shoreline man killed when struck by falling tree part
- Suspect in officer's slaying shot by police
