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EU: Disneyland Paris overcharging foreign customers

By  |  July 29, 2015

The European Commission asked France Wednesday to investigate whether the Disneyland Paris amusement park is overcharging foreign visitors.

It pointed out the Walt Disney Co. theme park, the company’s only park in Europe, has been accused of rigging prices, using a premium visitors’ package as an example: in some cases, French customers are charged 1,346 Euros for the same package offered to British visitors for 1,870 Euros, and 2,447 Euros for German visitors.

The European Union (EU) bans companies from charging more for goods and services according to nationality, country or residence. Customers have accused Disneyland Paris of “geo-blocking,” illegally blocking some Europeans’ access to deals available only to French and Belgian customers using the Internet to purchase tickets and accommodations.

Full content: Euro News

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