Did you really just say you are going to miss a whole year of SDC just because your car cant be closer to the entrance? Boy, I have never parked anywhere except the free parking lots. It is not bad at all. Not everybody has $12 to park up close every single time and it is not neccessary. I will never pay for it and I will never buy the $7 season pass preferred parking mirror hanger because it is $7 down the drain. You get a ride from the free lot gazebo stop to the entrance. It is cold waiting in line for 3-10 minutes in Winter and cold on the trams, but that is why you bring a big coat. It is not that long of a ride, maybe 5 minutes and you get a nice view of WF. If you get lucky to ride on a bus, you get AC/heat. There is usually a non-moving line for preferred parking, which I rarely see for free parking. So if you think that you will just "throw in the towel" for SDC in 2017, then I must ask my dear boy, are you a true SDC FAN? I feel like an old man telling a young boy, "back in my day...."