Ok, here are my thoughts:
1) The premium membership is a FREAKIN GOOD DEAL for TPR members who have the financial resources and time to go to one or more theme park trips every year. Most of the benefits that come with this membership are targeted to such members. I'm not one of them yet, so that's the only and MAIN reason why it wouldn't benefit me to buy this membership.
2) I don't know how feasible this would be, but what if you could offer two types of membership? The PREMIUM and perhaps a LOWER type of membership for the rest of us members who can't make it to the trips? I mean, I'd still love to have access to the exclusive forum and special deals on local theme parks. You could also give away a free DVD each year, or something like that. I don't know, it's just an idea.
~Tails*^*