As one of those so-called bean counters who did budgeting for over 20 years, shaving off 2-3 minutes of shows like Pirates Tutorial, Jedi Academy isn't going to save hardly any of those beans. Biggest recurring expenditure is salaries - not just what is paid directly to the employees, but all the employer paid benefits and taxes. If you have a show every hour at the bottom of the hour, in a park open from 9am to 10pm - 13 hours - that's 13 shows per day. Shaving off say 2 minutes per show isn't going to provide time savings in salaries because CMs are paid by the hour for a typical 8 hour shift, not by how many shows they perform in, bathrooms they clean, ears they sell, etc. And the other costs associated with putting on a show - costumes and props - will not change if a show is shortened by 2 minutes. The only way costs would decline is if Disney looked at a per unit cost basis. And took the 26 minutes reclaimed and added an additional show or two with shows every 45 minutes or so. But that might mean increasing the number of CMs in a particular shift to cover the additional shows (there are wage & hour rules governing breaks/meals during a typical 8 hour shift). Which will drive up personnel costs. Thus negating the so-called cost savings of shortening a show 2-3 minutes.
lament about a vacation ruined,
pocket a couple of Fastpasses
and just like the rest of Disney "Magic", we now have foam swords. 
