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Disney profit up 54 percent with Disney World attendance up 2 percent
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NoChesterHester
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Wow... Huge jump. 24% jump for the resort division alone! Wow.
I bet a big piece of the 50+% jump is that ESPN got all the college football bowl games this year.
I bet a big piece of the 50+% jump is that ESPN got all the college football bowl games this year.
SeaBase86
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I take this as good and bad news.
This is good news because well I love Disney and I'm happy for them.
The bad news is once TDO sees these numbers it still gives them another reason to rest on their laurels and not invest in new experiences.
Or who knows when Universal's figures are announced and when they see Harry Potter is making a difference maybe that may change.
Here's for another magical year for Disney.
This is good news because well I love Disney and I'm happy for them.
The bad news is once TDO sees these numbers it still gives them another reason to rest on their laurels and not invest in new experiences.
Or who knows when Universal's figures are announced and when they see Harry Potter is making a difference maybe that may change.
Here's for another magical year for Disney.
menamechris
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This is good news for them! Hopefully, this means that price increases will take rest so that this trend will continue. I feel like everytime I turn around, prices of food, rooms, and merchandise are going up...
Thrill
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It's the closure of the Tiki Room. :ROFLOL:
I was hoping that this wouldn't happen. An increase in profits in general is good, but an increase in attendance at WDW is not good. All the execs needed. Numbers to back their view of Harry Potter as a "good thing." But I imagine that everyone here shares that belief.
NYwdwfan
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I am *hoping* this means they will continue discounts similar to those that were offered this past quarter (specifically the percentage off rooms) since there were more people in the parks.
menamechris
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I agree, but I am also one of those people that is of the belief that Disney will never be able to operate "discount free" again. They have marked things up so much the last few years (rooms especially) that the discount makes it "Wow, that's a lot" as opposed to "?!?"
NYwdwfan
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Good point. Keep prices high, offer discounts, and maybe someone won't know what's out there and just pay rack rate.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
Sooo..... once they're done with the fantasyland expansion...
replacing WOL, JIIWF, TETUNM, SGE, and refurbishing CBJ, and maaaany other attractions seems like nothing compared to the money Disney has!
replacing WOL, JIIWF, TETUNM, SGE, and refurbishing CBJ, and maaaany other attractions seems like nothing compared to the money Disney has!
I believe that was referencing the entire Disneyland Resort, not just DL.
Thrill
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Considering that two of those are likely only minor refurbishments with a few new AAs, new sound systems, and other cleanups, one could likely be done with cleanup and a few new AAs (SGE back to Alien Encounter) and the other two don't need to be done simultaneously, those projects definitely aren't bad.
They still would have money left for some serious expansion at Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios. XD
cowanfamily
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I kinda feel responsible for these figures. I dropped a pretty good chunk of change at WDW this year! lol
rodserling27
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Hahahahahaha you and me both!!
I agree, just pointing out that WoC may not be driving attendance up just redistributing it. I think the assumption here has been that it has increased overall attendance at DLR. I'll stop there before I derail this. Nice to see the bump in attendance for WDW.
NoChesterHester
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They always report differences in the period from year to year. Besides, even if we were talking about an extra weekend... We are talking abou a 50% jump(25% parks)! That is a huge amount contributed to real raise in spending over the period.