Disney World Cabanas Cancelled

[mickEblu]

I hope this means they re not coming to DLR. The thought of cabanas on the upper tier of Adventureland or second story of Innoventions is nauseating. I wonder if they re really cancelled or if they will just be seasonal offerings.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Another completely stupid "upgrade experience" that was absurdly overpriced. Good riddance.

 

[Dead2009]

How does one cancel cabanas exactly?

 

[mickEblu]

How does one cancel cabanas exactly?

With a little pixie dust

 

[VJ]

No way they're gone just like that. I'd still consider the integrated-theme cabanas as happening because in all honesty it's a no-brainer for an upcharge. This was just Disney putting their feet in the water.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Remember this?

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...e-safari-breakfast-coming-to-disneyland-park/

 

[mickEblu]

Remember this?

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...e-safari-breakfast-coming-to-disneyland-park/

lol ya wasn't it $300 or something? For the honor of waking up at 4am and a continental breakfast. I don't think it included admission to the park either.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

lol ya wasn't it $300 or something? For the honor of waking up at 4am and a continental breakfast. I don't think it included admission to the park either.

It didn't, which was insane.

 

[dweezil78]

Remember this?

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...e-safari-breakfast-coming-to-disneyland-park/

Judging by the comments, it looked like everyone felt it was worth it for the experience... Pricey and not for everyone, sure, but definitely classier and more thought out than a cabana next to Space Mountain!

 

[rob0519]

Judging by the comments, it looked like everyone felt it was worth it for the experience... Pricey and not for everyone, sure, but definitely classier and more thought out than a cabana next to Space Mountain!

I don't think I would pay $600 for the cabana or $300 for the Jungle Cruise. Maybe $150 for Jungle Cruise. It sounds like it was an experience, just out of my price range. I'm not a cost accountant, so I have no idea how they come up with what is the break even price before adding the desired profit, but I would think if they could offer these upsells at a lower price to guarantee success they would.

 

[Stevek]

It sounds like the DCA version will be something completely different. If they lower the price point pretty significantly, and since it's not a tent, I can see people giving it a try. And by people, I mean not me.

 

[DisneyJayL]

Another completely stupid "upgrade experience" that was absurdly overpriced. Good riddance.

Price? maybe. Completely stupid, I'm not sure about that. I would say poorly themed. I think they were on to something. It was just done wrong. They should have been hidden and not in plain sight.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Price? maybe. Completely stupid, I'm not sure about that. I would say poorly themed. I think they were on to something. It was just done wrong. They should have been hidden and not in plain sight.

Iger has gone on record saying that the company is looking at ways to draw more revenue from the theme park attendance it already has, so presumably this was a tactic to do exactly that. Now I have no issue with Disney maximizing it's revenue, but like you said this particular program was executed poorly and was absurdly overpriced. Hopefully if it returns, or comes to DLR, it'll at least be executed in a way that offers the value, flair and showmanship people expect from Disney.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Looks like an IKEA showroom.

 

[Phroobar]

Besides greed what is the reason they need more money from the parks? Is it because Shanghai secretly failed? Still paying off Paris? Rivers of Light?

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

While Iger and company are generally excused and worshiped by the Disney fanbase these days, their tactics are not much different than those of the much-maligned Eisner in his later years.

 

[truecoat]

If you used the money for the cabana on a hotel across the street you wouldn't need the cabana at all.

 

[DisneyJayL]

If you used the money for the cabana on a hotel across the street you wouldn't need the cabana at all.

What? That would involve leaving the park. Not at all what the cabanas are for.

 

[truecoat]

What? That would involve leaving the park. Not at all what the cabanas are for.

I assumed it's a place to stop and rest. Depending on where you are in the park, you could just get back to your hotel room across the street about as easy.

 

[DisneyJayL]

While Iger and company are generally excused and worshiped by the Disney fanbase these days, their tactics are not much different than those of the much-maligned Eisner in his later years.

So it was a product that was tested and failed. Nothing more. I thought the reason why people went into business was to make money. This wasn't a product you were forced to buy like say water or electricity for your home. I guess they should just shut Disney down altogether with your logic.