hopemax
Well-Known Member
We shouldn't judge from the first day, in non-peak season while International travel is still hugely impacted by the pandemic. No one needs to buy Everest because 60+ minute waits are not typical there and there are tricks to avoid even more modest waits. It's 1:00 and it's still only 20 minutes. The other two, yes, the types of guests who are currently visiting (DVC people with points to burn and people who need their fix) may not feel the need to buy them while waits are better than 2019. But when the visitor makeup returns to normal patterns, and if overall demand returns to normal levels with corresponding wait times then we'll see. International, especially, I can see people just rolling it into "the cost of doing the business of a US vacation" as if it were a food, ticket, or lodging line item. People who plan on being "one and done"... they are who this is targeted toward, and they may not be traveling to WDW today, Oct 19, 2021.The real problem for WDW modeling for revenue is that this is a diminishing marginal return.........
As there rides get experienced more and more, less and less will be willing to pay (thats why nobody is paying for Space Mountain, Frozen and Everest right now and unwilling to pay for other rides if they became IAS rides........(rather wait than pay)
WDW will have to constantly be able to bring new attractions to satisfier that demand
I know GOG, Tron and ROTR are the shiny new toys but sooner or later it will happen to them too (and i think it will happen to RemRat before the end of the year)