These kind of statements really confuse me sometimes. Over the last 10 years, it would be easy to argue that disney has invested more in their parks than Universal has. Disney is now promising another great stint and many have all these doubts. It also makes a lot of sense to many that building small things now is not smart when (a) they didn't have the cash flow to do so and had already made a statement to shareholders that this fiscal year would see a drop and (b) these would not compete with what Universal is building and make more sense to wait for that "shiny new toy" to get a little older before building their own new toys. People won't choose disney over universal for a small toy, but people will still come to disney even with the new park opening. It seems you either have to be doom and gloom or pixie duster when it comes to these parks, but that is certainly not the case.Unless I saw progress from Disney, I would not be paying the price for D23, just to hear BLAH BLAH BLAH and rumors with no follow through! At this point I think Disney has got to prove they are in the game of creating Magic, Fantasy, Wishes in order to get guests comfortable with spending years to save to go to a Disney park!
When Epic Universe opens next summer, Disney will be hurting! And if they are being so lazy about the opening of a competitor's park that will have an affect on them, they deserve to hurt!! :-( Then let the executives look at one another and wonder what happened! Where are all the guests? Its just a sad thing to talk about lately!