Disstevefan1
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With this kind of performance Joshie-poo is a shoe in for the next CEO!
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News Disney Parks Chief Josh D'Amaro Says Pricing Model Aims to Keep Vacations Affordable for Families
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With this kind of performance Joshie-poo is a shoe in for the next CEO!
Fantastic. I can see the Disney mission statement
“Some Magic just costs more. If you can’t afford the Magic, don’t come”
Vegas Disney Fan
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This is where I think Disney is massively failing right now, and it goes back to the value argument, they are pricing themselves as a premium product, for an upper middle class audience, but they are currently only offering a good product. If they were still offering the same quality they offered 5 years ago the prices wouldn’t bother me at all, but with all the cuts and lost perks it’s simply not the same quality of product anymore.
John park hopper
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No No No remember Disney said you are the magic thus abdicating their responsibility to supply the magic
Tha Realest
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Disney management could resist the need to gouge their customers so much if they were better stewards of their capital expenditures, e.g., stop doing stuff like making movies few want to see, entire slates of original D+ programming that they removed from existence, and poorly thought concepts like SW:GS and HarmoniUs.
Disstevefan1
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Biff215
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Certainly agree but would argue it’s been far longer than 5 years since they’ve offered a quality product. That’s just when they completely gave up on being better and just found ways to charge for everything that used to be included.
Chi84
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They still offer a quality product. It costs more now.
Tony the Tigger
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And?
That applies to literally everything that isn’t free.
Walt’s ideal that any family should be able to come never really applied to all families when he was alive. It’s idealism as anachronistic as the one-income household.
Not everyone can buy a mansion, a house, or a condo. Some can’t afford rent. Always been this way, always will. Same applies to Ferraris, Hyundais, and old beaters. Same applies to Disney vacations with tour guides, beach house rentals, and day visits to the zoo.
We’re all at different levels. Same as it ever was. Those levels can change throughout your life, based on your actions and based on outside factors.
Iger and Josh are dealing in the plane of reality in which they find themselves. Perhaps the ones trying to shoehorn the 1950’s or even 1980’s Disney trips into today are the ones who are out of touch.
Biff215
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Fair enough, but I would argue not the same level of quality it once was. Things have changed along with the cost.
MerlinTheGoat
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Income inequality has been rapidly on the rise since the 1970s. There have unfortunately always been people who have struggled financially to make ends meet. But during the middle parts of the 20th century (post-depression era), things were demonstrably improving for a lot of people in significant ways. As the aforementioned chart notes however, things slipped and poverty has been on the rise since then.
And no it doesn't have to be this way. At absolute bare minimum, poverty and income inequality can be dramatically reduced. It has been before, and it's very possible to do much better. The trick is simply not letting up when you're making solid headway and allowing things to swing back the other direction.
Society has breaking points as to what it's willing to tolerate from those at the very top. They've been broken countless times throughout human history, plenty of examples even within the past couple hundred years. The chart above represents a small handful of very wealthy people playing with matches while sitting atop a tiny rock surrounded by an ocean of gasoline.
Tony the Tigger
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Yes, and…not Disney’s fault.
Income inequality has been rapidly on the rise since the 1970s. There have unfortunately always been people who have struggled financially to make ends meet. But during the middle parts of the 20th century (post-depression era), things were demonstrably improving for a lot of people in significant ways. As the aforementioned chart notes however, things slipped and poverty has been on the rise since then.
And no it doesn't have to be this way. At absolute bare minimum, poverty and income inequality can be dramatically reduced. It has been before, and it's very possible to do much better. The trick is simply not letting up when you're making solid headway and allowing things to swing back the other direction.
Society has breaking points as to what it's willing to tolerate from those at the very top. They've been broken countless times throughout human history, plenty of examples even within the past couple hundred years. The chart above represents a small handful of very wealthy people playing with matches while sitting atop a tiny rock surrounded by an ocean of gasoline.
Tony the Tigger
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This.
Biff215
Well-Known Member
That’s not the reality for “most”, but credit card debt is not Disney’s problem. The problem is this simply isn’t sustainable and eventually this demographic will be less likely or flat out unable to visit. Disney is banking on the upper class to step in and fill the void, I’m just not convinced they want to put up with theme park crowds and the heat.
Captain Barbossa
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@monothingie is there going to be an affordability thought update this morning? Please tell me Josh still cares about us peasants. 
Disstevefan1
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Josh doesn’t give a cr@p about affordability. He is laser focused on getting that CEO spot!@monothingie is there going to be an affordability thought update this morning? Please tell me Josh still cares about us peasants.
Today is May 20 2025. Josh D’Amaro thought about affordability today when he found out most guests don’t consider Victoria and Albert’s a quick service dining location.
Next Josh D'Amaro affordability thought update will be tomorrow May 21 2025 after Josh finishes his caviar and champagne.
Next Josh D'Amaro affordability thought update will be tomorrow May 21 2025 after Josh finishes his caviar and champagne.
I’m going on vacation to Florida but skipping Disney the pricing is outrageous and for a family of 6/ I paid for a week resort air bnb. Sorry Disney won’t be visiting til you lower your day passes . Over 1200 for one day pass for family of 6/ and that’s affordable . Not
Disney Parks Chief Josh D'Amaro Says Pricing Model Aims to Keep Vacations Affordable for Families
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