ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Why they sent literally billions of dollars to Wall Street in the form of stock repurchases and Wall St is Disneys customer these days
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Paint the night is not moving to Disney World. Stop bumping this.
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Why they sent literally billions of dollars to Wall Street in the form of stock repurchases and Wall St is Disneys customer these days
Kman101
Well-Known Member
That's the truth.
I chuckle at those who think a place like WDW would never go the next five years without a parade. Doesn't surprise me in the least that that is what the plan seems to be. They're probably thrilled to not have to foot that bill and if guests don't complain and get used to not having one? Score another win for the books. It's sad in the fact that they never used to be run this way. It WOULD be unacceptable that there's no night parade but now it's probably viewed as a burden lifted (by most, probably not by all). Too bad they were shortsighted and trashed Spectro. I swear idiots run these parks.
I understand being potentially blindsided by TDA wanting the MSEP back but they're sitting on plans for a new parade, apparently, so IMPLEMENT THEM! They seem to waste so much time trying to save a buck or hemming and hawing about what to do.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Look WDI has several new parades 'on the shelf' for WDW, until Disney changes its customer focus from Wall Street BACK to the Guest these parades will never see the dark of night because under the current BoD they will never be greenlit 50'th anniversary notwithstanding.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Look Iger does not care about managing the company, he cares about managing the STOCK PRICE because that's what his compensation is based on.
If you look at TDO's actions through a stock price management lens they all make sense.
Kman101
Well-Known Member
Exactly. No one should be holding their breath for a new parade. Guests need to start demanding one though. I guess we're getting "new fireworks" to "shut up" those complaining. Nice, isn't it? They begrudgingly update their fireworks. It's run so well in Orlando. Glad they truly care about guest satisfaction ...
Kman101
Well-Known Member
I know all this. I am. LOL
brb1006
Well-Known Member
That's the main thing that bugged me about MSEP being at WDW. They didn't even attempt to change the logo.
brb1006
Well-Known Member
At least the floats music will be turned up compared to it's run at WDW where's the floats were very quiet.
Maybe MK'S numbers should tank in the evenings! That should light a fire!
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
I suspect in some ways they will/are? I doubt "tank" is the right word... but some folks may not go back to the parks at night if they have already seen the firework and since there is no parade. It's probably minimal though... they can make up any of that by raising prices on everything else, adding a few extra hour pay for play events, or cabanas somewhere
wdwfan22
Well-Known Member
I would imagine running Festival of Fantasy at night would cause Casting issues as some of the cast in the parade have other roles during the day at Magic Kingdom.
Surely they knew for some time they would be returning MSEP to DL. They had time to put a plan in place before leaving their guests high and dry.
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Notes from Neverland
Well-Known Member
I've never understood why FoF at night was even an attractive option for some. I mean, if you see it during the day, would you really stick around to see it again at night? Probably not.
I always thought that option was really weak. I don't want a second showing of something I can see already during the day. I want a unique night parade, designed to take advantage of showing after dark, not just a day parade with some lights thrown in.
wdwfan22
Well-Known Member
Well i believe the plan was always to reduce operating cost. This was a simple entertainment cut. Running the parade at night would actually create overtime for some of the performers, so I don't see that as an option, unless attendance drops.
I absolutely agree.
I honestly don't care one whit about FoF at night. I would probably schedule another whole trip if they added a new night parade. A night running of a parade already available during the day wouldn't be a blip on my radar.
It's how DL ran from 1999-2015. Its a tiny bit better than what we have now.Thank God for the 60th or who knows if DL would have one now.