Recent content by adam.adbe

I only think about how affordable Disney is about twice a year, so I guess that's why I'm not making the big bucks, and why both times I think "hmm, nope."

Value tier party nights come with 2" of rain. Moderate tier party nights get .75" of rain. Deluxe tier nights guarantee no rain (no rain is not actually guaranteed).

The 'cannery,' or 'cannery in a salt mine' as the metaphor is more commonly known, regards a warning that, should you find yourself in an Internet forum where someone keels over and dies of apoplexy, you should quickly and safely exit the thread.

I bought my daughter's college laptop on an Apple credit card. It's being paid off over 12 months. The loan is interest free, I still got the cash-back credit for the purchase, and the money to pay the card down is sitting in a CD earning a small amount of interest (well small last week, today...

Only one Walt, and he is there to introduce animatronic Bob Iger. Bob, for his part, will introduce us to an exciting new triple play bundle for D+ subscribers.

But this is Disney; they're going to be doing that because: a) they like to release movies, and b) they like to grease the merch feedback loop. Shows fall off of ABS and end up on Hulu. They still need to reach a little, but they're not in the same place as say Apple, or even Netflix in this regard.

Operations have determined the mean time between merchandise activation zones for ECV riders currently stands at five minutes. This can be improved.

The smart play for Disney is to just roll the old policy for guests who booked before May 20th, while publicly suggesting that the new policy is active for everyone on that date, since the threat of bans for falsified claims may deter a lot of chancers (Disney presumably hope most if not all)...

It's not necessarily the DAS guest, but the five other family members. Grandma is probably not tearing up the park, but the grandkids definitely can be. So the strategy is simply: we ride headliner X with grandma at 11AM, but maybe four of the five other family members go off and do a bunch of...

Your math is based on the idea that people aren't already double-queuing. If Disney changed the DAS policy to not allow guests to be in two lines at once, those standby lines would naturally be somewhat shorter. IOW those waits aren't precluding people from riding while waiting a DAS return...

We at Disney can't wait to see the great stories our guests will create in this magical space. You are the story!

You see a problem; Disney see an opportunity.

Yeah, this has all the hallmarks of repairing burnt bridges. If it seems like the guy with the hammer and nails shares a cardigan collection with the arsonist, that's just coincidence.

sure, but it's not the theme that's holding it back.

Taking an existing food court, and turning it into another food court, is not what I immediately think of when I hear "growth and investment."