Recent content by Bwrinks

The fixed costs (real estate taxes, LT maintenance, DEBT FINANCING) are not going away no matter what. But I still think there is no way they make a gross profit (basically ticket prices, concessions, and hotels minus the daily operating costs such as a staffing, utilities, transportation, short...

The price increases through the 90s and early 2000s make some sense. 2 new theme parks, 2 new water parks. As for the 2012-2015 increases, I agree they hit a wall and limited supply through the DVC conversions at Beach club, AKL Jambo, Boardwalk and probably others I’m missing which have...

Agreed. WDW is simply not a business that is profitable at 25% (or less???) capacity.

For what it’s worth the price increase for the Poly Club Level Room from 2002 to 2011 outpaced inflation by 12.6%, assuming you are both comparing the same room type. I’d be curious what the jump was the last 9 years. I stayed in those rooms (non theme park view) a couple years back—need to look...

Agreed. It was not THAT bad. We rope dropped, which did mean a very early wake up call—caught Monorail at 5:15am from Poly. Rode Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan, Pooh, Tea Cups, Barnstormer (x2), dumbo, Ariel, carousel, thunder mt (x2), pirates, tiki room, and Splash all before 9:45am. Left for...

Any discussion on “value” is really relative to what the guests are willing to pay. My wife and just I flew down to Disney for the weekend and most meals cost us less than we would have paid at home (New York). Personally I would not classify the dining as overpriced. The restaurants will...