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    News Disney World Hits All-Time High Revenue in Q3 2025, Strong Bookings Continue into Q4

    Disney knows they've got a cult dedicated fan base when they take away Magical Express, take away luggage transfer, charge for fastpass, raise ticket and room rates at 4 times the rate of inflation, and charge Ludicrous amounts for party nights/events! Everyone loves paying more and getting...
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    News Disney World Hits All-Time High Revenue in Q3 2025, Strong Bookings Continue into Q4

    Walt was always about cutting quailty and raising prices !:hungover:
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    Giant teen tour groups are back

    Of all the problems I have with WDW right now, large teen groups (or large groups of teens) ranks about #291.
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    News Walt Disney World Holidays 2025

    Dude you should see some of my posts when Fastpass ended and Disney started charging for lightning lanes. I'll pay for a multi thunder crappass when I get a lobotomy and pigs fly in the upside down. I'm going to UNI next year and I'm gonna away so much money there just to stick it to the mouse!
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    News Walt Disney World Holidays 2025

    Yup, just spend more money ad I might have a good time. Buy that Hopper Pass, Buy that Lightning Lane, Stay on Site, pay $199 pp for a Christmas nigt that used to cost $39. LOL. I'm only going becuase I have 2 kids playing in the Thanksgiving band show at MK. I'll gladly save the money and go...
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    News Walt Disney World Holidays 2025

    Magic Kingdom will close early for Christmas Parties 4 TIMES during Thanksgiving week/weekend. I am reluctantly going back to WDW for the first time since 2018 and it loks like it will suck more than ever!!
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    Universal Epic Universe (South Expansion Complex) - Now Open!

    I'll definately be watching wait times/trends but today (Memorial Day), the top wait time this afternoon at EPIC is 90 min. for Harry Potter - The rest are 45min. or less. This is totally a "Shut-up and take my money" way of operations. I gave up on WDW and haven't been since 2018 beacuse we...
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    WSJ: Even Disney Is Worried About The High Cost Of A Disney Vacation (gift link)

    Back in the day (early 2000's)when I went to WDW mostly every year, we would take advantage of "Bounceback" coupons- In the 2009 recession I stayed at FQ and the "Bounceback" flyer was placed in our room the night before checkout- it offered 40% off Deluxe rooms Plus free dining if we came back...
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    Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

    I loved FP+ it allowed me to book the newest/most popular rides 30 days in adavnce (offsite guests) for my family of 6. Then we could plan ADR and just spend the day at that park. Genie+ and ILL you are not guarnteed a ride on anything- ILL may run out, or Genie+ may not be avaiable for a...
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    Maybe one reason folks are still going to WDW

    I'll let you know. I plan on doing a full review when I get back. We went to DL for the first time in 2022. I made a list of some top pro/cons.
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    Maybe one reason folks are still going to WDW

    Have you seen the prices for Disneyland Paris. Cheap Cheap Cheap! We are planning 1 week in Paris with 3 days at Dianeyland/Disney Studios PLUS 1 week of touring the mountians in France. Priced it out cheaper for our family of 6 than a WDW/Universal trip staying offsisite and driving from Illlinois.
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    Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

    Advanced reservations would be a plus to start convincing me to come back to WDW. It makes planning dining and park selection so much easier, especially for a biiger family (6 of us). Example: if we can get a lighthing lane for Slinky dog and MMRR, in advance, we can plan what time to arrive at...
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    Are Disneyland or WDW fans the most stubborn about trying the "other" park?

    After 14 trip to WDW over 20 years, we finally were worn down by price, lack of amenities/perks, and overcrowding- we took a trip to DL and loved it- shorter lines, better weather, lots to do in the area (actual movie studios instead of whatever Hollywood Studios is now). Disneyland actually...
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    Look,, if WDW is this crowded.. the OPEN A FIFTH PARK...

    Not to beat a dead horse here, (ok maybe a little)- a 5th park would not help capacity in any significant way. If all WDW had equal attendance, it would only increase capacity by 20%. It is similar to the diminishing returns of adding lanes to a highway - to go from 1 to 2 lanes can add 100%...
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    News Walt Disney Company plans to spend $17 billion at Walt Disney World over the next ten years

    Look man, I want to be excited about this, but we have watched TWDC send 1 billion+ each on New Fantasyland, Avatarland, Star Wars, RFIC/Magic Bands all resulting in longer lines and a painful ride reservation system. I hope this 17 billion will help allieviate some of the current downsides of...
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