Recent content by Jrb1979

Yes they have deeper pockets to get that top talent. At the same time most regional parks don't have a team of people that develop attractions like Disney and Universal do. I will say some of the regional parks are catching up on terms of attractions. The new boat dark ride coming to Dollywood...

Most regional parks are about thrills. It's a big draw. The top seasonal park that is only open May to October had almost 4 million guests this summer. Cedar Point has some of the top coasters in the US. Even one that's goes 120 mph To go back to the topic, I do agree that Disney has changed...

The one thing I hate about videos like this is how they make regional parks to be the worst parks in the world and nobody visits them. 4 million visitors for Cedar Point, Dollywood and Hershey is really good for how short their seasons are.

Headliner attractions will always have a wait. Another way to change it would be to keep the single LL for the headliners in each park.

It's better but some of that is due to lower attendance.

Just about all parks do offer a line skipping service. The difference is most only offer a limited amount of passes per day at a high price. I've said it for awhile, Disney should follow suite and onto offer premier pass. While it wouldn't make standby shorter, it would make standby not crawl...

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Even social media and AI, you don't see many families on there either for planning trips to Disney.

WDW was never built as a premium/luxury product. While it always has been pricey, it was still affordable for most Americans. In theory, it makes sense to go after those who have the most disposable income. The problem is many of those who do have that money aren't likely to be repeat visitors...

I don't think it will minute by minute change but I could see a daily change depending on crowd level. That IMO is bad way to run things. This is all to keep those profits improving each quarter.

That's the thing, Disney is built on frequent visitors. Ones that go once or twice a year. Why else would they have DVC? They can't survive on that family from Denver that goes once every 5 years.

As far as the tickets go, I was pricing out a trip for my wife daughter and i for February. We can stay on International Dr at the Holiday Inn including for half of the price 4 park base tickets for the 3 of us.

To add on to that. IMO that's something Dollywood does better in terms of pricing. For $45 a person you get a ticket book to try 6 festival items. You don't feel as ripped off.

The tickets are the biggest issue price wise. They cost just as much as the hotel does.

I understand that. As someone who lives in Canada, it's different for Thanksgiving and Christmas. While a few do travel, for the most part, those holidays it's big on families getting together for a big dinner. It feels like in the US these holidays are big on travel for many people.