Recent content by Jrb1979

It's not officially stated but the fact they changed rules on who could ride says it.

They don't owe anyone anything regardless if they are a publicly held company. Outside of places like here, this story is barely talked about. Most have moved on. IMO a lot of is, many here aren't coaster lovers and want to know it's safe.

That's the other thing. For those who still enjoy it will continue to do so til they don't like it don't find value. Then they will move on. Many don't care about Iger, or the business side.

My view is a theme park vacation should never have a luxury price tag.

I understand what you're saying. Just cause they price themselves as luxury vacation doesn't mean they are a luxury vacation. My response is then don't price yourselves as one if you aren't one.

Bolded is the problem. They are pricing themselves as equal to River Cruise or a week in St Lucia.

IMO a luxury vacation is a river cruise, a week in the Maldives or the Mediterranean. A theme park is not even close to that and shouldn't be priced like that.

I don't think that at all. Here is what I'm saying. Disney is not a luxury vacation. It's luxury in price only. I know there is a difference. Disney isn't selling the promise of luxury but at the same time they are pricing it like they are a luxurious vacation. That's the point some are...

While Disney has never come out and said they are a "luxurious" and they likely never will. The issue is they have priced themselves like they are a "luxurious" place

They don't say it but they price like they are. While Disney has always been on the higher side in terms of price, most middle class could afford going once every year or two. Now they have priced most of them out. iMO it's a bad move as those in that demographic make up the ones who like their...

It's great to see them doing this so everyone has access to attractions. I do welcome change. The other side of this is adding over the shoulder restraints is also a big step backwards. The industry has come a long way technology wise in terms of restraints. They have kept them safe but also...

That's fair. For my family we have 10 parks within an 8 hour drive from us, over half of which are Six Flags parks. For $300 for the 3 of us, we get access to 7 parks within a days drive.

Agreed they aren't the only ones. Anecdotally, we've looking at vacation plans for next year and a lot of the places we like it go haven't gone up that much. Places like Myrtle Beach, Pigeon Forge, regional parks. The ones that have gone up seem to be your Disney's, Ski resorts cruises and...

Not really as most spend the day time for coasters and then at night is for Haunted mazes and scare zones. That's what most people do at those parks. Not many are spending $250 to have short waits.

I don't know about Disney. I do know that a lot of mid Westerns have flocked to Cedar Point this weekend. It's been at capacity yesterday and today with waits around 2-3 hours for the top coasters.