I think the challenge for this thing is going to be the disconnect between what the price point implies you'll get, and what the experience actually gives. For the most part all the discussions about "who's gonna pay to go to this" gets centered around die hard Star Wars fans that will sell...
That's interesting, I never thought about that. Part of me feels like it's just wishful thinking, but it sounds reasonable. We can only hope that's the case.
I agree that if they can pay the costs of staying shut, then they will pay them. My point is what if they can't? Then what will they do? We've got inside sources saying that if they stay closed through summer then they go bankrupt, and now it looks like they won't open until after August at the...
I guess realistically the issue I see them facing is, if they're in a position where they either reopen or go bankrupt (which the OP said would happen very early on in the thread), what is there to stop them from reopening the parks short of a legal mandate? We can say they'll get bad PR, but...
If Disney is apparently on the verge of going bankrupt because of the virus, then how is Universal blazing ahead with construction? Do they really have that much more liquidity than Disney, or are they just being reckless?