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See, that's where they lose the public. And not just because we now know for sure (like we didn't already suspect) that Smith is an big old bag of phony on his best day, LOL. It's also why the general media has really cut back on their coverage, because it's just not a topic most of America...

I think you may be underestimating the amount of people who previously paid cable just to have it. I can't tell you how many folks I know who I used to hear saying, "I'd cut the cord, but the spouse has to have ESPN..." before the online service.

More specifically, it is the fact that they are not built to use THIS system effectively. There is plenty of capacity at WDW, it's just that much of it was (very intentionally) built into queues and load areas to load those guests most efficiently in continuous fashion, which now sit empty...

I don't in any way, shape, or form think you are anywhere near alone in this. Posts almost identical have been showing up here, and in other forums, for the past couple or years and were just dismissed as "anecdotal" but the evidence of it being much more than that is clearly mounting. As...

Exactly. You wouldn't personally catch me dead at WDW between the end of May and September, ever, but the people who planned vacations in advance aren't deciding all of a sudden not to go because it's a little hotter than normal. It's always sweltering in WDW in the summer, it's expected - and...

Perhaps they should have thought about it before spending 5 years and 100's of millions of dollars on it? I mean, obviously, the MK really really needed another huge white building in Tomorrowland housing a roller coaster - one was just never enough! - but like practically every thing else...

LOL. I totally get the psychological factor - but you do see that people that use it as their main spending card for rewards tend to have done it for a very long time, back when just getting 1% was considered a very big deal. I think a lot of folks just don't know what is really out there now...

That's just it - there is a reason the Disney Visa is considered one of the worst cards on the market, and that gap is quickly widening. The Disney card is stuck in like 2009, reading the current offer page is like a time warp. I don't think some folks may realize how much cash back many...

That's why it is so strange to me that Amazon spends billions on the streaming service...because I think most people are like you in this respect.

Exactly. Streaming is the present and future. It's also a very good model. There is a reason every company known to man wants you to subscribe to something, or have moved to subscription-only models. Computer software, bottled water, make-up, and so on - subscription models are very...

That statement just couldn't be any more incorrect. Where have you been for the last 20 years, where Disney has hyper-focused on guests who stay onsite for a week or more? There is a reason the cost of an AP has tripled in the past decade - they want to do everything they can to discourage it...

It is funny, isn't it? Strikes need public support, and the writers might have continued to get it, but now that the Actors (capital A on purpose) are involved, public opinion is going to go to heck. First, they lose a lot of people automatically because "Hollywood" and the fact that even the...

What is so telling about our culture right now, is that this post could be about either side of the aisle, and one would have no idea which one, since both are doing the same exact things, just in (very slightly) different ways. It just so well encapsulates why the rest of us look to one side...

There are many, many more talented people out there than there ever could be jobs for them, and with the wonders of YouTube, etc. today - they are not difficult to find. I'm not unsympathetic to some of the things the unions want, nor do I think they are undeserving of some of it, but this...

I don't think this is incorrect, but I do think it's less about the overall percentages of customers and their political leanings, but that those customers who are affected and making statements with their wallets right now seem to perhaps be among those who spent the most (and therefore matter...

That may be true, but there is no guarantee to make a living acting. If a large percentage of them can only manage to nab a non-speaking background role every couple of years to keep up their membership, maybe they aren't in the right business. That may sound harsh, but it's the reality -...

Yes, that's what I said - and it is true - but in terms of public perception, again, it doesn't hold sympathy long when that person in Tennessee is actually working their butts off 50 hours a week doing manual labor or service jobs to make $30K/year so they can afford to live with 3 roommates in...

Funny enough - I actually agree with you about the "trust" thing, and only mentioned it because usually when this topic comes up, someone will chime in with a link to some survey that shows how "trusted" Disney is among companies we we must not know what we are talking about, and I just wanted...

That's a great big - "Yup!" I don't think people realize the transformation that is going on around us, in so many industries. As always (I need a hat that says this...), the pandemic accelerated trends that were already happening. People are going to be writing books for many years to come...

It's not even just the last two years, though - but I agree, people here tend to have a very warped view of what "normies" actually think about Disney as a company. It may still rank well on surveys of "trusted brands" but the truth is - even the most "trusted" brands aren't trusted very much...