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Assuming they toss the archaic turnstiles, count me in the "what took so long?" category. I will have the same response when Anaheim finally gets modern AI scanners and ditches the old metal detectors and manual searches at security checkpoints.

I initially thought this too... but some of the people online claiming to be CMs have poured a little cold water on it. I guess the union contract requires cast schedules to be made far enough ahead of time that it's not really practical to use reservation numbers to preemptively cut staff. I...

Disney wants and needs loyalty program customers, but they want tighter control over when they visit and in what sort of numbers. I don't think it's any more complicated than that.

Did the rumor specify that he toured Anaheim? If not, I'd assume he walked through Orlando, which is probably a lot further along.

Let's be honest. None of us would really be surprised if what they have in the works is actually pretty boring - especially compared to the masterpiece they got rid of. I'm guessing a lot of us quietly suspected this might be the case when they inserted the silly virtue signaling into the...

I wonder how much preventative engineering can really do in situations like this. And will it ultimately just relocate the problem to other tall structures? The media should probably be careful in how they're reporting this, as well. Seems like there might be a copy-cat effect.

Is there any such thing as an "accurate" source for Disney rumors?

I wonder what the supposed business case is here. How are these two companies better off together rather than separate? The only obvious answer is less competition, and that's generally not great for the consumer.

Look, what's so hard about this?!? All I want is for Disneyland to... +Never be crowded when I visit +Keep investing tons of money every year into maintenance and new attractions +Let me visit whenever I want on a whim for a couple of hours without paying for parking +Provide free, unlimited...

Everybody gets what Iger was really doing when he said this, right? He wasn't trying to signal that things were too expensive and needed to get cheaper. Based on fundamental supply/demand principles Disneyland is still under-priced. He was really just dodging responsibility and subtly throwing...

The time-honored annual tradition: -Disney raises prices at a similar rate as usual -Social media melts down - "How can they POSSIBLY justify charging so much?!?" -Magic Keys continue to sell out within hours, if not minutes -Social media complains about how crowded the place is -Repeat

This is China we're talking about. Not North Korea.

If they're even close to serious about spending $6b a year over the next decade, a totally rebuilt monorail in Anaheim is more than feasible.

Yeah, that's sort of the point. Without Disney the parks would fall apart and it would cost China major cash and political capital.

They couldn't run it without Disney licensing and oversight. And it's in China's best interest to keep warm relations with US mega-corps.

It already is. A CCP-controlled holding group has 57% ownership.

I'm guessing the 60 billion is a blue sky number that they have PR reasons for hyping. In reality they will probably spend well short of that amount, especially if economic uncertainty persists. I mean, 60 billion would build a couple of brand new full park resorts from scratch. It's actually...

IMO, it's apparent that Disney is putting all of its Anaheim eggs in the DisneylandForward basket right now, and that's probably smart. Lots of good reasons to get that settled as top priority.

So, to summarize, Disney is found liable for some pocket change and no-blockouts passes are likely gone forever? Sounds like the lawyers are the big winners in this race, Disney finishes second, and the consumers predictably come in last.

It's probably wrong to paint anybody as either all bad or all good, but Staggs falls firmly into the "more bad than good" category for me. He had the main leadership role in the MyMagic+ implementation that I consider the single worst thing to happen to Disney parks in the last 20 years - maybe...