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I agree with you on the point that there is some "breaking point" for this where people will just stop paying. Unfortunately, I think that's a generation or two out. Currently, no matter what Disney does, people line up at the gates each day and just pay it. I think, short term, what I discuss...

Also interesting in how they do these things: It's the whole, "you can't boil a frog, but you can put a frog in water and slowly turn up the temperature." (it's actually a myth but a well known saying which gets the point across) If you were to come in from the outside, today, and see the cost...

This is exactly it. They also understand political/PR spin and will answer questions like, "do they honestly expect people to pay the entrance price plus the LL price???" The answer will be: "We offer many, varied magical experiences and attractions and guests can certainly wait in the...

Because in each corporation, it's not the same thing. Disney meant for FastPass line to be the "normal" line. They wanted/expected people to get a FastPass, go out and shop and eat, and then return to the normal "virtual line" at the correct time to ride. This is why the Standby line is...

I didn't mean later this week. I'm saying 5-10 years out it'll be normal to pay to ride (and you'll likely defend it because: rides need maintenance; cast members need to be paid; etc.) The Genie discussion thread is more of a "what is happening now". That is why I created a separate thread. I...

I've had this thought before: With Genie, ultimately, they're going to have you pay to ride. There's all sorts of ways that they can play with the numbers/stand-by times, etc. to coerce you. I don't think they'll have to go to that much trouble, however. FastPass (original) was geared around...

I get that it's not supposed to look like a space ship from outside. I do like the circular Bay Lake like building. What if they had made that (but a complete circle) and now you have this huge space-atrium and you can have a dome over the top with screens showing space (not real space because...

I saw all of the recent YouTube videos talking about how crappy the Star Wars Hotel looked. Galaxy's Edge: I think it depends on what "successful" means. Does it pull in Star Wars fans? Yes. Does it make money? Yes. Is it as good as Harry Potter? No. I think they failed on a number of fronts...

It doesn't seem like you should have to send them an email / speak with them about basic maintenance such as light bulbs being out. This is pretty basic. It's like having a park where the trash cans are overfilling. One trash can? Yeah - go tell a cast member so they can radio it in. Trash cans...

I never thought it was a law - always made sense to me. Put the wheelchairs on first, strap them down (you have room to both load them and work around them to strap them down), THEN you load the rest of the folks who can now crowd around the wheelchair. It seems odd to have/need a law about this.

Yep. There is no such thing as "free". That being said: I think the problem is that the business eventually forgets that the "free" bit is worked into some other part of the spreadsheet (it's paid for elsewhere) and, because of that, they land on: - start charging for this service 0r - dump the...

I'd argue that it wouldn't matter: - When it's slow it's no big deal to have people go through a turnstile and log their magic band - When it's crammed, the line up to the Monorail, Ferry, whatever is going to be crammed *anyway* so showing the magicband won't matter.

To be fair: Your parking at the resorts was already built into the price of your stay. ... until it wasn't. I still argue that nothing is off the table. What is still "free" to the customers? Only one thing left there: resort transportation. It didn't used to be that way.

I was watching one of them last night and started wondering: Am I watching this because I don't want to go to the parks? Let me explain: I'm done with the parks. The only one I'd actually like to visit at this point is Tokyo - specifically because it is run by a different company who still...

I like that idea (the Tron canopy over Tomorrowland) That'd be cool.

I bet 8b was a non-starter because: Customers would have had to travel through Epcot to get to spending and dining over at the Epcot resorts.

Really? Just a few months back I remember hearing that the banks were worried because so many consumers had paid off their debts and, while they still used credit cards, they paid them off each month. That's in stark contrast to the US Government who: "...needs a credit increase so that they...

Another thing with the Disney vloggers: Even the ones who dare to be critical go right back to hocking Disney parks and merch the next episode. It's like 100 videos of, "Disney can do no wrong. Let me show you things that you can buy at the parks!" Then: "Disney added this pay-for feature. I...

I wonder if the problem is just that it's a bad location. Interestingly, I think it'd probably be big enough for Mission: Space (with just two rides instead of, I think 4 over at Epcot). Outside of something small and spinning, there's not much else that they can do with that location. They...

Since this is all fantasy: Create an actual transportation hub where everyone would park (except resort guests) and then they'd take the Monorail to the destination of choice (some parks sharing the same line depending on what made sense). The Monorail would also connect each of the resort...