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If it's really a slow day then they'll run fewer trains / ride vehicles through. This is a problem at most parks. Go on a REALLY slow day and you have only one coaster train. You'll wait forever for it to be your turn because you have to wait for everyone to load, ride time, unload, move...

And that's a big factor with Bob: Why is he giving this away for free? How can he sell it?? I think the problem with the Monorail is that it's at a point to where if you sold tickets that it still wouldn't cover the cost of purchasing new trains (or a full refurbishments) - so there they sit...

As much as I think Bob is trying to find the "market price" for the parks/resorts/anything else at Disney, I think what Bob just doesn't get is the "Emotional Reservoir" that you mentioned (Nostalgia). There's a very real problem for a business when it goes too far that its name just become...

Yep. They could shutdown monorail transportation tomorrow and, I think it's been readily established that: - People will complain - People will then fork over the required amount to stay at a Deluxe Resort (so what if it's no longer "monorail" It's still "deluxe"!) and take a bus to the MK...

Another thought: What if they have a pretty good idea of the life-span of the beams and, because of this, it'd make no sense to order new trains (because they have no intention of fixing the beams).

The Epcot beams should be the first to go as they were cast locally in FL and suffer from too much lime (which erodes - if I remember correctly). That said, the MK Resort Monorails (both Resort and Express) were cast in Seattle and transported down. They are of a much higher grade concrete but...

Yep. I question what Fox brought to the table. Star Wars? Yeah - I can see that. Marvel? - they've made a good bit of money there. Fox? What does that do for them? Extra old shows on D+?

The corporate statements are the worst. I think one thing Bob really needs to look out for is: maintenance. The problem with reducing maintenance is that costs build up to the point where the thing isn't worth fixing. If it had simply been maintained then that latest cost wouldn't matter. A...

I think that this is inevitable that Universal will overtake Disney. The difference is: - Universal invests in its parks because it wants to, proactively - Disney invests in its parks because they have to, retroactively What Disney is currently doing is making up for ≈20 years of lack of...

I don't think he sees it as: "Oh, those crappy poor people!," but, instead, sees it as, "The wealthier people have more money. I can make more money from wealthier guests." I think he sees himself as a shopkeeper of sorts. In his mind the idea is: "How do I make as much money as possible with...

Somehow the Monorail made it for 40ish years with 99.8% uptime but now we make excuses for it. The trains should have been replace 10 years back but Disney "saved" money. On a spreadsheet, show Bob how spending more money on the Monorail will result in more money returned to the company. You...

I think it's pretty obvious that Disney uses the bloggers/vloggers as their propaganda machine. "You do what we say and you get access. You say a bad thing and you're cut off!" I was thinking about this today when I saw that Genie was revealed replacing FP+ It looks like it'll tell you: Free...

I'm on here less and less. I check in once in a while when I hear some news from Disney. This time it was the Magic Key deal. Otherwise, no, I'm not on here daily or weekly. I'm interested in amusement parks and theme parks in general. Epic Universe looks pretty incredible to me. The Super...

The "Reservation Pass" seems like a very off-putting idea. 1) Now you have "one more thing" you have to do on top of all of the other bits you have to organize about going on a DL vacation (dining reservations / FP reservations (which you're paying for) / show reservations, etc). 2) If it's...

I stopped going about 5 years back. I was an APer for about a 10-year stretch. Often I would stay on site and my general procedure was to pick a nice restaurant either in the parks or at one of the resorts for each evening's meal. To understand my expectations: - Yes it was expensive but...

The Bobs like your thinking! OF COURSE your normal daily park-hopper wouldn't work for after hours parties. You're thinking too small with an up-charge for a hopper option. You just have a party at each park each evening and guests can buy their way into however many parties they wish...

It will be. What you're basically saying is: "Can Disney offer less and charge more?" I think a good bit of the public, and many online here, will happily line up screaming, "TAKE MY MONEY!" The Bobs see it as: - If they'll pay more for 3 hours and no extras - Then why would we offer 6 hours...

Or maybe... hear me out... just actually complete it for once. Whichever way you go, maybe actually finish the project instead of 1/2 doing it and saying, "oh.. we were going to do more but Paris|Shanghai|other excuse stopped it."

If only they had several expansion pads which they could add new countries to and maybe use fewer temp-buildings.

I can't wait to see how they spin it. Going in you know you're not going to get the same deal as before. You're not going to get the unlimited visits 365 except as a very high price tag. At the same time, you know that they're going to spin it like they're doing you a favor. I bet the use the...