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This isn't even Disney counting. It's the Themed Entertainment Association. You're creating straw man after straw man in an attempt to negate the simple fact that Disney's theme park attendance triples Universal's. What I said about a 100+ million attendance lead is irrefutable fact. Disney's on...

1) People need to stop selling bridges here. 2) I absolutely believe Disney wants to maintain its current attendance levels at parks. The current model of guests paying more per visit is ideal. They're building new DVC expansions because that's found money. People pay for the parks when they're...

This is an argument of semantics. When we discuss admission park admissions, the Themed Entertainment Association counted Disney at 156 million in 2019, Merlin at 67 million, OCT Parks at 54 million, and Universal at 51 million. That's a gap of 105 million people. Disney triples Universal...

It's a debate about whether Disney views Universal as competition to the point that it'll worry about Epic Universe. It doesn't. Nobody's gonna spend $50k to eat sometimes at one restaurant at Universal Studios. Disney's literally trying to keep fewer people from visiting, as the "competition"...

Well, if it's all in bold, it must be fact, not a super-weird reply!

No, that was fact. During the last year before the pandemic, Disney parks hosted 156 million guests. Universal was at 51 million. Merlin had 67 million, but Chimelong would have passed it quickly if not for the pandemic. Its parks doubled in five years to 54 million by 2019.

Disney has a lead of 100+ million annual tourists on Universal. A gradual shift would make them viable competition in about 50 years or so. At this point, Universal's goal should be passing Chimelong -- which it probably won't -- and Merlin Entertainments, the latter of which should happen over...

Yup. Wall Street billionaires use the same tactics as message board trolls. Take from that what you will.

I had to laugh when it came out that DeSantis got married at Disney World.

Literally no sane person is talking about that. This is a discussion about the Reedy Creek changes.

Hilariously, Universal is about to have its own district that it manages, which the same Florida elected officials will allow. https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/news/21291692/fl-plan-for-sunrail-airport-link-to-universal-idrive-takes-big-step-forward

Right, supply and demand matter in the job market, too. And I'm all for the cashier getting a living wage in exchange for working a job.

Y'all done hung the Ghost Host from the ceiling tonight!

Yes, that's why I asked.

In fact, Rice likely overplayed his hand here. He's Rupert Murdoch's chosen one due to Rice's father, Tom Rice, helping Murdoch break unions during the Wapping Dispute in the 80s. If literally anyone could have gotten conservatives off Disney's back, it would have been Rice. He likely said as...

Do you work in healthcare?

I had a Blackberry and people used to ask me what it was all the time.

Smartphones are done. Pagers will make a come back any day.

I didn't miss it. I drew a diametrically different opinion from you. Disney isn't fixing anything. It's reducing its legal responsibility because the program has sold so well. It wants consumers to lessen expectations about what they'll get. Businesses only do that when they know customers will...

Cleveland.com was saying last month that Top Thrill Dragster's fate is in the air. That would blow my mind, but after what happened last year, maybe they've decided they cannot maintain it safely.