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    News Kali River Rapids Closing October 6 for Refurbishment at Disney's Animal Kingdom

    Geez man, we will be down there during this time and I absolutely can't justify going to AK. What will they have, 5 rides open? So now Kali River will be open in Jan and Feb when it's way too cold to ride? Poor decisions.
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    DHS New Villains Show Coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Summer 2025

    I had to find my old login just to come here and be sad about this one. I know nobody will really miss it, but my kids love the current attraction with Lightning McQueen. Hope the new show is good!
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    Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

    DIS reported a negative cash flow of 170M for the most recent 6 months ending. They've been running cash flow negative for the last good bit. Yes, this is due to capital investments in Parks and DIS+, but I don't see how they can afford to cut those investments significantly. The parks are...
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    Disney stock...

    Stock is doing great. The current 5-year return is -11%.
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    Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

    Sorry, I was using G+ to represent the rides that are included with the $15 bucks -- LL costing the extra out of pocket.
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    Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

    How? Is this G+ rides plus LL? I understand that you can book one and then if you wait two hours, you can stack on another.
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    Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

    Yeah, it's completely manageable by either rope dropping or staying until close. One trip we had the most success staying late (although we normally rope drop). The most recent trip we splurged for AKL and took advantage of the evening extra magic hours and were able to walk onto pretty much...
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    Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

    Right there with you. I could rant about my Genie+ experience all day. It just wasn't worth paying for, period. I perceived close to zero value -- unless you count getting to walk onto Pirates when the stand by was only 20 minutes, then yeah, some value exists.
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    Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

    Tried Genie+, it was awful and not worth the money. Been back twice since and did not purchase it either trip. If they brought back FastPass+ and charged me Genie+ prices, I'd probably buy it. It was simple: I get to pick 3 guaranteed rides for the day. None of this crap of sitting on my phone...
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    Disney’s Q2 FY22 Earnings Results Webcast

    I agree, they can't grow without new, expensive content. My concern is that growth does not equal free cash flow / profitability. Growth is at the cost of very large capital expenditures. At a certain point, you need to be able to cut back on content spending to make the platform actually...
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    Disney’s Q2 FY22 Earnings Results Webcast

    Can't believe I actually agree with the analyst on CNBC. He basically he said he was worried about the path to profitability with DIS+ and chasing Netflix and HBO Max. Mentioned it would be smarter to keep classic content and play to the 'super fans.' I've always thought they should play to...
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    Disney’s Q2 FY22 Earnings Results Webcast

    The $103.50 order filled, the $99/share is still pending, but as I type this the after hours price is down to $100
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    Disney’s Q2 FY22 Earnings Results Webcast

    Just had a small order fill at $103.50/share. Got another order in at $99/share. Keep talking Bob.
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    Disney’s Q2 FY22 Earnings Results Webcast

    The Parks, Experiences and Products segment reported $6.8B profit in 2019. They aren't selling that cash cow. Not to mention the IP synergy that exists between the parks and the media segment. They'll use Parks & Experiences to fund the DIS+ catalog (burn money). I just spent the last hour...
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    Disney’s Q2 FY22 Earnings Results Webcast

    They're running negative cash from operations right now, much less traditional FCF (cash from ops less capital expenditures). I'm worried DIS is going to go down the road of burning cash with D+ in an effort to grow / maintain subscribers. Netflix is technically profitable but has never been...
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    Disney’s Q2 FY22 Earnings Results Webcast

    Looking at FCF projections and intrinsic value (using assumptions I feel comfortable with), I like it closer to $95/share. You're probably right though regarding earnings risk. I hate buying before earnings though, always feels like a gamble.
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