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for the 2010s, Universal gained market share, but Disney's profits keep going up. They used to have the strategy of trying to entice people to spend their entire Orlando vacation at WDW, but the death of Magical Express suggests that is at an end. They may just see the pool of visitors to...

Ha - I meant 145F. But seriously, 145F is overcooked and culinary crime.

If your steak internal temp reached 145C, it was not medium rare.

Date an announcement is made: Thursday, August 19 What form the new FP system takes: Genie is free (your new MDE + lines app. Includes restaurants) Standby line (For free, so Disney can say they are keeping you out of line) $25 for 3 wishes. (gain revenue on essentially the FP+ replacement...

So, how much lead time do you think it will take to incorporate lightning passes and other items into Touring Plans? The permutations with all these options sound as if the additional complexity will increase exponentially. (I understand if you don't want speak on products in development).

Yeah... You can always "be spontaneous" if you don't care if you get to see any attractions in particular. Getting a 12:00pm return time for Test Track when you have a 12:45pm reservation at Via Napoli is not going to feel "spontaneous".

This. If you can't virtual queue/pass for fastpass/ whatever until you enter the part, you may simply not get on some rides. Magic Kingdom has a lot of interesting popular attractions. But you may not be able to get on FOP during spring break if you are off site.

Me: I don’t like standing super long lines for your attractions Disney: we fixed that. me: how? Disney: we won’t let get on the attraction.

Little known fact, the code name for the genie app was “Project Monkey’s Paw”

HEA is fabulous. But the projections really made the prime viewing locations a very small window, especially with children. Hopefully the Main Street projections will open up good viewing locations, and hopefully they will be utilized with HEA returns.

The people who stay in Deluxe are those who spend the most on their vacations, and have the most disposable income to spend on the vacations. Why do people keep suggesting Disney wants to GIVE AWAY something to those most likely to pay? At this point, Disney's entire goal is getting people who...

For those wondering why Disney wants to allow smartphones to enter a fastpass queue instead of charging you for magic bands, its so they can charge you $50 for a Journey Into Imagination fastpass.

As far as Disney releasing their internal data - I agree they wouldn't release anything that doesn't make them look good. But @marni19 @pheneix and @WDW Pro all know things that aren't "released." So I thought they may have seen things. As far as trends observable from outside observers, it...

I wouldn't know... But some insiders on this forum might....?

So this largely aligns with what I have thought about the parks. To put this in other terms, it seems that Disney used to think their success was made on the back of high guest satisfaction. But in the past 5-10 years, they realized they could increase profitability at the expense of overall...

Maybe they cut budgets where they could?

I double checked after your post. He said that specifically about Spaceship Earth. My initial reaction was similar to yours (doubtful). But I would not be surprised if they recently wanted to cut back on capital expenses with the adverse climate.

Slight clarification: Jim Hill said the major update would be "toward the end of the 2020s." So that could mean like 9 years from now.

It is possible that they are reducing operating hours, so imagineering has more time in the evening to experiment and debug in advance of spring break and Easter. (No idea if this is true or not)