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We were talking about what the public likes, not how much the movie made for the studio. This is an extreme example to clarify the point but if I spent 4 billion (including marketing) to make a movie that released today, and it does 3 billion in revenue during its theatrical run, was it a...

You don't think there is a difference between live action nostalgia classics that were released 20-30 years ago vs. animated movies that came out in the last couple? I also think there is a much larger market for non-animated rereleases. I would argue it is a cultural touchstone for many...

Maybe to rent but the home release (DVD) came out in March of 2022 and best I can tell the streaming debut (not rental) was in June of 2022, six months after release. You really don't think Encanto would have done MUCH better had it not gone almost direct to streaming, for free? It had just as...

Two reasons. One, movies that released in 2021 still had to deal with social distancing, closures due to staffing issues at theaters and a large part of the general public not wanting to leave the house much. All that got better as the year went on but that also means that it is hard to gauge...

I agree overall. Personally I didn't find Wish to be nearly as bad as people wanted to make it out to be. Strange World was just boring while Raya was fine. Yes, though 2021 was a weird year so I tend to ignore it. Uni absolutely killed it in 2022 but 2023 felt down to me (outside of Mario of...

They certainly make more profit of late but people (in general) tend to mistake profit with audience preference. Last year Mario cleaned up but the other three Uni releases didn't do much on the audience front. Ruby Gillman and Trolls Band Together combined had about as many theater goers as...

As a DVC member, I wouldn't complain about the deluxe part of it, but I imagine the inventory of Deluxe is too high to allow for a full Express Pass like situation. Uni is VERY limited in the amount of "Free" Express Pass given out and I think it is telling they haven't added it to any resort...

Blaming Disney ignores that this same thing happened many years ago when the number of visitors was significantly lower but capacity was roughly the same. It also doesn't explain why the exact same problems were happening at Universal and Six Flags. I think we all agree Disney should have been...

If they were, ironically, the standby line would be moving much faster because it wouldn't be stopping constantly to let 90% of the ride capacity walk by on the G+/ILL side. Also, you keep mentioning in other posts that they gave the exact wait time as the return and maybe that is what you have...

I don't want the ability for them to move around and do short wait rides removed. I just also don't want it being abused by people who don't need it and it seems like a lot of that is going on currently. As for not getting in other lines, sure, at least ones that are too long for them to...

That article is mostly an opinion piece. The two facts I could find are: 1. Disney used a non-standard method of ROI calculation using revenue instead of profit. 2. Disney spelled out how they were doing the calculation so no one should be surprised by this. Personally, I doubt changing the...

No, there shouldn't be limits but people need to acknowledge that it isn't a one to one comparison because of how the system works. For example, if Space Mountain averages an hour wait all day and I want to ride it a dozen times I just ate up my entire day sitting in the line for Space Mountain...

Why do people keep acting like DAS and G+ are not comparable? Yes, we know they are not the same but they are very similar and most of the time I would argue DAS is much better. G+: Select a vague, maybe accurate return time that is anywhere from now to never as a ride can no longer be...

If they can't get the overall usage down then I am sure we will see changes/tweaks until they get it to where it is sustainable including some that you mention. If not, they will eventually be forced to go to a system that does require proof. There is a part of me that wonders if they made the...

In some cases they are because G+/ILL lines account for more overall capacity than standby on popular rides. For example, take a ride that is required to run at 90/10 G+/standby (which we know happens and can be as bad as 99/1). That means that 90% of the overall capacity is being given to some...

The idea is no one who legit needs an accommodation is left out. It may not be in the form of DAS for everyone going forward but they are going to provide options. As for how much abuse this will help stop, we don’t know because we are still missing information, at least not until it goes live...

Except it isn’t 8 minutes because the problem is the massive amount of ride utilization that is going to DAS, not because of people who need it, but because of the people that don’t. Go back and look at some of the numbers and levels Len was talking about and there is no way that is sustainable...

There is no denying he had a huge impact on the climb and success of the stock but he is actively hurting them now and opened the door with that ridiculous compensation package that shareholders had to take him to court to get thrown out. That same group is using the support they gathered...

I am not trying to imply that Disney (or anyone) knows more than the parents just that the parents final decision to bring their child or not does not force Disney to accommodate them in anyway other than Disney thinks is appropriate. Also, let's not pretend that as a country we don't do things...

A lot is going to depend on where the abuse was happening and how Disney is using the third-party group in the decision-making process. For example, what if they have data that shows 1/3 of the abusers showed up first thing in the morning to demand DAS from a frazzled CP cast member at guest...