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Heard a rumor that it was supposed be characters from the movie "Wish". The movie was a major failure and they were left scrambling for a new concept. Disney thought they had the next "Frozen" and that the "Wish" characters would be in high demand. They had to choose face characters they already...

early show was also 360, it was a family tradition to watch.

It is not as bad as it looks. They will still have about 100,000 employees, which is about 20,000 more than they had pre -covid. They had a huge growth during the pandemic and now need to cut back.

But it is amazing.

In addition sit down restaurants are dead and have been most of the summer. I have friends and family that work in food and beverage. They have never seen it this slow property wide. Even restaurants like Ohana are slower than usual.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinereid/2023/08/30/its-no-surprise-disneys-stock-hit-a-nine-year-low-heres-why/?sh=227cb3e77a18

I know people that worked there. Sales were really low there especially during big sporting events. Can't make money when tables don't turnover. It had very low sales per person.

ESPN wasn't a money maker. It was either slow or full of people camping out at tables watching sporting events for 3-6 hours.

Disney inflated ride times at closing even before Genie. This is done to discourage people from getting in line before closing. It is a cost saving measure to clear out rides and reduce labor etc...

pre-covid capacity closure was significantly higher than current reservation capacity.

Busy, but lower crowds than expected for spring break.

No don’t think it is illegal, just padding the books to make things look better than they really are which seems to be the norm in corporations lately. Not just Disney.

True, but I think there is some creative book keeping going on also.

TV channels are Dinosaurs going extinct. Cruise line is actually doing really well but I consider them floating resorts and right or wrong lumped them in with parks.

Disney has been doing none of the above well recently. They have stumbled tremendously of late and are disregarding their own internal research pertaining to park operations. The only division of Disney that is currently profitable is the parks division. The have been short sighted trying to...

Easy at their peak no one thought Sears could fail, they did. Same could happen to Disney. No company is impeervious to failure.

Sears Rise and Fall: From World's Biggest Retailer to Bankruptcy This could happen to Disney.

“More Americans are planning trips and booking them earlier, despite inflation,” said Paula Twidale, senior vice president of AAA Travel, in a statement. “This summer travel season could be one for the record books, especially at airports.” More people are traveling this summer but less are...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/business/disney-ron-desantis-analysis/index.html

I think timeline was a bigger issue than price. Original Trilogy fans have a lot of disposable income.