rushtest4echo
Well-Known Member
Universal is better than it was a decade ago.
And the several Six Flags that I visited are way better today than they were in 1970s and 1980s.
This is sometimes referred to as "The Disney Effect". Disney's historically superior quality has caused the competition to step up their games.
Funny thing about being the front runner; you start to assume you will remain in the lead no matter what you do.
Ask the Atlanta Falcons how that worked out.
Nice to see Disney once again behave like they have to work to earn my business.
Yeah, I can see your point on some of those. However, as a CA native, I can assure you that Magic Mountain, Knott's, Great America, Sea World, and Marine World were in much better shape back in the 80's and early 90's (they all went off a cliff in the late 90's and have never recovered- though Knott's is doing their best effort to clean the place up, Raffi really saved that park from total ruin IMO, sad he's gone now). I did not visit many Six Flags parks until around the late 90's, and they were/still are dumps. I've been to all of them multiple times, and besides a few oddball exceptions, I hope to never set foot in any of them ever again unless they clean up their current act. Six Flags America is literally THE.WORST.PARK.ON.EARTH- I've given the place 3 chances and it's gone downhill from there.
Anyway, I do understand and agree with your notion that Disney should feel a bit of industry heat brewing and respond accordingly. Still though, they seem to be coasting to quite a bit of business without trying if you want to look at it that way. And for the most part, that's what they've been doing according to the armchair imagineers/managers here. Still, I view the billions in infrastructure as them working to earn my dollar. New retail, dining, ease of use, transportation and other stuff may not matter to you, but they're doing that for somebody's dollar (mine included). RIdes are of course appreciated too and luckily many are on the way (finally). Billions are being invested all over the resort, every park has a major project underway or will shortly. More rooms are being added, hotels are being constantly refurbished (again, some people say that the refurbs are diminishing their offerings- we'll have to see what occupancy and pricing looks like to see if that's earning/losing them other people's dollar, too). Disney Springs completely crushes what used to be there in my book too.
Go Pats! So lucky to have a wife from New England so I could conveniently hitch my fandom wagon to the Patriots train all those years ago. Still a loyal Eagles fan, but it's just so difficult to root for such ineptitude. That and the Micheal Vick thing, which made it very convenient to simply watch the Patriots winning games while Philly imploded yet again!
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