Again, I don't think too many people think there will be some mass Exodus from WDW. Are people saying that Disney could lose a day with some people? Yes. And does Disney care? Who knows. I think they do, considering they spent money on microchips in cups to save literally a penny or two. So if they care that much about soda, I'm sure they care about losing a possible day from customers.
Losing a day from Joe doesn't matter if Kathy has been waiting to book and everything is sold out.
Maybe, maybe not. You don't think they want both? They spent a lot of extra money on soda cups to stop Joe from drinking 4 cents extra of soda. I'm inclined to think losing $1500 from him might be something they wouldn't like.
It absolutely does mean they are taking from Disney because of opportunity cost. Those guests could have gone to Disney. Disney is missing out!
A Harry Potter fan who goes to Universal because they have Harry Potter was never going to go to Disney.
I don't think you can really count the blue sky stuff as implied. I have a hard time giving them any credit for looking ahead. Not with how absolutely horrible this D23 showing was. Covid can't be an excuse. These useless people in charge had 2 years to figure out how to improve the parks with new attractions. But all they were concerned about was what can we get rid of, and what things that were included can we upcharge for.
Do you have any data to back this up?
Not exactly shining examples of Disney’s finest, outside of Rise and the visual depth in GE. Don’t forget he also greenlit DE, KiteTails, and allegedly came up with the base idea for HARModious.
What are they committed to implementing?
Understood, but sort of beside the point that I'm making. I'm not saying that Bob Chapek is a creative genius, only that his time as Parks chairman showed a willingness to invest. I'm not judging whether that stuff is actually any good, I'm just pointing out that he was willing to pay for it. (And I forgot to mention Runaway Railway.)
But you’re giving him credit for things that were not his decision. Galaxy’s Edge was a directive from Iger but Chapek was involved in cutting the ongoing operating costs. There’s almost no chance that Toy Story Land was able to be pushed through Blue Sky, Concept Design and Feasibility in the few months between Chapek getting the job and the announcement at D23. Even Evolving Epcot had huge sums dedicated to Iger playing architecture patron, which Chapek fully abandoned once Iger was completely out the door.
Again, I'm not saying he's amazing. I'm saying it's too soon to know because COVID.
Not sure I fully agree with that. Some do have to decide Disney vs. Universal, unless they plan off site stay and going to both, which I have done with my family in the past
Does the Parks chairman have control over how much money is invested in the parks? Or is the budget given to him, and he then decides how to invest that money?
Both. He doesn't have unilateral control, and projects over a certain dollar amount would likely need CFO, CEO, and Board approval, but I would imagine Parks prepares their own capital plan and then presents it to Corporate for approval.
