News Bob Iger talks about attendance declines, ticket pricing, the feud with Ron DeSantis, and his huge optimism for Disney Parks and Resorts

MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
Premium Member
Jambo Dad said:
Bob is delusional- let’s hope they are trying to right this ship behind the scenes. Disney is a business built on nostalgic memories - todays kids won’t feel that way at all.
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Big T 1963

Big T 1963

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JD80 said:
As far as in park stuff, since 2019 you've got Lightning McQueen, SWGE, Skyliner, MMRR, Remy, some EPCOT shows, GOTG and Tron. So I disagree with attractions and entertainment.

All theme parks should constantly be adding and updating attractions to keep people coming back, especially the most attended resort in the world. I don't consider paying $800 more for a trip to be "payment" for these new experiences because I think WDW should be adding new stuff to make me keep coming back.

What I do think is atrocious for that extra $800 I don't get things like Magical Express and free Magic Bands while also having to pay for G+ and ILLs.
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Couldn't agree with you more JD80 it's simple Disney math pay more get less believe me I don't have a problem paying more like you said it's the things that we use to receive which was a huge part of the MAGICAL experience that we deserve as guests
 
Disstevefan1

Disstevefan1

Well-Known Member
Lilofan said:
Not really. Disney grease some officials palms to ensure no casinos get built near the WDW area. The company also donates money to causes they support, to aid in natural disasters, to certain individuals in the mindset - I help you, you help me.
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Totally agree - this confirms everything TWDC does is about MONEY.
 
epcotWSC

epcotWSC

Well-Known Member
Splash4eva said:
fact remains tho whether or not we have the date its safe to say someone like myself traveling from NY is going to be spending more than a local who is going there on semi regular or even say monthly basis
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All depends. Disney is assuming that long distance travelers are staying on site and consuming all that is Disney. We know that's not necessarily true. People can stay offsite, dine offsite, shop offsite, go to Universal and other parks, etc. Locals who are close enough to make a day trip pose a similar problem. However, those who are hours away wont necessarily be taking a day trip and have to stay somewhere anyway. There's also one piece of the pie that people don't consider... It's considerably cheaper to travel to Disney from within Florida vs New York. That factor alone could be the difference between someone budgeting to stay on site vs offsite or discretionary spending once you're there.
 
stingrock23

stingrock23

Active Member
He’s clearly lying. Wdw has relied on guest nostalgia to keep going to the parks despite them reducing value for increased prices. I don’t mind paying a higher price for good value but this isn’t the disney company from yesteryear that focused on the guest experience and ride capacity. All the old school disney management is now gone from the company and the current management doesn’t know what they’re doing. They could all benefit from reading Dick Nunis’s book. Give us value and we will gladly pay for it. They’re not doing that. The lack of ride capacity in 3 of the 4 parks is really stunning. And just a simple thing like no park hopping restrictions would go a long way, yet somehow these idiots can’t even see that. Been going to wdw since 1980, but i haven’t been in a few years. Going in october just to ride guardians but my wife and I have been going to universal annually because it’s an easier experience and we feel like we’re actually getting value. And i’m a dvc member.

Sorry for the rant but I’m just frustrated because wdw is such a great vacation kingdom and current management seems clueless on how to run the thing. Tokyo is a good example. They know how to run it, for some reason us management doesn’t. It’s not hard to see how to run the parks yet they can’t. Epic Universe is gonna be a real problem for them, and I can’t wait.
 

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