News Bob Iger is back! Chapek is out!!

[HauntedPirate]

Current wait times in HS:

ToT: Temp closed, Genie+ gone
Toy Story Mania: 120 mins
ROTR: 145 mins
Slinky DD: 160 mins
RnR: 120 mins
MFSR: 110 mins
MMRR: 100 mins


SO MINIMUM WAIT TIME RIGHT NOW IS AND HOUR AND 40 MINS

I don't think they've done a good job at managing attendance at the parks

But your family of 5 could have paid $145 for Genie+ and then another $125 for ROTR for a total of $270!

I'm so happy that they have limited attendance via the Park Reservation System.

 

[DCLcruiser]

Studios is definitely the poorest experience of the 4 gates, even after spending all that money

It has the most thrill rides. I find it to be the best park these days (EPCOT is my nostalgia park).

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I have no way of telling G+ sales. How are wait times so long if everyone is using G+? You basically walk on with FP, maybe a 5 min wait?

When the park is juiced…the genie lines are stretching out just like the stupid fp+ lines did

 

[HauntedPirate]

the only pro-eisner argument is "bu-bu-but nostalgia "

he introduced the price hikes that the company is still doing today

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I'm so happy that they have limited attendance via the Park Reservation System.

It worked perfectly…

Studios and kingdom are juiced and all the losers are forced to dak and Epcot.

Didn’t you get the memo?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Got some non-paywalled version, or the text of the article?

It's a fairly throwaway paragraph.

Basically, they premier some shows on Disney Channel or elsewhere instead of sending them straight to Disney+, so that some of the production and marketing expenses stay off of the Direct-to-Consumer P&L.

 

[HauntedPirate]

It worked perfectly…

Studios and kingdom are juiced and all the losers are forced to dak and Epcot.

Didn’t you get the memo?

Dammit. I let my unfavorable guest card expire years ago, so I don't get those anymore.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

It worked perfectly…

Studios and kingdom are juiced and all the losers are forced to dak and Epcot.

Didn’t you get the memo?

They should introduce surge pricing for park reservations made within 14 days of travel. Get those MK single day rates out of the Epcot people who booked when there was nothing left.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Studios is definitely the poorest experience of the 4 gates, even after spending all that money

I still can’t believe how badly they pooched That…after all that time and parking lot work…the park is still as underequipped as it ever was

 

[Chip Chipperson]

Out of all of those, the only one that interests us is Schitt's Creek, which we watched all of on Netflix already.

Don't sleep on "Only Murders in the Building." It's really good. I'd say it's Steve Martin's best work in a long long time. The entire cast is excellent.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

They should introduce surge pricing for park reservations made within 14 days of travel. Get those MK single day rates out of the Epcot people who booked when there was nothing left.

So you want to charge angry people MORE when they can’t handle the capacity glut?

…that won’t make it onto the front of the wapo or anything

 

[HauntedPirate]

I still can’t believe how badly they pooched That…after all that time and parking lot work…the park is still as underequipped as it ever was

Wait... you mean $lappie thinking rip-and-replace, plus underbuilding 2 lands, was a legit strategy to increase park capacity... wasn't?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Don't sleep on "Only Murders in the Building." It's really good. I'd say it's Steve Martin's best work in a long long time. The entire cast is excellent.

That’s great. Love That show

 

[TQQQ]

Also as a protip for anyone actually in the park... Genie+ is never actually "gone." Keep refreshing. Life finds a way.

Pro tip yes, but constant refreshing to have one come up and then you click on it and lose it is so frustrating

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Wait... you mean $lappie thinking rip-and-replace, plus underbuilding 2 lands, was a legit strategy to increase park capacity... wasn't?

Replacing the biggest capacity ride for a short trackless worked like a charm…as did keeping rotted out shows.

 

[HauntedPirate]

They should introduce surge pricing for park reservations made within 14 days of travel. Get those MK single day rates out of the Epcot people who booked when there was nothing left.

They should just charge more when people try to tap in. "Sorry, family from Denver, it's busy today, it's going to cost you an additional $89 each, plus tax, to get into the park today. Will you be using Visa, MasterCard, or American Express to pay for that?"

OR!!!

Put Mickey's out front holding sandwich boards telling guests how much more it will cost them before entering the tapstiles. Then security can legitimately say to people who complain, "Sorry folks, the mouse out front should have told you".

 

[Skibum1970]

Unless we have been lied to about attendance. I don't think we see any changes in the parks. Do they have the staff to drop the reservation system? Because if they drop it, they'll need the staff in all the parks. And I don't see Iger doing

Wait... you mean $lappie thinking rip-and-replace, plus underbuilding 2 lands, was a legit strategy to increase park capacity... wasn't?

And spending probably $2.0B or more in the process. Plus, Galaxy's Edge may look nice but two rides don't do justice, especially when one seems to have downtime issues.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Replacing the biggest capacity ride for a short trackless worked like a charm…as did keeping rotted out shows.

Why refurb something when you can rip out the masterpiece of WDI that was there and replace it with a projection-laced LSD trip?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

They should just charge more when people try to tap in. "Sorry, family from Denver, it's busy today, it's going to cost you an additional $89 each, plus tax, to get into the park today. Will you be using Visa, MasterCard, or American Express to pay for that?"

You misspelled Disney Visa Credit Card from Chase.

 

[HauntedPirate]

You misspelled Disney Visa Credit Card from Chase.

Oh man... now I have to go back through Disney Indoctrination Camp again! This is the third time already this year...