flynnibus
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Well let’s see…. Software margins vs hospitality industry …. And comparing a system in place verse the one spending billions to invest in long term capEx…. And comparing profits?
Seems totally legit…
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Well let’s see…. Software margins vs hospitality industry …. And comparing a system in place verse the one spending billions to invest in long term capEx…. And comparing profits?
Seems totally legit…
DCLcruiser
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Honestly, I don't watch any shows besides Little Mermaid, bc she forces me lol. I am there for the rides and my own personal nostalgia.
EDIT. I like the nightly show on DCL cruises, I just don't have time or much interest at WDW.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Oh I’m not saying they need more of Those…they need other stuff to fill the layers
Br0ckford
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You never met my family
Brer Oswald
Well-Known Member
The benefit of rock bottom is that it can force you to reach for new heights.
Or it can lead you back to the source of what led you to rock bottom in the first place. Because “at least it’s better than rock bottom”. Until it isn’t.
Grumpy4196
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Iger needs to partner with OLC and let them run the domestic parks.
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
No…you paying for their poor operational management
Nothing more. Don’t make apologies for them
That ride isn’t any good anyway
flynnibus
Premium Member
And tact and ability to balance.
It was like an artist who starts on a piece… who then hands the brushes to a toddler. The output is still ‘art’ but in name only because all the method and purpose were ignored by the toddler. And the result is a mess.
Chapek apparently was obtuse to the idea that you don’t treat your partners and customers as if they were literally walking spreadsheet cells.
SteamboatJoe
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Yep. People sometimes forget kids 6 and under and those that can't do thrill for a variety of reasons need things to do too and shows are not the answer. Its a problem at every non MK park and is partially why MK has a crowd problem.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
The painting was already going to be a mess, and the artist knew it, so he gave the brushes to the toddler at the worst possible moment so he wouldn't take any of the blame.
Just don't make me do a ton of pre-planning and micro-managing.
Make it seem like a vacation again. Not a money grab. That'd be a good start.
The "experience" is more important to me than a singular ride. And lately the "experience" has been crap.
Make it seem like a vacation again. Not a money grab. That'd be a good start.
The "experience" is more important to me than a singular ride. And lately the "experience" has been crap.
jaxonp
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Alexa has 68.2% market share of the smart home market and its growing. They lost money using those as loss leaders…
Alexa is here to stay.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
That's shocking. Google Assistant / Google Home are far superior products to Alexa / Echo, but I guess iOS users are reflexively anti-Google.
flynnibus
Premium Member
Also true… but that is about a moment in time… not a collective comparison of the man’s traits ot strategies.
You could argue it even bolsters the point ghat Iger was more savvy and aware… while chapek was blunt and tactless.
The legacy elements of chapek should be in their attempt to keep paying employees as long as they did during the pandemic and their shoring up of the results until the pandemic bottomed out. Unfortunately their approach on the way out has ruined all ghat goodwill.
flynnibus
Premium Member
Loss leaders with no way out…. And new leadership in place. Prepare for changes….
DCLcruiser
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Yes, of course there needs to be low-impact ride options. Disney usually does a great job with offering a variety of rides for small kids and thrill-free adults.
jaxonp
Well-Known Member
Alexa's success with consumers is threefold:
1. Its easy
2. Its cheap and everywhere
3. It works with nearly everything
Google and Apple only want their devices to work with some companies. Google isn't much better than Apple in this regard. I think Apple knows they've lost the battle with Siri... does Google?
jaxonp
Well-Known Member
How is google far superior? I've used all three and haven't had that experience. I'd put google at number 2 behind Alexa with Apple in a distant third... and this is coming from someone who is deep in the apple koolaid.
The only way google could really compete with Alexa is to give devices away left and right. It's a numbers game at the end of the day. Alexa will lead to more money being spent on amazon over time.
And "Hey! Disney!" is Alexa-based.
SteamboatJoe
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I can't say I agree.
# of rides I think my toddler could do at each park right now...
MK = 16 of 20, soon to be 21 (not counting Mark Twain or WDRR)
Epcot = 7 of 11
DHS = 3 of 7 - maybe 4 of 7 (Slinky)
AK = 3 of 7 (Wildlife Express is not a ride)
Moving princesses, Marvel, Star Wars, and Toy Story to other parks has not been enough. If they want to improve the MK experience and more evenly spread crowds they need more rides and better shows at the non MK parks and put under utilized space in MK to better use.
EDIT: As far as rides go, every non-MK park is under built and MK is still behind DL(nearly 30 rides). Also +3 to MK (13 to 16 b/c PeopleMover, carousel, and Tea Cups).
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