Agreed. I think people need to get away from calling Disney a luxury experience for wealthy people. At best it is a premium experience designed to appeal to the masses but is often perceived as overpriced. For it to be a luxury experience there would need to be a reduction in capacity to the immediate post-covid but pre-vaccine caps. When I went in August 2020 and rode Space Mountain 6 times in a row to the point of boredom is the capacity limits you need to have for a luxury experience. Then and only then would I say it is a place for the wealthy because at that point the wealthy will need to pay a ridiculous amount per day to make up for the lack of revenue. When I think of luxury, I think of the Four Seasons Private Jet experience that was then copied by Adventures by Disney. When you have to drop $200k per person for a private jet trip around the world that includes at a minimum a personal physician for all on board that is when IMO we hit luxury levels.
The problem with Disney is that it refuses to recognize that as much as it pains me to say, prices are still TOO LOW. As much as Chapek may say he wants the family that comes every 5 years, the prices are at a point where the premium experience is watered down for all. Disney needs to make a choice as to what segment it wants. Straddling multiple just doesn't work when it is the in-park experience that folks are basing their opinions as to how well their vacation went.
I would love more domestic parks, more capacity, more rides, lower prices, lower wait times, but that is not the reality we live in. Disney is a business with a current vision/long-term plan that may or may not be for everyone. It is infuriating to me, but what can I do about it except not go to the parks. Based on their rhetoric there's 5 more families willing to take my place.