I'm the truest pixie duster there is and will defend the Disney parks like nobody else.....But I cruised DCL for the first time last year, and now I'm seriously considering solely cruising from now on.
Some well to do spending because you cannot take it with you are full time cruisers. They don’t leave the ship and have been cruising for years as a full time resident. Their mentality is
He should have had to make them stay at the INCREDIBLES-themed Contemporary rooms
I agree with you that the current system is pure greed and not what is best for the guest. And that major changes are needed. However, in 2024, there is simply no way Disney is going to revert to a paper-based system. Not a chance.
…you should try the others…much better value.
It’s not even a choice
People view theme parks as expensive wastes of time and most outside press has been calling them that. There's a lot more to do just in the states than theme parks. Another thing is most people don't know about Epic Universe at the moment that aren't extremely online (theme park people and non-theme park people), most normal people lump the Orlando parks together as one. Nintendo World will be a large lure to get guests back to the Orlando area, but people got their fill of theme parks during the pandemic years and are looking to other things. And that's not assuming Bird Flu creates another pandemic that wrecks travel again.
Still find it darkly funny that one of said meetings, which Chapek used to actually go to the parks, as one of the things that angered a lot of the money side of disney. And how McCarthy gave him the boot after using Oogie Boogie Bash out of all things to try to downplay how the film and tv side were losing tons of money.
No offense intended, but I believe that literally everything you said in that paragraph is demonstrably false.
Feel like I got the "there's more things to do in the US that theme parks" bit right at least, the US is a really big Country after all and I was lucky to be in the northeast for most of my life where you can get to a lot of interesting things within a day's car trip (historical sites, parks, cities, etc).
It's always been that way except many still managed to pack the parks with crowds. It's price what's keeping them away.
If we all weren’t Disney fans we wouldn’t be on here. We also wouldn’t be voicing our opinions wanting things to be better.
I was there the week before Christmas last year up through the 23rd. It was not unusually quiet at all.
and it would look even worse (less wait times) with Test Track open too.
Go figure - some complain about low crowds predicting Disney to fail, then when the parks are crowded , complain it is too crowded.
Does anyone really think they have created a higher guest satisfaction and desire to return rating post covid?
