News Cost Cutting Measures Coming Early 2025

[GhostHost1000]

A heavy dose of liquor, oysters and a ticket to paradise usually works

By paradise I assume you mean the Fort Wilderness DVC trailers in the woods?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

By paradise I assume you mean the Fort Wilderness DVC trailers in the woods?

I have no idea…I heard it on a promo for yacht rock on Sirius

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

The man took annual trips with his family to Disney growing up and he has talked more than once in multiple interviews about how much he loved those trips and how they impacted his life.

Why is it so hard to understand someone could be one of the worst people to run a thing yet still care about it?

He slashed/burned and upcharged every single thing on the ground in a typical park day for his whole tenure…

So either he didn’t “walk the walk” of loving parks from the customer perspective…or was being held in a hostage situation by a Napoleon in a sweater

Doesn’t jive

 

[Dranth]

He slashed/burned and upcharged every single thing on the ground in a typical park day for his whole tenure…

Agreed.

So either he didn’t “walk the walk” of loving parks from the customer perspective…or was being held in a hostage situation by a Napoleon in a sweater

He obviously didn't do the first and I doubt the second but one common theme amongst failed leadership in my experience is they truly believe they were doing the right thing. With that in mind, would it be all that surprising if he actually thought he was improving things? That he felt he had great ideas to make sure the parks and company as a whole were viable long into the future? Maybe he even justified much of it thinking some short-term pain was needed to secure the long term.

Who knows what went through his head, but he would hardly be unique in thinking he was doing the right thing while in reality making things worse.

Doesn’t jive

Of course it doesn't. Welcome to the walking pile of contradictions that is humanity.

 

[Ayla]

How many recreation activities that you don’t really like do you do multiple times?

A lot, when it is related to your income.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

A drop in park business when travelers are spending like sailors is not a good “market sign” …like…at all

And it can be directly traced to the ridiculous price increases and service cuts.

 

[lazyboy97o]

A lot, when it is related to your income.

He didn’t always work for Parks and Resorts. There’s absolutely no benefit to not accepting this information. Liking something doesn’t make you good at it.

 

[Tha Realest]

He slashed/burned and upcharged every single thing on the ground in a typical park day for his whole tenure…

So either he didn’t “walk the walk” of loving parks from the customer perspective…or was being held in a hostage situation by a Napoleon in a sweater

Doesn’t jive

Are we talking about Bob C or Josh?

 

[mickEblu]

Will this cost cutting still be going on in May? Have been researching a potential (first) trip to WDW for this coming late April/ early May the last few days and just stumbled on this thread. Originally was planning on waiting until my daughter hit 40 inches in 2026 but took a look at the attraction roster height requirements and realized that won't be necessary as the bulk of the attractions we care about either have a 42" height requirement and up, have no requirement at all or she's already tall enough to ride. She'll be able to ride Slinky Dog, 7 Dwarf Mine train, Kali River Rapids etc and we're good with that. The deals aren't that great now. They're Ok. I thought they would offer some better deals with epic universe opening this Spring. Anyone have any idea if they ll be offering some more attractive deals in the coming months?

 

[Coaster Lover]

So, more water in the wine? Mixing a little cat meat in the hamburgers and pretend it's beef?

 

[JoeCamel]

So, more water in the wine? Mixing a little cat meat in the hamburgers and pretend it's beef?

Ah, pate' ala fluffy.......

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Are we talking about Bob C or Josh?

…good point

In the proud tradition of Paulie P

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

He didn’t always work for Parks and Resorts. There’s absolutely no benefit to not accepting this information. Liking something doesn’t make you good at it.

Nope…he used to sell catchup

Bob was a weather man in BFE

Eisner came up with school house rock…


…hmmm

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

He was thinking about running for president at this point. That heavily influences him in this period.

Yep…he discussed it with his closest “adviser” in his mirror…but it never went outside of that.

Willow was shopping that day

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I think he recognized his legacy but didn’t really understand it. I don’t think he understood why, despite Shanghai Disneyland and Star Wars, he was still seen as being in Eisner’s shadow. His last hurrah was supposed to be the DS+R wonder table, a project that made no fiscal sense but included a starchitect just like Michael used to, something that reeked of blind imitation to try and get out of that shadow.

I rarely have agreed with a post this much

…the problem is he was lauded really in the Disney echo chamber…with most of the financials chugging the same as they had mostly since the 90s.

Then cable started to really collapse and he’s no money darling since. Biggest mistake was riding network and espn into the dust…it’s the root source of the financial pressure they can’t get past now

But the funny thing about “legacies” is no one gets to define it themselves. Which is why time wins that battle and this Twitski is still hanging around in vain fighting gravity.

And presiding over tanking Star Wars and marvel currently doesn’t look great either to “watchers”

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Fans Liking Napoleon for prebooked fastpasses doesn’t make him good at his job.

FTFY

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Will this cost cutting still be going on in May? Have been researching a potential (first) trip to WDW for this coming late April/ early May the last few days and just stumbled on this thread. Originally was planning on waiting until my daughter hit 40 inches in 2026 but took a look at the attraction roster height requirements and realized that won't be necessary as the bulk of the attractions we care about either have a 42" height requirement and up, have no requirement at all or she's already tall enough to ride. She'll be able to ride Slinky Dog, 7 Dwarf Mine train, Kali River Rapids etc and we're good with that. The deals aren't that great now. They're Ok. I thought they would offer some better deals with epic universe opening this Spring. Anyone have any idea if they ll be offering some more attractive deals in the coming months?

I wouldn't count on additional deals. Once they announced these deals, options started disappearing pretty fast, at least as we were booking ours for July.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I wouldn't count on additional deals. Once they announced these deals, options started disappearing pretty fast, at least as we were booking ours for July.

That’s not how this is done…deals have limited numbers to try to get you to do just what you just did…

…does not mean the rooms are full.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

That’s not how this is done…deals have limited numbers to try to get you to do just what you just did…

…does not mean the rooms are full.

So we were duped.

 

[Tha Realest]

So we were duped.

No. You made a rational decision based on price point and your own cost-benefit analysis