News Cost Cutting Measures Coming Early 2025

[Disstevefan1]

Tiana was pretty low demand this past week. It was just too cold for anybody to feel like getting wet, especially in the morning or PM.

We went on it in the afternoon on of one of the best days and got a bit wet. It was okay that day, but we didn't even bother with the VQ the other days because we had no interest in being any colder than we already were.

Worse, I actually got pretty wet on Frozen when water sloshed over the side of the boat. It was not fun to have wet jeans that day, but at least it was about 11am so the afternoon temps were a little warmer. (still windy though)

On my very last ride on Splash, I didn't get wet, but my companions did, and that was on a cold night. We quickly bought some dry socks and a hoodie (we were already considering the hoodie before riding). Even still, we only lasted about hour mostly because of wet+cold. Keep in mind, if you get wet on Tiana's, you still have to walk to the front of the park, then most people also have to wait at the bus stop or go through the TTC all the way to the parking lot. Best case, that's a while to have to endure being cold+wet.

WDW should add some of those big people dryers!

Yes the cold weather does help Tiana, no one wants to get wet when its cold.

BTW - If my memory serves me correctly, Universal had the people dryers.

 

[MickeyLuv'r]

Yes the cold weather does help Tiana, no one wants to get wet when its cold.

BTW - If my memory serves me correctly, Universal had the people dryers.

Yes, Universal has several, but they are not the only park with them. They are made by an outside company.

More what I was getting at is that when it is cold, demand for Tiana's (and other wet rides) is too low to make running it worthwhile. Just as with Splash, which used to close. Kali is also closed right now. Both Uni and WDW also had water park closures this past week. Ripshaw Falls was open, but empty. I think One Fish and Pluto's also had limited hours. I didn't check into the reason, but One Fish and Pluto's were not operating some of the time the parks were open.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

Yes the cold weather does help Tiana, no one wants to get wet when its cold.

BTW - If my memory serves me correctly, Universal had the people dryers.

As somebody who used them, they barely do anything to dry you.

 

[DisneyHead123]

Heard from multiple people that all areas of WDW are being asked to cut costs effective across the first few months of 2025. Not sure exactly how these will show up, but expect the usual like reduced hours, and labor cuts.

Bums me out to hear that, I hope it's nothing too significant. I was there recently and actually feeling good about the direction of the parks. We got two emails asking for feedback, the cast members seemed more attentive than ever, I think the diversity of food at the buffets had increased (I could be misremembering but I'm pretty sure), everything looked great and seemed to be running smoothly (as opposed to some of the post Covid chaos with huge crowds and lots of new staff), transportation seemed to be running more frequently, the resort blew us away.

Granted, we stayed at a deluxe (off season prices) vs a moderate this time, and weren't traveling in the peak crowd seasons when we usually visit. So maybe that was part of the difference. But overall it just felt like a very guest-centric experience, like they were really going for customer satisfaction and paying attention.

I get that they have to save money where they can, but there's still the specter of EU in the future... hopefully that alone is enough to keep a focus on guest satisfaction for awhile.