well not fast enough is one thing.. If that's how you look at it..
Prior to the 'recession" wdw was going great guns.. The parks were full and money was rolling in.. it still is rolling in.
and the word was: We can't expand now.. We are too busy.. no. The excuse was money. It's tdo.
so the recession hits.. The parks slow down some.. And now its.. "well we are broke.. And we can't afford to expand.. " they aren't broke, but cheap.
yet every year the tickets go up in price.. And the profits were soaring.. the parks still get new things, just not every year. More like around 2-4 years wait for each park for something new.
and every year the defenders of this type of management say.. "hey at least we have the parks as they are.. " they don't add new things, but they do a great job at maintaining what they have and the entire resort.
this is not walt disney type of thinking.. This is michael eisner, after the loss of frank wells, type of thinking.. it's actually smart from a money standpoint because people actually come back to wdw even if no new attractions are built. Good for them, bad for fans. Do i agree with this style? No.
walt never was worried about the bottom line.. It was about how can we be the best.. Each and every day.. And how can we make the best , even better.. no, roy did though. The two balanced realistic expectations and limitless expectations.
and that type of thinking no longer exists at disney world. oh, you'd be surprised. Not all are evil. Especially at wdi and some management.
other wise we wouldn't be having this discussion.. Nor would the crowds be at universal this summer, and they would be having a sale on brooms.. what? Harry potter means only good for the central florida region. It brings more people here. I bet in a way disney likes the attention florida is getting and it very well will probably spawn a few attractions. See, only good.
walt would have fired back.. And in a big way.. who says they aren't firing back at this very moment? Rumors of big things happening at wdw are coming soon.
but first of all, he never would have let his competition beat him on the hot ticket.. if wdw had no competition then the parks would probably be much more stale then they currently are. Say goodbye to dak and dhs. Competition is good and walt had a lot of it in the animation industry, but he was friends with his competition too.
every other time, he bought, he contracted.. He bid.. And he won.. From winnie the poo, mary popins , the mups, and on and on.. walt wasn't around to buy the muppets. And that's great he did that. But what does that have to do with this?
walt wasn't a second place type of guy.. Even when he lost early in his career, he came back, bigger, stronger, smarter.. islands of adventure is in no way in first place. In no way. At all. 0%. At all. Did i mention they weren't even close? And once again, it's only good that wwohp was made.
that's the simple truth.. really?
