Honestly, this is why they ignore the hardcore fans. One CEO doubles down on price rises and gouging and is pilloried, then the next CEO who shares responsibility publicly recognises they may have been too aggressive in their pricing and literally gets called a psychopath. I have a feeling if Iger or D'Amaro announced that entry was free from tomorrow they would be greeted with sarcastic "Nice try!" messages and a lot of eye rolling.
From my perspective, I at least welcome the recognition that they need to course correct but will wait to see if they actually do. There has been a lot of talk about expanding capacity as part of that course correction. Again, though, we'll see whether there's anything to that and what it means soon enough.
I also agree with
@CastAStone's point regarding the perverse incentives offered by the stock market for publicly-traded companies to raise profits ever-higher quarter after quarter regardless of the longterm impact on the business. This is why I never understand why people cheer the stock price going down if earnings are a little soft, as I find it very doubtful the message any current or future CEO will take away from that is that we need to cut prices and raise spending at the parks.