Disney is lying to us.

[spock8113]

"Disney is lying to us." .......wrong!​

One word is so very important with this statement:​

"Disney Corporation is lying to us."​

Oh, and yes, Disney the Ivy league Theme Park. I'm off to WallyWorld©

 

[Pepper's Ghost]

I don't think it is the union as much as it was, once again, lack of forward thinking on the part of top management. If you lived in the 50's, like I did, you would know that Japanese stuff was just one tiny step from being total junk. So when they started building cars Detroit decided to continue to build large cumbersome tanks and bet on the idea that Mericans wouldn't want a small car. They were right for a while then along came the 70's and the fuel embargo and people bought foreign because they were small and got big gas mileage. By then Japan had become quite good at building quality things, cars included and Detroit just sat on their laurels. Then the public didn't break the joy of the money saved on gas even after the embargo had ended. Detroit didn't know how to make small comfortable, low gas consuming vehicles and they found themselves with more models than they needed and much smaller sales numbers than could support the extra. GM for example hung unto the luxury ones like Cadillac and Buick and the everyman car that was popular before, Chevrolet. Reduced in size and a familiar American brand. They still had the group that had to have their all powerful vehicles to supplement low testosterone and Pickups continued to get bigger and bigger. Sales were justified because the would also be a utility vehicle. That went up to the ridiculousness of Cadillac and Lincoln pickups. Just for show, but that meant the end of whatever brands that overlapped others. That led to the every car looks exactly the same SUV to haul around the huge family of two children and carry everything they own with them. Along with breathtaking $100.00 gas fill-ups. Unions did create higher prices but it was offset by the creation of the middle class that was now able to buy more and help the economy Beyond the price of a luxury item.

Theme parks are different but with the slow destruction of the middle class that is going to leave only the wealthy that can afford a Disney Park along with Disney's inability to think that there is a limit to how much money they should make can eventually have a tipping point.. From what I have experienced wealthy people tend to seek things more exciting then Small World. $250,000.00 6 minute trip to outer space anyone? Take that Space Mountain. Also a theme park is a pure luxury that offers nothing more then entertainment. when people have to cut expenses guess what the first thing is that they will stop spending money on. Not all right people are Billionaires, many wealthy people can end up broke and have.

While I agree with a fair amount of what you said here, the line about low testosterone is pretty out of line. Some people enjoy large toys including in the size of vehicles. Just because you're not into powerful cars doesn't mean that people who are have low testosterone... woman excluded.

People enjoy different things. You and all on this site enjoy escapism by going to theme parks. Others like sports, or gambling, or both. Some folks enjoy golf. Some enjoy knitting, Christmas, cliff diving, or whatever. Not sure what makes you think that enjoying working on and driving powerful cars = low testosterone. Very judgemental of you. What if someone attacked one of your interests by saying only low IQ folk enjoy XYZ. It'd be a pretty crappy thing to say.

 

[Goofyernmost]

While I agree with a fair amount of what you said here, the line about low testosterone is pretty out of line. Some people enjoy large toys including in the size of vehicles. Just because you're not into powerful cars doesn't mean that people who are have low testosterone... woman excluded.

People enjoy different things. You and all on this site enjoy escapism by going to theme parks. Others like sports, or gambling, or both. Some folks enjoy golf. Some enjoy knitting, Christmas, cliff diving, or whatever. Not sure what makes you think that enjoying working on and driving powerful cars = low testosterone. Very judgemental of you. What if someone attacked one of your interests by saying only low IQ folk enjoy XYZ. It'd be a pretty crappy thing to say.

It was a joke for heavens sake. Scrape up the excessive sensitivity please. It should be obvious that it would be statistically impossible for that many to have Low T, but if you watch TV at all and go by the number of commercials for low T, one would think it an epidemic. Anyway, if it offended anyone, I apologize and hope they are seeking medical help if they are having that problem. It is fixable.

 

[DisneyMusician2]

I was down July 9-13 staying at AKL and no they weren't rerouting lines for the most part they were more standard queuing. Spent time at both Epcot and DHS and I think the longest line was RnRC, waited 45 minutes. I didn't think it was that far outside the norm for a pre-pandemic summer crowd and was very much in line with predictions on TouringPlans as I use their app almost exclusively in the parks.

Don't know if anyone else was there during that time period, but it was very much business as usual and park hopped with no problem both ways.