News Disney plans to accelerate Parks investment to $60 billion over 10 years

JusticeDisney

JusticeDisney

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Cue the resident crybabies who whine when Disney does nothing and then whine when Disney makes an announcement such as this. I’ll be the first to admit that WDW is not what it used to be and needs real attention, but there are a select handful on this board who are here to do nothing other than bash Disney. They will claim that that’s not the case, but a quick review of their posting history tells the real story. It must absolutely enrage those folks that Disney always has been, still is, and always will be the king of the theme park world.

P.S. I’ll bet most of you can already guess which posters will be the first to attack me for this post. 🤣
 
TheMaxRebo

TheMaxRebo

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Splash4eva said:
They can “plan” all they want but history has told us otherwise not to mention what Disney over spends on projects
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They have built quite a bit at WDW over the last 10 years. There isn't much going on right now nor planned for the very near future, but if they match the last 10 years in the next 10 years, that is pretty significant, especially if there is a 25% bump like Len's analysis showed
 
flynnibus

flynnibus

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LSLS said:
When the $17 billion number came out, didn't Len show some numbers that showed that was really not a large increase from what they currently were spending on just general upkeep? Or am I remembering this wrong? It'd be interesting to see if this could be interpreted similarly, or if there is a real possibility of significant expansion for the parks (I definitely think they are going in harder on Cruise lines, and I bet the new island is a part of this).
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Disney has basically answered this for us. They say this is a doubling of their last 10yrs of investment.

So 2x what they've been doing.
 
Phicinfan

Phicinfan

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Please excuse me for not holding my breath here. I can't tell you how much I would LOVE to see them put some of that $17Billion ear marked for WDW and fix what needs fixing. New track for SM, new track and animatronics for SSE, a new Figment ride, and so on. Fix what we keep as classic while ADDING new rides and attractions as well.
 
flynnibus

flynnibus

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Cliff said:
Disney has been dumping billions and billions and BILLIONS into Disney Plus and it has not even given $.01 cent back in return! Even when Disney Plus reaches it's first break-even year...maybe in 2-5 years? (if ever??) How long many more years will it take to recoup and recover the initial tens of billions of dollars that were CARELESSLY dumped into it? Decades?
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Dude... just stop. That ROI timetable was ALWAYS THE PLAN. No one was spending billions going 'oh wait, where did that billion go?'. Businesses operate on a time tables that last more than a year - and Disney TOLD you that from the start... yet you continue to act ignorant of it like this was all something off the rails.
 
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TheMaxRebo said:
They have built quite a bit at WDW over the last 10 years. There isn't much going on right now nor planned for the very near future, but if they match the last 10 years in the next 10 years, that is pretty significant, especially if there is a 25% bump like Len's analysis showed
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To each is their own. If you are satisfied as to what they built and done over the last 10 years so be it but its been underwhelming waste of resources and placements to say the least.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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Splash4eva said:
To each is their own. If you are satisfied as to what they built and done over the last 10 years so be it but it’s been underwhelming waste of resources and placements to say the least.
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My family has more fun in all four parks in 2023 than we did in 2013. I guess that’s the only metric I care about. Meanwhile, we had less fun on Wish than Dream and like to cruise with a WDW trip, so we will be spending less with DCL.
 
Indy_UK

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The issue they had with what they added to WDW over the last 10 years is that parks like Hollywood studios was essentially Halved in size and capacity while they build the new lands.

Behind Thunder Mountain, Encanto and Indy lands wouldn’t have anyway near the same intrusion on day to day operations, so they’re better off start digging now and go at their usual slow pace.

They’re already falling into the same trap they had with Tron. Massive and exciting announcement and then talk about it for years before the building starts.

By the time they open, excitement is gone
 
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ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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The Moles Family said:
The issue they had with what they added to WDW over the last 10 years is that parks like Hollywood studios was essentially Halved in size and capacity which they build the new lands.

Behind Thunder Mountain, Encanto and Indy lands wouldn’t have anyway near the same intrusion on day to day operations, so they’re better off start digging now and go at their usual slow pace.

They’re already falling into the same trap they had with Tron. Massive and exciting announcement and then talk about it for years before the building starts.

By the time they open, excitement is gone
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Sorry, DHS has “halved in size”? That is patently false. Could they have been more efficient in their space utilization? Sure. But there is more guest space in DHS and the under-utilized backlot area is now packed as SWGE and TSL.

I suspect Dinoland closes once TBA is open.
 
Indy_UK

Indy_UK

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ToTBellHop said:
Sorry, DHS has “halved in size”? That is patently false. Could they have been more efficient in their space utilization? Sure. But there is more guest space in DHS and the under-utilized backlot area is now packed as SWGE and TSL.

I suspect Dinoland closes once TBA is open.
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I meant when they were building the lands. OK, maybe not 50% but it massively cut capacity of things to do and it was a half day park for most back then
 
nickys

nickys

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CaptainAmerica said:
Respectfully, what on earth are you talking about?
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From the first article (second is behind a paywall),

“Still, the company’s domestic parks, particularly Walt Disney World in Florida, have seen a slowdown in attendance and hotel room purchases. Instead, the segment’s strength has come from its international parks.”
 
TheMaxRebo

TheMaxRebo

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Splash4eva said:
To each is their own. If you are satisfied as to what they built and done over the last 10 years so be it but its been underwhelming waste of resources and placements to say the least.
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can diagree with the specifics but
- Pandora
- Galaxy's Edge
- Toy Story Land
- MMRR
- Cosmic Rewind
- Remy
- Tron
- Disney Spring
- Skyliner
- Riviera/Gran Destino/Other DVC

Again, might not like the specifics, but that is a lot of stuff - if they do the same amount or 25% more, but in ways that are more to your liking I think that would be sufficient
 

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