News Disney Plus Now Embedded Into Resort TV’s

[bmr1591]

My best guess is that Disney+/Streaming is a different division than Parks. While they fall under the giant umbrella of Disney, they have different budgets and such. While it seems like a no brainer for us to have D+ available in resort rooms, I could see a world where the D+ people want the parks people to pay for each television that has free access on property.

 

[peter11435]

Well, you need something to do after they close the MK at 6:00 pm.

Disney springs? Three other parks?

Plenty of other things to do.

 

[Indy_UK]

Instead, they offer hotel discounts to Disney+ subscribers! What kind of company treats its streaming service as the premium offering you must buy at full price while its luxury hotels get thrown in to sweeten the pot? You’re watching an infomercial and somehow the $1000/ night hotel is the, “but wait, there’s more!”

yeah it is completely backwards.

If the guest already had Disney+ then maybe offer them a discounted bundle or D23 subscription instead in order to boost those numbers up.

 

[HauntedPirate]

They only recently just got daily housekeeping back at Deluxe resorts and every other day at moderates, what more do you want from Disney? Room Service? In room refrigerators? Unique and immersive resort theming?

Which one of those directly makes them money?

 

[WorldExplorer]

Which one of those directly makes them money?

Room service seems like a great potential money maker to me.

 

[DisDude33]

They only recently just got daily housekeeping back at Deluxe resorts and every other day at moderates, what more do you want from Disney? Room Service? In room refrigerators? Unique and immersive resort theming?

Next thing you know these fussy people will be complaining when they remove the beds from the value resorts.

 

[monothingie]

Disney springs? Three other parks?

Plenty of other things to do.

Disney will be happy to upgrade your standard ticket to a park hopper...if you pay them.

 

[monothingie]

Which one of those directly makes them money?

Next thing you know these fussy people will be complaining when they remove the beds from the value resorts.

A sleeping guest isn't spending money, and we all know that those poor people in the value resorts need to spend more. Bob's yachts don't buy themselves.

 

[celluloid]

Two sides here.
A world class resort does not want you in room watching TV as that means less revenue making opportunity.

The other side of it, is if it is not going to be included at Disney, then it is a better look just not to have it there at all to dissappint when cable channels such as the Disney Channel and other owned channels are typically included.

 

[DisDude33]

A sleeping guest isn't spending money, and we all know that those poor people in the value resorts need to spend more. Bob's yachts don't buy themselves.

Exactly! I’m glad someone around here gets it.

 

[monothingie]

Exactly! I’m glad someone around here gets it.

I really feel for Bob. I think most of us can sympathize and relate to his yacht situation.

 

[ToTBellHop]

A sleeping guest isn't spending money, and we all know that those poor people in the value resorts need to spend more. Bob's yachts don't buy themselves.

Is that why the beds get softer as the room rates rise?

 

[ToTBellHop]

I really feel for Bob. I think most of us can sympathize and relate to his yacht situation.

It’s actually his wife. That I can understand.

 

[monothingie]

It’s actually his wife. That I can understand.

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All those Captains Hats sitting unused in his closet, next to the his boating jackets and boating ascots. So tragic.

 

[ToTBellHop]

All those Captains Hats sitting unused in his closet, next to the his boating jackets and boating ascots. So tragic.

He sacrifices so much just so we can get new DVC lounges.

 

[monothingie]

He sacrifices so much just so we can get new DVC lounges.
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Everyone should do their part and pay the extra $99 for premium DVC membership, even if you're not a DVC member, they'll happily take your money....For Bob.

 

[celluloid]

Is that why the beds get softer as the room rates rise?

There is some truth to this. Your hotel has more ammeneties if you pay for them so they dont lose it elsewhere.

Keeps the AOV of guests up.

 

[DarkMetroid567]

My guess is that it’s some sort of accounting thing that would boost the streaming numbers but increase the costs for Parks. That’s usually what these things come down to.

And, I mean, there really isn’t an incentive for free Disney+. Not only do they not want you holed up in your hotel room, but the overlap of Staying at a Disney Resort <> Not Having Disney+ seems really low.

 

[JMcMahonEsq]

Like that's a perk? I've stayed in $130 per night motels that include HBO, Max and/or other "premium" channels in their daily rate. And I'm pretty sure Motel X doesn't own those channels.

Why on earth doesn't Disney include access to Disney+ for their resort hotel guests during their stays? At the worst, people get exposed to the offerings. At best, they might actually decide to subscribe.

And can you even get a $130 per night rate in a Disneyworld resort hotel any more?

Wait, you think there actually is a significant market of people who are paying the costs it takes to stay on property at WDW and someone how they have been living under a rock for the past x number of years and haven’t been exposed to Disney+??

 

[MrPromey]

This is a no brainer, make it free for guests. I dont know why Disney seems to be cutting back on the little things that keep you in the bubble during your stay.

The only issue is see is them not wanting the spend the money to make it a special version of the app only available at Disney Resorts, not one with a special password that someone would inevitably leak.

The argument would be that it isn't free to the resort.

They'd have to pay some sort of discounted rate to the D+ division for everyone who uses it.

To which, I say so what?

That would make it even easier to funnel parks and resort money to D+ to make it more profitable.

A huge chunk of resort guests likely already have the service allowing them to double-dip that way and those who don't would get exposure and like someone else said, they could make the advertisements all resort-related which would play for everyone even those who were already paying for the no ad tier on their home accounts.

Seems like an easy win across the board for Disney Co.