All I am saying is in the US parks, the only place we go, (many times a year) don’t care to see Star Wars, it is old and moldy. The younger generation, my son, (his friends) his kids, are into Marvel. They could do so much better in the long run, with Marvel. The younger generation is not going to line up for Galaxy’s Edge. Like they would for a Marvel Land jus saying. My grandson knows Chewbacca, that is it. He knows every single character in Avengers.
And I have half a dozen nieces and nephews under the the age of 12 that are already bugging me about going to Star Wars land when they visit for the holidays. They both do well. As a life long Marvel (and Star Wars) fan, the MCU and related projects are sill very much in a growing phase. Star Wars is just in it's long tail of stability already, it's going to be generically popular for a very long time regardless of the output of new material.
I get what you are saying and you may be right that a huge Marvel Themepark in Orlando would draw over 20,000,000 people a year. But that will not happen as long as the rights are split between Disney and Universal. On the other hand HS will eventually draw over 20 million after they do a major expansion of SW:GE into the parking lot and expand in the back of HS from Toy Story Land all the way to Rock and Roller Coaster. They may not want to expand HS to that degree but they will have no choice with the crowds the will get.
How?? Disneyland Paris has been absolutely packed recently, never seen it so crowded, even in low season.
ESPN is still very profitable but not as much as in the past. To say it's bleeding money is flat out wrong.
Park attendance appears to flat and spending is up due to price inceeases...is another way to look at it.
That’s not how on property rooms go...the majority are occupied by frequent visitors, groups,
They slashed 75% of their payroll over the last five
No...and it wasn’t suggested as far as I can remember...
Park attendance was up. The more one looks at the revenue figures for Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products, the clearer it is that parks attendance was up. First revenue for the newly organized Division was up 5%. That is with what clearly was described as a drop in Consumer Products and Foreign Parks. That means Domestic Park Revenue was up more than the 5% of the Division and thus higher than the ticket price increases. The only question is how far did consumer products decrease. On the call it was clear it must have been significant because when comparing the movies mentioned and how far the box office was down, consumer products were probably down close to the same percentage if bot more. After all what products would Mary Poppins sell vs Star Wars or Black Panther? I believe we will know soon enough how much Disney Parks Domestic Attendance went up in 2018. I believe for the second year in a row gained market share in Orlando and Universal lost a bit. Just wait until SW:GE opens.
Indeed...
I’ve noticed you’ve brought your news updating talents to this side of the enchanted forest...that’s a good thing
It reads to me like Hong Kong (somehow) made lots of money whereas Paris and Shanghai did not but the money Hong Kong made balanced out the Shanghai and Paris losses. Therefore Paris (somehow) underperformed despite record crowds. No? :/