Sirwalterraleigh
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How do you get enough oxygen up there?
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Disney slowly losing some of what made it special.
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How do you get enough oxygen up there?
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Right...but the parameters are different in an urban environment. All prices are dictated by space.
The most annoying comparison i see is: Broadway is more expensive...
Yeah...but it doesn’t equate to an average length to Disney world at all.
Even Anaheim...part of the “justification” is different. They don’t have the room to Handle the cars...so the supply makes the demand. Plenty of places to park in Orlando. They charge at the parks because that’s where the cars concentrate...makes sense.
The plan I woulda supported would be a deductible surcharge in the room rate. They could increase the cost of the room over 3 years to make the same money. You don’t have a car?...then there is a $25 nightly deduct that makes you feel good...and they make the same. DVC policy eliminates that potential “problem”/conflict. I think they did this stupidly.
erasure fan1
Well-Known Member
Exactly. It's never been about one thing. Too many discount the "gripes" of peasant folk like myself, saying its a parking fee, get over it. Or it's only an X dollar increase... When you start to add it all up, little things can push you into the angry phase much quicker. Disney has made it clear I'm not who they want in their parks anymore and all I can really do is not go. But that doesn't mean I have to be happy about it.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
JustAFan
Well-Known Member
Oh brother. Ok, I'll play along. How do you see the sun shine down there? Say hi to Katiebug for me.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
See?...well Played...
We can joke together on common ground if we also generally disagree...
This is a teachable moment to all the humorless defenders around here...nobody likes a stiff at a party. They only invite your for the gift
JustAFan
Well-Known Member
To be clear, I'm totally fine with critique. However, I see so many crossing the line from critique of a good or service I paid a lot of money for into griping and whining because the world didn't revolve around me. Somewhere there is a line. I suspect that line is different for all of us.
Edit: also not saying that the O.P. crossed the line, but this thread did evolve as most do.
Edit: also not saying that the O.P. crossed the line, but this thread did evolve as most do.
Kontra
Member
It's not all about you Eliza ;-) People actually live in other countries and travel to Disney Parks abroad quite frequently.
I'm comparing the costs of the park admission, souvinereres, food & beverage to the quality received. WDW ranks the lowest with the highest costs to the lowest quality. Tokyo Disney ranks the highest from my expereiences (probably because it's not owned by Disney).
eliza61nyc
Well-Known Member
I don't think we discount them at all, at least I don't but i admit I don't understand the constant kvetching about it. I really don't understand picking a place that makes you whine when you get home. Now folks have said they have a good time but ill admit I'm skeptic. Mainly because all you hear is the complaints, maybe the old saying is true. People rather complain than praise. So in my world "not going" is a perfect, logical answer. You go to a place and the overwhelming feeling when you get back is they are nickel and dimming you to death and it was better 20 years ago and you continue to go?
eliza61nyc
Well-Known Member
My bad, you're right I made the assumption that the vast majority of folks here were from the US, Canada and/ England. where going to Shanghai is most often cost prohibitive.
I made that assumption based on not seeing any information on Shanghi or Tokyo Disney and there isn't a forum on the international parks.
Lol, my kids remind me often that its not all about me.
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
You just danced around the general complaint...
Many of these products are not “good” (the just announced studios early morning qualifies) and neither are the prices....
And when you pay for it...the accountants direct the marketers and ops people to continue to look for things to charge ME for...including old stuff.
That’s the fundamental disconnect. The idea that “individual” purchases don’t affect unrelated pricing at WDW is more than naive.
erasure fan1
Well-Known Member
Well it is a discussion forum.
I'm not sure it's they would rather complain. For me, I have no problem giving them props when it is deserved. I supported Avatar from the start. Did I question some things? Sure, and as consumers you should question things. Disney is not some run down slum of a theme park. But for a lot of people, myself included, they have not done near enough to justify the increases and keep my yearly business.
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
Shocking that it hasn't quite sunk in for you yet.
eliza61nyc
Well-Known Member
LOL, I know terrible ain't it. oh well it's a burden all us Queen type people have to shoulder.
remember dude or dudette, I'm a stranger, trying to call me names is pretty much like ing in the wind.
But in relation to these thread, it really is all about "me" with the "me' being each individual. Everyone answers from "their" prespective and experiences. I've never said anyone else's was not valid and I always admit that I have no inside information to the way Disney is run or what the current management thought process is.
So yeah, in a way it is all about the "me"
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xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
You’re just one of the many reasons I’ve bailed on this website. I had a moment of weakness today based on Disney selling 75 minutes at DHS for $79+tax. And I had to gripe a little. Thanks for the reminder of why I left in the first place.
JustAFan
Well-Known Member
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
But .... you're still here. Posting and such.
???
Reading comprehension not your thing chief?
brb1006
Well-Known Member
Here's the song "We've Just Begun To Dream" which was played during the opening celebration of Epcot Center. The song perfectly summed up Epcot at it's prime in the 1980's. Thanks @marni1971.
