Virtual Toad
Well-Known Member
This is the most absurd, ridiculous, money-grubbing move Disney has made in a very long time. Oops, I mean in the past week or so.
Good gravy.
Throwing around stale and meaningless buzz words like “legendary Disney service” and “storytelling” is an absolute joke.
They are doing nothing more than slapping their brand onto someone else’s product and expecting suckers to line up and throw their money away.
Standard operating procedure.
It’s like watching infomercials for some crappy product that carries the name of Bell & Howell or some other practically defunct brand that does nothing but license its name to others.
And this is coming from someone who was about as big a Disney fan as you could possibly get.
Today, when I hear the name Disney, the adjectives that now come to mind are Cheap. Greedy. Shoddy. Shabby. Money grubbing. Short sighted. And Arrogant.
Would I buy into something like this? Not from a company that tells its loyal customers to **** off because they’re not part of an “optimal guest mix.”
I would run away from this as fast as possible *precisely* because the “Disney” name is on it.
To **** with Chapek and everything he touches. The hubris on display is completely unbelievable. He is strip mining a beloved brand and destroying the company in the name of greed and profit. He may be financially minded, but he is totally bankrupt when it comes to creativity and customer service.
The Disney we grew up with is a dead carcass being hollowed out for hedge fund managers to feast on and nothing more.
I was an Disney AP holder for a quarter century. My family just got Universal passes.
We had a great day at their parks over the weekend and saw everything we wanted without a single upcharge. And I didn’t need to make reservations or wake up at 7am to participate in an absurd attraction planning lottery.
I also did not need to use my cell phone. Not one single time.
What’s more, in the past four days we’ve received more emails and been given more opportunities to provide truly constructive feeedback from Universal than we ever did in a quarter century of our time as WDW passholders.
In fact, the last direct communication I got from Disney was a bill for resort parking fees— with threatening language on it— because they lacked the basic competency required to properly bill me during my stay.
Is this the sort of company I would want making decisions about my home and neighborhood? Not right now. Nope. No thanks. Not in a million years.
Good gravy.
Throwing around stale and meaningless buzz words like “legendary Disney service” and “storytelling” is an absolute joke.
They are doing nothing more than slapping their brand onto someone else’s product and expecting suckers to line up and throw their money away.
Standard operating procedure.
It’s like watching infomercials for some crappy product that carries the name of Bell & Howell or some other practically defunct brand that does nothing but license its name to others.
And this is coming from someone who was about as big a Disney fan as you could possibly get.
Today, when I hear the name Disney, the adjectives that now come to mind are Cheap. Greedy. Shoddy. Shabby. Money grubbing. Short sighted. And Arrogant.
Would I buy into something like this? Not from a company that tells its loyal customers to **** off because they’re not part of an “optimal guest mix.”
I would run away from this as fast as possible *precisely* because the “Disney” name is on it.
To **** with Chapek and everything he touches. The hubris on display is completely unbelievable. He is strip mining a beloved brand and destroying the company in the name of greed and profit. He may be financially minded, but he is totally bankrupt when it comes to creativity and customer service.
The Disney we grew up with is a dead carcass being hollowed out for hedge fund managers to feast on and nothing more.
I was an Disney AP holder for a quarter century. My family just got Universal passes.
We had a great day at their parks over the weekend and saw everything we wanted without a single upcharge. And I didn’t need to make reservations or wake up at 7am to participate in an absurd attraction planning lottery.
I also did not need to use my cell phone. Not one single time.
What’s more, in the past four days we’ve received more emails and been given more opportunities to provide truly constructive feeedback from Universal than we ever did in a quarter century of our time as WDW passholders.
In fact, the last direct communication I got from Disney was a bill for resort parking fees— with threatening language on it— because they lacked the basic competency required to properly bill me during my stay.
Is this the sort of company I would want making decisions about my home and neighborhood? Not right now. Nope. No thanks. Not in a million years.
