Yea and if you rent a car its going to cost a bundle and then you have the prevledge of paying a daily parking fee at the "value resort" There are no value resorts at WDW any longer
Those execs need to open their eyes and look at how much they're charging for those rooms -- at every level. Is it worth it to stay on-site if there's no benefit? See the poster above regarding premium resort shuttles. That's part of what was being paid for.
The masses aren't up to speed on everything that's changed or changing yet. Give it time...they can only ride the good will/nostalgia wave for so long, and they're eroding it very quickly.
People will pay a premium to stay on site with no benefits just to stay on site.
To an extent, the hotels physically near parks (monorail, Crescent Lake, skyway) have location benefits that can’t ever go away, but the other resorts do not. If all benefits go away or the deluxes go out of my price range, I’ll be switching to the hiltons at bonnet creek very quickly to access my status and points with HHonors.People will pay a premium to stay on site with no benefits just to stay on site.
If you have to point out your bags to someone, surely it’s easier to just get them yourself.... and my family considered the BAGS INC option. The problem? They have no mechanism for RETURN luggage.
We're just going Mears Deluxe. This was stunning NOV 2021. Met by our driver at luggage, with a name sign so we could find him. HE grabbed the bags & put 'em in the trunk for four of us. Return trip? Just as smooth, we used the Delta baggage service at the Airport dropoff point
And ignorance. We are constantly seeing that most execs at every level don’t understand anything about how theme parks in general and WDW in particular work. WDW is a very weird beast - besides Universal, there are very few similar establishments in the world, and it thus requires very specialized skills to run it well.
I don't know if it's specialized skills so much as a very deep understanding of the product and target market that's needed - the parks and resorts themselves and why people feel such deep emotional connections to them. I mean, yes, there are specialized skills needed at various levels of the company, but leadership needs to have understanding that just doesn't seem to be there.
I’m also wondering if it matters as much to anyone younger? As in the aura exists it only for those older folks? If younger it’s just something your parents check off on the to do list of childhood? Don’t know.
The poster was pointing his bags to the driver who was grabbing the bags and taking them to the car.
My 15-year-old and 10-year-old sons would say it matters a great deal.
I would imagine a lot of that has to do with you taking them to the parks a lot and then being raised on it.
I wouldn't say a bunch of morons but the parks are no longer their focus. The problem is many here are park fans for the most part. They hate what's happening to the parks.
They know how to make Wall Street happy to give stock a bump...but they lack fundamental understanding of the parks and resorts product. Iger at least knew how to work Hollywood and put the right person in charge of Marvel.
And yet the masses flock
Absolutely. How many other kids out there do you think feel the same way?
Disney is still riding the wave of "warm and fuzzies" that took decades to build. They're burning through it faster than I thought possible and seemingly on purpose. Give it time...word will get out that Disney isn't the company that cares anymore.
There is quite a few. There is also many that grow out of it once they are teens. Take my nieces as an example. When they were 5 and 6 they loved Disney and the parks. Now they are 13 and 14, they find Disney boring and are into mode thrilling rides and coasters.
Agreed. A lot of this UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND is mainly from those making up cancelled trips.
