Disney Irish
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Take all these rumor threads with a grain of salt. But keep your ear to the ground and let your fellow posters know if you hear anything...
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Rumor Entertainment Cuts Coming
- Thread starter Disney Analyst
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Take all these rumor threads with a grain of salt. But keep your ear to the ground and let your fellow posters know if you hear anything...
Don’t say too much, you can get fired for doing so.
Happyrebster
Active Member
Of course. I think what I’ve said so far is fine, but I deleted it anyway. No more info from me. Sorry, guys.
THE 1HAPPY HAUNT
Well-Known Member
All they had to do was make a Falcon queue with a ramp you could walk on and people would still have their jobs.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
You were fine, don't let another poster scare you from posting. Just use common sense and don't post internal secrets about the company and you'll be fine.
The fact that no one from Entertainment was in your Traditions class isn't some internal secret nor does it give any indication of Disney hiring at this moment in time. Its an observation on your Traditions class, nothing more. People can glean whatever information out of that that they want.
Entertainment (and the parks in general) always see budget cuts in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year (July/Aug/Sept). Galaxy's Edge may have made the cuts a bit deeper this year, but they always happen. A quick Google search finds that both the Oswald M+G at DCA and the live performers from Rivers of Light were cut in Q4 2018, Minnie's Fly Girls being cut from DCA just after Q4 2013 ended, and this article shows a few different Entertainment acts being cut from WDW in Q4 2016. It's disappointing to see cuts, especially to Entertainment, but also relatively commonplace for Disney this time of year.
Curious Constance
Well-Known Member
I’m sure the already lackluster Marvel plans are being slashed to the bone too.
THE 1HAPPY HAUNT
Well-Known Member
They are already replacing Spider-Man with his Euorpean knockoff called Night Monkey
TP2000
Well-Known Member
Mr. Chapek has already replaced the D Ticket dark ride with this guy.
He works for pizza and beer, but his stunts need some work.
Over at the Hank Pym Ant Man Micro-Brewery, Mr. Chapek has decreed that the beef sliders be priced at $18 but be the size an ant would eat because then you will be IMMERSED!.
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Curious Constance
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Mr. Chapek has already replaced the D Ticket dark ride with this guy.
He works for pizza and beer, but his stunts need some work.
Over at the Hank Pym Ant Man Micro-Brewery, Mr. Chapek has decreed that the beef sliders be priced at $18 but be the size an ant would eat because then you will be IMMERSED!.
As you enjoy your pint sized burger, all of the Microbrewery employees will share stories of various ant infestations they’ve personally experienced throughout their lives.
TP2000
Well-Known Member
As you enjoy your pint sized burger, all of the Microbrewery employees will share stories of various ant infestations they’ve personally experienced throughout their lives.
Mr. Chapek has immersed me!
Figments Friend
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Amidala
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Adding to this, my friend just started at Land and has said she's been getting very short hours & has been ER'd (Early Release) from work multiple times w/o ever requesting to do so. We've both worked WDW before and found this odd, since there always seemed to be a very "all hands on deck" approach w/ costumed CMs over in FL (even during "slower" seasons) and we generally weren't granted ERs when we asked for them, let alone unprompted w/o reason. That being said, definitely taking the insistence that SW:GE is "failing" with a grain of salt, and agree it's a combination of things...The reservation system & word of mouth scaring off tourists and the mass blockouts of locals/APs more so than anything else. Wasn't aware of the trend of Q4 cuts, but it would make sense for this to factor in as well.
Yes, things like lack of streetmosphere will likely impact the satisfaction of guests while at SW:GE, but I have a hard time believing it would impact a family's decision to come. It's diehard Disney fans who find these kinds of omissions really glaring, and as mentioned...many of those Disney fans (including locals) are blocked out anyway.
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I don't know, I can't imagine Disney expected that sort of change so quickly for Disneyland... Especially with them opening a duplicate at DHS mere months apart... Why would tourists switch to a Disneyland visit when DHS is coming also? Now, if they had only opened it at Disneyland, this could be a different story.
munchiezxx
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I wish they’d take rctnb to dhs, but I feel like that’s extremely unlikely 
They do it without the trolley now anyways though
They do it without the trolley now anyways though
Curious Constance
Well-Known Member
OH my....!
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Weren't you immersed by Tony Baxter a time or two?
I'm really good at reading between the lines.
Figments Friend
Well-Known Member
Tony is a master of themed design.
Naturally one is immersed in his various themed worlds by just merely being in his prescense.
The same can definitely not be said about Mr. Chapek, but apparently TP had a very special experience.
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Curious Constance
Well-Known Member
* reading between the lines*Tony is a master of themed design.
Naturally one is immersed in his various themed worlds by just merely being in his prescense.
The same can definitely not be said about Mr. Chapek, but apparently TP had a very special experience.
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I'm convinced that high ticket prices are partially responsible for this outcome. IMO Disneyland is grossly overpriced unless you are an AP holder. A DLR vacation is simply too expensive now for a lot of families.
That said ticket and hotel prices can be adjusted to bring up demand. Perhaps the addition isn't drawing the anticipated crowds, however projects of this scope aren't meant to be a single seasonal attendance driver, and Disney has various ways to manipulate pricing and promotions to increase overnight visitors if it's desperate for them. Give it some time before jumping to conclusions. While things might not be going as planned at the moment I'd be very surprised if this current scenario continues forever.
Edit: I just checked current ticket prices and for tomorrow a single day 1 park pass is $150, and a single day 2 park pass is $200. Add a couple more days to the passes, a RT flight from SF, hotel, meals, and ground transportation and I'm easily down over $1000 just for 1 person to go to Disneyland. No thanks. It's no wonder the place is dead this summer.
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TP2000
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The same can definitely not be said about Mr. Chapek, but apparently TP had a very special experience.
Ew, gross!
Trust me, I wouldn't let Mr. Chapek get close enough to read me his Parks Blog poetry he writes late at night, let alone immerse me in anything. That man is just gross.
I was just making fun of how his script writers constantly make him use the word "immersive" in all his canned speeches and talking points. Nothing more, I swear on my copy of The Nickel Tour!