Entertainment cuts

[monothingie]

Add to the fact that operations cast work in the attraction, engineering cast maintain the attraction 24/7 just as a few examples, the AC costs and the building maint costs, the costs add up and so do the savings. And who cleans it? It doesn’t by itself. Big picture.

Just raise prices.

 

[Dizknee_Phreek]

So I know when things like this happen, people want something to blame. But some of it isn't adding up to me.
I don't see how the "failure" of GE would cause these cut backs. Especially in WDW. GE just opened, and even if people were underwhelmed with it, most people going within the first 2 months of opening would have had their trips planned well in advance. I don't see them seeing negative reviews and then a week before their trip be like "oh, well forget it...trip cancelled." I'm interested to see what attendance will look like in October when schools start taking fall breaks.
Also I don't see Dorian having anything to do with it. Yes, attendance was way down during Labor Day weekend thanks to the storm. But from what I understand after the holiday is usually a fairly slow time anyway. I'm sure this is something Disney is well aware of every year. So this should be no surprise to them, at least not enough of one to start making rash decisions/cuts because of it.
I'm not saying I agree with the cuts or how the company is choosing to run the theme parks. They've had a history of cutting and not replacing which I am growing weary of. But I don't see GE or low attendance (at least due to GE or Dorian...I know attendance has been a little sluggish all year) being the direct cause of these cuts.

 

[PSM]

Too bad on muppets. I was looking forward to seeing if it would keep my son’s attention in early November. He’s only one and a half but I thought he might like the characters.

 

[drizgirl]

So I know when things like this happen, people want something to blame. But some of it isn't adding up to me.
I don't see how the "failure" of GE would cause these cut backs. Especially in WDW. GE just opened, and even if people were underwhelmed with it, most people going within the first 2 months of opening would have had their trips planned well in advance. I don't see them seeing negative reviews and then a week before their trip be like "oh, well forget it...trip cancelled." I'm interested to see what attendance will look like in October when schools start taking fall breaks.
Also I don't see Dorian having anything to do with it. Yes, attendance was way down during Labor Day weekend thanks to the storm. But from what I understand after the holiday is usually a fairly slow time anyway. I'm sure this is something Disney is well aware of every year. So this should be no surprise to them, at least not enough of one to start making rash decisions/cuts because of it.
I'm not saying I agree with the cuts or how the company is choosing to run the theme parks. They've had a history of cutting and not replacing which I am growing weary of. But I don't see GE or low attendance (at least due to GE or Dorian...I know attendance has been a little sluggish all year) being the direct cause of these cuts.

If you look at all the hours Disney added (in both DHS and early opens in the MK) Disney was expecting crowds to be WAY higher than they have turned out to be. So far anyway.

 

[wdwfan22]

The Majesty Makers added just as much to the experience as the, frankly overrated, Dapper Dans. That you personally didn't care for them doesn't make them any less signifcant.

If that was the case I don’t believe they would have been cut.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Just raise prices.

They just did....with the dessert party. I say go an extra $2 with the parking fee next. (Both resorts and parks)

 

[mm52200]

Cuts will always occur it’s just a fact of life. No Entertainment offering should be permanent either.

Well cuts Always occur now because Disney strictly responds to wall street and making sure that the profit margin’s are increasing. And I am the biggest advocate for Entertainment constantly changing, it would be one thing if they were closing these offerings maybe throughout the year with an immediate replacement being announced as well or in the works. These are all strictly budget cuts, highly doubt will see anything new in their place for a while if at all.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

No Entertainment offering should be permanent either.

Does that include the Magic Kingdom?

 

[Dead2009]

People seem to think that since Disney gets all this money due to price increases and this that and the other, that they have an unlimited budget for each department. It doesnt work that way and for whatever reason people cant seem to grasp it.

 

[drizgirl]

If that was the case I don’t believe they would have been cut.

And that dang night parade. Didn't add a thing. So out it went.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

It doesnt work that way and for whatever reason people cant seem to grasp it.

I can grasp the idea of a budget. What is difficult to grasp is that the worlds most visited theme park has so little live entertainment compared to its sister park in California, or itself a few years ago.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I currently have the “absence magic” pass...it’s a great value

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I can grasp the idea of a budget. What is difficult to grasp is that the worlds most visited theme park has so little live entertainment compared to its sister park in California, or itself a few years ago.

Decline in espn subscriptions and advertising revenue...

Ok...”don’t believe me”

 

[Jlasoon]

I currently have the “absence magic” pass...it’s a great value

I went from Platinum Plus to Absence Magic in June.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

I currently have the “absence magic” pass

Better than the "devoid of" one that I got.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

 

[Lilofan]

It’s called squeezing every possible penny from the operation to make the quarterly goal, or minimize the gap. Welcome to wall st

In corporate America if some divisions of the company are failing and some are meeting or exceeding profit goals, most of all divisions must bite the bullet in restructuring, cutting costs, or however you want to describe it to become and remain profitable. The shareholders and stock share price must be kept on the upswing at all costs. The business world is not for the weary.

 

[Kman101]

And also the Tomorrowland Dance Party they did with Mr Incredible and Frozone was cut in 2017 at WDW.

And they can't even bother having them meet guests in Pixar Place at the Studios either ... why not have them out? The street is dead now.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

And they can't even bother having them meet guests in Pixar Place at the Studios either ... why not have them out? The street is dead now.

Agreed. But the bigger question.....why no Sonny Eclipse Meet and Greet? Disney has so much that they don't realize that they have. So they just cut and take away instead of trying to grow something organically. This to me is the biggest issue. Nowadays it has to be $500 Million IP to even make it into a park.

I'm a big AC fan. If they ever took the time to develop that IP - that would have been something. But no. Just cut it and add Olaf.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

The company expected to ride off the goodwill of customers that will pay

I couldn't have put it better.