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News Expect closure of Hong Kong Disneyland and Shanghai Disneyland to impact Walt Disney World
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Are they still in the planning stage for the major cutbacks ?
There can be cuts do to budget, however the fireworks come from Italy. China does not make the multicolor bursts according to the guide conducting the EPCOT tour I was on. This was several years ago and he said the cost to produce all firework shows at WDW was $65,000 per day.
Times that by 365 days
Animaniac93-98
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MK alone gets 50,000 visitors a day, probably averaging at least $100/pp when you add up admission, food, merch etc.
They can afford it.
TrainsOfDisney
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There was a time, several years ago, that MK, Epcot, and DHS all had real fireworks shows.
DHS and Epcot have been cut down to the bare minnimum already.
Rosso11
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How much different can it be when arriving aircraft are subjected to delays and embargoes as detailed here...
Eight planes locked down at Heathrow Airport over coronavirus fears
Coronavirus fears sparked a lockdown of eight planes Friday morning at Heathrow Airport — including a flight from California — after passengers complained they were suffering from sympt…nypost.com
Airline delays and embargoes are nothing compared to post 9/11 in America. It took many years for the travel industry to recover to their pre 9/11 numbers. US Airways and United both declared bankruptcy and the US government had to loan them each 10 billion to stay afloat. American Airlines laid off 7,000 workers. The travel industry was a disaster at that time. We are no where near that at this time. Right now the Chinese airlines are taking the biggest hit and in their favor they are for the most part owned my the Chinese government so they will survive this. The situation is not a good one right now but it has a long way to go to be anything like that.
WDW862
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As someone who's in the process of being rehired, this is very concerning.
If it helps I’ve heard nothing about a hiring freeze.
WDW862
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Thankfully I'm already hired and currently going through the onboarding process. I was let go last year after a budget cut. I still have a sour taste in my mouth from that experience
IanDLBZF
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Or even SHDL and HKDL (when they reopen)?
the.dreamfinder
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What's the status on Zootopia for SHDL? Based on the construction pictures from December, they appear to not have done much more than ground clearing.
Cesar R M
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This is something that I will never understand of Disney.
Instead of boolstering the areas you can have open, use the lower amount of people coming to accelerate buildings at all costs so when things normalize you can get your gates flooded with no issues of closures, shutdowns..etc..
Its like having your cousin hospitalized is a good reason to shot yourself in the foot "because". (or a better analogy, is cutting down your medication intake because your cousin had to be hospitalized, even if logic says you should with even more reason now.)
The current WDC leadership is not interested in long term growth. It's only about the next quarterly report. The only thing that is a priority is the positive market reaction at the end of each quarter. They are going to take a hit this quarter and will do anything and everything to mitigate a loss regardless of the cause. It is an unsustainable process.
TrainsOfDisney
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Exactly. When people post that “it’s just businesses” or “Disney is a business” - yeah.... we know. It’s a terrible business strategy to budget cut your product the way they are doing.
Studios is such a prime example. That park needs lights motors, the tram tour, and great movie ride now more than ever to take up the people coming to see Star Wars land.
RobWDW1971
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But apparently it doesn't - 2 1/2 hour wait today to get into a merch location so people are gladly lining up to pay without any of those things. Now if 30% of the guests today demanded refunds and next year because of this terrible situation attendance dropped 30%, they would take action. Every single one of those people in that park today are voting with their dollars that it is just great the way it is.
CastAStone
5th gate? Just build a new resort Bob.
Studios is a terrible example.
The addition of TSL, SWGE, expansion of TSM, and swap out of MMRR for TGMR increased ride capacity by over 1/3 vs 2014. If MMRR hits its targets and ROTR ever works correctly that will be closer to 50%.
I am less clear on the show capacities but Lights Motors Action’s daily capacity (which is expandable based on how many shows a day you schedule) I imagine was typically less than Lightning Mcqueeen’s racing academy’s continuous showings.
TrainsOfDisney
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The park has always had too few rides, spending 1 billion (or more?) should have added even more.
And I’m not even going to begin on the comparison of LMA and the racing academy. I don’t have anything agains the academy and it’s certainly more impressive than the beauty and the beast sing along if that’s our new standard but lights motors was probably the most impressive daily stunt show ever performed in North America.
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HKDLer
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Some updates from Hong Kong with regard to post #102:
- Only the Disneyland hotel and Inspiration Lake are open. Disneyland park and the other two hotels remain closed until further notice.
- Except hotel cast, most CMs (including imagineers) are asked to work from home. Standby shifts have been arranged for park frontline cast.
- Part-time cast are not released from the company, yet.
- Attractions are not being cycled during the closure. What's the point of doing that?
- HKSAR govt obtained consent from Disney to use land reserved for second gate for quarantine facilities. The proposed site next to the resort parking lot could provide 600 units and would be ready by April, should construction begin soon.
- Castle remodel and Arendelle construction are still in full swing. The Central plaza stage has just been removed today to make way for the new hub and castle viewing area à la SHDL.
- Autopia demolition completed. And HKDL is not getting the E-ticket announced for Anaheim but another version of GOTG:MB instead. Such change was made before the protests even started in June 2019. If you have paid attention to previous Marvel theme park announcements, Disney has been very quiet on the Avengers E-ticket coming to HK in 2023.
- Closure of HKDL and its struggling rival Ocean Park are seen as cost-cutting measures by some. Not long before the coronavirus outbreak, the HKSAR govt unveiled a major revamp for Ocean Park that would cost taxpayers hkd10b. It was later revealed that the park had only hkd400m left to keep it running. The low attendance caused by the protests has made it not cost-effective to keep the parks open even with reduced hours. The coronavirus just provided a valid reason to temporarily close the parks.
- Only the Disneyland hotel and Inspiration Lake are open. Disneyland park and the other two hotels remain closed until further notice.
- Except hotel cast, most CMs (including imagineers) are asked to work from home. Standby shifts have been arranged for park frontline cast.
- Part-time cast are not released from the company, yet.
- Attractions are not being cycled during the closure. What's the point of doing that?
- HKSAR govt obtained consent from Disney to use land reserved for second gate for quarantine facilities. The proposed site next to the resort parking lot could provide 600 units and would be ready by April, should construction begin soon.
- Castle remodel and Arendelle construction are still in full swing. The Central plaza stage has just been removed today to make way for the new hub and castle viewing area à la SHDL.
- Autopia demolition completed. And HKDL is not getting the E-ticket announced for Anaheim but another version of GOTG:MB instead. Such change was made before the protests even started in June 2019. If you have paid attention to previous Marvel theme park announcements, Disney has been very quiet on the Avengers E-ticket coming to HK in 2023.
- Closure of HKDL and its struggling rival Ocean Park are seen as cost-cutting measures by some. Not long before the coronavirus outbreak, the HKSAR govt unveiled a major revamp for Ocean Park that would cost taxpayers hkd10b. It was later revealed that the park had only hkd400m left to keep it running. The low attendance caused by the protests has made it not cost-effective to keep the parks open even with reduced hours. The coronavirus just provided a valid reason to temporarily close the parks.
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The thing about Communist, Authoritarian governments is there are no checks and balances agencies reporting. I am not a fan of fear mongering, but this is bigger than many suspected. Disney as a company is learning more of the difficulties of having parks in these environments. It is bigger than just the parks and company. Other recreation, movie theaters, public places, transportation schools all have areas where much of it is closed and people are STRONGLY encouraged to stay home and risk losing their pets if they are outside.