Maybe it's the expected cost and associated training for the rollout? So to keep the books looking good after the shutdown, Disney is holding off on paid FP for the moment.
-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
FastPass+ Most Certainly Not Coming Back As It Was
- Thread starter MisterPenguin
- Start date
- Status
Maybe it's the expected cost and associated training for the rollout? So to keep the books looking good after the shutdown, Disney is holding off on paid FP for the moment.
BaconPancakes
Well-Known Member
Expect a “fast” and loose announcement tomorrow. Be sure to check the news in the afternoon or it may “pass” you by…. 
FantasiaMickey2000
Well-Known Member
We guessing here or do we have sources on this? Friday afternoon news drops are for bad news.Expect a “fast” and loose announcement tomorrow. Be sure to check the news in the afternoon or it may “pass” you by….
G00fyDad
Well-Known Member
Exactly. Companies fire people on Fridays.
disneyfreak0710
Active Member
Just what I was wondering!
pdude81
Well-Known Member
Yes but paid fastpass to many would be considered bad news. I just want to know what the hell is going on for my upcoming trips
Parker in NYC
Well-Known Member
My legitimately middle-class family was able to afford many family trips to Disney before Iger decided to bloat prices to high Heaven.
BaconPancakes
Well-Known Member
Just speculation based on comments and likes received from the insiders here. Lol
FantasiaMickey2000
Well-Known Member
Oh you tease!
G00fyDad
Well-Known Member
pdude81
Well-Known Member
Well... they're holding off on *any* FPs at the moment.
BaconPancakes
Well-Known Member
I would think they would want to have those on the books sooner rather than later. This fiscal year is already going to be fairly bad and you can blame it on COVID. If I was them I’d get as many costs in before October 1st as I could so next year looks even better.
Parker in NYC
Well-Known Member
Sea started it! Daaad!!Are we back to discussing people's class ranking again??
Interesting timing, something was updated yesterday but not the app directly yet.
All I noticed from the app visually was a new banner w/ the profile pic on the home screen and the text for “XX minute standby wait” being much smaller on the page for each individual attraction
I think that was from the previous update. Maybe I'm wrong.
I hope we can all agree on one thing, a person's real value has absolutely nothing to do with their family income. Being rich or poor is irrelevant to how good a person is. In fact lower income people contribute a higher percentage of the income to charity than the rich. Further, I agree that using terms like middleclass, upper class and lower class can be considered an insult so I apologize and will only use percentages and quintiles.
Now, it is clear that both Disney and Universal don't go after the middle income family, they go after the top 20%. Even Six Flags and Cedar Fair go after the top 40% of family based on income. The reality is that only people who refuse to admit they are financially well off claim that any of these parks care about the majority of the public. In fact 40% of the families can't even afford a $400 repair bill, so complaining about the cost of tickets to Disney or Universal is ........ One last thing, using ticket prices alone is also irrelevant as family size has decreased substantially since the 1950's. A better number would be to determine how much the average family spent as a percentage of their family income in the 1960's for trips to DL and compare that to today. Of course spending per person is higher today but they are spend on less people today. Walt Disney didn't design Disneyland for the average American, he designed it for his friends and Hollywood.
Now, it is clear that both Disney and Universal don't go after the middle income family, they go after the top 20%. Even Six Flags and Cedar Fair go after the top 40% of family based on income. The reality is that only people who refuse to admit they are financially well off claim that any of these parks care about the majority of the public. In fact 40% of the families can't even afford a $400 repair bill, so complaining about the cost of tickets to Disney or Universal is ........ One last thing, using ticket prices alone is also irrelevant as family size has decreased substantially since the 1950's. A better number would be to determine how much the average family spent as a percentage of their family income in the 1960's for trips to DL and compare that to today. Of course spending per person is higher today but they are spend on less people today. Walt Disney didn't design Disneyland for the average American, he designed it for his friends and Hollywood.
Pretty sure the standby text was the previous update, but the placement and size of the text and number was the only thing that changed today. Incredibly minor nonetheless
- Status