I am one who's not impressed with how Disney has come out of the pandemic. I get every park has suffered during the Covid. IMO the best to do it is how Universal has done it. Back to business as usual and back to working on their new park. Even regional parks are back to adding new attractions and new things to draw people back. Cutting things is not the way to do it.
For on property it was still good comparatively. Yes there are far better options off property for far less!
Disney coming out of the pandemic is like the Joker fighting Batman in the 1989 film. When Batman’s about to punch the Joker back he puts on a pair of eyeglasses and says “You wouldn’t hit a guy with glasses, would ya?”
Disney coming out of the pandemic seems to have their numbers moving in the upward direction as TWDC reported their Q3 earnings to Wall Street. Parks , experiences, and product segment was $4.34B up from $1.06B from last year and operating income in parks was $356M compared to a loss of a loss of $1.88B the year before. Q4 earnings in parks segment grew 26% to $5.4B. There however is no question prices are higher everywhere one looks and not just in WDW. Credit card debt in the USA is at record levels also. One category which is at record setting levels are the Dow Jones and Nasdaq which investors like myself is loving it!
It's great they are back to making a profit. Cutting things and not bringing things back to save money has helped in making a profit. Look at Universal, they have pretty much gone back to normal and due to that had one of the highest profitable quarters ever.
Honestly, I don't think they're worried about that. There are tens of thousands of people in the parks every day who are going to eat there and probably not even notice a reduction in portion sizes. Or maybe they will notice and respond by ordering more food. By all means, people should do what is right for them, and if eating off-site is it, then go for it. I would caution against making decisions based on "sticking it to Disney."
To me, it doesn't matter the amount of food on the plates, it's this CFO having the audacity to say it would be "good for some peoples waistlines" If I pay for, you shouldn't care how much I eat or not eat. Who made this bozo the food portion police? Sorry, I'm just tired of disney wanting people to pay more money for less... once again I ask...what happened to the magic? It's gone!
It's that reason that Disney can do what they are doing. They don't feel any consequences for anything they do.
Consequences??? See appetizers and desert orders increase. Guests knowing meal sizes are decreasing will just add more to their order to fill up on. And see the snack carts profits immediately increase. Guests coming out of dining who are still hungry will appease that grumbling stomach with a Disney snack.
I was responding more to the comment about sticking it to Disney. All the cuts they have done and now cutting portion size, many have complained but they are still filling the parks. That was the point I was making. They can get away with what they are doing cause there is no consequences.
That’s absolutely true. They don’t feel any consequences because there aren’t any. Do what’s best for your family (in the general sense, not you specifically) because thinking your actions are going to change Disney is fanciful.
I agree with you, however, what most of us are objecting to is not the portion size decrease but the decrease plus the stupid comment. Portion sizes are large, and I'd be surprised if they shrank so much that people would still be hungry after a meal in the park. My husband and I always split our meal when we do quick service and on the one day out of 4 or 5 that we do a full-service meal, we each order only an entree knowing the portion will be large. We don't need appetizers and desserts, we don't want to get overfull and then walk around uncomfortable.
I find the dish sizes to be standard. Both my country and Dis have similar sized dishes.
My significant other and I always split most Disney meals.
I feel the same way, but this was still a boneheaded comment on the part of the CFO. It's not great to make your disdain for your customers this visible.
Totally agree. There is still pent up demand. It doesn't matter the offerings or the prices. Folks are really missing the Candlelight event! Folks will purchase this not matter what is offered as the 2021 reduced version of this event.
