If they both were the same then...
I agree. I worked full-time (as I suspect most people do), but never prioritized money over family togetherness. It is true that I chose a job within my profession that was less stressful and demanded fewer hours than others, but every family makes the decisions that are right for them. Our children are productive, well-adjusted adults who also have full-time careers. We were always a very happy family - I don't remember ever being sad about not having enough time together. We remain close. And one extra-special, happy side effect of working full-time is that we can now afford to take regular family vacations to Disney! I can't imagine what I missed out on or why anyone would think my life is sad - but I'm sure someone here will be quick to point it out to me
Sample size is a time honored way of predicting overall patterns/results...though of course not perfect.
Lol, now how come with others say "don't go" which is what you're saying albeit a lot nicer, we get publically flogged??
Exactly! This website is full of haters that have fun putting down others! I feel like I am on a school playground being bullied!
Yes. Disney has been underselling its offerings. Mark my words: Disney attendance and revenues will increases over the next ten years (just like it has over the last ten years, and the ten years before that, and the ten years before that, etc.)
And let's be clear: I would bet that most of the people saying that they won't increase their spending will anyway. I'm not saying that they're lying, but rather that they're not yet willing to admit that they will be increasing their spending at WDW over the next ten years. The fact that they're here, posting, and putting out there such rapacious comments in an impotent gesture of consternation reveals an underlying sentiment that Disney is going to benefit from regardless.
In that Chi84 (and others) is (are) willing to say so.
Good point; when someone creates a thread/poll you can surely inject into it whatever excessive bias they'd wish. Of course, a balanced poll would have "No change" in the middle of choices, where there were an equal number of choices on both sides of the middle.
However, that has nothing to do with Disney and so (unsurprisingly) isn't afflicted by the bias toward Disney you hold. We've seen the same scenario at various points in the past, going back to the 1920s and earlier. It is a natural part of an economic system like this: Prices for discretionary items always have, and always will, be a trailing indicator of the economy itself.
That's an oft-used tactic to avoid hard realities that one doesn't like but for which one has no legitimate rebuttal.
Heck, there are many people who set aside substantial time on their trip for "shopping" for merch. This isn't a necessary evil in their mind: They actively enjoy the array of merch that Disney puts forward for sale and view a trip to Star Traders or Mouse Gear as an attraction in itself. I hate shopping, but I respect other guests and acknowledge that what they consider a high-value portion of their vacation experience is. When did disrespecting people who like things that you don't like become acceptable?
Our Alaskan cruise on Holland America that we took for our twenty-fifth anniversary last year was a lot more expensive than it was priced when we looked into it for our tenth anniversary. And there were a lot more surcharges and such. Yet, more people are cruising than back then.
That's what's already happening. Otherwise, that party would be more than $1,000 already.
