Hey Ap'ers, how does it feel to know you are a contingency plan?

[GhostHost1000]

Have you heard the good news about Tiana’s Bayou Adventure?

Do tell.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Do tell.

Oh just that it’s still happening our most valued guests will find it to be the best thing since sliced Tonga toast.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

Oh just that it’s still happening our most valued guests will find it to be the best thing since sliced Tonga toast.

I'm still holding out hope that Christine intervenes and cancels the salt mine storyline to help guests combat the ever growing hypertension and heart disease we face...

 

[disneylandtour]

So Christine McCarthy who, as far as I know, never visits the parks to enjoy them--only occasionally to evaluate them--sees people who actually likes the parks as a type of contingency plan. OK, I'm good with that. Nearly all of the people in the C wing at Disney if they left Disney would never think again about the parks. And they would certain not invest their free time, like we do, in exploring the parks on a board like this. They are mostly bean counters, button pushers, contract readers, and pitch men and women, and there is no way I would ever want to trade places with them. I'm much happier here.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Have you heard the good news about Tiana’s Bayou Adventure?

What??!!?? Did they cancel it???

 

[vikescaper]

How long til somebody starts selling a shirt that says, “I’m the contingency plan!”

 

[ToTBellHop]

How long til somebody starts selling a shirt that says, “I’m the contingency plan!”

I already had one because I was supposed to save my parents’ marriage.

 

[CJR]

Oh just that it’s still happening our most valued guests will find it to be the best thing since sliced Tonga toast.

I would not be among the most valued, in that case. I'm sure the bloggers will love it though. They'll definitely be the most valued in a recession.

 

[mkt]

I already had one because I was supposed to save my parents’ marriage.

 

[The Colonel]

But I just got my Legacy Guest Tee Shirt

 

[HauntedPirate]

I ARE THE CONTINGENCY PLAN!!!

 

[mightynine]

Honestly, it was just nice to get some recognition for once.

What, the popcorn bucket wasn’t enough?

 

[Disstevefan1]

Disney CFO Christine McCarthy said that the company has contingency plans if the country enters a recession and they need to boost numbers. She said that they can offer discounts on hotels, the reservation system can be adjusted (meaning let even more people in) and finally that they could restart sales of annual passes.

If this isn't a huge slap in the face to their most loyal fans then i don't know what is.

"we don't want you in the parks because you don't fit our guest spending profile, but if our numbers are hurting, we will let the peasants back in"

WTH happened to this management group? They only care about profit, not people.

Well if the stock is any indication, they have screwed up on both fronts.

What a disgrace this company is right now

 

[matt9112]

Well i got some news for you, that ain't happening so go renew your Universal AP

I know this wasn’t directed at me buuuut

I’m on year 3! So excited for epic.

I do want to go to WDW sometime it’s my place….but a day or two maybe is all I will do. Wait for those cheap as dirt resident tickets and pack my PB&J

 

[Disstevefan1]

Disney CFO Christine McCarthy said that the company has contingency plans if the country enters a recession and they need to boost numbers. She said that they can offer discounts on hotels, the reservation system can be adjusted (meaning let even more people in) and finally that they could restart sales of annual passes.

If this isn't a huge slap in the face to their most loyal fans then i don't know what is.

"we don't want you in the parks because you don't fit our guest spending profile, but if our numbers are hurting, we will let the peasants back in"

WTH happened to this management group? They only care about profit, not people.

Well if the stock is any indication, they have screwed up on both fronts.

What a disgrace this company is right now

Get your CP passes now!

 

[TQQQ]

I know this wasn’t directed at me buuuut

I’m on year 3! So excited for epic.

I do want to go to WDW sometime it’s my place….but a day or two maybe is all I will do. Wait for those cheap as dirt resident tickets and pack my PB&J

I think the landscape is changing right before our eyes. I think people used to go vacation to WDW and visit Universal and now (especially after Epic U opens) it will be go on vacation to Universal and stop in WDW for a day............Their hotels are nicer and hotel perks are WAY better and they are also way cheaper while at the same time WDW has eliminated all of their perks to staying onsite

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Get your CPG passes now!
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This reminds me of that stretch during the pandemic where nurses and teachers were battling it out to determine who could be the most obnoxious group of people on the Internet. Disney APs are right up there.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Are people really offended that Disney is stating one thing they can do to respond to a hypothetical decrease in demand is introducing a type of discounted entry?

 

[wendysue]

 

[Disstevefan1]

I think the landscape is changing right before our eyes. I think people used to go vacation to WDW and visit Universal and now (especially after Epic U opens) it will be go on vacation to Universal and stop in WDW for a day............Their hotels are nicer and hotel perks are WAY better and they are also way cheaper while at the same time WDW has eliminated all of their perks to staying onsite

I agree this may happen. My question is, where are these former WDW vacationers going to stay? We know the WDW resort blows all other resorts out of the water.

This will be a huge opportunity for hotels that are nearby the Universal parks to partner with Universal much like the Disney Springs hotels partner with WDW.