HOW WILL UNIVERSAL'S EPIC UNIVERSE AFFECT WALT DISNEY WORLD?

[Disneyhead'71]

I agree but that's also why I said that I feel like it will benefit them. I guess by "them" I do mostly mean the Disney-oriented consumer. I don't think Disney will change radically but I do think Epic will have a postitive effect on Disney in the long run. Even now, Disney is already trying to play PR damage control by reinforcing the Disney bubble (the luggage return service + rumors of Magical Express returning).

At the end of the day we the consumers are winning. Disney can pretend all they want that Epic isn't affecting them but I don't think all this investment is coming out of nowhere. Disney has shifted from a proactive company to a reactive one over time. We're living in yet another era where both companies are gonna have to put their best foot forward. As someone who wasn't alive when the Disney Decade ran its course or when any of the major Orlando parks first opened, I'm so excited to see how all of this plays out. We'll be at Epic opening week so we'll be in the thick of things. I'm rooting for Universal and hoping for the best from Disney

I'm old. My parents took me to WDW in Dec. 1971, 2 months after WDW opened. I was 8. We stayed at the Poly for $69/night. I was also at EPCOT a couple of months after it opened. Disney/MGM, the same. DCA also, haha.

The last theme park on this level to open in the US, is OG EPCOT.

Fight me.

 

[Andrew25]

On the UC laying off people, no hard information on specifics... but that's unfortunately standard practice for the industry. Once the UK park's greenlight is made clearer, they can start hiring again. Same with any add'l expansions that are in the works (Frisco, Vegas, an always rumored 2nd gate in Japan, USH expansion, etc.)

 

[lazyboy97o]

On the UC laying off people, no hard information on specifics... but that's unfortunately standard practice for the industry. Once the UK park's greenlight is made clearer, they can start hiring again. Same with any add'l expansions that are in the works (Frisco, Vegas, an always rumored 2nd gate in Japan, USH expansion, etc.)

Creative has been experiencing a brain drain that extends beyond just Epic winding down.