Hugh Johnston, Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, The Walt Disney Company will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at approximately 2:30 p.m. ET / 11:30 a.m. PT.
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News Hugh Johnston to Participate in the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference
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Disney CFO Addresses Theme Park Pricing, Talks New Attractions Coming to Walt Disney World
CFO Hugh Johnston addressed theme park pricing and upcoming attractions at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference on September 9, pushing back on criticism that the parks business is unpredictable. He named several confirmed projects headed to the Florida parks, including Tropical Americas and Monstropolis both targeting 2027, and framed new attractions as a direct answer to the value question around ticket prices.
Disney CFO Addresses Theme Park Pricing, Talks New Attractions Coming to Walt Disney World
Disney CFO Hugh Johnston addressed park ticket pricing and named upcoming attractions at a Goldman Sachs conference on September 9, including Tropical Americas and Monstropolis, both targeting 2027.
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Think he was referencing the DLR project there.
DCL supply can't keep up with demand....but they've been running aggressive promotions just to fill ships?
Domestic theme park attendance went up....but the parks have been noticeably emptier to anyone with working eyeballs?
There's a disconnect here or some top notch BS being passed.
Domestic theme park attendance went up....but the parks have been noticeably emptier to anyone with working eyeballs?
There's a disconnect here or some top notch BS being passed.
Smiley/OCD
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Judge Judy said it best…
“Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining”…
“Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining”…
LSLS
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That crossed my mind as well. They have heavily discounted a lot of cruises recently which I don't remember ever seeing.
Smiley/OCD
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From quarter to quarter, nobody would buy it though…that’s a hell of a spin…
Mr. Engagement
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I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed.
Sirwalterraleigh
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Disappointed? Do tell…
Mr. Engagement
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I mean, he's the CFO, so what's he going to say?
But the line, "Price is what you pay, value is what you get," could just as easily have been, "Price is what we keep increasing, value is what we keep taking away."
Shrinkflation vacation.
That was the biggest load of horse manure dumped since Biff Tannen’s car got buried in 1955.
Discounts for the last few rooms doesn't mean they can't fill rooms. Disney already charges a huge mark-up. So, there's a lot of room to make deals for unsold rooms.
If you were a merchant that was able to sell almost all of your inventory, and yet, there was still some left, you'd discount it to get it out the door... at a price point in which you're still profiting.
And that's how they sell out all the rooms.
This is the same deal with Disney hotel rooms.
But you think those numbers are a scam, too. So, not surprised you're trying to sell the same conspiracy theory with regard to DCL. You think discounts are a sign of tumble weeds down Main Street.
Tom P.
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I think Disney is doing more to add new value to the parks right now than they have in a very long time.
Just read back to yourself what you just wrote.
And These aren’t just the “last few rooms” they are discounting on itineraries going well into mid 2027. This has never been done before with DCL.
That’s not how the Disney hotel discounts work. Their discount inventory is usually a fixed quantity and it’s set months and months prior to the promotion taking effect. They do not dynamically add inventory to promotions because of perceived softness in the response..
More of your typical gaslighting. Just use the word “conspiracy theory” some more.
I just like to know from you penguin, when was the last time DCL had this expansive type of a discount promotion plan?
You have no idea what Hugh G. Johnson’s dataset is. There’s no specifics there and no frame of reference for what 3% means. And he’s under no obligation to provide all guest visitation data other than stuff that is could be cherry picked for public consumption.
Just keep gaslighting penguin, all those people who visit and notice the lack of crowds, and articles written by reputable sources, who say that Disney has an attendance problem. They’re all in on the conspiracy too. All the people that visit the park and see it significantly less crowded than it has been in decades, I bet they have their foil hats shaped like Mickey ears when they’re there as well.
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Do you think that?
How much do you think they’re gonna raise prices on everything as these items come online?
$300 one day tickets?
$100 LL ?
$2000 AP?
Smiley/OCD
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Agreed…anyone who thinks all of these additions & new lands aren’t going to be accompanied by a HUGE ticket increase ARE wearing those aluminum foil Mickey ears…
BrianLo
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This is a legitimate question - the cruises are heavily discounted?
I don’t have knowledge of historical pricing, but I thought they used to be way cheaper. Is this a matter of gradually increasing the base 10% and the discount 5%, for example?