A while ago, I said that Disney's target market for WDW now seems to be small children and the parents just get dragged along these days, instead of where in the past, the parks were designed for all ages to enjoy (they were edgier)
I will admit, I was wrong. :zipit:
Disney's target market isn't smaller kids....it's their Mothers.
It should have been quite clear to me but I didn't see it, even after visiting a certain other DISney message board for a long time and realizing what 90% of them are...
...even after Disney came up with their own "Moms Panel" some time ago...
...then I started to think about Johnny Depp, do you think that he's a big Disney item because of the little wannbe pirates? Yes, but not as much of the mothers who drool over him.
Of course there's also the princesses, yes, the little girls want to dress up, but the mothers are the ones spending tons of money to make sure their daughters look perfect.
DDP, DME, etc. are all for the mothers to worry less about things, they're the ones who plan fervently before trips.
I am not saying this is a bad thing by itself, it's just an observation.
Thoughts?