Sirwalterraleigh
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You mean the ones they couldn’t sell after a 2 years travel restriction that saw a ton of cancellation followed by nonsensical unavailability….then a huge price increase?
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You mean the ones they couldn’t sell after a 2 years travel restriction that saw a ton of cancellation followed by nonsensical unavailability….then a huge price increase?
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Promotions have always worked well because they were warranted by a downturn in the overall economy…
What’s the scary part here?
Dranth
Well-Known Member
I had pretty mixed feelings on the old EMH. At times it was great but towards the later years it was so crowded we would just avoid the park that had it. Regardless of how I feel about the original, it was obviously very popular so I’m sure it would be a winner from a PR point of view to bring it back in some form.
I understand your point, however I just found myself enjoying the parks more at night. It was more about the atmosphere than trying to maximize a certain number of rides.
I liked the energy of it.
In a way if you where trying to maximize rides or avoid crowds you could pick the park without the EMH’s.
You could say that even if you didn’t enjoy participating In it, you could still find benefit.
Splash4eva
Well-Known Member
To me this loss is definitely something that hurt but it went right along with their failed strategy catering to the people spending the most… allowing all resort guests back in at night would be imo a “big lever” as you say
Tha Realest
Well-Known Member
CNBC has taken notice of how attendance at parks has lagged
Disney is discounting child tickets at U.S. parks as industry attendance lags
Disney is discounting children's tickets at its domestic theme parks as overall attendance at U.S.-based theme parks has lagged across the industry.
www.cnbc.com
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
The journal and barrons has tooCNBC has taken notice of how attendance at parks has lagged
Disney is discounting child tickets at U.S. parks as industry attendance lags
Disney is discounting children's tickets at its domestic theme parks as overall attendance at U.S.-based theme parks has lagged across the industry.
Nobody on the street is fooled
Bob has been exposed
I think they ran this promo 6 or so years ago at the complete nadir of new attraction openings.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Unfortunately they won’t do it…
More bad strategy…
It’s the “after hours”…they decided it’s a good idea to generate profits from tickets and it never was.
They’re getting hammered by the ripple effect now.
Root problem: management
And so begins another day ending in “y”
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
…yeah…how’s that construction going now?
While I’d love to see them being that back, I don’t see it happening. Yet. Staffing the parks those extra hours is likely the sticking point. While it sounds like staffing has improved, I don’t know if it’s EMH-improved, if you know what I mean.
They already have started, I’d say, albeit slowly, because they’re tightwads. It’s funny how many around here said that $lappie’s dismissal of AP’s would bite them in the ***. And while it hasn’t been a mule-kick, it’s been bruising. You can’t alienate a core audience like that in an industry that is sensitive to economic maladies, where you also often depend on that core audience to keep the cash registers ringing (sorry, old timer reference for all you youngin’s out there
) during downturns and slower times. But, pride cometh before the fall. Neither Bob learned a damn thing about how things worked, and succeeded, before their presence graced the upper eschelons of Burbank.
Basil of Baker Street
Well-Known Member
Truth is Disney has a lot of levers they can pull and it works every time. The trick is not pulling more levers than they have to.
They do have a lot, no doubt. How many do they have left to pull, though? And if they have to keep pulling more levers, what does that say about the current state of things?
JD80
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They are pulling the same levers, the only difference is:
- Extra 5% discount on rack rates sometimes
- Wider availability of dates and hotel inventory
I suspect if things continue to stay soft we'll see additional ticket price discounts. Ticket prices are being artificially inflated more/faster than hotel rooms and it's at the point where tickets are main driver of cost of a vacation.
Just wait for other clever offers for tickets where they don't out right discount them. Deals like buy 4 get 1 free. Or better pricing when you order more tickets. Four park ticket packages like in the summer again.
Exactly. Seeing this kind of promo would not surprise me because there is nothing encouraging repeat visitors to repeat visit. I don’t think this is a connection made by the movers and shakers in Burbank but it makes sense to me as someone who has spent my own money on WDW property more than once in my life.
Basil of Baker Street
Well-Known Member
Plenty of levers. They can pull multiple Levers or different combinations of Levers.