Is attendance really down at WDW this or…

[Lilofan]

56% isn't bad over 10 years.

McDonald's president hits back at claims Big Mac prices are too high amid inflation

McDonald’s USA president Joe Erlinger said that there while $18 Big Macs are out there, they are the exception to McDonald's pricing, not the rule.

www.usatoday.com

A recent report by USA Today used survey information compiled by a team of reporters in 18 markets across the country to compare prices over the past 10 years. The survey found that an average medium Big Mac meal has risen in price from $5.69 in 2014 to $9.72 in 2024, an increase of about 70%. The price of a medium Big Mac meal ranged in price from $7.89 in Houston to $15 in Seattle.

Yes all that is true but some also say wages are stagnant. That's a fact. Here's another fact. Some workers are stagnant too.

 

[Nubs70]

To be fair, I think Disney gets sky high demands regarding what its output is supposed to be. Ever expanding offerings plus ever better employee compensation plus globally and environmentally conscious programs. All those things cost money.

I’d want to know exactly where their profits have gone before judging. If randos on Wall Street are pocketing them to buy a bigger yacht, that’s one thing. If they switched to humanely sourced meat, better employee health insurance, and eco conscious construction, that’s another.

Humanely sourced meat?? Sharper knives?

 

[Nubs70]

To be fair, I think Disney gets sky high demands regarding what its output is supposed to be. Ever expanding offerings plus ever better employee compensation plus globally and environmentally conscious programs. All those things cost money.

I’d want to know exactly where their profits have gone before judging. If randos on Wall Street are pocketing them to buy a bigger yacht, that’s one thing. If they switched to humanely sourced meat, better employee health insurance, and eco conscious construction, that’s another.

Check out the Quant rating section.

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4699063-disneys-q2-earnings-sparkle-with-shares-still-trading-at-an-undervaluation?mailingid=35708918&messageid=must_reads&serial=35708918.2018359&source=email_must_reads&utm_campaign=email_mr%3Aevergreen_premium_eligible%2B2024-06-13&utm_content=seeking_alpha&utm_medium=email&utm_source=seeking_alpha&utm_term=must_reads_free_eligible

 

[DisneyHead123]

Humanely sourced meat?? Sharper knives?

The difference between factory farming that amounts to torture and a (relatively more) decent life for farm animals.

 

[JoeCamel]

The difference between factory farming that amounts to torture and a (relatively more) decent life for farm animals.

I'm going to Disney World! is attendance down?

 

[Disone]

Ignite only being weekends will do that too. Even though I know it will be more crowded I’m still going to SWO on a Friday so that I get to see Ignite.

It's daily now starting today and through at least August 4th. After that I assume it will go to Friday Saturdays and Sundays through Labor Day weekend.

 

[Lilofan]

56% isn't bad over 10 years.

McDonald's president hits back at claims Big Mac prices are too high amid inflation

McDonald’s USA president Joe Erlinger said that there while $18 Big Macs are out there, they are the exception to McDonald's pricing, not the rule.

www.usatoday.com

A recent report by USA Today used survey information compiled by a team of reporters in 18 markets across the country to compare prices over the past 10 years. The survey found that an average medium Big Mac meal has risen in price from $5.69 in 2014 to $9.72 in 2024, an increase of about 70%. The price of a medium Big Mac meal ranged in price from $7.89 in Houston to $15 in Seattle.

Back in the day McDonalds had a huge convention on I-Drive in Orlando. The CEO was one of the guest speakers. One evening he had chest pains in his suite at the Peabody and died of a heart attack. Fast food is killing America.

 

[peter11435]

Back in the day McDonalds had a huge convention on I-Drive in Orlando. The CEO was one of the guest speakers. One evening he had chest pains in his suite at the Peabody and died of a heart attack. Fast food is killing America.

Highly unlikely the CEO ate much McDonald’s food.

 

[Lilofan]

Highly unlikely the CEO ate much McDonald’s food.

I read back in the day incoming execs that worked for Miami based Burger King gained an average of 15 pounds by continually being in the test kitchen sampling items.

 

[Joel]

Highly unlikely the CEO ate much McDonald’s food.

Next you're going to tell me that Iger doesn't ride the teacups every day.

 

[Lilofan]

Next you're going to tell me that Iger doesn't ride the teacups every day.

He does like to eat in Sci Fi at DHS when visiting!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Here’s a brief, fun exchange:

“How’s the business looking this summer?”

“Disaster”


I love it when one word is enough

 

[monothingie]

They say all press is good press:

Walt Disney World Food Prices Have “Significantly” Out-Paced Inflation – Report

Food prices at Walt Disney World have out-paced inflation, a study claims.

deadline.com

"One of the things that we addressed as soon as I came back was whether our pricing was right or not and whether our pricing reflected value. I don't know when the last time you visited Disney World. I say it's where the Disney brand lives in its most sublime form. I still believe that it's an incredible experience. It's a very, very popular business and product. Very successful and, you know, we're not wringing our hands over it."

uNpreCEdenTeD dEmAnd!!!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

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uNpreCEdenTeD dEmAnd!!!

…hey…they got a $1.50 bump from Amy peohler today…so they’ll only be down $3 by the end of the week…

Only Bob has the steady hands to steward that ship

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Only about twice what it should be.

…dust is powerful stuff


It allows Tinkerbell to bend time and Space to dispute what amounts to arithmetic

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I’ve been saying (annoyingly) that wdw costs have gone up 200% in the 10 and 300% in 20 in the aggregate…

…and I don’t want to be right about these things

 

[CntrlFlPete]

I know a lot of folks talk crowds in terms of queue times. I feel a good part of the thought in this thread is more around the $$ WDW can get from guest while they are in the parks.

From what I saw of MK today, there were crowds there, but it was easy to get away and find empty areas. When I took this photo (around 1 PM) I thought maybe it is too hot to get chicken and waffles, but the egg roll stand had a decent line out in the sun.

I believe it was around 11 AM when I saw SMall WOrld posted 50 and Pan posted at 60. I could not check times at 1 PM for my APP was showing ever standby queue as closed and Geni as the only way to ride?!?! strange glitch!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I know a lot of folks talk crowds in terms of queue times. I feel a good part of the thought in this thread is more around the $$ WDW can get from guest while they are in the parks.

From what I saw of MK today, there were crowds there, but it was easy to get away and find empty areas. When I took this photo (around 1 PM) I thought maybe it is too hot to get chicken and waffles, but the egg roll stand had a decent line out in the sun.

I believe it was around 11 AM when I saw SMall WOrld posted 50 and Pan posted at 60. I could not check times at 1 PM for my APP was showing ever standby queue as closed and Geni as the only way to ride?!?! strange glitch!

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Yeah that’s not good

A funnel cake is a lot of profit…people in the queue for Peter Pan is mostly not

 

[RoadiJeff]

Funnel cakes! I never noticed that there before. I always get a funnel cake at the Epcot American Pavilion but now I have another place to visit whenever I go back, sometime after Test Track is open again and Tiana's is open to everyone.

 

[JD80]

We've had this conversation before where we spent a week talking about how the cost of food in different parts of the country and people from areas of lower cost were shocked at the cost of food in areas of higher cost.

As someone from the Northeast, WDW prices aren't much higher if not identical to local Panera/Chipotle etc. And on par with food you get at rest stops along 95.

I think where WDW loses value is in a lot of their sit down restaurants. That was a brief topic on Testa's show this week.