Is attendance really down at WDW this or…

[ParentsOf4]

I wouldn't call it packed like the 2019 pic but I would say it's crowded. The 2019 pic looks miserable.

That's why I took that September 2019 photo - it was miserable.

Yet this was a "typical" early evening at Food & Wine Festival, not even peak F&WF season yet.

It was miserable at Epcot, and we were on the way back to the Boardwalk to spend the rest of the day poolside.

Ever since then, I take a photo from approximately the same location. My exact location depends on who is leaning along rails - who am I to tell them to move it!

Here are some others (I have more).

November 2020:

May 2021:

May 2022:

May 2023:

 

[the_rich]

That is not a crowd…at all.

If that’s “crowded”…then it just isn’t the place for you.

To me that is crowded. I wouldn't go if it looked like 2019. That's part of the reason I go the end of August or early December. I'd rather the heat and humidity in August over those crowds.

 

[Jrb1979]

Expect the usual suspects to blame camera apertures and angles to make these June 2023 pictures look “empty”

It's probably the same people saying these discounts are normal for the fall and holidays.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

That's why I took that September 2019 photo - it was miserable.

Yet this was a "typical" early evening at Food & Wine Festival, not even peak F&WF season yet.

It was miserable at Epcot, and we were on the way back to the Boardwalk to spend the rest of the day poolside.

Ever since then, I take a photo from approximately the same location. My exact location depends on who is leaning along rails - who am I to tell them to move it!

Here are some others (I have more).

November 2020:

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May 2021:

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May 2022:

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May 2023:

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Based on the evolution of these photos one thing is clear ... The bush needs some trimming

 

[Lilofan]

Oh please stop…he appointed the board

Come on…do better.

So you think this was a game he tried to play? I'm leaving then I know they will ask me to stay assumption ?

 

[Chef Mickey]

WDW was absolutely dead last weekend.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

So you think this was a game he tried to play? I'm leaving then I know they will ask me to stay assumption ?

Think?

The “quit when the national security estimates said the plague would wreck the economy (and his legacy)…comeback After it was a exaggeration and the fallout ended..” move didn’t convince you he was the puppetmaster? He appointed the board…the last “strong voice” on it died in 2010…

Connect the dots.

 

[GhostHost1000]

So you think this was a game he tried to play? I'm leaving then I know they will ask me to stay assumption ?

Chapek was setup for failure by Iger things then Iger rides in on his white horse saying I can’t believe what Chapek did and I’ll save the day and fix all and here we are. Much improved

 

[Lilofan]

Chapek was setup for failure by Iger things then Iger rides in on his white horse saying I can’t believe what Chapek did and I’ll save the day and fix all and here we are. Much improved

And Iger is still in charge.

 

[Jrb1979]

And Iger is still in charge.

And how's that working out?

 

[Lilofan]

And how's that working out?

It is what it is. I don't see a line of external candidates interested in the job or any if even that.

 

[GhostHost1000]

It is what it is. I don't see a line of external candidates interested in the job or any if even that.

Who would want to play that game with Iger after what he did with Chapek and how many bad decisions they’ve made the last few years

 

[Jrb1979]

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Who would want to play that game with Iger after what he did with Chapek and how many bad decisions they’ve made the last few years

Wait til Skinny Jeans is let go. Maybe then people will start to see.

 

[Lilofan]

Who would want to play that game with Iger after what he did with Chapek and how many bad decisions they’ve made the last few years

For example a new CEO coming into a mess in a non Disney organization is nothing new.

 

[GhostHost1000]

For example a new CEO coming into a mess in a non Disney organization is nothing new.

Yeah you don’t get what I’m saying. Iger left but hid behind the curtain never fully turning it all over after setting Chapek up just waiting for the right time to attack and come back and save the day. Or so he thought

Who would want to be the next chapek is what I’m saying

 

[SteveAZee]

…you just proved you used to go there (too much)

Are you family with jellyrolls “special of the day”?

LOL, once a trip, I'd say... which was generally once a year back in the 1990's and early 2000's.

I am not... familiar, that is. Do tell?

 

[Lilofan]

Yeah you don’t get what I’m saying. Iger left but hid behind the curtain never fully turning it all over after setting Chapek up just waiting for the right time to attack and come back and save the day. Or so he thought

Who would want to be the next chapek is what I’m saying

So you are so convinced Iger will do the same to the new guy? I don't believe it.

 

[GhostHost1000]

So you are so convinced Iger will do the same to the new guy? I don't believe it.

I didn’t expect you to

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

LOL, once a trip, I'd say... which was generally once a year back in the 1990's and early 2000's.

I am not... familiar, that is. Do tell?

Jellyrolls had a drink special every night…some sort of concoction that I would call “jungle juice”…it was a half price 20 ounce cup of proof alcohol with something Neon in it.

2 and you were on the floor

 

[SteveAZee]

Jellyrolls had a drink special every night…some sort of concoction that I would call “jungle juice”…it was a half price 20 ounce cup of proof alcohol with something Neon in it.

2 and you were on the floor

LOL, in college there was a place in Boston that had a drink called a Tiki Bowl... sounds similar.

Mostly it was the Adventurer's Club and the Comedy Warehouse, but also wandering around the bars/clubs and people watching. I suppose a drink or two were had along the way as well.