We saw ex NFL QB Curt Warner and his team escort a few families and their kids at DHS one summer who were from the Give Kids the World program. Those kids and their families were smiling from ear to ear. Disney does truly provide magic to many.
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Is attendance really down at WDW this or…
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erasure fan1
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100% agreement. I don't know how many times myself and others can say it. It isn't the fact that Disney is too expensive. If it was that fantastic magical experience that most of us fell in love with, I'd be fine with paying more. Sure I'd love it to be cheaper. But if the product truly reflected the cost, I would be ok. I'd find a way a way to make it work.
Rose&Crown
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Did a spontaneous trip to Hollywood studios yesterday. Very light crowds for summer travel season.
Saw a lot more families with food of their own rather than ordering food in the park.
Disney has brought this upon themselves
Saw a lot more families with food of their own rather than ordering food in the park.
Disney has brought this upon themselves
SamusAranX
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Hate to be that guy but you gotta wonder how long before WDW returns to no outside food or drink excluding water *ducks*
erasure fan1
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I've thought for a while now, when are they going to try it. But even I don't think they'd be dumb enough to go through with it. I'm sure it's come up in their, how can we squeeze every last bit from our customers meetings. It would be a recipe for disaster with special diets and needs not to mention the horrible press.
Animaniac93-98
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I've been thinking of late about whether the revenue from Genie+ has been enough to offset the decrease in spending on hotel rooms, food, merchandise, ticket sales, parking etc
Line skipping passes have a higher profit margin than all of the above, but I'm guessing Disney doesn't want increased spending on this alone.
ConfettiCupcake
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I don’t know what no outside food would really accomplish. Move those families to already crowded and well utilized QS restaurants? Not gonna fill those plentiful TS spots. That’s a big jump from PB&J to upwards of $50 a head.
TrainsOfDisney
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It also encourages those guests to leave the park early to get something to eat. They aren’t going to change the budget - they are just going to leave early and buy less.
People seem to forget the reason Disney has the high-budget nighttime spectaculars is so people stay in the parks until closing time and spend more money!
Vegas Disney Fan
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Or they just stop going entirely. If people are already at the point they’re bringing their own lunch to avoid a $15 per person QS meal they are probably one more price increase away from not being able to afford to go anymore anyway.
Motivate "free loading" local AP holders to stay home. Guests who aren't willing, and financially able, to open their wallets are undesirable and unwanted.
I used to think the mouse had it's paws in my pockets. I know think I'm being held upside down and shaken. Got to grab my loose change.
One who comes 1x or 5x in their lifetime may open their wallets, local APs who come dozens or hundreds of times per year do open their wallets in the long run. They are valuable guests like all guests to support WDW. What a feeling after a 9-5 job then decide last minute lets have dinner in France see the Epcot fireworks then go home.
More than that. They also eat at the Resteraunts and shop around hotels that have low bookings and no reason or audience to have people dining there.
IF WDW did not rely on the immediate local/immediate area populace and repeat visitors, it would not have resident rates and pass tiers.
Brand Advocacy is 80 percent of any business' sales. Local and APs are a huge chunk of that.
GladToBeHear
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This. I would GLADLY pay top dollar if I could get the experience for my kids that I got in the 80's/early 90's at WDW.
Well stated!
It is the reason I went to parks in Tokyo and don't spend money at Disney domestic anymore. I went to get to get the feeling of those standards again.
Nubs70
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It would increase revenue from F&B and reduce admissions thereby making the experience even better.
Disstevefan1
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Who cares?
Besides, maybe they needed the money to by LL for the entire family?
The best one was a family had a barbecue at Disney Springs, they brought their own barbecue
Everyone has a reason for what they do. I stand in line with my empty water bottle along with fellow guests with their empty bottles lining up at the water fountain to fill up or I ask a cast member for a cup of ice water at the dining location.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
yeah but their reason for bringing food into the parks is to save $.
Like us too when we bring some snacks and water bottles to the parks. Nothing wrong with that. Saving $ is an impossible idea to grasp for a few.
Disstevefan1
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Or they prefer not to eat the over priced garbage they serve at the parks...
To get back on the subject for the mods, attendance is down at the parks for reasons. It has been confirmed.
If it still feels crowded, its due to a combination of reasons, they include:
The LL system!!!!
Not enough attractions.
Attractions not being operated at full capacity.
Attraction down time (even brand new attractions)