Parks are generally busiest in the morning and midday. By forcing guests to pick a park it ensures the most cost effective allocation of labor. After 2 the importance of tracking guests park plans becomes less relevant as the operational component is already baked in.
I think it depends on the individual guest buying it. I’d rather walk out of the park than buy a $35 G+, but will that family from Denver that visits every 5 years think the same way?
$100 at the consumer side. If Disney is running this as a mass production thing, I'm sure that this would be less expensive to operate, so it is even less for them in terms of paying for it. So many people thought this was a great perk as it made the planning process super easy. Bob has said he wants it back, well you are the Boss Man so just do it!!! Marie
Same Dude, same. Meet me at Trader Sam's for a drink or two? Marie
Where has he said this?
Someone else had mentioned it earlier in the thread about Bob wanting ME back. And I agree about the infrastructure being set up, it is a question of ponying up the money. Marie
Also from a psychological pov you are now in a better “disney” mood and that imo means spending more money on souvenirs or things that you may not have beforehand… just a very silly decision made by someone looking strictly at a bottom line number which is not the best when running a business always
I have mentioned this before, but there is really no expense to Disney for ME. All room rates were increased to cover the cost and DVC dues were slightly increased to cover the expense. The part that is never discussed is when ME went away, room rates did not decrease, Disney just kept the upcharge for profits. DVC never saw any big deduction for at the same time ME ended, the new employee contracts went into effect and all dues increased to cover the increase in wages. To bring ME back, Disney would need to do a room rate increase at all resorts and DVC dues would need to get adjusted to cover the ME expense. My understanding was Disney saw ridership decrease on ME and Mears refused to budge on their rates they were charging Disney, which is why Disney ended the program. The question is, after several years of operating ME, does Mears financials make it better to operate ME or is it better to have a contract thru Disney to offer the service.
Or, perhaps you say WDW has become more hassle than it's worth, don't renew the AP and decide to vacation elsewhere.
Correct. Either way attendance is reduced at the park. Gambling like that is not a good strategy though, as when attendance really did drop, they looked to the AP holders to come and spend money in the Parks. If those people no longer purchase an AP and just put Disney in with a ton of other vacation destinations to choose from and Disney doesnt become the "easy" choice, that is risky. Marie
There you go bringing facts and truth to the conversation and ruining all the conspiracy theories.
There you go bringing facts and truth to the conversation and ruining all the conspiracy theories.
This is informative, and indicative of how the system is continually gamed against the guest.
If the just added to the other parks it would push guests to Epcot, AK and DHS without having to play games to move guests
It’s really not a discussion. It’s many of us sharing clear-eyed observations and drawing reasonable inferences from them, and then @el_super parachuting in to tell us 2+2=cabbage.
Cant they do the same with phased capacity like they would in the past by tweaking it and pushing guests to other parks the same way?
