I totally agree DME was going to go away eventually, but I think Disney is using the pandemic as an excuse to get rid of it sooner rather than later and maybe replace it with the same thing but must be payed for by the guest instead of being free.
I have hope for the upcoming shuttle to be basically the same thing, and Mears has said that they intend to continue ferrying guests to the park one way or another. Someone in another thread said that an extra $30-40 per person really doesn't sound that much in the grand scheme of things which I do agree with, even though every little bit helps, Disney sure is a big bucks thing by itself. Good point about the staffing at resorts! That might certainly play into things, although they could just limit rooms, but that could also impact guest perception...again, I don't envy the park planning/directing folk.
Most likely had some sort of impact, but I don't think they explained its disappearance as being because of the pandemic, so I don't see it that way. No replacement has been announced by Disney, though, which you think they would go on, so I think any money would be going towards Mears.
I don't think so. No one ever expected what happened last year. In my opinion, it is a blessing in disguise, except for the DME which for me came as a surprise.
Eliminating ME saves Disney a ton of money. It also has made a lot of people angry. I haven't seen Disney people in an uproar this big in a long time.
Probably. And why not?
exactly. what a great time to be an uber driver
They may, but I would be surprised, eliminate them at WDW as well as DLR. I had read someplace that Disneyland had over one million AP holders on the books. A whole lot of those are obsessed Disneyland fans that are bringing down the Parks profits because they create a situation of needing more CM's with a whole lot less daily income. Some of those people have been known to go there every single day of the year (that isn't blacked out) That brings the daily cost down to about $10.00 per visit. If the ones that go all the time, daily, weekly or some short interval between visits actually cost Disney money to have them there. Daily visitors don't buy food near as much as regular tourists do and pack lunches in the mega backpacks that are so popular these days. There is just so many items that they can buy so it is almost no additional income, but it does cause massive crowding and no more room for high paying customers. For some reason Disney choose to work the opposite of casinos. In a casino if you are a high roller you get all the perks they can offer. In Disney the less you pay per visit seems to be perk getting group. It never made any sense to me. Disney no longer needs guaranteed crowds. They come automatically and if the crowds are to big, it discourages attendance of the "high rollers".
