But you do get that just because someone writes something doesn't automatically make it so, right? (in general, not this situation specifically).
Very true, but in the same light, if someone in the company tells you something, that doesn't automatically make it true, either. Does it?
Do you really know what kind of agenda that person or persons has? Maybe they have a dislike for Iger and Staggs like you do, so would want to present information in as bad a light as they can. Can you even admit that this is possible? Would you admit that in this forum that maybe, just maybe, your sources, just like those in the article, might have an agenda of their own?
Something that I asked earlier of you that was not answered as of yet. WDW desperately needed the wired and wireless infrastructure upgrades that were done over the last few years. It also needed to change out ALL of it's POS CC swipers due to the new federal law going into affect later this year. If you don't know what that means, here is a short synopsis. Right now, if someone steals your CC and then purchases an item at a store, the CC company eats any charges. The store gets off scot free with no hassle. Starting in October, the cards that you use will have to be what the rest of the world has been using for years - chip and pin instead of magnetic tape on the back. What happens then if the merchant has not upgraded their terminals to accept the chip and pin card, if your card is stolen and used at that store, the STORE has to eat the fraudulent charges, not the CC company as is the current setup. Anyway, that swap out was inevitable, as was the wireless access for tens of thousands of guests in the parks. My feeling is that NONE of that money should be counted towards MM+, since they had to spend all of it anyway. I would argue that swapping all of the door locks also comes under that heading, since we were using the KTTW cards to tap into our rooms long before we got MBs. So that cost should not be included either.
When you take all of that into account, it is very likely that JUST the MM+ program was only just over a billion as they have been saying. The rest of those infrastructure upgrades and equipment swaps could easily have cost close to another billion, and there you have the just over $2 billion dollars you claim was spent just on MM+.
Not true. But again, I love how people here (many who live on a certain forum board that I am not on ) know what I am thinking.
See, I could say that you're just happy you found someone has written a story that backs up your World views, so you are happy regardless of the story's merit. But I am not in your head ... (or am I?)
But you know what I am thinking? Well, maybe you do, maybe you don't. I am thinking that not everything that they have done at WDW is good, but I also believe that quite a bit of what they have done over the last 5 years or so is very good, even if it takes them 3 times longer than it should to build something. I don't like that Avatarland is taking so long to build. I don't like that Star Wars land hasn't even been announced, much less construction started. I don't like that the Imagination Pavilion is a shell of what it once was. I think the Wonders of Life building should have multiple attractions built into it again, instead of being a Festival Center. I could go on and on.
However, I do think that the NFL and the Dumbo areas are done very well. I think the tent waiting system was genius on their part, even if you don't like it. I like the new hub as well, and don't think it is a concrete wasteland, and I have no problem with the grassy areas that people are now relaxing on. It's a PARK, and parks have grassy areas that you can sit on. I think that Main Street has never looked better with all of the refurbishments. I think the new Star Tours is awesome. I'm glad they finally removed the hat, and hope that a giant stage doesn't go in front of it. I like what they are doing with Disney Springs. You keep complaining that they are "walmarting" WDW, and now that they are bringing in many unique shops and stores, you still seem to be complaining. Oh, and yes, I do like the MM+ program and the MBs. I have no problem with wearing them along with my watch, and they do make certain things easier. I love that I can now go down to the pool, swim, relax, and get a refreshing beverage, all while bringing nothing but my MB with me, and not have to worry about it getting stolen.
Oh, and we do know a few things that you are thinking, just in the manner and content of your posts. You have pretty much denigrated every new attraction/area that Disney has worked on for the last several years. I don't even want to talk about what you think of the Casey Jr. Splash 'n Soak Station. Since you don't seem to have children, I wonder how you can speak badly of an area that you will never even use? It's is quite obvious that you have a serious hatred for Iger/Staggs/Rasulo, and who knows how many others at Disney Corporate. Well, maybe hatred is too strong a word, but your posts sure do come across to us readers that way.
And are you in my head? Hmm, maybe. I actually look forward to your news and views, even if I disagree with some of them, and even if it has been taken over by your HuffPo piece and Shanghai lately. And NO, I do NOT think censorship of any kind is a good thing.
