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Uhhh, so having an ever decreasing share of the US population who can afford a Disney World vacation, its core market, is a good thing? A Disney World vacation is a consumer product and if the market for that product shirks and or stays flat, which is another kind of decline given our nation’s growing population, in GOOD economic times, there’s a massive problem. The price increases are designed to increase short term revenues from a shrinking consumer base, but then in turn prompts a viscous cycle of stagnation and net decline.
Have you considered that the park’s crowding problem comes from inefficient attraction design (i.e. New Es with THRCs well below Pirates/Mansion or failing to expand net park capacity for things like SW:GE at DHS) and FP+ placing more guests out of queues and onto the thoroughfares? Or the role Annual Passholder blackouts play in overcrowding?
Perhaps it’s just too hard to imagine, but a US economy with far more equitable income distribution would yield a much larger consumer base for WDW and DL vacations. Under such a scenario, Burbank would HAVE to build fifth and third gates and affordable lodging so that organic growth could continue unabated. And with every net gain of a family going on a Disney vacation, generations of young guests, who will one day pay to bring their families, ensure a solid future for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts for decades to come.