I don't follow. If they are a bright spot in the industry right now, why wouldn't they lengthen trips? Imagine how wonderful it would feel to take a break from the scorching parks, hotter than normal from sweating into and exhaling into an already moist, dirty mask, by going down the street to a refreshing water park. The place where you can remove your mask without buying food first. It's pretty obvious that people want this, hence why water parks are holding up.
I think they think they’re trying as hard as they used to. WDI has some creative and hard-working people. But you’re right, they don’t work as hard as they did in the 60s-80s because as a company, Disney doesn’t have to. They don’t make their money (or their name) by working hard and innovating.
I think part of the real answer here is that Disney is going "all in" on the whole "effective mask" concept. At the waterparks, masks are obviously not compatible, and so, Disney is choosing not to operate them.
Because nobody is coming out of town to take weeklong trips...contrary to what you see here.
Perhaps...but if I know Disney internal data polling analysis ...they know masks are a huge problem for their business.
So what you’re saying is:
It’s actually one big issue...which is “pesky”...rolling into another one that’s more “man made”
Nailed it.
I know Disney is doubling-down on mask requirements, not only what we see externally, but also internally. There is training that stresses why the company is taking the stance that it is on the mask requirements, presumably to ensure that any recalcitrant employees/CMs are on-board.
... “ you guys are crazy if you don’t think when Disney opens it will be crazy! It’s going to be jammed packed and you haters won’t be around to hear us say I told you so..” Quoted from a actual post back in the day of going back and forth with a few of them. Well, we are here but, as you say... they are lurking in the shadows.
Right or wrong, be a man or woman and come back in. I’ve taken my lumps over the years. No big deal, learn and move on. They just need to listen to us more.
It’s the park reservation system that’s killing attendance, not that folks don’t want to go in my opinion. Even if you book a room on site, you are not guaranteed into a Park, never mind the park you want to go to on a given day.
Over 70% of the country in research is not comfortable going to that type of environment at present.
Only Iger knows...that is the only sure bet.Right or wrong, be a man or woman and come back in. I’ve taken my lumps over the years. No big deal, learn and move on. They just need to listen to us more.
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Not necessarily -- DS and his lovely wife are bailing on her parents' DVC trip next month (giving up a week of free lodging) because Florida is a huge hot spot right now.
Maybe a small part of it but as I said in a previous post, my wife has lost almost 20 client trips over the next three months and not one has said it’s about park reservations. They just don’t want to fly and spend the money for limited experiences. That is 95% of what she’s hearing.