Price hike coming 10/9

Ayla

Ayla

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Raineman said:
Any negativity towards Disney on here should be fairly tempered-after all, theme park vacations are not a necessity. It should be no more than a mild frustration, and, to me, that's all I feel. But when food prices, gas prices, cost of utilities, etc continue to skyrocket thanks to decisions made by the corporations that sell us these things, then I have every right to be very negative about it. I can always just stop going to WDW-I can't stop buying groceries and heating my home. Here in Canada, there is a large corporation that owns quite a few of the major grocery store chains, and I had an argument with a family member over their exponentially increasing prices in the last 4 years. He said that they are just trying to cover inflation and the money lost during COVID. I told him to look at the data, and see that their profits have increased every year since 2020, and at a much higher rate than inflation. This is the type of pure corporate greed that makes people angry-but this type of anger should never be reserved for Disney price hikes. People here definitely need some perspective.
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Those other topics can't be discussed here - don't assume people aren't angry at both.
 
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Cliff

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erasure fan1 said:
Ding, ding, ding!!!

That's what I've been saying for years now. I'm fine with prices going up. I'm not fine with prices going up and quality going down. It's as simple as that
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Y'know,...it's not even the cost or the price hikes. Burbank Executives have swerved this company SO FAR off-brand in the past few years. Everything that you have always expected "Disney" to be has been side tracked or subverted. It just feels like Burbank doesn't even understand or respect the features that have always made this company "Disney".

This company is being run by people that do NOT understand it. They don't understand what made the parks great. They don't understand what made Lucasfilm great. They don't understand what used to make Marvel or Pixar great.

Burbank is destroying EVERY product they have up...and are charging MORE for it.

No wonder why most of Disney's greatest creatives left the company.

I remember the day I read that Joe Rhode left. I remember almost dropping my phone in shock thinking. "Oh no,,....there must be something SERIOUSLY wrong for Joe to leave....this is a REALLY bad,... BAD sign." Joe was the last of the absolutely great Imagineers left at Disney and for "him" to leave? I knew that it was an end of an era.

I can deal with high prices....."if" it's for something I "want" to pay for....
 
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networkpro

networkpro

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In the Parks
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MisterPenguin said:
I'm at WDW right now.

It *is* a cult.

I'm prepping my memoir so that when I leave the cult, I can star in a Netflix documentary.
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So will it be in the thematic style of Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Saving Mr Banks or Escape from Tomorrow ? (or more concisely stated: reputation, persuasion, or delusion ?)
 
erasure fan1

erasure fan1

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Cliff said:
It just feels like Burbank doesn't even understand or respect the features that have always made this company "Disney".

This company is being run by people that do NOT understand it. They don't understand what made the parks great.
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I think for the most part they understand it. The problem is they don't care. It's all about the here and now. The legacy of Disney is someone else's problem. It's all about kicking the can as far down the street as you can. By the time it's a real problem, they'll be gone, have their money, and someone else can clean up the mess.
 
John park hopper

John park hopper

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We have a seafood company in my town built in the forties by (won't name the person) the son worked the business and took it over when his father passed away. The grandson never worked in the business (kind of a slacker) and is just waiting for the father to die so he can sell the business or the property and cash in on his grandfathers and fathers hard work. Kind of reminds me of Disney-- the current management just wants to cash in on Walt's and others hard work and not concerned about the business long term
 
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Cliff

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John park hopper said:
We have a seafood company in my town built in the forties by (won't name the person) the son worked the business and took it over when his father passed away. The grandson never worked in the business (kind of a slacker) and is just waiting for the father to die so he can sell the business or the property and cash in on his grandfathers and fathers hard work. Kind of reminds me of Disney-- the current management just wants to cash in on Walt's and others hard work and not concerned about the business long term
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Very sad...but very well said. Burbank is NOT a care-taker for Walt Disney and this company's legacy. I really wish it was but all it cares about is what the company's popularity can do for "them" today.

The people in Hollywood and Burbank that run this company are not at all the FANS that we are.
 
Raineman

Raineman

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Ayla said:
Those other topics can't be discussed here - don't assume people aren't angry at both.
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I wasn't discussing them-just using them as a relevant example. And if someone is as angry about something regarding a vacation destination as they are about struggling to pay the bills and keep the family fed, then that person needs to re-evaluate their priorities. That is my point.
 
Disstevefan1

Disstevefan1

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John park hopper said:
IMO $200 bucks to Disney means nothing they know the lemmings will pay and pay
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John park hopper

John park hopper

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Disney practices dynamic pricing -in times of high demand they raise the price --all legal --yet given a natural disaster when demand goes up and some one raises prices on anything it's called price gouging and is illegal
 
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