Prices up…profits down…

Disneylover69

New Member
Disney's nickel and diming is catching up to them. Keep raising prices and your profits will continue to go down, people will go elsewhere.
Not just that but they close animal kingdom at 6pm……. For the animals, but then in the past had it open later and have it open for deluxe guests. For the Disney dining plan they don’t include tips which is a huge disservice and reduction in the plan. They also keep cutting what is included for arbitrary reasons. They also don’t hold themselves to a consistency in things and just say “it’s a surprise” when asked for things. Those holiday parties are also huge money grabs
 

Nevermore525

Well-Known Member

Can someone please explain to me how this can be? (Use small words)
😱
Pretty simply the International Parks (Paris/Shanghai/Hong Kong) had a bad quarter. Revenue down 5% and Income down 32% from the previous year. Paris Olympics were a deterrent for attendance there.
 

Sirwalterraleigh

Premium Member
Original Poster
Pretty simply the International Parks (Paris/Shanghai/Hong Kong) had a bad quarter. Revenue down 5% and Income down 32% from the previous year. Paris Olympics were a deterrent for attendance there.
Shanghai and Hong Kong aren’t accounted in the same basket

And you missed the point…the article was written by Forbes…it’s not about international

If you want to read fortune…they did some nonsense counter puff piece about how exercising at 4 am is “integral to successful Disney management”


…I wish I was making that up
 

Nevermore525

Well-Known Member
Shanghai and Hong Kong aren’t accounted in the same basket

And you missed the point…the article was written by Forbes…it’s not about international

If you want to read fortune…they did some nonsense counter puff piece about how exercising at 4 am is “integral to successful Disney management”


…I wish I was making that up
I read the Forbes article. It mentions the Experiences segment being down, which includes the Domestic Parks, International Parks, and the Consumer products divisions. Since it mentions the quarterly OI as $1.7B it includes all of those segments.

Domestic parks for this most recent quarter were up 5% in revenue and 5% in operating income ($847M) from the previous year.
 

Sirwalterraleigh

Premium Member
Original Poster
It doesn’t cost too much for everyone.
Profits aren’t made off a few with prebooked fast passes and after hours tickets

It’s made off volume.

I feel like I’ve mentioned this a few (thousand) times…

Parks are mass destinations and constructed and operated in that model. You can’t flip a switch…as the dictator is learning
 

Sirwalterraleigh

Premium Member
Original Poster
I read the Forbes article. It mentions the Experiences segment being down, which includes the Domestic Parks, International Parks, and the Consumer products divisions. Since it mentions the quarterly OI as $1.7B it includes all of those segments.

Domestic parks for this most recent quarter were up 5% in revenue and 5% in operating income ($847M) from the previous year.
Up from what? 2019?
Or 2023 which was a huge drop year?

The goal post matters

Oh I reread…yeah 2023 “not so good”

What everyone (without dust) seems to know…including Wall Street…is that there’s a leak in that ship.

Disney is lucky its box office is rebounding…it draws heat away from all their overextended segments.

And Bob can announce his next extension on 12/24 at 5:01 EST
 

donaldtoo

Well-Known Member
I was told they were trying to reduce attendance on purpose to make more money and it would be more magical for the aristocrats still attending…

We must not be from the aristocracy. Darn…I had always hoped we were, based on our first 5 weeklong WDW family trips…?! 🤔
Those were in ‘01, ‘04, ‘07, ‘12 and ‘13. Again, those were all weeklong trips with 6-day park hoppers for all.
The last 3 family trips we took (DWifey and I also took a 20th wedding anniversary trip in ‘08, and oldest DD, SonIL, youngest granddaughter - only granddaughter at the time - and myself flew in to visit MK for 1 day in Oct. of 2019) were in ‘16, ‘23 and this year.
The family trip in ‘16 was for 4 days with only 2 park days, the one in ‘23 was for 5 days with only 2 park days and the one this year was 6 days with only 3 park days.
Our income has definitely gone up over all those years, but it definitely hasn’t kept up with “Disflation”.
Also, we have no plans to return in the near future.
We have our sights set on Europe and more (non-Disney) cruising.
 

"El Gran Magnifico"

Mr Flibble is Very Cross.
So did the entire city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs.

Yeah. But I don’t gotta pay $500 (for a family of four) for admission and the privilege of walking down Michigan Ave just to get overpriced food.

That’s why I go to the Billy Goat. “Cheezburga. Cheezburga. No Coke. Pepsi.”
 

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