Reservation expansion

[Disney Glimpses]

Instead of looking to reduce friction just do it already.

Haste makes waste and Disney ended up with their foot in their mouth the last time they rushed logistical changes. That being said, I expect some changes to drop for sometime next month and then again in January.

 

[Jrb1979]

Haste makes waste and Disney ended up with their foot in their mouth the last time they rushed logistical changes. That being said, I expect some changes to drop for sometime next month and then again in January.

IMO it's cause they make that way. I'm sorry for a company that claims they are the leader they sure aren't that anymore.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

IMO it's cause they make that way. I'm sorry for a company that claims they are the leader they sure aren't that anymore.

Sorry if seemed like I was defending them. I'm not really. They're making all of this way more complicated than it really is and treating people like robots. That being said, I can understand why additional changes would be slow to come.

 

[Liquid Ice]

I fear that as the gap between resort guests and APs widens, there will be unforeseen and difficult to control consequences.

For example, people with resort reservations (especially DVC) often have unused capacity in their hotel rooms. I can just imagine the eBay listings now: WDW Resort Reservation Spot - UNLIMITED PARKS - UNLIMITED HOPPING - NO BLOCK OUTS - $5/day

LOL, I know I have offered local friends the ability to be on my reservation to enjoy extended evening hours, no charge of course - but this would be really funny to see a business selling access to be added to your reservation for access to the parks. You do of course run the risk of someone entering your room and stealing all your stuff or killing you in your sleep though!

 

[LuvtheGoof]

LOL, I know I have offered local friends the ability to be on my reservation to enjoy extended evening hours, no charge of course - but this would be really funny to see a business selling access to be added to your reservation for access to the parks. You do of course run the risk of someone entering your room and stealing all your stuff or killing you in your sleep though!

Well, I guess they better be good friends!

 

[Jrb1979]

Sorry if seemed like I was defending them. I'm not really. They're making all of this way more complicated than it really is and treating people like robots. That being said, I can understand why additional changes would be slow to come.

They really are making it more complicated then it needs to be. I never understood their love of the controling guests. It's been that way since the original FP. They spend all this money on systems to control guest behavior when they should have spent it on new attractions for the parks.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

They really are making it more complicated then it needs to be. I never understood their love of the controling guests. It's been that way since the original FP. They spend all this money on systems to control guest behavior when they should have spent it on new attractions for the parks.

Their view of a perfect world is the same number of people at the parks all day every day with the same ratio of vacationers to locals. This is their attempt to achieve that.

 

[Jrb1979]

Their view of a perfect world is the same number of people at the parks all day every day with the same ratio of vacationers to locals. This is their attempt to achieve that.

That is not possible.

 

[LuvtheGoof]

Their view of a perfect world is the same number of people at the parks all day every day with the same ratio of vacationers to locals. This is their attempt to achieve that.

And they are smoking some good stuff. They should pump that out on Main Street and make the guests happy. It's really surprising how little of a clue the current management has about running a Disney theme park.

 

[Jrb1979]

And they are smoking some good stuff. They should pump that out on Main Street and make the guests happy. It's really surprising how little of a clue the current management has about running a Disney theme park.

It feels similar to how baseball has gone to using analytics to build teams. Real life can't be run on data alone.

 

[LuvtheGoof]

It feels similar to how baseball has gone to using analytics to build teams. Real life can't be run on data alone.

Humans are sometimes way too unpredictable for most analytics to work effectively.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

It's a summertime hire bonus... October would be too late.

Then it's not really $2.77/hour if they have to work more weeks than your hypothetical situation - unless they quit 3 months after starting. Otherwise, it's a temporary bump of some amount much smaller than $2.77/hour and a pay cut in January when that $1,000 is no longer a part of their annual compensation.

 

[mmascari]

You do of course run the risk of someone entering your room and stealing all your stuff or killing you in your sleep though!

So, $10 or $15 instead of just $5?

How much is a good nights sleep really worth?

 

[larryz]

Are you somehow saying that the managers don't know who's on the schedule currently?

Not saying that at all. But it will give them viz into who's in the parks and when.

Location services are surely available to some people.. The store manager at island mercantile is not one of them.

I hope you're right.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

Then it's not really $2.77/hour if they have to work more weeks than your hypothetical situation - unless they quit 3 months after starting. Otherwise, it's a temporary bump of some amount much smaller than $2.77/hour and a pay cut in January when that $1,000 is no longer a part of their annual compensation.

And in reality, the $650 post-tax dollars that this bonus is really just gets eaten up by misc. job transition costs. It's nothing.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

I could see this also potentially bring about different tiers of Annual Pass, similar to the old Epcot after 4pm AP.

I could see this effectively turning every level of AP, including the highest tiered incredipass, into an Epcot after 5 AP.

 

[drizgirl]

There is no need for it to be this complex. They need to stop trying to control how guests visit the park.

Absolutely spot on. But they won't give it up. They're using reservations to optimize staffing, and I also think they're using them to nudge guests to the lesser attended parks.

 

[Jrb1979]

I could see this effectively turning every level of AP, including the highest tiered incredipass, into an Epcot after 5 AP.

I could see that. They already don't really want AP holders in the parks much. If it was me and the treated me like this I would let my pass lapse and go to a park that appreciates their holders.

 

[mikejs78]

Can we? Seems like this guy may not have any more reliable source than anyone in here.

Scott is pretty plugged in and has a high accuracy rate.

 

[HauntedPirate]

lol those trackers require consent from the user. you can't just track random people lol

Oh come on, we all know Disney has a huge rooms with massive displays that are tracking guests and CM's around the parks via their cell phones at all times. Why do you think they keep building these large ugly boxes in each park?