I think the rush to change it is based on tanking customer satisfaction ratings with a looming recession. As many on here have noted, about the only thing that has really put a damper on park attendance are disasters (9/11, Covid) and economic downturns. Heading into a long period of possible stagflation and recession with what I've heard are historically low customer satisfaction ratings is not a good idea.
That’s my take as well. Based on what @disneyglimpses has hinted, they want to make the process as frictionless as possible for resorts guests. Since he has stated a large portion of the 20K daily park pass problems are from resort guests, I’m guessing they are getting rid of park reservations for onsite guests.
I am hoping this is not the case. It's also possible they offer only one afternoon reservation slot to start.
well as i have stated its awful but needed some rides you get to skip are better than none and ihave DAS as well... & when youhere insiders talk about limiting sales as well as Disney you have to buy now and not risk it later correct? yes none is "forcing " me to do anything but i forgot people like to take things literal on these boards sometimes and make idiotic statements like the rest of my post is irrelevant ......
again as ive said the system is terrible but needed and i have DAS and still would like to skip the lines ... yes i am part of the problem i know and have fully admitted that numerous times as well... but i will say this my daughter last week told me she truly doesnt want to go as badly as she did months ago... so very good chance Disney loses some of my money this trip to uni/seaworld and possibly other places to eat... funny was just sent a survey about my trip & voiced these concerns along w plenty of others
well its already been said the system will change so i would hope the new system has already been somewhat decided on and the IT is being looked out and ready to go & basically been said the only reason was because of the hassle of refunds that they dont want to make changes now... i was there in November about a month after it started w less people using genie and less people in park & it still was awful... & when comparing to what FP was its even worse...
so again comes back to basically charging an arm and leg for it like Uni does and then force everyone in standby basically & then as ive said we will see how much FP actually effected lines ... im a gambling man and willing to bet that if such system is introduced lines will still be long no matter what and you will have even more ticker off guests
again i fully admit i am part of the problem by constantly going etc but they dont get me wasting extra money on rooms..im either staying value or renting points that basically gets me a deep discount... genie is terrible but still gets me to skip some lines during the day so for an extra 400 bux so be it im spending so much anyway... nature of the beast and they know it...
No what I’m saying is once you buy, you yield your ability to question/modify the product. That’s not a “fun” or “easy” stance…but it’s logically correct.
There isn't enough capacity and lines will be long. It doesn't matter what system they use lines will always be long. You can stamp your feet and yell till you blue in the face but the reality is the capacity issue isn't getting fixed anytime soon.
again i have fully admitted i along with others who do the same are part of the problem.... but my November trip was fun but nowhere near the way it use to be yes covid restrictions caused some but when your daughter tells you daddy im not to excited 6 weeks out form a trip it says something & tbh if i didnt have my trip paid for and all my spending money purchased on target cards i seriously would have considered cancelling... but at this point im pot committed not to mention we usually go in November to avoid the summer heat so another reason to potentially cancel... like i said if my daughter said what she said sooner probably would have cxld.
Iger let proper crowd management die through a series of upcharge and cost cutting measures. The problem is mathematics: can’t have 55,000,000 annual visitors when you’re built To handle 45-50 comfortably. And that’s what they did. Those decisions were made 2005-2015…and Slaphead is doubling down starting NOW.
im not denying that but people constantly blamed FP and made it sound like lines would be so much better w/o it & to me that is simply false & when you have gone years w/o having virtually any issues getting any top ride you want for your trip along w 2 others to start then being able to book thruout the day its tough to see how the system didnt work and buy into that crowd.... again im basing it on my experience which when it came to FP was great!
totally agree... the overlays vs additions crushed these parks & then add in the cancelled projects added downtimes to rides during the day created a bigger monster
I was pretty pleased overall with my last trip…but it was somewhat to deal with duress at home and that was what it did.We are going again because we still want to. I may have complaints from time to time, but I can say for certain I've never stated "we aren't going back" because that would be lying.
I am not yet disillusioned to the point of no return. Even with park reservations and genie +.
But I am happy to receive some perks as a resort guest, so lay 'em on me!
What do you think they'll do?
Frankly: nothing.
