flavious27
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The only good sign will be when we get individual resort mugs again.
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Resort Merchandise diminishing?
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The only good sign will be when we get individual resort mugs again.
Cosmic Commando
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Maybe there's hope. It would make it easier with the new RFID system for CMs to explain to guests why their Pop Century mug doesn't work at POFQ.
juniorthomas
Well-Known Member
Truth. I'm surprised at most of the fashion/designs for the in-park apparel. All of it seems more (wait for it) appropriate for Universal.
BOOM. Rival theme park slam.
Tori
Well-Known Member
I don't understand. Are you saying Mickey Mouse is appropriate for Universal? :veryconfu
flavious27
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The merch that disney produces deserves in a second rate park, not wdw.
You would think so...
I think that us fans could create better designs.
Duckberg
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KaliSplash
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This is just more of the generics save $$ approach. We can print 100,000 t-shirts and sell them at All the resort hotels, vs. printing 10,000 t-shirts for each specific hotel and sell them. Lower production costs, same charge for the shirts. Easier inventory management, etc.
Ditto Disney Parks, generic mugs, etc.
Disgusting but I don't know what it will take for them to change a policy that is lowering their production costs.
Cause you ARE going to buy that t-shirt anyway, aren't you?
Ditto Disney Parks, generic mugs, etc.
Disgusting but I don't know what it will take for them to change a policy that is lowering their production costs.
Cause you ARE going to buy that t-shirt anyway, aren't you?
puntagordabob
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Cause you ARE going to buy that t-shirt anyway, aren't you?
Actually unless it is something new and unique (even if it is a member of the Generic Disney Parks thingee) I will actually have to say NO I WONT.
Also...the shirts that have the current year on them? I avoid those like the plague....
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Goodness, I am always scoping out the gift store at the Wilderness Lodge for something that screams WL....have quite a few little things like frames and magnets, mug, totem pole note holder....but wishing for more tshirts sweatshirts....seems I only find those on ebay from some other year I missed...I mean that is the fun of loving your own particular resort....your special place IN a special place.....It rather bores me when I see uni-merchandise available everywhere. I love that my Splash Mountain shirt and globe CAME from the little store outside SM....IMO keep the generic WDW Mickey shirts abounding in the big Main Street Stores, but keep unique ride and resort things!!!!
I did rather like the look of the dole whip tiki shirt one poster made up.....it takes me to a specific happy spot....:king:
I did rather like the look of the dole whip tiki shirt one poster made up.....it takes me to a specific happy spot....:king:
MMFanCipher
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We buy the shirts with the year on them, but we only go once every 5 years or so.
The Fort just got some folding chairs with the Fort logo on them for $60 to $80. Most people just want shirts, sweatshirts and some camping items with the fort logo. $80 for a folding chair seems a little high to me.
kashmir
Active Member
I really thought about and imagined Johnny Depp's chasm of need before I realized this was a typo!!!!:ROFLOL:
kashmir
Active Member
Now Terp will need to make another design for us!!:sohappy:
prberk
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This is just more of the generics save $$ approach. We can print 100,000 t-shirts and sell them at All the resort hotels, vs. printing 10,000 t-shirts for each specific hotel and sell them. Lower production costs, same charge for the shirts. Easier inventory management, etc.
Ditto Disney Parks, generic mugs, etc.
Disgusting but I don't know what it will take for them to change a policy that is lowering their production costs.
Cause you ARE going to buy that t-shirt anyway, aren't you?
Not if I already bought (or rejected) it at the last store or on my last trip.
More variety = more purchases.
More purchases = more gross receipts.
More gross receipts = more profits (usually).
Even if the production cost savings raises the profit margin on merchandise at WDW, it cannot be enough to compensate for less sales overall of different merchandise, especially with Disney's high markup anyhow. And it certainly does not make up for people not buying the same merchandise that they got there yesterday or last year.
yankspy
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This is just more of the generics save $$ approach. We can print 100,000 t-shirts and sell them at All the resort hotels, vs. printing 10,000 t-shirts for each specific hotel and sell them. Lower production costs, same charge for the shirts. Easier inventory management, etc.
Ditto Disney Parks, generic mugs, etc.
Disgusting but I don't know what it will take for them to change a policy that is lowering their production costs.
Cause you ARE going to buy that t-shirt anyway, aren't you?
Many of the resorts do have specific T-Shirts.
Zummi Gummi
Pioneering the Universe Within!
They were definitely clearing out that inventory last week at the Poly. The resort specific shirts at the Poly were all marked down significantly, and one night, the clerk was throwing it all into boxes exclaiming, "Better get it now while it's still here!"
flavious27
Well-Known Member
This is just more of the generics save $$ approach. We can print 100,000 t-shirts and sell them at All the resort hotels, vs. printing 10,000 t-shirts for each specific hotel and sell them. Lower production costs, same charge for the shirts. Easier inventory management, etc.
Ditto Disney Parks, generic mugs, etc.
Disgusting but I don't know what it will take for them to change a policy that is lowering their production costs.
Cause you ARE going to buy that t-shirt anyway, aren't you?
Aren't the resort shirts the same price as the make a shirt stand in dtd.
yankspy
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Well if it is true that it is going away then that means less money I will spend. I have not bought a Mickey shirt in years.
steve2wdw
WDW Fan Since 1973
A CM at Wilderness Lodge told me to voice my opinion about the lack of resort specific merch each time I visit any resort shop. Of all the resort shops I've visited, it seems as though WL has the best selection of resort specific merch...some of the clothing, surprisingly, is very good quality. I always buy WL merchandise, hoping this will help the cause. I've also sent emails to higher-ups...who knows if they're actually reading any of it.
Tori
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I don't see Universal as a second rate park. Atleast it has merchandise themed to just about everyone one of their attractions. It's nice walking in a store and not seeing the same stuff over and over again.
Kamikaze
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Yes the shirts sell for the same price, but when they are having them printed, its cheaper to produce 100,000 of 1 design than 10,000 of 10 designs. How much cheaper? Probably not much. But they have to pay designers, graphic artists, etc as well so those costs add up.
Should it be an excuse? Of course not. But it probably means resort specific merchandise doesn't sell that well, because if it did, they would make more of it, not less.