Yeah, if you find yourself in 3 of the 4 main gates, you would not think there is an attendance problem. Reading between the lines, there is almost certainly an attendance and guest spending problem particularly at EPCOT, but once again, a prison of their own making. Fix your dirt island, fix your night show, and staff your restaurants. Zero sympathy.
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Restaurant capacity and live entertainment restrictions are currently limiting Walt Disney World theme park attendance according to Bob Chapek
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Club Cooloholic
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So the crowds have less things to see and places to eat....but lower the price? Nahhh
StarWarsGirl
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
They want their guests not to feel packed in with entertainment? I just stood in wall to wall people to watch MK fireworks. I believe Bob is high on his own farts.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
…but you’re there. So Bob is succeeding, isn’t he?
StarWarsGirl
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- In the Parks
- No
Just because I'm here (and actually, for reasons I won't get into, it's extremely cheap for me to go here) doesn't mean I don't think the CEO isn't off his rocker.
Sir_Cliff
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I'll be honest and say that I am a little confused reading reports like this of over-crowding alongside responses to Chapek's comments that guests are staying away because of over-pricing. If anything, it's kind of disappointing to me that they seem to be swallowing all the cost increases for the most part and proving him right on all the things I hate. So far, at least.
I will also sheepishly admit that his comments don't seem as insane to me as they do to everyone else on here. I agree that a lot of this is self-imposed in terms of the wages Disney is willing to pay. Still, though, they have been slowly re-opening restaurants and bringing back live entertainment haven't they? Whatever the reason behind that, it doesn't seem like what he's saying is necessarily wrong about these things limiting capacity.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Reasons like a main gate pass?
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
…they’re the ones that bought Riviera
How’s the SW Hotel doing? I understand it’s still available opening week.…they’re the ones that bought Riviera
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
It’s doing as well as they’ve handled building/promoting it then
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
I thought the same thing…
but it goes deeper than that…a certain individual has shocked the US for 5 years now…repeatedly saying things that manners and wisdom would dictate never be said outloud and shocking/incapacitating the audience. It’s been proven a very effective - if not intentional and based in stupidity - form of psychological control.
chapek is just doing that…letting the evil flow and the people don’t know whether to cry or wind their watch?
which reminds me…I didn’t watch prime ministers questions this week…May really got him last week. Full blast not seen in decades
Goofnut1980
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I think Covid should have required them to publish numbers... Because out of my 30 years of attending the parks, I have never seen it as busy as it is now.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
There is real consternation on this point…including with me.
I wish I had a week to just go to parks by myself and watch “flow”…my suspicion is they’re intentionally causing bottlenecks to sell this upsell line thing. It’s not illegal and their whole park strategy depends on it.
…but I probably couldn’t get a park reservation even if I wanted to
Goofnut1980
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There is real consternation on this point…including with me.
I wish I had a week to just go to parks by myself and watch “flow”…my suspicion is they’re intentionally causing bottlenecks to sell this upsell line thing. It’s not illegal and their whole park strategy depends on it.
…but I probably couldn’t get a park reservation even if I wanted to
I just went by myself last week for 3 days. Just because I needed a few merch pieces that came out. It was disgraceful how busy every point of the park was. It is crazy but they are a for profit, we are switching our Disney to their cruises instead of parks.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Yeah…but I still can’t figure where the crunch comes from and why? I don’t think the on property hotels are packed in yet and off property business in late January/early Feb shouldn’t be creating the kinda crunch you’re describing…
something still isn’t right…their advance numbers still have to be under duress because of the disruption to the planning windows for two years.
something isn’t playing here. Are they slowing the load times down? Causing shortened serving windows or delays in food?
…nothing is stopping that…by the way. “Guest satisfaction” assumes that they have to convince people to come…and that all but died in the last ten years.
TrainsOfDisney
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When did the term “for profit” become an excuse for poor customer service?
Goofnut1980
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You couldn't have said it better!
On Sunday I received a survey about my AP. It took me 45 minutes to complete. It was BRUTAL! I could not believe the options they gave for how good or how awful the AP process is now.