GoofGoof
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I think he's more referring to not being able to use FP+ so more waiting in standby lines. That's the biggest potential disadvantage to opting out.
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Spirited News & Observations II -- NGE/Baxter
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I think he's more referring to not being able to use FP+ so more waiting in standby lines. That's the biggest potential disadvantage to opting out.
Clever Name
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Perhaps those suffering from technophobia could be helped with remedial education.
PirateFrank
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Now that is something I wasn't aware of. Thanks for the clarification!
I agree. Very few companies out there are firing on the right set of cylinders.....you could probably count them on two hands...
Comcast's CEO said of their quarterly report, "theme parks have been one of the biggest surprises for us."
That is a given.
WDW is simply a microcosm of the state, society and nation it exists in.
Today, corps are whores for Wall Street and they exist for short term riches. There has to be fundamental change in our nation in order for most companies to change the way they do business.
Literally, you build a company, nurture it and then are forced to destroy it in the current model.
If you look at my first post on the thread, then you'll see my opinions on that subject.
True, although the way things are currently set up in Paris they 'effectively' control 51%.
Dunno ... but I do know that Comcast and its leadership are very bullish on the theme park business, quite unlike Disney. For so long the UNI parks sorta existed and now we can all see what happens when the parent company decides that they are a growth business and not a mature one. ... Unless I missed UNI getting into the timeshare business or developing the Silver Pines community of McMansions on their property.
lazyboy97o
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Yes, but the SCA structure is rather unique to French culture.
TV business is cyclical. There was a time when no one watched FOX ... and when CBS was in last place. NBC made a Disney-like (See: Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?) HUGE gamble/mistake by placing Jay Leno at 10 p.m. and that is going to take years to recover from. But they do have some quality new shows like Revolution, Grimm, Go On and New Normal if they stick with and market right that could be hits for years. I'm a big fan of the first two, and think the other two are up and down.
Horizons78
Grade "A" Funny...
Clever Name
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It's not BOS that causes this problem but rather the way the CRO sells and reserves rooms. This has gone on for thirty or more years at WDW. This is basicly how it works.
The Disney CRO (Central Reservations Office) sells blocks of rooms (at a discount) to various travel agencies. Those room blocks have a time and date stamp placed on them and they are assigned to a travel agency such as AAA. During that period of time, only AAA may sell those rooms and they are taken out of the WDW reservation system inventory until the date stamp expires. When these rooms are sold as a block, they are also listed as occupied even though they may well not have been sold by AAA.
AAA and the other travel agencies tend to buy more rooms than they can sell to insure availability. It is not at all uncommon for Disney CRO to say that they are "sold out" while a number of travel agencies still have lots of WDW rooms in their inventory. As far as Disney is concerned, they have sold their entire inventory. I have personally seen many instances in value, moderate and deluxe WDW resorts where the front desk will tell you they are full, yet you can book a reservation by phone through a travel agency. I've done it myself with a cell phone on a few occasions.
I have also observed resorts that were listed by WDW as "full" that had far less than full occupancy. While the rooms don't have warm bodies in them, WDW has been paid because they sold that room block to a travel agency. Disney marks that block of rooms as occupied. That's one of the reasons why WDW room occupancy rates are so high.
Just one more quickee, a Spirited quickee as they're the most MAGICal kind, before some of us call it a night ... but I was wondering if The Disney Parks Blog has acknowleged Tony's 'retirement' yet? Clearly someone of his stature leaving the company after 47 1/2 years MUST be cause for a blog post ... maybe even one by Tom Staggs or Bruce Vaughn talking about all he has meant to Disney ... so can someone send me a link? Thanks.
the.dreamfinder
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PhotoDave219
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There have been several town hall meetings of late on the topic. No idea what was said.
ParentsOf4
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You mean you can't figure out the answer in Disney's "answer" to Markey's letter?
I'm still trying to figure out what exactly this means for "guests" who choose not to participate in MM+.
The way I read their answer, the only thing Disney promises to MM+ nonparticipants is admission to the parks.
BwanaBob
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They will still be issued an RFID media ticket at the gate... it just won't have charging et al associated with it. They can still use fastpass.
Folks, they are not ripping fastpass distribution out entirely.
Town halls are just explaining what everyone here already knows... to CM's who aren't in the loop.
The only new additional info I believe was that "as soon as a guest gets off the plane and boards Magical Express, check-in will happen immediately via the bands read at the airport". Same goes for preferred seating at dining locations.
Californian Elitist
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Sadly nothing and I doubt there will be.
They're being horrible right now and they're refusing to give Mr. Baxter the respect he deserves. They're too worried about Valentine's Day, some new horses at Circle D Ranch (wow...how interesting) and an Oz hot air balloon.
Longhairbear
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On another site DVC members are starting to complain about problems linking their DVC reservations on My Disney Experience. Someone actually called MDE, Disney's Billion Dollar Joke.