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Spirited News, Observations & Thoughts IV
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PhotoDave219
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Nubs70
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It appears Wall Street is becoming aware of the spending patterns of WDW. Questions are starting to be asked. Now that an activist investor has come across the horizon, he may get a hold of the financial statements and then some light can be shed into the inner workings.
I copied/pasted the entire articles over in this forum:
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/mymagic-testing-update-aug-6-13.871028/page-9
Nemo14
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"stuff" is not quite the word I was thinking of....
PhotoDave219
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But here's the thing - Only the LA Times & Orlando Sentinel pay any attention to what Disney does (beyond us).
With light articles like that, there's no one to hold them accountable. No one to question what theyre doing.
None of these mommybloggers will ask the tough questions because it will threaten their free goodie bags.
1023
Provocateur, Rancanteur, Plaisanter, du Jour
Wow... I think the comments are the best part. Must be that 2% negative from the story. Did I count 2 or 3 of those as positive, or positive and skeptical?
Has anyone from this forum posted on their social media? I mean simple, informational questions about the program. How will this impact Passholders of all tiers? DVC members? It would have to be completely innocuous almost benign questions. Certainly not me, as I tend to be a bit chatty.
*1023*
Has anyone from this forum posted on their social media? I mean simple, informational questions about the program. How will this impact Passholders of all tiers? DVC members? It would have to be completely innocuous almost benign questions. Certainly not me, as I tend to be a bit chatty.
*1023*
Nubs70
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My hope lays with the activist investor. Maybe, just maybe he gets his hands on the financial statements and info therein makes it to Bloomberg or CNBC.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
I refuse to amend the way I read this forum to appease a troll.Ah, very deep.
Please ignore my posts if you do not like reading them.
I think I will just continue to report every post that you make that is a personal attack...which lately has been everypost that you have typed.
Billy Chin
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If you're counting on an activist investor to lead the charge against stuff like this, I think you're going to be terribly disappointed. Loeb will push hard to maximize shareholder value, and will advocate whatever direction he thinks will lead the Company in that direction. That's not likely to include any sort of objection to data mining or privacy issues, but rather whatever increases margins. See his recent food fight with George Clooney if you're unsure of how he'll react (if he asserts himself at all).
bcalltimandanna
Active Member
Just got back from a one night stay at POP with the DW. Guess what we got to test? MM+! I will be happy to take any questions but here are my brief thoughts...
If I hadn't had prior knowledge of the system, this could have been a total nightmare. When we checked in it was a madhouse. Guests were complaining, managers were getting snippy. I am not making this up just for th Spirit, but I swear the guest checking in next to us told the manager that the service at UNI was better. It was quite obvious that most were confused by the bands.
As for us, couple with no kids and smartphones, it was actually kind of cool. We were immediately able to make 4 FP+ reservations for MK that night. Space, Splash, Thunder, and PP. Now, I'll never tell if we also got paper passes with our AP actual cards
All in all, it kind of ruled.
For us.
For a family of 6........
Maybe not so much.
Free to answer any questions about Our Disney Experience
If I hadn't had prior knowledge of the system, this could have been a total nightmare. When we checked in it was a madhouse. Guests were complaining, managers were getting snippy. I am not making this up just for th Spirit, but I swear the guest checking in next to us told the manager that the service at UNI was better. It was quite obvious that most were confused by the bands.
As for us, couple with no kids and smartphones, it was actually kind of cool. We were immediately able to make 4 FP+ reservations for MK that night. Space, Splash, Thunder, and PP. Now, I'll never tell if we also got paper passes with our AP actual cards
All in all, it kind of ruled.
For us.
For a family of 6........
Maybe not so much.
Free to answer any questions about Our Disney Experience
bcalltimandanna
Active Member
One more thing.......our trip was very spontaneous. We booked on Friday and stayed Saturday. Didn't know we would get magicbands until we checked in.
wogwog
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Just got back from a one night stay at POP with the DW. Guess what we got to test? MM+! I will be happy to take any questions but here are my brief thoughts...
If I hadn't had prior knowledge of the system, this could have been a total nightmare. When we checked in it was a madhouse. Guests were complaining, managers were getting snippy. I am not making this up just for th Spirit, but I swear the guest checking in next to us told the manager that the service at UNI was better. It was quite obvious that most were confused by the bands.
As for us, couple with no kids and smartphones, it was actually kind of cool. We were immediately able to make 4 FP+ reservations for MK that night. Space, Splash, Thunder, and PP. Now, I'll never tell if we also got paper passes with our AP actual cards
All in all, it kind of ruled.
For us.
For a family of 6........
Maybe not so much.
Free to answer any questions about Our Disney Experience
So we can guess the other people checking in near you may well be the advertised 2% negative factor. Sorry you had to be there when the only negative event of the day happened.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
And that RIGHT there explains why Disney is getting the approval ratings it is getting thus far!...
As for us, couple with no kids and smartphones, it was actually kind of cool. We were immediately able to make 4 FP+ reservations for MK that night. Space, Splash, Thunder, and PP. Now, I'll never tell if we also got paper passes with our AP actual cards
All in all, it kind of ruled.
For us.
For a family of 6........
Maybe not so much.
Free to answer any questions about Our Disney Experience
Double dipping would make everyone happy!
bcalltimandanna
Active Member
Don't get me wrong. I know it was a total coincidence that I happened to overhear that about UNI service. Just thought it was funny.So we can guess the other people checking in near you may well be the advertised 2% negative factor. Sorry you had to be there when the only negative event of the day happened.
I am a total Disney nut and never really go to UNI. I am also very easy to please at WDW. So, of course I liked the magicbands
bcalltimandanna
Active Member
Oh, absolutely. And I know I cheated the system to a degree. But you know who told me I should without saying it outright? The CM that explained FP+ to us. So, we didn't really feel too guilty.....Disney suggested it to us
wogwog
Well-Known Member
One of the ways Disney is "buying" favorable survey results don't you think?
flynnibus
Premium Member
Check this thread for that subject - http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/rfid-court-battle-in-texas.858131/
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