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Surge Pricing Holding Up (Semi) Annual Increase ...
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CJR
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I could see it in addition to a gate price that would cover smaller attractions. I mean, I don't foresee a lot of people giving up a ticket to experience Disney/Pixar Short Film Festival.
If not, one positive out of it would be that it would encourage Disney to pump out real quality attractions.
TalkingHead
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TalkingHead
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In theory, maybe. Based on management's apparent attitude, there's no reason to believe that. They're aiming for one-time guests who will pay premium prices for diminished offerings; what difference does it make if they feel fleeced with underwhelming attractions?
There's more suckers -- oops, I mean "valued guests" -- to replace them.
the.dreamfinder
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the.dreamfinder
Well-Known Member
Also known as rubes.
Disneyhead'71
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thehowiet
Wilson King of Prussia
Wow...I guess there's never a lack of creativity when it comes to separating cash from their guests...
Same here. The frequency of our visits has already declined greatly as of recent. A move like the one @Lee references above would surely be the end for me. It's crazy to me that they would stoop that low, but I'm not sure why I should be surprised given the trajectory that they're on.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
I don't think I was imagining the surveys, And a few other posters have mentioned being booted,
You are almost certainly correct in that there are multiple inputs to the modeling system. One must also look at the organization and we DO know that Disney has a dysfunctional management structure from multiple insiders (of which I'm not one of) and that also leads to flawed design, The short version is today's Disney is not Toyota where quality and process improvement are part of the company's DNA and only initiatives that 'save' money are rewarded at Disney unlike Toyota where any employee can 'stop the line' if they encounter a quality problem. In today's disney as multiple insiders have also noted pointing out issues at Disney is a 'Career Limiting Move'. In any case with big data decision support systems the results are only as good as the model created.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
The issue @sshindel is how many are willing to TALK about getting something different, Since we are doing black box analysis of Disney surveys we have no means of knowing how many of each type of survey was sent out we KNOW there are multiple types but what we don't know is the distribution of same.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Yes that's exactly the type I've gotten on multiple occasions.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Either you don't have English as a first language or you are new to this written communication lark.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Not me it was @WDW1974 who posted P&R was being shopped around with Prince Alaweed (huge holding in DLP) as the potential buyer this was back in the 2007 time frame I believe
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
With each of your posts dripping with condescension and sarcasm, I should have known better to engage...lesson learned.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Bidding war @sshindel I want the Tiki room too, Although the train and a couple miles of track would be a nice consolation prize, It would complement my existing live steam motors (which I built from castings and bar stock)
Stevek
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In terms of Disneyland, it's my firm belief that the monthly payment plan is driving 99% of the crowds. The dramatic increase in attendance once they introduced them has me pretty convinced. But Disney, just like many Disneyland AP's, has drank too much cool-aid and won't do the right thing and either a) drop the monthly payments altogether or b) charge those on the monthly payment plan a 20%+ surcharge.
As much as I'd love to take the family back to WDW in the next year or two, not likely to happen especially if the surge pricing goes into effect. I'm not willing to pull them out of high school in order to visit in a lower priced time period...which will probably become even more crowded as folks try to buy in when it's cheaper.
It's been a fun 40+ years of visiting Disney parks...time to move on.
Stevek
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Seemed pretty clear that his "you'll" was a general statement directed at nobody in particular. My guess is that 99% of the folks reading it didn't personally feel attacked...and he's right, if people did decide to get off the Disney heroin, they would realize there are some pretty amazing things to see across our beautiful country.
No Name
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I believe that. Is it just some random coincidence that Disney announced a new meet and greet location and new stage show (and released RoL and Norway pavillion info and art) right as this whole forum started panicing about cuts? These things have been under contsruction/development for a while and don't open till spring at the earliest. They definitely didn't need to announce them now. Disney has a list of announcements waiting to be released, and when things start to turn against them even the slightest bit, they pull one of these announcements off the shelf.
It's like holding a flat board and balancing a ball on it. You try to keep the ball in the middle, but when it starts to roll one way, you have to tilt the board other way to keep it from falling off.
It's like holding a flat board and balancing a ball on it. You try to keep the ball in the middle, but when it starts to roll one way, you have to tilt the board other way to keep it from falling off.