Temper Your Expectations: Quote from Bob Iger

[aladdin2007]

Yeah....kinda fanboy (hate that term) excitement, but Lassater and a few others used the E label when talking about it. Folks at WDI call it a D when they aren't on the record.
It hasn't been scaled back (since it is using DCA's design), but due to it's short length and lack of any sort of really advanced tech, was never going to be a true E in the same sense that Mansion or Pirates are.

Don't think so. The $1.2bil they are spending on DCA is all they are getting. Nothing else of any size is waiting in the wings for DCA.

As for the topic of the thread...I get what he's saying.
They are spending a ton right now between DCA, DCL, and FLE (Shanghai and HK are subsidized by their respective govornments), so it just makes sense that spending will drop after this spending spree.
Of course...if they would lay off building more hotel/DVC rooms, they could drop a few nice things into the parks that need them. (Again....AK, I'm looking at you.)

So basically TLM is going to be like the seas nemo ride only a little bit better? All along I had been thinking it was going to be on the scale of the haunted mansion. A bit dissapointing. But I guess as long as it eats up alot of people every hour its worth it. :shrug:

 

[wm49rs]

So basically TLM is going to be like the seas nemo ride only a little bit better? All along I had been thinking it was going to be on the scale of the haunted mansion. A bit dissapointing. But I guess as long as it eats up alot of people every hour its worth it. :shrug:

One of the true benefits of the FLE overall...........

 

[Wilt Dasney]

No worries here. Iger got his scripts mixed-up. "Temper your Expectations" is a new ABC series based on "Curb your Enthusiasm".

Bravo. :lol:

(The expression, not the network.) :lookaroun

 

[Wilt Dasney]

So basically TLM is going to be like the seas nemo ride only a little bit better? All along I had been thinking it was going to be on the scale of the haunted mansion. A bit dissapointing. But I guess as long as it eats up alot of people every hour its worth it. :shrug:

But the maintenance costs to keep the blood hosed down are going to be ridiculous.

 

[VillanovaBlue]

But the maintenance costs to keep the blood hosed down are going to be ridiculous.

Waka waka waka!!

 

[WDWLOVER1957]

If they spend money wisely instead of billion dollar rehabs of bad parks we should be fine. Also note they stated the off site DVC resorts and the Cruise line, I imagine those will get the biggest cuts.

Disney get the DVC resorts paid for by the owners, so why would they get the biggest cuts?

 

[DVCOwner]

What I think Disney should do is take all the money made from the sale of DVC membership at BLT and invest in a new e-ticket ride at one of the WDW parks. But to ride this new ride you must be a DVC member. Than maybe everyone would not blame all Disney problems on DVC construction.

Just kidding about a DVC member only ride.

 

[EpcotFanForever]

There already IS a DVC member-only ride - it's called "Bob Iger Takes You to the Cleaners".

 

[jakeman]

There already IS a DVC member-only ride - it's called "Bob Iger Takes You to the Cleaners".

Really?

I must have gotten in the wrong line, because I'm looking forward to my room at AKL that is about 25% the cost of a regular room this fall.

 

[Giraffe Lounge]

Please, please, please let's not turn this into a love/hate DVC thread.

 

[jakeman]

Please, please, please let's not turn this into a love/hate DVC thread.

Sounds good to me.

We just need to keep in mind that DVC is not responsible for the construction woes at WDW, no more so than DCL, DCA or any other project.

 

[TP2000]

We just need to keep in mind that DVC is not responsible for the construction woes at WDW, no more so than DCL, DCA or any other project.

As I understand it, the lack of theme park construction at WDW is due primarily to the executive leadership in Orlando (TDO).

There was quite clearly plenty of money to be used by Parks & Resorts over this current five year period. Over 2.5 Billion dollars just in new capital expenditures alone.(Heck, one single park (DCA) is getting nearly half of that huge amount with a 1.2 Billion dollar extreme makeover.)

But other properties snapped up the money before WDW did, and if TDO execs had put more pressure on Burbank to move their own WDW parks up the ladder, it's not hard to envision the WDW parks getting a bigger share of that pie.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong here. But that's how I understand it.

 

[Lee]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong here. But that's how I understand it.

Nope...you are on the right track there.
I can't fathom why TDO didn't fight for some money for AK, especially with the state of Everest and the parks lack of attractions.

 

[misterID]

But they are all Disney parks? Who cares who is 1st and who is last? To me every single park has magic, and that's what is important for me.

Well, they're not all run the same, or by the same people. TDL/DisneySea isn't even run by Disney. This will be pretty big if for the first time in 30 years that MK isn't the top theme park in America anymore, or WDW isn't the top theme park resort in the world anymore...

I think what's really important is that it shows not much has been put behind WDW to keep it the best, or cutting edge unlike the other parks.

 

[Aurora's#1Fan]

Nope...you are on the right track there.
I can't fathom why TDO didn't fight for some money for AK, especially with the state of Everest and the parks lack of attractions.

Glad you met TDO :wave::brick:

Well, they're not all run the same, or by the same people. TDL/DisneySea isn't even run by Disney. This will be pretty big if for the first time in 30 years that MK isn't the top theme park in America anymore, or WDW isn't the top theme park resort in the world anymore...

I think what's really important is that it shows not much has been put behind WDW to keep it the best, or cutting edge unlike the other parks.

It will be pretty big. WDW is falling behind. TDA is really stepping there game up. All they need is a hotel or two and a 3rd park and boom!

 

[headhoncho34]

The only reason WDW is falling behind is because of the executives(TDO) not caring about the parks. The only time youll even see them make a slight attempt nowadays is when the attendance falls.

 

[Kiff]

Nope...you are on the right track there.
I can't fathom why TDO didn't fight for some money for AK, especially with the state of Everest and the parks lack of attractions.

Very strange. The only reason I could see them passing on available budget would be if the executive bonus structure was tied to the capital budget. AKA not spending the available budget means bigger bonus for TDO execs.

Or it could be a completely dysfunctional management team that couldn't get their act together before the other parks grabbed the budget. Either way a sad state of affairs. Painful to watch form the sidelines here.

 

[cheezbat]

that's what kills me. Knowing that basically, TDO is sitting back just watching the money roll in. Disneyland was the FIRST and only completely-built-by-Walt-himself-park. It should be amazing. But Walt Disney World was the future. Something meant to be bigger and more amazing than Disneyland. Now I know there's currently 5 resorts around the world, but WDW is the BIGGEST, with the most parks and resorts, and has been known as THE resort on the cutting edge....world reknown. It's still amazing, don't get me wrong, but lacking in attractions in comparison to their counterparts around the globe. (except for Walt Disney Studios Paris)

That all is changing. More and more talk about how great Tokyo Disney Resort is, how much more beautiful the Paris Disneyland is, how much better the original DIsneyland is over the MK, and now how Califorina Adventure is being big time invested in....yes we're getting Fantasyland expansion with ONE ride. And Star Tours II, but Little Mermaid is ALSO going in California, and will more than likely find it's way to the other resorts in following years...same with Star Tours.

Aside from Expedition Everest, when's the last time Disney built a truly unique, only available in Florida, state of the art, blow them away attraction?

 

[_Scar]

For there to be a decrease in theme park budget then there has to first be a theme park budget.

 

[TP2000]

This will be pretty big if for the first time in 30 years that MK isn't the top theme park in America anymore, or WDW isn't the top theme park resort in the world anymore...

Actually, there have been many years in the last 30 where Disneyland had higher attendance than Magic Kingdom. Several years in the 1990's Disneyland exceeded Magic Kingdom, and some years in the 00's it's been neck and neck.