That's an example of the overly-simplistic and history-ignoring perspective I'm talking about. TWDC is pretty dynamic: sometimes the studios make money and carry the parks, sometimes the parks rake in money and carry the studios. Sometimes, all departments have to buckle down as Disney invests in new business (DCL, D+).
But it's not like this is the only time the Company hasn't had a major new expansion in the works. There have been periods of stagnation and periods of expansion. Epcot is being remade as we speak. I know some here hate it (some here seem to hate everything), but the park is not left rotting (as it was in the past).
Sometimes, I think that because folks around here visit the parks all the time and pay close attention to every bit of news and speculation it affects how we perceive things. Nothing is as good as it used to be. They're not building new stuff fast enough. Everything takes too long to build. Uni has this cool new thing and Disney can't compete. Disney doesn't know what they're doing. Disney+ is a disaster. WDI forgot how to design themed attractions. The Studios are inept. The tech department are imbeciles. Customer service sucks. Nobody wants to work, kids these days are entitled, it's all political.
I don't know. Maybe something about paying such close attention can ruin one's enjoyment of Disney. For so many it's become fun to be cynical and negative about everything Disney does and they start to root against the Company they once enjoyed. They blame everything on Bob Iger or Bob Chapek or Josh D'Amaro. They doomscroll Disney's box office returns, stock prices, and news about the parks. They subscribe to (and invent) conspiracy theories about why everything is as bad as they perceive it to be.