Again…just a hunch…this is the worst booking period they’ve had in 20 years
That’s a good point. I’m just not convinced this is their rock bottom. When ppl don’t have ANY disposable income… like next month after student loan payments start up, I think they will hurt even more.
I don't follow that logic. Whether or not they ever "part out" the company, updating the "product" (whether that's new rides or new decor) has to happen. Personally, I think the 1980's (read Storming the Magic Kingdom) will be the closest the company ever comes to a wholesale "breakup"...and I don't consider something like selling ABC/ESPN/etc. to be a "breakup".
To me it speaks to the grand canyon sized gulf between the teams who worry about revenue vs. the teams worried about customer experience. It's as if the two groups never come together and even discuss whether these bean counting moves are going to help or hurt from a customer engagement perspective. They gotta get people in the park before they worry about how those people are going to spend, yet Disney seems bound and determined to stop them before they even buy a ticket lol it's truly strange.
It all does smack of, “our efforts to bring in new guests have failed, so now we’re just going to milk dry the suckers that can’t say no.”
If that happened you could take your “One Day at Disney” book and rip out 1/4 of the pages.
That’s how it feels for sure
Think strategically and look at their corporate vision statement: "“to be one of the world’s leading producers and providers of entertainment and information.”
Except for $1,450 incredipass holders. You still need a park reservation and will need to tap into your first park if you want to go to a second one before 2. Magical!
It’s ridiculous. DVC and AP holders should be treated much better but they don’t care about their most loyal guests
It’s across the board…it just won’t start until 1/9
So increase before recession?…gee, they won’t figure that out!
That statement is so broad ("Information" is the worst marketing term) that you could argue it includes everything/anything. Go back to the original justification for the Florida Project, and you'll see that the company recognized that hotels/transportation (within the resort)/etc. were all part of the "vacation destination" plan. As for ABC/ESPN, they don't leverage IP like Disney+ does. I'm not saying I like the "all IP all the time" strategy, but at least it fits into their entertainment umbrella.
No, no. Those are the worst guests. Haven't you heard? APs bring food into the parks and have picnics and take up space that the poor paying guests then cannot use. And DVC people... Oh boy. They have the gall to buy their own food, make it in their rooms, and then flood the parks! And neither group spends anything once in the parks. I think one or two experts around here have all the AP/DVC sins documented somewhere...
