Was 2019 Disney World's worst year in a while?

Was 2019 Disney World's worst year in a while?

  • Yes

    Votes: 21 18.9%

  • No

    Votes: 36 32.4%

  • Not sure

    Votes: 23 20.7%

  • Not THE worst, but one of the worst years

    Votes: 27 24.3%

  • Are you kidding? 2019 has been a great year for Disney World.

    Votes: 4 3.6%
  • Total voters
    111
justintheharris

justintheharris

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Original Poster
A flopped Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and a crashed Disney Skyliner within its first week. Sounds like 2019 has been Disney's worst year in a while. Any input?

Note: I don't think the argument of "they're all waiting for Rise of the Resistance" works. The vast majority of guests probably have no clue a second ride even exists. Casual guests probably don't even know what one ride they do have. They just know "Star wars land." So no, I highly doubt that Star Wars land will suddenly be successful when Rise of the Resistance opens.
 
eliza61nyc

eliza61nyc

Well-Known Member
What are you using as a metric?? Profit, number of guest or ride quality??
I thought I read back in August that parks Had a 7% growth in revenue and 5% growth in operating income from 2018. I really can't answers as I don't follow year to year.
People are saying the parks are still packed.
What's your basis for saying it's the worst year they've had??
 
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justintheharris

justintheharris

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
eliza61nyc said:
What are you using as a metric?? Profit, number of guest or ride quality??
I thought I read back in August that parks Had a 7% growth in revenue and 5% growth in operating income from 2018. I really can't answers as I don't follow year to year.
People are saying the parks are still packed.
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Well you raise a good point regarding metrics. Profits grew but recall the budget cuts that took place. I think I'm going off intuition with bad press coverage. I didn't go to the parks today but I checked the app and Magic Kingdom looks packed but yesterday at Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios, it felt rather empty. Smuggler's Run had a 25 minute wait when I went on it and Slinky was at 35. But two days of attendance isn't measurement. If I recall from the report, Disneyland Paris was what was propping the parks report up from being a disaster. It mentioned attendance being down at Disneyland and Disney World for the summer.
 
Chef Mickey

Chef Mickey

Well-Known Member
The last 20 years have been somewhat poor from a fan's perspective. A lot of negligence has hurt what I think Disney could/should be today.

You're seeing some of the problems with not investing in things like reasonable transportation (monorails) and delays in park investment have caused EPCOT and DHS to basically be shells of parks while we wait.

From a business perspective, Disney is currently doing very, very well at the parks...which has contributed to what I feel is a passive Parks strategy that may hurt them longer term.

The good part is, it's never too late because they are such a strong brand and have so much going for them even still. They've also invested a lot in the parks (for better or worse from a content perspective) recently, which helps.

I prefer a less IP, more constant investment strategy versus the all IP, huge investment in clumps strategy we're seeing today.

That said, I'm sad EPCOT has lost its original theme and message and there should be more attractions overall.
 
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Genie_naughty_whispers

Well-Known Member
eliza61nyc said:
What are you using as a metric?? Profit, number of guest or ride quality??
I thought I read back in August that parks Had a 7% growth in revenue and 5% growth in operating income from 2018. I really can't answers as I don't follow year to year.
People are saying the parks are still packed.
What's your basis for saying it's the worst year they've had??
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Source?
 
eliza61nyc

eliza61nyc

Well-Known Member
Found 2, not sure if it was what I originally read but similar.

The Walt Disney Company Reports Third Quarter and Nine Months Earnings for Fiscal 2019 - The Walt Disney Company

BURBANK, Calif.–The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) today reported quarterly earnings for its third fiscal quarter ended June 29, 2019. Diluted earnings per share …Read More
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Walt Disney Co. 3rd Quarter Earnings Report Shows Revenue Gains, Lower Income

This afternoon, The Walt Disney Company released their earnings report for the 3rd fiscal quarter of 2019 (ending June 30, 2019), showing revenue up 33% and income down 5% over last year. Chairman and CEO Bob
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Sniff out the parks section
 
bUU

bUU

Well-Known Member
eliza61nyc said:
What are you using as a metric?? Profit, number of guest or ride quality??
I thought I read back in August that parks Had a 7% growth in revenue and 5% growth in operating income from 2018. I really can't answers as I don't follow year to year.
People are saying the parks are still packed.
What's your basis for saying it's the worst year they've had??
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Great questions, along with, "How do you propose people travel forward and backward in time to gather the insights actually needed to comment on how good or bad 2019 was (for anything)?"

- October 8, 2019
 
JIMINYCR

JIMINYCR

Well-Known Member
Sure, SW isnt appearing to be the massive success expected ( with more to come, it may still surprise) and the minor gondola crash ( which wasnt on the level of the monorail crash) cant be the deciding factors on 2019 being the worst year. Year long Disney has had a good year overall with both positives and negatives but still not what I would call a disastrous one. Not a best or worst.
 
rk03221

rk03221

Well-Known Member
I think the expectations were so high for SW that because it’s not pulling in the long lines and crowds that people see it as a failure, that’s not the case. Fact is the new Star Wars movies suck and Disney was expecting SW at Wdw and DL to be received like HP at universal. Call me crazy but idc how cool something is there is nothing enjoyable about spending hundreds of dollars only to wait in line 4+ hours for one ride.
 

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