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@theredpriest
6 ай бұрын
Too expensive, too crowded, attractions are always down, loss of perks, attitudes of both the cast members and customers are terrible, It's just not a very enjoyable time anymore.
@Brandon-qd2lb
6 ай бұрын
Then go to sea world! You’ll enjoy those crowds they attract haha
@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od
6 ай бұрын
I still think the Disney parks operations are some of the best of any park
@tbgtabias
6 ай бұрын
@@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3odyeah you need to actually visit other parks then
@werewolflover8636
6 ай бұрын
@@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3odDollywood has ever bit as good employees if not better! There’s a reason why it was once again named the Best Park in world by Golden Ticket!
@appliedengineering4001
6 ай бұрын
I agree with you 100%. I went in 2023 and compared to the last time I went in 2012. WDW has really, really gone down the toilet. It's not just a few things that have gone wrong. but every thing has. It's just AWFUL down there.
@AuthorCertifiedGoof
6 ай бұрын
Pay more, get less should really be Disney’s new motto
@rnettles6241
6 ай бұрын
Fairy dust is a hell of a drug.
@DeaDlyCorpsE528
4 ай бұрын
That is the motto incomplete. Im sure its, pay more, get less and the americans will overcrowd the park.
@GTKJNow
3 ай бұрын
There's hope. Disney is Dead, I am waiting for the New City of Jerusalem that comes down from Heaven, pray that your worthy to enter in. For details about the happiest place read below: 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. [Rev 21:1-8 KJV]
@CrazyHippy22
3 ай бұрын
@@rnettles6241lmao
@TheThund3rDump3r
Ай бұрын
@@DeaDlyCorpsE528I went last week and I saw more foreigners than Americans tbh
@MissMyMusicAddiction
6 ай бұрын
i disagree with the sentiment that wdw was "always expensive". my family started going...all the time...in the 80's and 90's. during that time, rooms were laughably cheap. tickets were cheaper than amusement parks like cedar point. food - burgers were on par with mcdonald's prices. if anything, during that period, disney was underpriced.
@Mike__B
6 ай бұрын
Yeah something like 10 years ago moderate resorts were like $140-150/night during the "value time" (or whatever they called their slow period) and that was the rack rate, before any discounts which there always seemed to be 30% discounts.
@MACMAMI
6 ай бұрын
Exactly! I was shocked with how much Browning insisted on nuance in this video, he grossly overlooked that.
@RonnieRLD
6 ай бұрын
It depends if flights were needed. Also, for that time, it was expensive relatively. Much cheaper than today, but still much more than a trip to Cedar Point or Great Adventure. You don't get the same atmosphere but a better ride selection. Heck Sea World offers a better coaster selection than Animal Kingdom has total rides. Epic Universe will open with more rides than many Florida Disney parks have still, with the same level of theming. So why do Disney when a Universal pass offers more for the same/similar price?
@xEric1993
6 ай бұрын
That’s not an accurate way to look at it though, because the cost of all entertainment (especially theme parks and hotels/resorts which are Disney parks main competition) have all outpaced inflation. Yes Disney has absolutely outpaced inflation but so has every comparable alternative If crowding remains an issue, then that obviously means the parks are selling out regardless of cost. So why would Disney not continue raising prices?
@kamaniaray
6 ай бұрын
Yeah it was “expensive” but like you said - you could make it work. Now it’s exorbitant! My Mom complained that she went to Thailand for the cost of going to Disney for 4 days. That’s insane.
@JamesMincksFeb81
6 ай бұрын
It's getting worse and more expensive because Disney has put it's focus on attracting higher income families to come to Disney world instead of it being centered on normal families.
@WaddleDee105
6 ай бұрын
Sadly this is happening with nearly all forms of entertainment, including movies, games, and special events. Corporations have learned that they can make more money off of the top 10% of families who overspend and have more time and money than they know what to do with.
@thatonerotom8999
5 ай бұрын
@@WaddleDee105 This seems like something that could backfire on them
@WaddleDee105
5 ай бұрын
@@thatonerotom8999 It could, but companies always think short term profits over long term gains. Hopefully it backfires sooner than later.
@mariamay5763
4 ай бұрын
They’re only able to get away with this cause they have no direct competition. Atleast not yet. Universal is getting close but it’s still not big enough to threaten Disney. A future business would have to be created that caters to lower income families that can provide a similar customer experince to Disney for less than half the price. That would cause Disney to start losing customers and they’d have to stop overpricing in order to compete.
@Qwent-23
4 ай бұрын
It already did with that Star Wars "hotel".
@HussGamez
6 ай бұрын
The main issue I'm concerned about is that as prices continue to rise, some people will inevitably keep paying to go, meaning the issue wont just fix itself. Unfortunately, those with smaller incomes will become pushed away from Disney as they can no longer afford tickets, disney accommodation, Genie+, and general costs within the park.
@TJ347
5 ай бұрын
Those unable to afford ever increasing Disney prices will miss seeing attractions that aren't working, overflowing trash bins, two hour plus wait times... I could go on, but the bottom line is I don't see where people who actually can afford to go to Disney are the winners here.
@CM-zl8iu
4 ай бұрын
@@TJ347not sure what you’re talking about. Maybe this is true during the holidays but I have rarely seen rides at 2 hr waits and overflowing trash cans… I have seen rides closed but that is only their new rides and it usually doesn’t last long. Universal experiences the same issues and is just as expensive… people are just hating on Disney to hate on them.
@charliedallachie3539
Ай бұрын
Yep, it’ll just become a park for the wealthy.
@scottmilner1708
6 ай бұрын
Add a fourth C for "complexity". Planning a WDW vacation is now a part-time job for all but the most experienced enthusiasts. How many guests show up for their dream vacation only to be blindsided by how many of the offerings are not accessible to them because they failed to nail down dining reservations months in advance, or weren't aware of the virtual queue system for the most popular attractions?
@tulinfirenze1990
6 ай бұрын
In all truthfulness, due to visiting from Australia during covid, having to calendarize when I could start looking for dining reservations (and finding most of the ones I wanted always gone), the cost and complexity of Genie Plus and Lightning Lane - I had a mini breakdown one day while in Epcot. I'm an EXPERIENCED theme park attendee and had been studying the new systems for months/years and even I found it too much. What sucks for a basic day guest is you cannot just choose in the morning to swing by WDW and visit a park and have a decent meal. It all has to be pre-planned months, if not a year in advance. That's a JOB, and I already have one of those.
@jenb.6733
5 ай бұрын
This I agree with. You need to be up on all the tips. Days of showing up and winging it are over. Feel bad for older adults who aren’t use to that
@rm06c
5 ай бұрын
Every time I've gone to WDW the past few years, it's been like this. It felt more like a job and a chore rather than having a fun outing with the family. When we went to Universal, we just felt we could relax and walk around and enjoy ourselves. We've not gone back to WDW since.
@beetlefiend6521
5 ай бұрын
i agree. i went for the first time two years ago and this was my least favorite part. it felt really hard to just “vibe”
@nattiesgarden
4 ай бұрын
I highly agree. Disney is the last place where I want to feel glued to my phone, but you kind of have to in order to get your ride reservations and such.
@jurassicstaff8639
6 ай бұрын
Disney world used to be a fun well vacation, now it's so much work it's so confusing, it used to be a destination you could go and leave your stress at home and literally just experience the magic and recharge, now it's so much work and everything requires you full attention and you have to be on your phone constantly, it's all work and anxiety and ends up being more stress than the stress you had at home
@kuhnology8803
6 ай бұрын
Could not agree more, it is like being a phone slave all day, and even then it can be very wasteful and a disappointment. Nothing worse than playing with your phone to get the extra charges of gene-, then have the ride break down and they leave you in line for 30 minutes with zero recourse. It really happened to me and my son, twice in one day. Went to customer service (35 minutes in a slllooowww line) They gave me paper fast passes for lightening lanes to try to "fix" me. The workers at one of the places I used the paper pass actually said "Oh you are one of those!" Which caused others in the line to quiz me and my son on what did that mean!!!!! Horrible way to treat a guest, but I believe Disney thinks we are all marks now for taking money from. WCDB
@KatAnne17
6 ай бұрын
Yes!
@daniethegirl029
6 ай бұрын
The more time that passes the more I think Eisner got a bad wrap in the end. HALF of the most loved things of Disney were bc of Eisner. Eisner ran into problems when he lost his confidence and stopped thinking and doing BIG. He pushed the brakes when he should have gassed it, then sharks smelled blood in the water and attacked. I really am starting to think everything done after Eisner has been worse than the mistakes Eisner is remembered for. (And I have a deep hatred of California adventure so that is saying a lot). The mess Disney is in is 100% caused by post Eisner management. Disney is about greed and the bottom line now not magic and creativity like before.
@loadedbun
6 ай бұрын
100% agree. For all his flaws, at least Eisner had creativity and willingness to try new things which is something imo modern disney is really falling short on
@jiru331
6 ай бұрын
i totally agree, not sure why this is an unpopular opinion.
@seaofseeof
6 ай бұрын
I partly agree and I like the Eisner era, I like some of his decision-making (especially a lot of his creativity-first decision-making) and I prefer that era to the current era. At least Disney had a real identity at the time. Whereas now I see Disney Plus being advertised with The Kardashians. Which to me feels like the brand just doesn't mean anything anymore. However, much of the good stuff during the Eisner era did not happen BECAUSE of Eisner, but in spite of him. Much of his reputation is unfair and negatively narrativized in hindsight. But much of it was fair too. His reign was a pretty mixed bag. I just don't understand much of the adamant simping for Iger that is still happening compared to Eisner.
@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od
6 ай бұрын
Am I the only person who thinks California Adventure is easily the best Disney park
@josephbrown9685
6 ай бұрын
Michael Eisner and Frank Wells were a great team. They balanced each other out and led the Disney decade in the 90s, undoubtedly the best WDW expansion in history. We’ll never see anything like that again.
@Trashious12345
6 ай бұрын
More expensive, more complicated, more lines, and more stuff you have to do in the app. This might make me seem like a boomer, but the amount of time you have to stare at your phone is so much that you don't get to absorb the ambiance. I'm as addicted to my phone as anyone, but on vacation, I want to put my phone away. They can turn it around, but they have to make some huge announcements at D23, or Iger needs to go.
@Randomdude34
5 ай бұрын
I agree. I try my best to “be in the moment” but this new system makes it hard.
@largol33t12
4 ай бұрын
The FIRST thing they need to do is LOWER ticket prices. They'd rather slap their mothers 10 times than even CONSIDER that.
@Sorcerer-SMC
2 ай бұрын
Well we got part of our wish, Iger is supposedly resigning by 2026.
@brianthefloridian6254
6 ай бұрын
The only way that Disney will improve is to stop with making everything a money grab, especially things that were included free with your admission such as fast pass. This is not Walt envisioned when he opened the parks long ago!
@werewolflover8636
6 ай бұрын
Not going to happen! Disney only cares about its stock and how much money it can make to show growth to its investors! Long as fools keep buying into their products and paying outrageous prices for it there’s no reason from them to reduce prices!
@FilmNerdy
5 ай бұрын
I know it's become a reoccurring joke on here to say "Then CEO Michael Eisner" as being a bad apple for the company but looking at the theme park ticket prices it's amazing and shocking how amazingly stable and in someways stagnant the prices were, especially with all of the expansion. And then when Bob Iger came in how it suddenly ballooned in price. I have seen many interviews of both Michael Eisner and Bob Iger and this might be controversial for you George but I dare say I think Michael Eisner probably did more to keep things fair and accessible at the park for most people compared to Igner. Also, I find in interviews he genuinely seems like a nice, honest if flawed man where Iger just has this "business man, bean accountant, cold, snake oil skin" receptivness of him. I can't really articulate but Bob Iger just somehow makes me uncomfortable and unnerves me.
@nightmare-qn6mo
4 ай бұрын
Eisner had the weirdest Disney moves where you can tell he wanted to expand the Disney brand and push it out of its box. With Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons. Notice that Kingdom Hearts’ best uses of the Disney brand were under him.
@EnoughRhetoric
6 ай бұрын
If Disney hadn’t started to nickle and dime me for visits I’d still be an out-of-state season pass holder for a family of 4. Honestly, without all the post Covid changes I’d be ok with the ticket prices for what we used to get. Now, I spend a fraction elsewhere and have a better time with my family. And for the record, while I’m sure Disney doesn’t care, we were spending 3-4K a trip in addition to $5,000 a year for passes. And we went 3-4 times a year. So yeah, we were fans who loved eating at the best restaurants and doing the mark up experiences across the board. Now, we spend less a year to visit Universal and other parks around the country than Disney cost us for 1 visit plus our passes. So we’re getting the same number of vacations a year at a cost of around 40% of what we used to spend exclusively at Disney. And honestly, I’m glad Disney removed the value because it’s been more fun. Bonus though, as we were such fans we have a great Disney rewards credit card. So since 2020 we did visit for 1 day last year, for free tickets and 80% of our meals paid for including a fine dinning sit down dinner at Epcot. As this allows us to spend an off day every few years to experience new attractions that’s great. In 3 years or so, we’ll return for another day during an off day from Universal and their new park which I guarantee, we’ll be visiting next year for our 4th Universal week in an annual row. Yeah, Universal has become a must do annually for my kids. I think that says the most when 2 young kids prefer Universal over Disney when they don’t consider financial return whatsoever.
@endersgameover
4 ай бұрын
It doesn’t take a boomer mentality or anything like that to see that quality is degrading and cost is increasing across-the-board. Whether you were talking about theme park or otherwise.
@TanyaOsterman-hw9wv
4 ай бұрын
TRUTH!
@StoogesFan
6 ай бұрын
With all the insane prices for everything at DW, I'm still baffled that the parks are still overcrowded.
@travisvanalst4698
5 ай бұрын
Covid changed a lot of things. That’s for sure.
@largol33t12
4 ай бұрын
A significant number of these people are the kind who fit several categories: A - They've never been but feel that it's a ritual and they HAVE to go at least once. They pay and go once. Done! The issue is that there are so many of this kind out there. It's a neverending thing. B - They've been there before but they plan to throw in the towel. They go once. They KNOW it stinks. They know about all the issues that others have complained about for the last 2-3 years. But they still feel like getting one last trip in anyway. C - They just won't admit reality. These are the ones who are the meanest, loudest, rudest you meet on vacation forums. They always get offended and shout when someone dares to criticize their precious Disney. They refuse to see reality: prices are outrageous (they claim it's because it's not cheap to run anything; then explain why rides keep breaking down and people are complaining that everything is being neglected? i.e. trash everywhere, lack of service, lack of maintenance, etc.). They are enchanted and blinded by the pixie dust and will continue to spend spend and spend even if a ticket price hits $150 on a "low crowd day". And trust me, it will. I suspect many are recent fans who probably visited in the early 2000s just before things started going downhill. I've been twice: in 1988 and 2003. Even back in 2003, I noticed neglect in the parks: the track on the PeopleMover was already in very bad shape. The food wasn't great either and ticket prices were so steep I could only afford a 2 day ticket, not 3 days. Then in 2019, I TRIED to plan a vacation. The ticket prices FLOORED me. I gave up and went to Universal's website. It saved me about $500 just on ticket and hotel room. We're not including food and travel expenses. And I went alone. That means a family of 3 might have saved $1,200 going to Universal in 2020 instead of Disney! These kinds of superfans are the ones who will keep going even if Disney charged the earth for a measly ticket. I bet they account for a significant chunk of the crowds.
@bethocdunwitty6641
4 ай бұрын
Where else CAN we go. Six Flags Atlanta is always down. If there's a single raindrop in the sky, everything goes down for hours because it keeps costs low.
@annsanimationaddiction8024
4 ай бұрын
Universal and Busch Gardens are fantastic @@bethocdunwitty6641
@miaharwood9002
6 ай бұрын
As a working-class family in the 2000’s, in the UK, we used to be able to afford a two-week trip every two years with a dining plan. We always stayed at the moderate resorts and had some money spare to buy merchandise. If I were to book a holiday now with the same plan, without spending money, the price is over double in real terms (and this is without spending money and tip money). It’s not a viable holiday option for many families anymore, even with scraping pennies together. The last time I visited Florida was 2018, where I visited Universal. It came to be the only option where we could afford all the extras without being short for spending and tips. It’s a shame that Disney continues to keep their customers digging in their pockets for services that used to be free, and services that certainly helped holidaymakers coming from abroad (cough cough magic express). I would love to experience the new magic they’re adding to the park. It all looks amazing! However, it is no longer something I could comfortably afford, even with a decent salary.
@therealventures
6 ай бұрын
5+ years for Tron is inexcusable 😂
@tulinfirenze1990
6 ай бұрын
Universal is building an entire new park, hotels, roads and other infrastructure in less time. Disney is a freakin joke!
@TOCC50
3 ай бұрын
Boycott the company
@ChienaAvtzon
21 күн бұрын
Shanghai had an exclusivity deal on the “Tron” roller coaster, as it was their version of Space Mountain. Honestly, that ride should have been exclusive to that park for a decade.
@CrisjoseCruz
5 ай бұрын
My wife and 4yro son just got back yesterday. I did not go bc waiting in lines and crowds aren’t for me. But they had the time of their lives. Never seen them happier
@gezz5904
6 ай бұрын
I disagree with a lot of points in this video, but the “nothing ever happens vs stuff is always happening” argument is, by far, the one I disagree with most. The fact it took WDW 5 years to build Tron (which is a copy/paste attraction from Shanghai, mind you) while it’s taking Universal Studios Orlando 6 years to build an all-new, all-original multi-day theme park with Epic Universe is RIDICULOUS. And both have been under construction since before the pandemic.
@tulinfirenze1990
6 ай бұрын
Plus hotels, roads and massive infrastructure.
@MrRapmaster19
6 ай бұрын
The issue really stems from Disney's other businesses. Pretty much everything other than the Parks has been a freaking disaster for Disney over the past couple of years: their movies have almost all massively disappointed at the box office, Disney+ has lost them hundreds of millions, their TV channels are losing subscribers (specifically ESPN), they're still saddled with $70B+ in 20th Century Fox debt, and, worst of all, their premier brands (Marvel, Star Wars, Disney Animation, and Pixar) have all taken a big hit in reputation in one way or another. Thus, the company ups the prices of the parks, which are major money generators, yet don't give the division the budgets nor effective leadership to keep it innovating.
@politiekhistorie
6 ай бұрын
The biggest problem with Tiana specifically was that they put a lot of money in replacing Splash Mountain, which was still very popular, instead of adding capacity and rides. Nobody would have been mad if they added a Tiana ride. The reason it has become so widely debated is because it replaced something that didn't need replacing.
@SkeledroMan
6 ай бұрын
At least Disneyworld gets new rides. Compare that to the studios park in paris that has only received bad clones and half baked ideas, or the main paris park that hasn't seen any new major rides since 1995, almost 30 years ago. In Paris, disney doesn't have to worry about big money competition from Universal. That's why they have left the paris resort with by far the worst dark ride lineup of any disney park.
@RakoonCD
6 ай бұрын
Compared to Disneyland, it's been removing rides
@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od
6 ай бұрын
Why does this remind me so much of kings dominion
@Sorcerer-SMC
2 ай бұрын
TBH, this video honestly feels like a breath of fresh air compared to most other Disney Parks discussion videos. It talks about the obvious flaws of the Disney Parks nowadays, but it also talks about how many things are being over-exaggerated. I myself am mainly a casual Disney Parks fan, and I only go about once or twice a year. I’ve seen the many changes over the years and I will agree that when Genie+ was introduced, things were getting more difficult and expensive. Hotel lobbies and rooms were being de-themed, IP overload of attractions (I mean I loved Pandora, Galaxy’s Edge, and Cosmic Rewind, but that’s because they were handled better than most other recent Disney Parks additions) I mean they are creating more advanced animatronics, thank goodness for that, but putting IP-based attractions in unfitting areas just to draw in crowds and overflow your parks is honestly just a recipe for disaster. And I especially like how you mentioned that this was nothing new, because this has happened before in Eisner’s later years. I mean Eisner wasn’t a bad CEO, he was just a fallen angel. Iger on the other hand……hoo boy where do I begin? While he did save Oswald, fix the relationship between Disney and Pixar, and restore California Adventure before Chapek decided to add Pixar Pier and Avengers Campus, a lot of his other scummy decisions and such, especially what he said during the strike last year, just proves that Iger was pretty much a demon in angel’s clothing. Though while Chapek made some worse decisions, all he was is just a major idiot compared to Iger. So long story short, while I don’t like what WDW is being transformed into, the reason I still go there is because I still love the place and prefer to see the good that comes out of it despite the crowds and overpriced park tickets, and I also try my best to appreciate what still is there since a lot is being replaced and such.
@therealventures
6 ай бұрын
And no one wanted a retheme to Splash Mountain, which is why it's getting so much hate even before the ride is even open.
@hollybabyyy
6 ай бұрын
Or u lot are just racist
@rnettles6241
6 ай бұрын
They call it, "Broke Back Mountain" now.
@batshtcrazy5293
4 ай бұрын
@@rnettles6241They. Meaning a bunch of backward rednecks who spew hate every five seconds. Splash was iconic, for sure. It shouldn't have been replaced for ANY reason. But spitting and throwing up gay jokes and calling things "woke", is for ignorant mouth breathers who just like to complain.
@WalmartJedi
5 ай бұрын
When I worked for Magic Kingdom in 2010 a ticket to Magic Kingdom was $89.. 14 years later it's $180 for One Day. The food prices were about $9.99 for a hamburger and fries and now the same hamburger and fries are $15.49. gas is right now $3.60 a gallon where I am in Florida. I'm taking my GF for two days on vacation one day to Magic Kingdom and the next day to SeaWorld and we've already spent over $600. When we're done we will have spent almost $1000. Meaning $500 a day for two days at $250 per person per day. Disney is out pricing the middle class for the sake of catering to social media influencers, merchandise resellers and the rich.
@princessdratini6512
4 ай бұрын
Disney World FEELS like it's getting worse because we've never paid so much for so little. Remember when extra magic hours gave all hotel guests a couple extra hours in the parks at night? Now, those are only available to guests staying at deluxe resorts...honestly, those guests should be grateful that's not a separately priced "perk" yet. Give it time! It's inevitable at this point.
@astroluna2
6 ай бұрын
18:43 thank you for the note in the corner, I wouldn't have known which one was you if you didn't tell me
@GeorgesSpace
6 ай бұрын
Glad that cleared it up 🫡
@JT-el8vm
4 ай бұрын
At this point you’re better off going to international parks like Tokyo, Shanghai, Paris and Hong Kong. Better quality
@MrEightThreeOne
6 ай бұрын
I think your analysis was very on point and fair. Sooner or later this all will have to catch up with them. I think the real catalyst to what will give them a good scare would be the opening of Epic Universe; from all as it appears to be and from what I hear, they seem to be sleeping on it and don't consider it a threat, but then again, they probably didn't consider the Wizarding World a threat either until it opened and it completely blindsided them. I do hope it turns around soon. I had a lot of fun last time I visited but even we agreed there were a lot of issues that absolutely needed addressing and hopefully that time will come soon. What you say about the social media generation is absolutely right though -- I was really surprised when you brought up the comparison of new rides from 2000-2004 to 2020-2024. I had never thought of it that way. Good work on the video!
@ChuckE.CheesesIllinois
6 ай бұрын
I kinda disagree, Magic Kingdom doesn't feel worth it anymore imo both in prices and what they offer. I'm still pissed off about Tiana replacing Splash Mountain, but i think in general the park feels stale and not worth the price, and now that Universal is opening epic universe i think I'd rather go there than Disney
@gd19881995
6 ай бұрын
I will probably only ride the new splash mountain once, like when they ruined maelstrom.
@ToshisGarden
6 ай бұрын
These are large reasons why I'd rather go to Tokyo Disneyland. Generally the same price for both tickets and traveling to get there, they still have Splash and refuse to get rid of it (and in fact even upgraded it recently), and Disney will have to split my money evenly with the Oriental Land Company, lol.
@tbgtabias
6 ай бұрын
none of the parks are worth the price maybe debatably Epcot
@TVTIME-be8ze
6 ай бұрын
I just went to both Magic Kingdom and EPCOT. Yes, the prices were a little bit expensive but I wasn’t complaining. I actually enjoyed my time there and enjoyed the food.
@pitalovr
3 ай бұрын
Is disney getting worse? Well, yes, but actually yes
@smith9808
6 ай бұрын
The issue is, is people still go. The prices are clearly not putting enough people off to notice a drop in attendance. Sure, the old fans might be pissed off with the changes (like me) but new people are non the wiser. They don’t remember the days of free fast pass. Decent room rates. Free airport transfers. I went in May 2023 snd it was busier than 2018 and the same trip cost me almost 40% more because there was no free dining. I stayed at 2 bedroom villa in Saratoga springs for 14 days and it was £6000 with FREE FOOD in 2018! The exact same room now is nearly 10,000 with no free food. The crazy thing is, there’s no rooms left which means people are still paying it. Crazy!
@hothotheat3000
6 ай бұрын
Universal is getting better and better. It’s much easier to go. You can show up and just use the app to check wait times. You don’t need a battle strategy to get on a damn ride. Crowds aren’t insane as long as you’re not going during summertime. Tickets aren’t as expensive as Disney. Once Epic Universe opens, forget about it.
@Foxyman18
6 ай бұрын
And the express pass is simpler than genie+. While it's pricy for the unlimited, you get every ride at any time as many times as possible. If you stay at a top resort you get it free with the room. And I think annual pass after a certain time of day can use their ticket either once per ride or as many times as possible.
@icaliver
4 ай бұрын
Disney’s main weakness is over expanding to quickly without thinking of maintaining its quality across countries to remain fresh. I believe they expect everyone who are diehard loyal to the brand to hop on whatever means of travel and visit Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai or Paris. They should’ve just remained an American entertainment industry. Universal barely over reach outside the United States, as Disney did.
@dean._.0.0
4 ай бұрын
Looks like another dark age for Disney, but will they make it out of this one?
@MK_1Ultra
6 ай бұрын
Let's first talk about "The Rising Crowds" if Disney parks qualities are so low, why are the crowds SO high?? I remember going as a kid and being an AP holder as adult the crowds were never that bad, busy but never overwhelming....but Let's be real, AFTER the social media boom of 2015 and Pandemic, EVERYONE acts like they've never been to a Disney Park and HAVE TO GO just to post to social media.
@jenniferburchill3658
3 ай бұрын
I have no desire to ever return to Walt Disney World in Florida. It's been ruined.
@ishyk10
6 ай бұрын
Babe wake up, the GOAT just posted again
@Brandon-qd2lb
6 ай бұрын
The lines would move just fine without the fastpass. Go to sea world and fun spot then if you don’t want to pay the premier experience… they’ll treat you like royalty there lmao!
@cg6711
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. It’s great to see a theme park KZitemr for once call out the bad things about Disney theme parks right now, while also not sliding into total doomsday speak, recognizing the good attractions that have opened in recent years/the perks that Disney is at least slightly bringing back. I hate the extremes of “we can only talk positively about Disney” vs. the “everything sucks about Disney” that just keep being repeated again and again by Disney KZitemrs. I appreciate this more nuanced take on things, while also acknowledging that things like pricing, nickel and diming, crowding, etc. ARE bad. Very true about Disney cycles. Here’s to hoping they can swing upwards from this spiral- but agree, it’s not nearly as bad as some people will make it out to be (especially those with their own agenda, almost political at times).
@Aaron_R
4 ай бұрын
My problem with WDW is they need newer movies that relate better with children and rides related to those movies. Peter Pan, Ariel, and Winnie the Pooh are old.
@bryanpeace9535
Ай бұрын
As someone who only went for my first time in 2022, I can't speak to the different things that were free and included back then. What I can speak to is the sheer joy and excitement I get when I am at Walt Disney World. It is the only place where I feel like I am myself. When I went on my first trip for my thirtieth birthday in 2022, my Mom said my whole personality changed while we were there. For that, there is no price I would not pay. As long as I can afford it, and I continue to get that feeling, I will continue to go.
@zjweele13
6 ай бұрын
I always laugh at the people who at the same time complain Disney is too expensive and too crowded
@PoiosAftos
5 ай бұрын
Saying that people are just getting tired of new attractions too quickly, is just wrong. If the attraction is good, people won't get tired of it. I don't see anyone getting tired of Big Thunder, Space Mountain, Haunted Mansion, etc etc. The fact is, most of the new attractions are just mediocre. That's what happens when Disney Imagineering is devalued and everything needs to be linked to an IP.
@chillabrew_glycolinstall
6 ай бұрын
Disney doesn't want you to leave satisfied anymore. They want you to only be able to go on 3 rides and hope that you're willing and gullible enough to come back to do it again.
@JosephDickersonUX
6 ай бұрын
There are a lot of comments online that the reason why wait times have increased is because Disney has cut cast members time and reduced head count for many rides, in order to save money and maximize profits... And increase the used of Genie +. I can believe that, which is in part why I am never returning to WDW again.
@kuhnology8803
6 ай бұрын
Me and seven of my adult family members believe the costs are way to high, raping money from guests at every turn. The quality is poor, broken and breaking rides, electronic systems breaking down, broken and dirty restrooms, poor food, some actually uneatable, and over priced, reservation systems slow or impossible to maneuver, workers treating guest poorly, security untrained and bullying guests, transportation, missing, slow and overloaded when busy. After spending time at guest relations almost daily to get refunds or problems addressed I never feel fixed. If you have not been taken and treated badly enough try a plaid experience, it might have just been we got the worst plaid and tours, but I would never pay for that again. VIP at universal is real, plaid at Disney is a high priced joke. We used to go to the parks multiple times a year in Florida and California, we had yearly passes! Disney is frozen out now for years and unless something major changes, we will spread our funds in others.
@DarMar106
6 ай бұрын
Going to be very interesting what if anything is announced at D23 Expo this year
@GeorgesSpace
6 ай бұрын
I think D23 is going to be super important for Disney this year, and I'm really hopeful that they do have some impressive stuff to offer.
@aquila4228
6 ай бұрын
Disney is opening new attractions, they are repurposing old ones (that were honestly better before)
@chrisrschwartz
Ай бұрын
I live within 1.5 hours of Disney and avoid it like the plague. Crowded, expensive, and stressful with the app and having to constantly plan everything. The constant cash grabbing really takes the fun out of it.
@kacklina
6 ай бұрын
As a recent casual visitor in Disney Tokyo...In fact, it bothered me a lot how inaccessible the best rides were just after a few hours in the morning, I couldn't really get into the attractions I was interested in like the one of Beauty and the Beast, or the haunted Mansion, the parades were phenomenal, but I entered very few interesting rides...like two. I hate that even to see the mascots you have to reserve a space, which sells out quickly, everything is simply more exclusive and complicated than when I went to Disney before ,more than a decade ago. It was very disappointed. And really made me feel as the magic of the place has gone. I would also recommend that if you want to go to Disney in Japan, go to Disney Tokyo, Disney Sea is like an Epcot only imitating Europe, the rides are cool but super short, and there are very few. There are no signs or anything like that to know where the lines go. And the parade, if you can call it that, consisted of about 6 mascots on a single boat appearing for about 5 minutes only.
@tulinfirenze1990
6 ай бұрын
They're not mascots, they're characters. And your description of Tokyo DisneySEA being like Europe is completely false.
@slob5041
6 ай бұрын
Iger’s bluesky nonsense is the best part.
@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536
3 ай бұрын
Some of the best parks in Europe costs between 45 and 75 euro. These are the expensive parks. Top of the top. Some much better than Disney
@PartanBree
Ай бұрын
People making decisions at these big companies need a reality check about how little money people have right now, some of these enterprises are driving awfully close to a cliff where too many people just decide they can't afford it any more.
@BrewCityGillz
6 ай бұрын
🏰💫 Appreciate this fair look at both the good and bad with the current state of Disney. If you look at the Disney company as a whole (theme parks, movies, TV, everything under their umbrella) the theme parks are largely the one thing that are making the company money. As much as has been taken away in recent years attendance at the parks remains high. However the highest level of Disney management is not putting as much money into the parks. If they would do that I feel Disney could easily be as innovative as ever in regards to the parks. The will just hasn’t been there in recent years at the highest levels of the company.
@GeorgesSpace
6 ай бұрын
Yeah absolutely. A big problem Disney is having right now is that the parks are being used to prop up the rest of the company, so what should be reinvested back into them is instead being diverted to other areas.
@Leahi84
6 ай бұрын
I'm just not interested in going to Disney world anymore. I'm just way more excited about Universal's parks. Disney has become boring and ridiculously over priced.
@ThePrincessandtheDad
6 ай бұрын
Oh baby I can’t wait for epic universe !!
@ryans413
3 ай бұрын
Holy crap do people really stand in line for an hour just go on a ride. You spend most of your time in the park just standing in a line.
@AstroAvenger
5 ай бұрын
People don't seem to care, they keep paying and keep going.
@Go_away__
3 ай бұрын
It's $6000 for a family of 4 to fly out to Disney World for a 5 day vacation. That's an unreasonable amount of money for a place that provides almost no value other than immediate and fleeting satisfaction. The last time I took my family, I realized that no one was really having fun. Maybe they were for moments at a time, but not really. It was mostly just moving from one disappointment to another while being sold over-priced garbage in-between. It's not bad faith criticism to say that Disney is a monstrous company ran by out of touch billion/millionaires.
@mikeywebb9598
6 ай бұрын
Your videos are so nuanced! Love hearing your thoughts and opinions!
@achannell362
6 ай бұрын
Our last trip to Disney World was amazing. We always stay off-property on a neighboring golf course, which saves a ton on cost. I understand Genie+ isn't ideal for annual pass holders, but for folks who only take one Disney trip every year or two, Genie+ turned me into a theme park superhero. It was the most efficient trip in terms of being able to do everything we wanted that I've taken there since we had paper fast passes. I'd prefer that Disney would've copied Universal's Express Pass (high cost, less people buying, normalizes the standby queue), but Genie+ is a huge improvement over FastPass+, which was totally broken.
@jovishark
6 ай бұрын
i love this video so much. you bring up every point that ive been dying to hear about! thank you for bringing up the bad-faith crit, its extremely important to move away from "dead on arrival" people and toward the criticism that looks at actually built and operational rides and attractions. this goes really well with brightsunfilms' video on his personal vacations to disney cost analyses. extremely good watch!
@jakevader93
6 ай бұрын
Crowds are awful and way too expensive
@trey8823
6 ай бұрын
I GOT IT! I GOT IT!!! Outside of the temple is a Paleontology site with dino bones. In the temple is an amulet that reanimates dead things. Indy tries to stop the bad guy but he uses the amulet to reanimated some Carnotaurus bones. The effect can be the same as the skeleton man turning in to a pirate on Pirates in Tokyo or Shanghai (one of them). The Carnatotaurus can chase you then goes back to bones at the end when Indy gets the amulet. That would be dope!!!
@Billblom
6 ай бұрын
Disney decided to destroy Splash Mountain.. Based on surveys, it was the #1 ride across the world. Tiana has that located in a Swamp. Now, how many swamps have a mountain in the middle? The large number of animated characters is down from somewhere around 50 to 15 or 16. They are milking Disney World and Disney Land to improve the Chinese parks for some reason. They take in tons of money in Florida.. but are doing virtually no real improvements.. A new and 'refurbished" bit of Epcot lost its lighting shortly after it opened. To Celebrate the trip fall hazard, they fired the president of the Imagineers....
@ChienaAvtzon
21 күн бұрын
Louisiana is flat, and New Orleans is below sea level.
@chrisquinlan9209
4 ай бұрын
not including parking fee to get in to all of Disney parks but i feel this would be easier not include parking , paying to get in .
@themaxcollective
6 ай бұрын
LORD I hope they take the pink and gold off of Cinderella's Castle soon
@TheQCR
6 ай бұрын
The problem is that you can't have it both ways: you can't say it's overpriced and overcrowded. You have to pick one... If it's overcrowded, then it's actually UNDERPRICED. No matter how much we don't like it. I think that price is not the problem. The main issue is that the current system constantly reminds you that Disney isn't in it to "create memories", but rather they're trying to extract every penny out of you (genie+, lightning lanes, etc). I'd much prefer a higher upfront price and you forget about it and can actually have fun in the parks.
@Flyoff1234
6 ай бұрын
Good critique about the law of supply and demand. The only problem I have is that the parks are only overcrowded because of the lack of expansions and investments. But consumer perception is changing because this 4th of July was the lowest attendance in like 20 years. Eventually Disney will have to spend money on the parks or the consumer will self correct it by not going.
@TheQCR
6 ай бұрын
@@Flyoff1234 Yes, more parks and expansions would be the best outcome. Still, that would also come FASTER if they stopped playing around and increased prices (more profit--> more incentive for investment). As for "self-correcting", I just don't see it... (look at the Disney propaganda-movies box-office fiasco, they're really good at forcing things in unprofitable directions). But I hope you're right and they self-correct!😄
@Dylanpro648
2 ай бұрын
In the 1980s and 1990s when I was a child/teenager I knew loads of people at school who would go, parents had normal working class jobs. Nowadays unless you save hard and then live the holiday on a budget it's out of reach, I don't know anyone who has been in the last ten years.
@angelal8829
4 ай бұрын
So many of these problems come down to the obsession with IP and the choice to destroy legacy attractions replace them with new rides that often have "more relevant" IP. This is a problem for a bunch of reasons. 1. It hurts the nostalgia factor of the park and means that older generations can't share beloved old rides with their kids 2. It often damages the consistency of parks robbing them of the vision of each park's theme* (for ex. replacing Maelstrom with a Frozen ride that belongs in Fantasyland and messing generally with EPCOT's nonfiction vision) 3. It makes the park feel dated much faster. If you replace everything with IP relevant specifically to the moment it ages a lot faster than if you have a bunch of rides from a variety of decades all existing together. 4. It worsens crowds by failing to increase park capacity. Disney World in particular has a ton of space and should be building to meet increased crowds. Instead they keep replacing attractions and often reducing capacity in the process. A ton of the crowding isn't Disney's increased popularity (although that's obviously a factor) it's the fact that Disney doesn't seem to care about capacity and refuses to build the kind of crowd building attractions that ensure people have something to do once they've spent $180 to get into your park. I honestly wouldn't consider a lot of the "new" attractions new, because gutting an old ride isn't the same thing as building something new, esp. from a crowd control perspective. *Particularly damaging IMO bc Disney has historically done a much better job of making parks feel like unique projects rather than the mash of IP across parks at Universal (which tbh they are better at anyway)
@southseapirate1
Ай бұрын
Eisner also gave us new rides and whole new parks for our money. Everyone else gave us a worse experience and charged us more for it. Remember kids, a retheme is NOT a new ride.
@cyberwolf2602
3 ай бұрын
I'd rather wait in queue in a cosplay convention or tattoo expo than go to Disneyland Now it's ruined for me to go so Disneyland is off my list
@006alecos
6 ай бұрын
And here in Germany people constantly complain about the "horrendously high" ticket price for Europapark (≈60€). A park with 100+ attractions. I always think they should try a day at Disney 😂😂
@Becauseimme
4 ай бұрын
Drake didn’t take Kendrick seriously and look at what happened.
@PeeperSnail
2 ай бұрын
The enshittification of so many aspects of Disney is so sad. Such a legendary brand brought down by executive and shareholder greed. The main animation studio is not given enough budget nor time for movie development, the iconic experience of the parks brought down and paywalled, among other things. Not even the 100th anniversary of Disney as a whole eased this up! It was so goddamn underwhelming! How can you be an executive or a shareholder of Disney and not feel so goddamn ASHAMED that you deliberately ruined a once-in-a-lifetime historical milestone?!
@michaelhoffmann2891
3 ай бұрын
I nearly choked when I saw the prices now (it's been 20 years, as of writing this, since I've last been to a park). Told my wife and she thought I'd mis-read or mis-spoken unti I showed her. The inflation adjusted table says it all. Corporate greed and "ensh*tification*. Though it's interesting that the worst jump predates even Eisner! That all said: the crowds are still there, so people have and are willing to spend the money. Why wouldn't a corporation take advantage?
@reebeeable
6 ай бұрын
Too complicated. Too expensive. Cheaper even with airfare to go to Europe.
@MCat360
6 ай бұрын
Don’t defend Disney. They’ve taken away so many perks and have raised the prices to the point where the average family, those who frequent their parks, can no longer afford to go. Taking away Splash Mountain, the most popular attraction in the world and my personal favorite, was the final nail in the coffin for me, and I’ll never go back.
@AshAshBaby
4 ай бұрын
The problem (one of the problems) is that it's becoming so prohibitively expensive that it limits guests to only people with a high amount of disposable income. I come from a working/lower middle class a family of four that managed to afford two Disney trips while my brother and I were kids- in 1999 and 2009. They were pricey and my parents had to save a lot for them, but we managed it. Nowadays? It wouldn't be possible at all. I certainly don’t see myself ever bothering to shell out the kind of cash needed for a Disney trip, and I have a higher earning potential than my parents ever did. It's just not worth it.
@MikeLikesChannel
4 ай бұрын
People just finance the tickets now… more debt.
@Snapdragon0112
3 ай бұрын
I don’t want to take an amusement park vacation and have to study almost a year in advance to be able to enjoy myself. I took my Disney adult cousin to six flags and he was blown away by the lack of wait times and how cheap everything was. That is not a good sign for Disney.
@Snapdragon0112
3 ай бұрын
@@happyhauntzz There is a difference between planning and having to study changes to fast passes with Genie+ and constant alterations to perks and services. The fact that there is an entire media industry dedicated to tips and tricks for fast passes alone is crazy and means if you aren’t in the know or not good with tech you are gonna have a bad time. This isn’t a case of planning for a hotel or for when it is best to go. This is a system that has become so over encumbered with complication for the purpose of draining more money from people that you need to consult multiple guides and experts if you want to have fun.
@philrabe910
5 ай бұрын
In Animal Kingdom news vis a vis all the blue sky renders around Indiana Jones/Canto area, WDW is building a very large backstage construction management area with numerous buildings and parking areas. There are several large expansion plots around AK. And in the MK, the rumored land(s) beyond Big Thunder that would wrap completely around the rivers of America to meet up in the pet cemetary area of the Haunted Mansion. This would be a Very large expansion loop with lots to do including at least two E tickets.
@JakeVegas-d4o
5 ай бұрын
I’ve been going to Disney since I was 7. Been there 20 times. I feel like it peaked mid 2010s. I miss the old Epcot especially
@BostonChattanooga
3 ай бұрын
I feel the govt will have to step in on these “surge prices” that loads of companies are taking advantage of
@adam_p99
2 ай бұрын
They charge for a service which is given at the expense of other guests. I have to wait longer in line because there’s people cutting in line by paying Disney to do so. It’s not right and it’s not fair.
@jenb.6733
5 ай бұрын
Went recently for first time in years and had a really wonderful time. Still felt magical but definitely very pricy
@chrisose
Ай бұрын
Disney has been "getting worse" for more than 3 decades.
@wispisang
5 ай бұрын
This was a good video, I’ve had the exact same thoughts in terms of the fact that Disney has had periods debatably worse than this in the past, and while it COULD be downhill from here and they might never recover, that isn’t a guarantee. I’ve taken everything this company has said as of recent with a grain of salt and honestly I have lost a lot of faith in them, but I’m not gonna sit here and say that it ALL bad. Ridiculously greedy and misguided at times, but you can only be successful while making make bad decisions for so long. Someone’s gonna force a change, which is why I can’t say they’re doomed. They need to step up their game, but this isn’t a hopeless situation. Seeing the animatronics for Tiana’s Bayou adventure has got me a little excited, they look really neat, and Cosmic Rewind, while the theming and story behind it is lackluster, still manages to be one of my new favorite rollercoasters.
@chrisquinlan9209
4 ай бұрын
here is my plain to operating the Disney is that i'll bring back everything that use to be back all in good condition that will be correcting in operating in the right position in to the business that will keep all of the disney world parks open all the time .
@bewarebewear1507
6 ай бұрын
For me my issue is how their replacing splash, it just feel so disengenuise replacing both splash mountains and it really bothered me and my family. Sorry if it sounds petty but we really loved splash. Like this move to replace it with Tiana really just made going to the disney parks not worth it anymore, because that was one of the main reasons my family would go it was our favorite ride especially being able to ride splash over and over during fireworks, and with the price hike and all these add ons we are just not gonna go anymore. Like at this point my family is just saving to go to Tokyo instead since it still has a splash mountain, why pay so much for a park affected with genie+ when we could just go to tokyo disneyland
@Croz89
6 ай бұрын
I think most people who visited the parks had no idea Splash Mountain had any connection to Song of the South (mostly because very few had watched the film), I thought it was an original park creation like Pirates of the Caribbean (was!). So it developed a following as just a ride, and when people thought of Br'er fox/bear/rabbit, they didn't think of Song of the South (or even the African American oral traditions they came from originally), they thought of Splash Mountain. It was just right after George Floyd, Disney, like a lot of corporations, got into a bit of a panic and wanted to rid themselves of anything that could be connected to something that was racially problematic, so Splash Mountain got put in the crosshairs. And now it's too late to reverse course.
@bewarebewear1507
6 ай бұрын
@@Croz89 I mean I knew it was from song of the south after researching it when I was younger since it did look like it was from a disney movie, but I just seperated the film from the ride since aside from the brers everything from the ride is wildly different and to me felt like its own thing, thats how I took the ride atleast since none of the characters from the ride aside from the brers were in the film. Idk like to me atleast it just feels ridiculous to replace, even tho I know its too late to reverse this course :/
@TVTIME-be8ze
6 ай бұрын
I rode splash Mountain before and I liked it. I don’t know why I’m not to pressed about them turning it into Tiana’s Bayou adventure. Because they said that it’s still going to have the water and the drops as splash mountain did.
@bewarebewear1507
6 ай бұрын
@@TVTIME-be8ze the point for me was the animatronics, music, and scenery thats changing as a whole, I dont care about the track. To me it was my favorite ride because of how wonderful the scenes and backround were.
@Croz89
6 ай бұрын
@@bewarebewear1507 That's a fair argument, take away the theming and it's a pretty mid tier log flume.
@JoeChioda
2 ай бұрын
Florida resident here. Just got back home from 3 day trip. Spent $1,892 total for two nights at Pop Century Resort and 3 day passes to the parks and this includes food and drinks. We decided to save one of the park days for a later date. It is very expensive to go for that short amount of time.
@FrugalFamilyFliesAgain
6 ай бұрын
For me it's the lack of cleanliness at Disney. 😢
@marvinhensbergen1515
3 ай бұрын
In the Netherlands, we have the Efteling, very short wait times, high quality, very close to Disney, on some points even better, and only at $50,-. Waiting one hour for a ride seems criminal to me, your not paying to wait, so they should limit the max amount of visitors to keep the avarage wait time at 10min. If you want to earn more, you simply need to build more rides.
@HollyLyne
5 ай бұрын
We last went in 2018. We had a trip booked for March 2020, needless to say, that didn't happen. We haven't been able to afford to go since and it looks more and more likely that next time we do have thousands of pounds to spend on a holiday, we'll go somewhere else. Our kids are older, so Disney holds less appeal and with all the changes, it just doesn't come off as a good value option - even with the return of the the free dining plan option for British guests. I'd be far more tempted to do 5 nights at Universal and then drive down to the Keys or Miami for a beach holiday in the second week over there.
@robertbarga3694
3 ай бұрын
I still like Disney World, but the end of free Airport transportation, Fast Pass, Extra Magic Hours, etc. really takes away some of the perks that really made Disney World appealing. On my last trip to Orlando-I spent most of my time at Universal (stayed there too) and only did two days at Disney. It was a great trip.
@therealventures
6 ай бұрын
They announced "free" water park tickets because of the increase in park tickets! 😂
@darrellshortt9330
6 ай бұрын
When it comes to dollars spent on entertainment it is all about perceived "value". Disney was already pushing the limit of perceived value prior to COVID but fell off the edge afterwards. We used to pay for the Premium APs so that we could get a notion and go to the parks or waterparks whenever we wanted - especially Christmas week. When APs started having to schedule visits we gave up. Now we couldn't afford it if we wanted to. Disney is consistently showing that it is only the bottom line that they are interested in. They could care less about the locals that kept them afloat all these years in favor of people willing to drop $10,000+ on a once-in-a-lifetime week. Disney has also not only cut back on free value add-ons but has shortened hours, cut back on staff, and forced crowds into longer wait times. All of this adds up to frustrated visitors and staff leading to all of the incidents that have been occurring since COVID.
@gabbdrg
28 күн бұрын
I visited Disney last September and prior to that I had not been to the Disney Parks over 20 years ago. I was able to visit the parks because my wife and I have a friend who works for Disney and was able to get us in for free. If I had to pay for the parks I would have been beyond disappointed and honestly I was underwhelmed by the overall experience of the parks. Disney takes to many short cuts and does not want to spend the money to make a great attraction or ride. I was super excited to see Galaxy's Edge and ride the Star Wars rides. Age of the Resistance was a good ride and Smugglers Run was fun, but honestly I was underwhelmed with the whole land. I felt too small and it was missing the extra things to make it feel like I was in the Star Wars Universe. I agree with some of your points about Disney has been here before but the reality is they keep winding up in the same place because they are to cheap and afraid to make something new and inventive. Instead they rely on current movies and trends, that will probably not age well with time. The Golden years of Disney are gone and even though people still will go because it is the "Most Magical Place In the World", more and more people realize the amount of money to spend on a trip is not worth the value. Also, the ridiculous que system and ride reservation system is not the most practical solution, it's a mess. Even though Universal has had it's ups and downs, for the most part they have invested the money into their parks. The Harry Potter Daigon Alley is way more impressive than Galaxy's Edge (and I am a Huge Star Wars Fan). Epic Universe will be the next generation of theme park that will set a new standard for theme parks. The amount of money, investment and new ride concepts is impressive. Disney was aware of Epic Universe and not until the recent D24, did they reveal concepts for upcoming attraction. The problem is that Disney has a long history of showing amazing concepts that never make it past the initial drawing phase. I would be surprised and shocked to see if they actually build the Villains land and if they do, how much are they willing to invest and spend on the land? I think Disney could bounce back, but until they start making smarter decisions, invest the money they are overcharging to their guest into the the parks, then Disney is going to be left behind by their own doing. Consumers and the average theme park goes expect more than cheap overlays and low quality rides.
@KerliYN
Ай бұрын
The food is not edible for its price, lines take toooooo long, souvenirs are way expensive once you feel exploited.
@kevinandersonjrtv4405
3 ай бұрын
I would guess no. They plan on making a fifth Park.
@cendresaphoenix1974
3 ай бұрын
It's just playing catch up to epic universe
@victorsong8416
5 ай бұрын
Corporate greed ALWAYS ruins everything in the long run. Disney came up with a brilliant idea, but he wanted to GIVE. Give pleasure, enjoyment, a good time, wholesome entertainment and incidentally make some money, but that was not the primary objective. He was spectacularly successful. Then after his death, the vultures took over - slowly. They were, and are, not interested to GIVE ANYTHING. They just want to take. Take and take money, lots of it, and ever more and more. We're seeing the usual(!) ending already, when unbridled greed takes over after the original creator is gone. Disney is dying slowly - the signs are already there - the theme parks, the film-making are in trouble. Curious how long the cruise business will last, albeit even that has some early cracks...
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