I think the folks at Disney have other things to focus on rather than what a handful of people on a message board have to say. Not to minimize opinions, but if I was still part of corporate America and was employed by Disney I would be much more concerned with feedback from stockholders- as their investments would be helping to pay my salary, and newsgroup comments do not help pay the mortgage.
Again- Disney owes us nothing. They don't care about a few days worth of news coverage regarding a price increase- especially since more increases are probably coming very soon and they probably already have the press releases ready when the next batch are announced. They are much more concerned with the bottom line than they are the furor surrounding this and that and the other thing that has, quite frankly, become very muddied and is all over the place in this thread. It started with prices, then went to food, then to customer service, then to hygiene- and the list goes on and on. Then as the thread lost it's focus all of these random concerns got grouped together and became about value- and how dare they raise prices and not give us something of equivalent value in return?
If it is really that bad- one has to wonder what some of those commenting on these various perceived 'shortcomings' regarding WDW are doing on a message board planning a vacation to a place they feel this negatively about. If Disney notices anything- what they are noticing is that people aren't going anywhere. There hasn't been a mass exodus from the newsgroups- and most people are not cancelling their vacations. They 'might' or 'probably' will do something at some point in the unspecified future- but most are still here on the boards, and logging onto their MDEs going about the business of planning their vacations. There is disgruntlement, but people aren't changing their vacation plans. That's what gets noticed. Disney has final quarter earnings to be concerned with and assuring stockholders continue to get a decent return on their investment, and could care less what we think about what amounts to a few bucks a day increase in daily admission price for those of us that have an AP. We can buy an AP- or not buy one. We can go to WDW- or opt not to. With any scenario of this type, nothing we say or do matters to the corporation because there will ALWAYS be hoards and hoards- and still more hoards- of people lined up right behind us to take our place. We don't have to like it, but we do have to accept it- as the alternative is to vacation elsewhere- and that isn't something my family would currently consider.
