Ninja Mom
Attention People of Earth, I come in Peace...
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- Apr 2, 2012
For those of you thinking that Disney is raising prices to alleviate overcrowding at the parks, ask yourself, why Disney is building more resort rooms (Star Wars Hotel, Reflections – A Disney Lakeside Lodge, Riviera resort)? If there was an actual overcrowding problem they would have to have more phased closures due to capacity constraints. Nope, not too crowded. Higher crowds mean more profit$ for Disney. These price increases are not to facilitate fewer people in the parks. That would work against Disney's interest.
Bob Iger has a perception problem on his hands when people complain about overcrowding at the parks. He has chosen to address these complaints by using them as a justification for price hikes. It's a complete misdirection because the functional way to correct overcrowding is to limit the number of people in the parks or increase facilities to handle the crowds. Most importantly is Disney's need to address the price gouging concerns, so they misdirect with the argument "Higher prices mean lower crowds" , hoping that you won't notice that that has not and will not work.
Wouldn't it be better if Disney chose to build and strengthen the brand by increasing the attractions and acreage at the parks instead of replacing existing attractions? Disney is far more invested in adding capacity at it's resorts than increasing capacity at its theme parks. That right there refutes the allegation that Disney is concerned about overcrowding at the parks. Watch what they are doing, don't listen to what they say.
As far as having to raise prices to "pay for all the construction" Disney has more than enough money to pay for all the construction and spend $71.3 billion to acquire 21st Century Fox. https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/DIS/disney/gross-profit
This is about price gouging pure and simple. Every time Disney executives need to hit their performance bonus clauses they jack up the cost of everything concerning a Disney vacation (Tickets, food, rooms etc). The mentality that has been expressed by leadership is 'we'll do it because we can'.... Charge more, offer less is the new Disney culture.
As far as boycotting Disney, that would punish the workers, who would be laid off or have their hours greatly reduced, so the answer doesn't lie there, especially since Disney doesn't care enough to pay their CM's a living wage. The CM's working at Disney are not a real concern to management. The profits are the only concern.
Company leadership is destroying the reputation and future of the Disney brand in the pursuit of mining it for profits and executive bonuses at any cost. Long time fans see and understand this. Disney is counting on the once in a lifetime visitors to not know better and to over pay for a Disney vacation experience.
To those of you who believe no one is entitled to a Disney vacation... you may be missing the point that those of us who love what the company once was do not wish to see the Disney vacation experience be cheapened into an all out cash grab. This is what is happening under current management.
The biggest shame is that Disney does not pay the majority of their Cast Members a living wage. Poorly paid Disney Employees sometime must rely on government assistance programs to make up the wage gap deficit experienced by working at Disney. So you have a company that is making huge profits, benefiting from a form of corporate welfare, whereby the government must subsidize it's workers.
It's sad for fans who love the company to witness what Disney is becoming. You may disagree with that sentiment but it doesn't account that more and more of us are seeing it very clearly.
~NM
Bob Iger has a perception problem on his hands when people complain about overcrowding at the parks. He has chosen to address these complaints by using them as a justification for price hikes. It's a complete misdirection because the functional way to correct overcrowding is to limit the number of people in the parks or increase facilities to handle the crowds. Most importantly is Disney's need to address the price gouging concerns, so they misdirect with the argument "Higher prices mean lower crowds" , hoping that you won't notice that that has not and will not work.
Wouldn't it be better if Disney chose to build and strengthen the brand by increasing the attractions and acreage at the parks instead of replacing existing attractions? Disney is far more invested in adding capacity at it's resorts than increasing capacity at its theme parks. That right there refutes the allegation that Disney is concerned about overcrowding at the parks. Watch what they are doing, don't listen to what they say.
As far as having to raise prices to "pay for all the construction" Disney has more than enough money to pay for all the construction and spend $71.3 billion to acquire 21st Century Fox. https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/DIS/disney/gross-profit
This is about price gouging pure and simple. Every time Disney executives need to hit their performance bonus clauses they jack up the cost of everything concerning a Disney vacation (Tickets, food, rooms etc). The mentality that has been expressed by leadership is 'we'll do it because we can'.... Charge more, offer less is the new Disney culture.
As far as boycotting Disney, that would punish the workers, who would be laid off or have their hours greatly reduced, so the answer doesn't lie there, especially since Disney doesn't care enough to pay their CM's a living wage. The CM's working at Disney are not a real concern to management. The profits are the only concern.
Company leadership is destroying the reputation and future of the Disney brand in the pursuit of mining it for profits and executive bonuses at any cost. Long time fans see and understand this. Disney is counting on the once in a lifetime visitors to not know better and to over pay for a Disney vacation experience.
To those of you who believe no one is entitled to a Disney vacation... you may be missing the point that those of us who love what the company once was do not wish to see the Disney vacation experience be cheapened into an all out cash grab. This is what is happening under current management.
The biggest shame is that Disney does not pay the majority of their Cast Members a living wage. Poorly paid Disney Employees sometime must rely on government assistance programs to make up the wage gap deficit experienced by working at Disney. So you have a company that is making huge profits, benefiting from a form of corporate welfare, whereby the government must subsidize it's workers.
It's sad for fans who love the company to witness what Disney is becoming. You may disagree with that sentiment but it doesn't account that more and more of us are seeing it very clearly.
~NM
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