Magical Express to end in 2022

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ford91exploder said:
with the bobs it’s usually money
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This is the real world. Money comes into play. Just because a project is being done at WDW doesn't mean it is exempt from real world constraints. WDW isn't an actual "fantasy land". And many times the Imagnineers design the attraction and theme, but then when it is being implemented the practicality and theming changes. Then they roll with it and make adjustments. That's life. And from what I have heard, the new projects such as Galaxy's Edge are getting rave reviews. Despite not having the "roaming droids" and other things you mentioned. And from what I understood about the roaming droids, they were going to be very complex. How do we know there wasn't technical issues that caused their absence? Again, this is the real world. There is no magic wand to wave over things to make them work.
 
DVCSunDevil said:
This is the real world. Money comes into play. Just because a project is being done at WDW doesn't mean it is exempt from real world constraints. WDW isn't an actual "fantasy land". And many times the Imagnineers design the attraction and theme, but then when it is being implemented the practicality and theming changes. Then they roll with it and make adjustments. That's life. And from what I have heard, the new projects such as Galaxy's Edge are getting rave reviews. Despite not having the "roaming droids" and other things you mentioned. And from what I understood about the roaming droids, they were going to be very complex. How do we know there wasn't technical issues that caused their absence? Again, this is the real world. There is no magic wand to wave over things to make them work.
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Of course money comes into play only a fool would think otherwise, That said why build an attraction which is built around streetmosphere and then strip the streetmosphere from the attraction leading to an attraction which looks like a bombed out village in any war zone you care to mention. The cuts were made to maximize the operating profit at the expense of the customer experience.

Yet in Tokyo one of the most expensive cites in the world, A Disney park can be constructed and operated profitably with a lower admission cost than any US based park. As for the locations one is built in the midst of a malarial swamp, The other is in the 'hood. But Oriental Land Company is not in thrall to Wall St analysts.
 


ford91exploder said:
Of course money comes into play only a fool would think otherwise, That said why build an attraction which is built around streetmosphere and then strip the streetmosphere from the attraction leading to an attraction which looks like a bombed out village in any war zone you care to mention. The cuts were made to maximize the operating profit at the expense of the customer experience.

Yet in Tokyo one of the most expensive cites in the world, A Disney park can be constructed and operated profitably with a lower admission cost than any US based park. As for the locations one is built in the midst of a malarial swamp, The other is in the 'hood. But Oriental Land Company is not in thrall to Wall St analysts.
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It’s a bit off topic for this thread but you keep saying there’s no street performers in GE and that it looks bombed out. There were characters walking around and interacting with guests prior to the shutdown. There isn’t now because there can’t be. I was there quite a bit from the time it opened and was regularly accosted by stormtroopers or having interactions with Rey. But you’ve never been there so you wouldn’t know that.
 
skeeter31 said:
It’s a bit off topic for this thread but you keep saying there’s no street performers in GE and that it looks bombed out. There were characters walking around and interacting with guests prior to the shutdown. There isn’t now because there can’t be. I was there quite a bit from the time it opened and was regularly accosted by stormtroopers or having interactions with Rey. But you’ve never been there so you wouldn’t know that.
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Thank you for confirming that. I heard the same thing, but I haven't seen for myself.
 
skeeter31 said:
It’s a bit off topic for this thread but you keep saying there’s no street performers in GE and that it looks bombed out. There were characters walking around and interacting with guests prior to the shutdown. There isn’t now because there can’t be. I was there quite a bit from the time it opened and was regularly accosted by stormtroopers or having interactions with Rey. But you’ve never been there so you wouldn’t know that.
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Yep.

I am very indifferent towards Star Wars but I’ve got a good 10 minutes of footage on my phone from our last trip of Stormtroopers, Rey, and Chewie just doin’ their thang all over Galaxy’s Edge. It’s not like they were even there to pose for pictures and whatnot, I’m pretty sure Chewie was tinkering on one of those ship things near the front. Loved how it felt so much more authentic than the permanent character meet and greets.

I was impressed and like I said I’m not a Star Wars fan and also the only attraction open was MFSR which is, I’m sorry, not impressive lol.
 


skeeter31 said:
It’s a bit off topic for this thread but you keep saying there’s no street performers in GE and that it looks bombed out. There were characters walking around and interacting with guests prior to the shutdown. There isn’t now because there can’t be. I was there quite a bit from the time it opened and was regularly accosted by stormtroopers or having interactions with Rey. But you’ve never been there so you wouldn’t know that.
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I just came back adn they were there just distanced like everything else. The area with the tie intercepted had stormstoopers on it several time. I saw Rey and Chewie up on top of the metal structure near there. They are not in the streets but they are still getting som characters out there.
 
NateNLogansDad said:
Nothing's gonna change, people will still go, attendance will still be high, Disney stock value will climb.

It sucks, and it's going to keep me from going as much especially for a spur-of-the-moment trip but I'm not the whale Disney wants on property anyway.
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No truer words have ever been spoken! Until people protest with their pocketbooks, Disney has no need to ever stop ripping us new ones. I am now after 30 years of visiting the parks, an AP holder for Universal with Disney as the occasional side visit every couple of trips.
 
This sucks. It was a great way to start the vacation by getting you straight into the Disney bubble.

This might get Universal some more business tbh. The only reason we haven't been doing split trips is because the magical express always took us back to the airport.
 
leaf44 said:
Well this will price me out as I often travel solo due to being the only Disney fan among my family/friends, but I can't afford to pay for airport transportation/rent a car for one. So I guess if I don't get there in the next year I won't be going. Just so stupid.

They are making it less and less appealing to make the effort to go to Disney or stay on property. Also did they turn off comments on the article. I can't see a way to comment and there are only 2 comments so far.
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a $10 Uber trip priced you out? lol
 
MarBee said:
And for families who need space for everyone and their luggage, it’s more like $65 each way. Not to mention the inconvenience and waiting around for an UberXL to be available. And if you need car seats, forget it.
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The car seats is the big one, at least it was for us. Our kids are older now, but at the time it sure was nice to not worry about car seats.
 
jpeterson said:
The car seats is the big one, at least it was for us. Our kids are older now, but at the time it sure was nice to not worry about car seats.
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Same here. Just not having the hassle of putting them in and out of a car seat to travel anywhere made it seem like a vacation. It honestly was one of the factors that made us catch the “Disney bug”- a family vacation that wasn’t more work than being at home! Trying to coordinate rides that would fit 2 car seats, us, and all our luggage would have been such a hassle, maybe we wouldn’t have been “bit.” 🤷‍♀️
 
I'm very disappointed by this news. I loved getting off the plane and feeling like I was already in the bubble and coming to my room later in the evening and finding our bags dropped off and taken care of. That was a huge selling point for me. I just felt taken care of even when it came to departure knowing Disney would take care of my bags as I checked out and I could spend the day at Disney Springs and come back to a Magical Express home. I'm a huge WDW advocate, I've gotten so many people who had no interest in going to go and they became repeat visitors now. A lot of little things begin to add up and I hope for more positive news outside of new rides. I'm aware of the train system but what would that means Train -> Disney Springs -> Bus from DS to resort? It's not really much of a replacement in my opinion but if people were opting to do that I wonder how that'd impact DS if at all.

I also feel compelled to say, I do see a lot of sarcasm and behavior on this thread that I haven't seen on this board much before (I haven't been around much these last few months after the pandemic hit!) but let's be better than that. We all love the same thing and if people are upset by this for what may seem a trivial reason, that's OK I don't think Mickey's feelings are too hurt. This is a good community and tearing each other down is not the way.

I do think a positive and productive response would be to address the loss of benefits and put on pressure for potential replacements to the powers that be via different channels. There's nothing wrong with wanting to get the most of your dollar!
 
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MarBee said:
Same here. Just not having the hassle of putting them in and out of a car seat to travel anywhere made it seem like a vacation. It honestly was one of the factors that made us catch the “Disney bug”- a family vacation that wasn’t more work than being at home! Trying to coordinate rides that would fit 2 car seats, us, and all our luggage would have been such a hassle, maybe we wouldn’t have been “bit.” 🤷‍♀️
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Absolutely! We had a 3 year old and a 5 year old on our first family trip and it was the little touches like DME that made it such a vacation instead of a chore. Everywhere else we traveled we had to bring the big bulky car seats along and it was such a pain!
 
Count me in as one of those who are disappointed. It was so nice to check your luggage, get on the plane, then forget about it. We schedule an early morning flight so we can spend the whole day at the parks. Just get off the plane and make our way over to DME. Get dropped off, and head to the parks. Now there's a couple more steps before we can do that. I'm not angry, just disappointed. And there's the whole thing of the trip costing more money......
 
I just think it is kind of crazy that Disney is suggesting Uber is a replacement for ME. Maybe if this were a sandals where the customer base is all couples but this is a place where the majority of the customers are families..., with kids... that require car seats. No part of me feels like Uber will be a good method of transportation for our family with car seats and luggage. Ugh. This is such a downer in already depressing times.
 
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