Longer stand by wait times... Day of? Good luck... While not impossible for some attractions, most of the popular attractions FP are "sold out" way in advance...
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We've never had any issues getting times we are happy with. Never had conflicts eitger, the system should recognize you have an ADR. You can go in and change times after securing attractions you want though
Well Staggs will be the next CEO so there's that.
Under Iger we have the Fantasyland expansion, Avatar Land is coming along with the new nighttime show at AK. plus we are getting a revamped Studios with a Starwars Land AND Toy Story Land. Not to mention the fix of California Adventure!
Attendance has never been higher and the Parks and Resorts have never been making more money.
Actually, you are getting Avatar, a knee jerk reaction by Iger to Universal's success with Potter... And only a brain dead moron wouldn't do anything with Star Wars... So doing a Star Wars expansion doesn't mean Iger gets it... it took him long enough... And only proves the man truly has no clue about how to run the theme parks... Fantasyland expansion, all style, absolutely no substance... Toy Story Playland?? Zzzzzzzzz
And as for attendance, well, thank JK Rowling, Harry Potter, and Universal for bringing more people to Orlando than ever before...
He had absolutely no choice approving DCA's fix cause the park was probably Disney's greatest failure... And you really need to thank John Lasseter for saving DCA not Iger... And Lasseter for saving Disney animation.... And Marvel and now Star Wars for saving Disney Studios... Which was dying under Iger...
And don't count on Staggs just yet...
This is true. Again, I have no evidence for this (other than my family), but I think that there is probably a correlation between those that like to repeat rides multiple times while at Disney and those that come back to WDW frequently. I am sure that there are those that don't feel they have to repeat rides a lot that come back every year, but the very nature of liking to repeat things and places you enjoy is inherently what must bring many back year to year. I do not know that first timers or even infrequent visitors (say once every 10 years) will really be affected much, as they do not know what it was like (or things have changed enough anyway) with the old system. However, it may influence their desire to come back soon - especially if they do not see the value given all the preplanning and costs.
Where I think they may start losing visitors is from the frequent visitor group that like to come back and ride their favorite attractions multiple times. I think it is too early to tell if FP+ is affecting this crowd, as FP+ has not been around long enough to start analyzing the effect on people who return every 1 or 2 years. I can speak from experience as this is the first winter in the last 13 years (that includes both really low and some really high crowd times) that we are not going. We may have been able to get a trip in over the holiday break, and with the old system, we would have made it work. However, with the new FP+ system we decided that the amount of planning involved, the cost, and most importantly, the reduced amount of things (rides) that we would be able to do was not worth the money and time. This is coming from a family that loves Disney World (DVC members, etc...). We may go this summer, but I have to say, our previous experiences with FP+ have really turned us off.
FP+ is not going to keep people away, at least a large amount of people to make any difference in the attendance numbers... Those regulars who stop becoming regulars due to FP+ won't be missed by Disney because for every 1 regular who stops going, they are replaced by 100 non-regulars, the once in a life timers... You know, the guests Disney wants.... Disney does not want regulars, cause in their mind, regulars do not spend money, or a lot of it... They believe once in a life timers spend the most... And maybe they are right... I consider myself a regular, and honestly, I spend as little as I can in WDW.... Most my money goes offsite, mainly for meals... Many great restaurants off property....
I remember times of riding Space Mountain 6-7 times a day by continuing to pick up new fast passes at the kiosks. I should of saved some of those little cards.
However, I like the new system. Obviously it has it's inconveniences but I've never had to wait up until 12am to get the most popular ride, but that could just be me. You can changes times up to the day of, literally walking around the park on your phone, so definitely try that.
And if anyone ever sees me at WDW that's probably what I am doing!
Have a good trip.
Why? Because it is a large influx of up front cash to their coffers... Plus it is also a recurring deposit to the bottom line with the maintenance fees... But once someone becomes a DVC member, then that person is looked at as a leech... While most businesses try to reward their most loyal customers, Disney really doesn't...
Trust me, Disney looks at regulars and won't mind if they never come back.... Because they will more than make up for the loss by tricking first timers into buying over prices junk merchandise because, well, you wouldn't be a good guest if you didn't... Regulars are more of a drain than an asset...
While the tone seems rather abrasive he is spot on with the discription. Check the phone for Fastpass times, check the phone for dining, check the phone for wait times, check the phone for photo pass pics. I go to Disney World to enjoy the sites and sounds....they are forcing me to be distracted from that. I hate FP + and MDE.
This very well be the case, but I would be interested in the actual numbers. Maybe someone knows where to find them. I have seen that MK attendance was about 19 million in 2014. I am guessing that counts each day someone goes, so if I go 2 or 3 days during my vacation, I am contributing 2 or 3 times to that total. I would like to see how many different people went to DW. I would then like to see the breakdown of how many are repeat and how many new. I mean, in terms of Americans, there are 319 million. To simplify things, It would be cool to take how many Americans vacationed there and relate it to the total population to see if they really could survive on new American visitors. Regardless, I do agree that Disney does not seem as concerned about repeat visitors anymore.
I read his post and was like "yep." I actually thought the exact same thing and would have posted it in probably almost the exact same wording. He is just a straight shooter which I personally prefer but I don't know, these days some people need everything sugar coated and delivered like a politician through rose colored glasses.
I agree with DisneyFreak2002 though, walking around the park with your face in your phone instead of taking in the sites isn't much fun. We found ourselves doing it quite a bit on our last trip trying to get better fastpass times and looking at a couple of restaurants. I finally got irritated and stuck my phone in my pocket and left it there and made the best of it.
It won't. The suits have already confirmed that Disneyland will NOT get MDE or FP+. They are to get a different version of FP+, which will use the app as an OPTION but they will not remove the old paper FP machines. And guests will not be able to reserve FP in advance; they must be physically in the park at the time (based on app location services being turned on.)
They aren't... Told you all that when this mess first hit WDW that Disneyland management is smarter than the monkeys in WDW... Said before, bands only.. MAYBE... FP+? Nope.. MDE?? Nope... Like Nat said, they won't be getting the disaster that is FP+ as it currently stands in WDW...
Sad thing is, this is society as a whole today.. People walking around everywhere, face down in their phone... That's why I don't feel bad for these idiots who fall into holes, walk into poles, or get run over by cars...
And WDW has now catered to this crowd... It is sad really...