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I dont have the historic knowledge of the parks change but I have been often in the last years as a friend of mine has employee passes. I found them to be excep

I dont have the historic knowledge of the parks change but I have been often in the last years as a friend of mine has employee passes. I found them to be exceptionally clean with friendly staff. Leagues ahead of other parks. By far the worst part of the experience was that it was too crowded. Raising prices or limiting annual pass holders would help solve this but I feel like that falls into the penny pinching category. Lower attendance cap would also help but would be surprised if they did that given it is capping your income.

judge2020 4y ago
Starting to charge for parking at the resorts, continuously increasing food prices, still requiring park reservations, and the virtual queue[0] are some of the biggest downsides of the past few years attributed to Chapek. 0: which was instated to prevent 4+ hour wait times for Rise of the Resistance
- fasthands9 4y ago
  It just seems like these complains have a "Its too crowded no one goes there anymore" vibe. I feel like maybe the nickel and diming is not worth it - but fundamentally it seems like they need to lower the daily attendance and probably the easiest way to do that will keeping income stable is to raise ticket prices.
InTheArena 4y ago
Gee, if only someone had an unbelievably massive amount of land in Florida, and Long Beach, with which to open a new gate. I mean other than universal
- fasthands9 4y ago
  I do think this is the best option. Disneyland is cramped but it appears they will be given land to expand soon. I think they are worried a third US park would eat into the brand - but have always been a bit surprised they haven't tried to do one in Texas. There is a lot of land there that is cheap and geographically could serve different audience.
  - InTheArena 4y ago
    You don't even need to do that. A gate can be in Anaheim or in Orlando (or both), It doesn't require a new location. Disney is already freeing up more space in Anaheim, and they still (aFAIK) have a huge interest in land around long beach (a bit more problematic). And they have huge tracts of land in Orlando.
    - fasthands9 4y ago
      Where are you seeing the Long Beach stuff? I know they once thought about opening Port Disney but as far as I can find that land was given up almost two decades ago. The Anaheim expansion is limited. They are pretty much just taking over the parking lot. The city council has made it very difficult (fair enough) to just expand onto property they already own so I imagine an expansion into land they acquire would be even more challenging

judge2020 4y ago

Starting to charge for parking at the resorts, continuously increasing food prices, still requiring park reservations, and the virtual queue[0] are some of the biggest downsides of the past few years attributed to Chapek. 0: which was instated to prevent 4+ hour wait times for Rise of the Resistance

fasthands9 4y ago
It just seems like these complains have a "Its too crowded no one goes there anymore" vibe. I feel like maybe the nickel and diming is not worth it - but fundamentally it seems like they need to lower the daily attendance and probably the easiest way to do that will keeping income stable is to raise ticket prices.

InTheArena 4y ago

Gee, if only someone had an unbelievably massive amount of land in Florida, and Long Beach, with which to open a new gate. I mean other than universal

fasthands9 4y ago
I do think this is the best option. Disneyland is cramped but it appears they will be given land to expand soon. I think they are worried a third US park would eat into the brand - but have always been a bit surprised they haven't tried to do one in Texas. There is a lot of land there that is cheap and geographically could serve different audience.
- InTheArena 4y ago
  You don't even need to do that. A gate can be in Anaheim or in Orlando (or both), It doesn't require a new location. Disney is already freeing up more space in Anaheim, and they still (aFAIK) have a huge interest in land around long beach (a bit more problematic). And they have huge tracts of land in Orlando.
  - fasthands9 4y ago
    Where are you seeing the Long Beach stuff? I know they once thought about opening Port Disney but as far as I can find that land was given up almost two decades ago. The Anaheim expansion is limited. They are pretty much just taking over the parking lot. The city council has made it very difficult (fair enough) to just expand onto property they already own so I imagine an expansion into land they acquire would be even more challenging