Disney Execs Visit Universal Epic Universe: What Might That Mean?

[LAS2AMS]

I think it's astute management. Seeing what the completion is doing and how guests are reacting.

Eisner was photographed at Islands of Adventure not long after it opened.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2000/01/02/eisners-orlando-adventure-takes-him-out-of-his-world/

 

[Sparrow'sLady]

Well! If Epic can charge $300 for an EP that excludes 3 rides, it's time for Disney's PP to go up a bit.

I feel this visit was focused on "where can we raise prices and make more money".

 

[HopperFan]

Any industry you visit your competition. Big difference here is they are both TOO well known and would stand out like sore thumbs. No surprise at all they are checking it all out, biggest thing to happen in Orlando in a long time.

Disney is focused on expansion of existing parks now. Do I think they are looking in terms of a new park ~ absolutely not in short term. I think the only way a new park gets built is if Disney does the work and gets Marvel back fully from Universal .... as I could see a Marvel park being built as opposed to wedging it in to the other parks, though possible.

I hope they did look at some of the pros and def look at the cons ~ of which EPIC has many. Hope they consider these when building the new lands and for any future expansions.

 

[Mle8308]

This is very common. You want to check out the competition, see what they are doing, see if there are any "best practices" to "borrow". When I was an attractions manager at Disney we would often go visit the other theme parks in the area to see how they were operating, managing queues, check out cleanliness, how their employees interacted with guests. Lots of things to observe. If you don't do this on a fairly regular basis, you are not going to improve and be better. You need to know what the competition is doing. Universal management does the same thing. And if we had some fun while we were at it...