Disney World’s 5 financial disasters of 2019

[BabybetterDisney]

1. Galaxy’s Edge. The land is a fake copy of worn torn Iraq with no Star Wars in it. It is creepy to be there, like you just paid $$$ to be in a third world country. Smuggler’s Run is a worse copy of Star Tours, whereas RotR breaks down way too often and requires getting up at 5 a.m. and waiting 2 hours, and it costs too much to run. Galaxy’s Edge has not increased the attendance/cost ratio of DHS. (If the attendance increases but your cost increases even more, your overall profit is less.)

2. The Skyliner. It costs too much to run. The system is too complicated, with the Epcot route having a turn which increases both travel time and cost. Most importantly, it serves only value and moderate resorts. The monorail is paid for by the 3 deluxe resorts that are expensive enough to be able to afford it. I don’t believe the four value and moderate Skyliner hotels can afford such a thing. Businesses do this all the time. Things are going well, so they expand like the sky is the limit, overspend themselves into a disaster.

3. The Riviera Resort. A moderate resort with a fancy name and deluxe prices. It is built on the destroyed buildings of CBR’s gorgeous Aruba and Barbados. It has to make a lot of money to justify the destruction, and so far, it’s a just a gray, boring building that isn’t selling like hot cakes. If you stay there, you have to share the Skyliner with huge crowds from value hotels.

4. The NBA experience. This is the strongest proof that at times, even Disney doesn’t think at all. They simply believe that they are King Midas: everything they touch will automatically turn into gold. Disney Quest, the video game arcade, wasn’t doing well, so they would make it into a basketball court instead. Doesn’t basketball take a lot more space than video games to play and therefore can hold fewer people per square foot? Can’t anybody play basketball anywhere, like at the school gym, at the drive way, in a bedroom? Why would you pay $$$ to go to Disney World just to play basketball, even if it’s free? Shouldn’t you being going to Magic Kingdom every second you can? If they think Disney Quest was empty, they should see how empty the NBA experience is nowadays. To quote Pete Werner, “The NBA experience just opened, and nobody gives a damn.” He said that when it first opened. People care even less now, 5 months later, and Disney is already offering it as a freebie to the waterparks addon package.

5. The Star Wars Hotel. It is a hotel themed after Disney Star Wars, which means just like Galaxy’s Edge, it has no Star Wars in it. And it costs $3500+ per night for a family of four. I’m not joking. (It does include food, like a cruise ship.) I don’t believe there will be enough people with that kind of money to fill those rooms, especially if you consider Galaxy’s Edge’s attendance record.

 

[disneygirlsng]

Haven't been to the NBA experience, so won't comment on that, but your reasoning makes no sense to me (and obviously, nobody has experienced the Star Wars hotel). But couldn't possibly disagree more with everything else said here. They are all complete game-changers IMO and have brought nothing but positives for me for Disney. The complaints sound like someone who has never even experienced the attractions, even if you have. Wow is all I can say about this post.

 

[BadPinkTink]

I could take the time and effort to go through your points and show you how wrong you are but whats the point. Your continued negative posts about Disney and Galaxys Edge over the last year are tiresome and sleep inducing. In the words of Ariana Grande.. Thank you, Next.....

 

[Disneylover99]

1. Galaxy’s Edge. The land is a fake copy of worn torn Iraq with no Star Wars in it. It is creepy to be there, like you just paid $$$ to be in a third world country. Smuggler’s Run is a worse copy of Star Tours, whereas RotR breaks down way too often and requires getting up at 5 a.m. and waiting 2 hours, and it costs too much to run. Galaxy’s Edge has not increased the attendance/cost ratio of DHS. (If the attendance increases but your cost increases even more, your overall profit is less.)

2. The Skyliner. It costs too much to run. The system is too complicated, with the Epcot route having a turn which increases both travel time and cost. Most importantly, it serves only value and moderate resorts. The monorail is paid for by the 3 deluxe resorts that are expensive enough to be able to afford it. I don’t believe the four value and moderate Skyliner hotels can afford such a thing. Businesses do this all the time. Things are going well, so they expand like the sky is the limit, overspend themselves into a disaster.

3. The Riviera Resort. A moderate resort with a fancy name and deluxe prices. It is built on the destroyed buildings of CBR’s gorgeous Aruba and Barbados. It has to make a lot of money to justify the destruction, and so far, it’s a just a gray, boring building that isn’t selling like hot cakes. If you stay there, you have to share the Skyliner with huge crowds from value hotels.

4. The NBA experience. This is the strongest proof that at times, even Disney doesn’t think at all. They simply believe that they are King Midas: everything they touch will automatically turn into gold. Disney Quest, the video game arcade, wasn’t doing well, so they would make it into a basketball court instead. Doesn’t basketball take a lot more space than video games to play and therefore can hold fewer people per square foot? Can’t anybody play basketball anywhere, like at the school gym, at the drive way, in a bedroom? Why would you pay $$$ to go to Disney World just to play basketball, even if it’s free? Shouldn’t you being going to Magic Kingdom every second you can? If they think Disney Quest was empty, they should see how empty the NBA experience is nowadays. To quote Pete Werner, “The NBA experience just opened, and nobody gives a damn.” He said that when it first opened. People care even less now, 5 months later, and Disney is already offering it as a freebie to the waterparks addon package.

5. The Star Wars Hotel. It is a hotel themed after Disney Star Wars, which means just like Galaxy’s Edge, it has no Star Wars in it. And it costs $3500+ per night for a family of four. I’m not joking. (It does include food, like a cruise ship.) I don’t believe there will be enough people with that kind of money to fill those rooms, especially if you consider Galaxy’s Edge’s attendance record.

Nailed it. Lol.

 

[Darklord77]

Galaxy’s Edge. The land is a fake copy of worn torn Iraq with no Star Wars in it. It is creepy to be there, like you just paid $$$ to be in a third world country.

Worn torn Iraq Land? I think you just gave Disney the idea for the next themed land.

 

[rteetz]

 

[FCDub]

We get it: You don’t like Galaxy’s Edge. Exhausting at this point.

Not only that, but two weeks ago you asked for detailed financial info on the Skyliner – and received none. But I guess you received enough to call it a disaster?

 

[GADisneyDad14]

If you have nothing respectful or productive to say about a topic or if you feel like making personal and/or sarcastic comments about a poster - regardless of who it is - best to just move along to other threads or parts of the DIS.

It’s not that hard, you move on.

Thank you.