Disneyland Eliminates Early Entry for Resort Hotel Guests Beginning January 5, 2026

[reddog21]

Netflix (NFLX) is publicly traded on the NASDAQ, and has been since 2002. It seems to be able to make movies and TV/streaming content that people want to watch

You have to be careful when comparing Netflix to Disney. Netflix truly owns only about 25% of its originals (like Stranger Things); the rest are produced by other companies (such as Squid Game) and simply licensed as Netflix Originals. Netflix’s model is to push as much content at viewers as possible, regardless of quality. They pay pennies on the dollar for other companies to produce shows so, if one flops after a season, they couldn’t care less. Disney, at least for now, is focusing on quality over quantity.

DIsney+ owns and produces a majority of their own content 99%, I believe only some of the documentaries are owned by the producing company. Hulu original are almost exclusively owned by the producing company some are owned by Hulu but very little. Disney decided there were going to invest in the shows by themself rather than outsource production, that going to take time and capital which is just not starting to pay off.

Apple+ owns nothing nor do they care to at the moment. I like probably 95% of there "originals".

 

[joseph821]

You have to be careful when comparing Netflix to Disney. Netflix truly owns only about 25% of its originals (like Stranger Things); the rest are produced by other companies (such as Squid Game) and simply licensed as Netflix Originals. Netflix’s model is to push as much content at viewers as possible, regardless of quality. They pay pennies on the dollar for other companies to produce shows so, if one flops after a season, they couldn’t care less. Disney, at least for now, is focusing on quality over quantity.

DIsney+ owns and produces a majority of their own content 99%, I believe only some of the documentaries are owned by the producing company. Hulu original are almost exclusively owned by the producing company some are owned by Hulu but very little. Disney decided there were going to invest in the shows by themself rather than outsource production, that going to take time and capital which is just not starting to pay off.

Apple+ owns nothing nor do they care to at the moment. I like probably 95% of there "originals".

Disney is finally caught up and maybe moved slightly ahead of Netflix in total subscribers. Disney + is finally profitable.

 

[StitchesGr8Fan]

Sounds like not enough people used the perk and bought food/merch during that hour to make it worth the operating costs.

 

[LAS2AMS]

Sounds like not enough people used the perk and bought food/merch during that hour to make it worth the operating costs.

It’s a cost cutting move. There’s less than 3,000 rooms onsite in DLR. In contrast, WDW has nearly 37,000, and over 42,000 rooms (including good neighbor) are eligible for early entry.

 

[wabbott]

You have to be careful when comparing Netflix to Disney. Netflix truly owns only about 25% of its originals (like Stranger Things); the rest are produced by other companies (such as Squid Game) and simply licensed as Netflix Originals. Netflix’s model is to push as much content at viewers as possible, regardless of quality. They pay pennies on the dollar for other companies to produce shows so, if one flops after a season, they couldn’t care less. Disney, at least for now, is focusing on quality over quantity.

DIsney+ owns and produces a majority of their own content 99%, I believe only some of the documentaries are owned by the producing company. Hulu original are almost exclusively owned by the producing company some are owned by Hulu but very little. Disney decided there were going to invest in the shows by themself rather than outsource production, that going to take time and capital which is just not starting to pay off.

Apple+ owns nothing nor do they care to at the moment. I like probably 95% of there "originals".

Of course they're different. They make money - a whole lot of it - on movies and streaming. They currently have a market capitalization (net worth) of $1/2 trillion, compared to DIS' $214 billion. And they both compete in the exact same marketplace and both are publicly traded and investor-owned.

There are many, many other publicly traded companies that are healthy, growing, and consistently provide a good product to customers - and return value to the owners/shareholders.

So the theory that "capitalistic greed" is the root cause of DIS' relatively flat financial performance doesn't hold water.