Disneyland Paris Bailout

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Disagree.

Yes its a drain on the company.

However, I do not believe it has an affect on expansion/improvement of WDW at all. If they weren't losing money on DLRP, they'd be spending it elsewhere in the world (other than USA). 2nd gate at HK, 3rd at Tokyo, 2nd at Shanghai, new resorts elsewhere - south America?

Besides, Disney have just spent a cool billion $ at WDW on nextgen so that proves world wide park investment has no impact on WDW investment.

The lack of actual improvements/expansion to WDW is more likely related to the stubbornly high attendance figures. No matter how much WDW cut back on entertainment and attraction investment, the attendance figures just refuse to fall enough to justify doing something about it.

Completely agree.

No need to spend money stateside when the walls are bursting at the seams with people. I was in WDW last week for my Halloween visit and noticed that the crowds were twice as high as before. In years past I could walk onto It's A Small World and there were times last week that the wait was 30 minutes or more. The Haunted Mansion never dropped below 30 minutes each time I walked past it. Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, when it worked, had people camped out like they were waiting for concert tickets.

As far as a bailout of Paris is concerned, I'll bet that Disney will do what they can to prop that place up. While they don't completely own the property, it wouldn't look good on Wall Street if Paris was forced to close.