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Well since Landbaron gave the JJ quote an "atta-boy", I have to squeeze a thought in on the Ferrari analogy. Since you didn't just focus on quality, but also price.
Ferrari prices out the vast majority of people in this country. Is that the strategy you suggest Disney take? Eliminate Joe Lunchpail from the WDW Resort equation?
So often I read in threads of this type about how folks "scrimp and save" to be able to afford a WDW vacation. Why is it that some folks EXPECT families to have to do this? Certainly, if the moderate and value resorts were eliminated, many many families WOULD have to do this. In the end, likely spending more money than is really prudent (for them) on a vacation. Is that what we want? Shouldn't the Disney experience be available to as many people as possible?
It's been suggested that Disney has created a caste system with its resorts. I offer that the real caste system (haves and have-nots) would exist if there were only one classification of Disney Resort (expensive).
Disney is too broad of a company to appeal to just the upper echelon of incomes. I don't believe that was ever the intent. It can't be Ferrari, that's not what it's all about. I'm glad it isn't. A strategy of "if you can't afford $200 a night for a room, stay outside" really stinks and I'm glad someone thought it wise to take another path.
Ferrari prices out the vast majority of people in this country. Is that the strategy you suggest Disney take? Eliminate Joe Lunchpail from the WDW Resort equation?
So often I read in threads of this type about how folks "scrimp and save" to be able to afford a WDW vacation. Why is it that some folks EXPECT families to have to do this? Certainly, if the moderate and value resorts were eliminated, many many families WOULD have to do this. In the end, likely spending more money than is really prudent (for them) on a vacation. Is that what we want? Shouldn't the Disney experience be available to as many people as possible?
It's been suggested that Disney has created a caste system with its resorts. I offer that the real caste system (haves and have-nots) would exist if there were only one classification of Disney Resort (expensive).
Disney is too broad of a company to appeal to just the upper echelon of incomes. I don't believe that was ever the intent. It can't be Ferrari, that's not what it's all about. I'm glad it isn't. A strategy of "if you can't afford $200 a night for a room, stay outside" really stinks and I'm glad someone thought it wise to take another path.