Do You think DISNEY has gone down hlll the last few years?

[Tiger926]

That's absolutely a major consideration. It surely isn't that they can't fill rooms. They wouldn't be building a new resort if that were the case.

Which resort are you talking about? The new Value resort, or Aulani DVC?

If it's the Value resort, I'm thinking they are building it because the Free Dining promo is packing the Value resorts. If a company is truly confident in its customers to pay full price for its products and services, said company does not willingly discount (excepting loyalty or point programs). Why would a company willingly make less money on its product or service, if they didn't need to? They discount when they need to sell product. I have never seen as many discounts at Disney, as I have this year: merchandise, food, recreation and resorts.

Disney said it was weaning guests from discounts, yet last week, they announce a year long promo. What gives?

The true test will be once the discounts and promos dry up - can they still fill existing resorts, as well as new ones at rack rates?

Tiger

 

[KellyNY]

I'm not sure how you can be confused after all this. You don't like what I'm saying. I get that. But not understanding it? I don't believe that for a minute. And what's more, I think anyone who's followed this thread this long not only knows exactly what I've been saying, but knows that what I've been saying is going to actually reflect the reality that they're going to encounter when planning and taking their vacations going forward. Nuf sed. I think we've beaten this horse enough don't you?

Intersting, so every time someone disagrees with you, you say, enough talking, lets just disagree and at the same time you try to force your point on everyone who thinks differently referring to your own system as a FACT. You do realize that your opinion is not a FACT, not even close, it just an opinion.

 

[Tiger926]

Tiger, I am offended by your post! I will be doing BOTH of those things in 3 weeks!

Best of luck to you! Tiger

 

[WDSearcher]

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Hi! With all due respect , I think the poster in question has taken various vacations within his lifetime. Personally I don't think it's a lot of "down time" or "vacation time" for one to take. I have taken hundreds of vacations in my lifetime. Not bragging, I just save money to do this. I have a vacation fund! LOL! You can take cruises that are fairly inexpensive, and other camping vacations that are inexpensive. I just think everything is relative.

Brunette

Yeah ... I get that. I've taken hundreds in my time too. But the poster in question also said to the OTHER poster in question, "You must be part of a very fortunate and small group of people who have an endless supply of disposable income." All I was saying is that someone could easily read that list of vacations (Europe, Australia, cruises, Atlantis, etc) and make the exact same conclusion.

My point was (as you just said) that "everything is relative". Which is exactly the point I think bicker was trying to make.

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

Best of luck to you! Tiger

Thank you!! (I know my days of posting so much are numbered! lol)

 

[bicker]

If a company is truly confident in its customers to pay full price for its products and services, said company does not willingly discount (excepting loyalty or point programs).

Or to capitalize on market segmentation. That's what I said before.

Why would a company willingly make less money on its product or service, if they didn't need to?

They're not. They're acknowledging differences in price sensitivity.

Disney said it was weaning guests from discounts, yet last week, they announce a year long promo. What gives?

And every year is a "Celebration".

Intersting, so every time someone disagrees with you, you say, enough talking, lets just disagree and at the same time you try to force your point on everyone who thinks differently referring to your own system as a FACT.

That's not what is happening at all. You're just getting frustrated that I'm not acceding to your perspective.

You do realize that your opinion is not a FACT, not even close, it just an opinion.

Some of what I'm writing is opinion, some is fact. It's clear from the text which is which.

 

[jimmymac]

I guess the best thing to do at this point is what others have done, just hit the ignore button. The only correct opinion or the only correct ideology or the only correct perception comes from the keyboard of Bicker who certainly appears to look at the world around him/her through rose colored glasses. It must be nice to not only have so much disposible income to view WDW as inexpensive, but also to have all the answers and solutions to this worlds problems. I commend you.

Amen brother. You nailed it with this post

 

[Pirate Jeff]

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Originally Posted by brunette8706
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I disagree. I think the consumer wants:

a. a fair price for products
b. doesn't want to be gouged by surcharges for buffets
c. their beds made and rooms cleaned before 4 p.m.
d. to be treated fairly by all Cast members
e. to be greeted with politeness i.e. thank you and welcome via cms

Bottom line consumers pay a premium for these types of expectations at WDW. The above is something a consumer should expect not want when going to WDW, in my opinion

Points b and c are matters of opinion. I generally don't eat at buffets, so I don't "want" anything in regards to them. As for my room -- once I leave the resort in the morning, I don't go back until it's time for bed. So it doesn't matter to me at all whether the beds are made and the room cleaned before 4pm, because I won't get back there until 10pm. Those two points are things that YOU may want, but I don't think that you can say they are things that all consumers expect.

Points a, d and e are subjective. I may think that my WDW trip comes at a fair price. You may not. I may think I'm being treated fairly by CMs. You may not. I may be perfectly satisfied with the politeness of the CMs I meet. You may not. And therein lies the problem. There is no absolute in any of the items you claim consumers want. So it's impossible to deliver on them. Disney could change every single policy and pricing strategy they have to a point where you are completely utterly totally satisfied. And there would still be some guy behind you saying that it was too expensive and not friendly enough. Disney will never satisfy all of its customers. But they seem to be satisfying the majority of its customers, or you would think that they would be closed or bankrupt.

Just read the trip reports thread. People come back saying that they had the best trip of their lives -- that everything was wonderful, CMs amazing, fabulous service, etc. Someone else can come back from a trip that very same week and say that it was horrible, CMs were rude, service was crap. Who's right?

You think that b and c are incorrect? So consumers enjoy being "gouged" at buffets? I know, I know. You stated you "don't do buffets". That only means that you don't do buffets. But then if you did, you'd enjoy being "gouged"? You can't argue a negative. All I get from this, is you don't like buffets. I think Brunette has a valid point of contention however, that most people (consumers) don't want to be "gouged" for the buffets.

As to point C, I am a consumer, Goofy4prez is a consumer and Brunette is a consumer. Therefore, her use of the plural: "consumer" is completely relevant and correct. She is therefore correct in her conclusion that "consumers want their beds made and rooms cleaned before 4:00". You don't. That's o.k. no one will criticize you for that. Free will is such a wonderful thing!

As to point's A, B and C being "subjective", yes it's true. I'll tell you what though, I'd bet you a Dole Whip that you could find enough support for these three statements online. In fact, I am utterly positive these things are true by a major majority of folks. I don't need to qualify statements such as people wanting value for what they spend.

Personally, I think your just being mean to her because you don't agree with her conclusions. Lighten up.

 

[goofy4prez]

I'm going to jump in here too, although this was pages ago and maybe not even valid any more. But it's interesting to me that in this post, you list all of the places you've been -- cruises, Hawaii, Australia, Europe, Paradise Island, Punta Cana, and on and on and then have the nerve to say, "You must be part of a very fortunate and small group of people who have an endless supply of disposable income."
Because I'm sitting here reading your list of vacation destinations and thinking pretty much exactly the same thing aout you! I'm wishing that I had enough disposable income to make it to even a fraction of those places. I know that wasn't your intent, but boy -- if you're trying to prove that bicker is somehow flaunting his wealth by claiming WDW to be inexpensive, you're kind of biting yourself in the behind by listing all the very expensive vacations you've taken. You've been on more vacations than most people I know and yet you're criticizing someone else for having so much "disposable income"?

I don't get that at ALL.

I suggest you read my entire comment and not take it out of context. I did state, I also spend a decent amount of disposible income. Nor in my post was I attacking his post about his vacations, I commented about the word inexpensive and Disney in the same sentence.
Further, I don't recall that I necesarily said I paid for all these trips and could be presumptious of you to assume such unless I stated I did. For what it's worth, I do spend a good deal of money for vacations; however, many of my trips have been awarded to me based on being among the top performers in sales within my industry and for achieving excellent customer service ratings. Again, no, I am not criticizing for the trips, just the word inexpensive.

But with that said, if you did read it as such, it would not have been my intention. Sure, I have a good income, but I worked hard and long for years with no pay putting every last cent back into my business and employees so that some day it would finally take care of me.

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[bicker]

Personally, I think your just being mean to her because you don't agree with her conclusions.

If that's the case, then there's been more than enough precedent in this thread already along those lines. Seems to me that if folks can dish it out they should be able to take it. Have a thick skin, like I have throughout this thread. Personally, I wish the thread would have had none of such silliness, and people just stuck to the topic instead of getting personal.

 

[KellyNY]

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That's not what is happening at all. You're just getting frustrated that I'm not acceding to your perspective.

Some of what I'm writing is opinion, some is fact. It's clear from the text which is which.

Are you sure you are not mistaken. I do not post on anyone who has a different opinion, I can accept differences, can you. FACTs only for you, for the rest of us, they all just opinions.
P.S. Frustrating, no, I would call it entertaining and definitely confusing.

 

[Pirate Jeff]

Post 670:

I only got to read this because I got logged out for a second but really!! Your first words to me were: "Stop with the personal attacks" when in fact, none existed!

I have chosen to put you on ignore because this is a family friendly site and I wish to participate here. I have thick enough skin but out of respect for the board and the rest of the group, I would prefer not to engage you sir. Please respect that request. I will cease to address you in any way, please extend the same courtesy to me. If you place me on ignore, it is actually pretty easy to do.

Thanks!

 

[KellyNY]

Post 670:

I only got to read this because I got logged out for a second but really!! Your first words to me were: "Stop with the personal attacks" when in fact, none existed!

I have chosen to put you on ignore because this is a family friendly site and I wish to participate here. I have thick enough skin but out of respect for the board and the rest of the group, I would prefer not to engage you sir. Please respect that request. I will cease to address you in any way, please extend the same courtesy to me. If you place me on ignore, it is actually pretty easy to do.

Thanks!

Jeff, how you do IGNORE, I never did it before but I do have "an opening" for that. Wondering how shorter thread is when you have someone on ignore?

Thanks.

 

[WDSearcher]

You think that b and c are incorrect? So consumers enjoy being "gouged" at buffets? I know, I know. You stated you "don't do buffets". That only means that you don't do buffets. But then if you did, you'd enjoy being "gouged"? You can't argue a negative. All I get from this, is you don't like buffets. I think Brunette has a valid point of contention however, that most people (consumers) don't want to be "gouged" for the buffets.

I don't think that consumers want to be "gouged" at buffets either. But I think that if you asked 1000 WDW consumers what they expect when visiting WDW, you're not going to find many of them who specifically call out "no buffet gouging." I think that Brunette perhaps had a bad experience with it and it's something she's angry about and so it's fallen onto this list of "what consumers want." I think that consumers want good value for their dining dollar. That's the broadrange idea. "Buffet gouging" is pretty specific. If you're going to talk about "what consumers want", that's generally more the broadrange ideas.

As to point C, I am a consumer, Goofy4prez is a consumer and Brunette is a consumer. Therefore, her use of the plural: "consumer" is completely relevant and correct. She is therefore correct in her conclusion that "consumers want their beds made and rooms cleaned before 4:00". You don't. That's o.k. no one will criticize you for that. Free will is such a wonderful thing!

Yup ... sorry. I didn't realize that by her use of the word "consumers" Brunette was speaking only of you, Goofy4prez and herself. Based on how the list was set up, she did seem to be making the generalization much broader than just the three of you. But if I misread that, then I apologize.

As to point's A, B and C being "subjective", yes it's true. I'll tell you what though, I'd bet you a Dole Whip that you could find enough support for these three statements online. In fact, I am utterly positive these things are true by a major majority of folks. I don't need to qualify statements such as people wanting value for what they spend.

Of COURSE I could find enough support for these three statements on line. I'll bet you another Dole Whip that I could also find an equal amount of support from folks who think that Disney is doing just fine in those areas. So ... who's right?

Personally, I think your just being mean to her because you don't agree with her conclusions. Lighten up.

I was being mean? Where? I didn't agree with her and I told her why. Isn't that how you carry on a discussion? Where was I mean?

 

[KittyToujours]

Well the last time I was there in 2007, I had an absolutely amazing time with all the shows, attractions and character meet and greets. But I felt that their food wasn't up to the expectations I had for Disney! Their selections were poor, with not a large range of foods, and not only that but the prices were over-priced. Like I understand it is a big company and it has the right to be over-priced but people pay soo much money for hotels, flights and tickets. You think they could offer food even a tiny bit cheaper Thats all I felt about the food. xxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[brunette8706]

exactly, so since it's been pointed out time and again that we are wrong about the reason for disney offering the free dining promo, let's figure out why disney is offering the promo:

1. They are being nice, so they are rewarding customers
2. They have extra food to throw around
3. The chefs and servers need more training on serving guests
4. Resorts are not at full capacity
5. Profits are down
6. They are using it as a marketing ploy to lure in new guests
7. They know that their prices are too high, so they are discounting everything: Food, recreation, photopass, merchandise and resorts in order to draw guests back

what do you all think is the reason? I come from a business family, so i know there are various reasons why businesses discount their products and services. Disney has never offered free dining for an entire year, ever! Why now?

Tiger

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[bicker]

Your first words to me were: "Stop with the personal attacks" when in fact, none existed!

I believe you're mistaken. But whatever.

Please respect that request. I will cease to address you in any way, please extend the same courtesy to me.

I wish I could tell specific people to not reply to my messages. It just doesn't work that way. Sorry.

 

[declansdad]

BIcker why is it that you have to always prove that your opinion is the correct and more valid opinion?

 

[bicker]

BIcker why is it that you have to always prove that your opinion is the correct and more valid opinion?

It's not that at all. Rather, this is a discussion thread and so all sides of the issues can be discussed here. Let's stick to the topic (Disney, value, etc.) please. You can PM me if you want to get more insights into my posting inclinations.

 

[TenderDonkey]

This thread reminds me of my local Dunkin. As a New Englander, I stop by Dunkin every morning on the way to work. Over the last few weeks I have noticed that my medium cup of coffee has been kinda cold and stale. The first time, no biggie, the second time I went in and complained. The nice young lady apologized and made a fresh pot for me. Two days later, stale cold coffee.

Now being the Boston area, I could go to one of the other Dunkins, try Starbucks or go maybe make it at home. But the truth is I like Dunkin coffee and I like that location, it’s local and convenient for my commute. So one morning I ask one of the workers what’s up with the coffee. It turns out they used to make a new pot every 10 minutes but now due to costs they are stretching it to 20-25 minutes.

Now according to some posters logic I have no recourse because they fulfilled their legal obligation. I gave them $2 they gave me coffee. My point is I would be willing to pay $2.50 if it meant that I got a medium, hot, fresh coffee. I'm not willing to pay $2.50 if I get the same cold cup. Disney is the same way. Most people understand that costs go up and most of us are willing to pay it but we are not willing to pay the additional fees for less than the original product.