The "streetmosphere" is still there. It's just different due to new shows and new performers. There are many roaming characters as well as designated places for meets & greets.
I actually think that this might help them optically... They will be able to say prices "start at", be able to have even lower prices, say they reward planners and those families who "save for years" for the Disney vacation, etc.
The floats don't seem as intricate as they used to, and I suspect security concerns have prevented the audience participation they used to have....
They both have a procession of some sort, don't they?
Optics don't mean squat when it's time to check out and pay.
When I think of streetmosphere I generally think of how bad Epcot is now in that department which a bit before covid it was starting but covid really removed a lot of those contracts and they never chose to bring them back. It was pretty brutal how left and right things were being cut and just hasn't ever come back.
I don't think it helps any company out optically because majority of people realize it means they will be paying more than they currently are because that's generally how it goes when a company says they are going to dynamic pricing. It's not the norm for Disney (or most companies) to reduce their pricing in order to move up in pricing, what it often means is the present lowest price just stays that way and the others increase, sure it can also happen that the lowest price reduces a few bucks, but the point remains that most recognize it as "great we're going to pay even more now", that's normally the optics surrounding any announcement of a company to fluctuate their pricing by demand. And there's also a lack of trust too on this demand because lack of transparency. At least with SWA when I look at WGA they tell me how many tickets are left at X price, some hotel brands do this as well alerting you to how many rooms are left at that price. I'll also give a personal example, I don't know the exact amount but we absolutely saved money when we purchased our Virgin Atlantic tickets via points for later this year before their dynamic pricing went into effect.
I don't disagree that more value could be there but the bulk of the discussion has been about overall cost. from that view, if a family has been priced out of the parks, how do any of those value adds help?
The streetmosphere is back. The performers and the shows may be different, but they are there. I personally don't recognize several of the new characters/songs, but the younger generations do.
Yes, and true to the word cavalcade, they did have a horse in the procession. Thankfully the live animal has been removed.
100% this.
This got me to thinking--yes I know this is dangerous. All the things Disney revolutionized. One price ticket to get into park (rather than buying tickets in the park to get on each ride). The track system on roller coasters. The theming of the different lands. Even the current system of time shares from buying a week of time to having a point based system. Now the only created thinking is how to charge more dollars for the same benefits. The creative juices have really dried up.
This feeling is entirely subjective. You may disapprove of their newest attractions, but the creativity is still there. When I was a kid, Space Mountain was the coolest coaster to me. Now they have Cosmic Rewind, which is also amazing.
