Thanks Shanghai

[OKW Lover]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/busi...-bz-disney-second-quarter-20170808-story.html

 

[hakepb]

I hope no executive is truely shocked that Pandora was not a major driving force for bookings.

FOP might be the best attraction on property, but like TOT (another great attraction) not really THE reason anyone said, I have to go to WDW, Now!"

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Why shanghai?

It's costly but that looks like at least a solid prospect now...

The problems at the core are with cable and what they're doing with pricing at parks to try and cover the wound...

...add making repetitive sequels and reboots that are already starting to throw another log onto the fire too...

 

[rteetz]

Paris is still in their 25th celebration which is likely helping things.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Paris is still in their 25th celebration which is likely helping things.

Except anniversaries are marginal in pushing the bar...whereas enhancements last forever

 

[rteetz]

Except anniversaries are marginal in pushing the bar...whereas enhancements last forever

The entire park was essentially refurbed for this anniversary year.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

The entire park was essentially refurbed for this anniversary year.

They might use anniversaries as excuses for capex...but capex is done only out of necessity

 

[umichigan10]

They might use anniversaries as excuses for capex...but capex is done only out of necessity

Like when your European park is slowly rotting away like an abandoned WWI village and you just took full financial control of it

 

[amberpi]

Like when your European park is slowly rotting away like an abandoned WWI village and you just took full financial control of it

Disney's very own maginot line?

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Like when your European park is slowly rotting away like an abandoned WWI village and you just took full financial control of it

...now that you mention it...

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Disney's very own maginot line?

...this far...no farther!!!

-JLP

 

[umichigan10]

Disney's very own maginot line?

I was thinking "zone rouge": the original minesweeper

 

[amberpi]

I was thinking "zone rouge": the original minesweeper

I can always count on you guys to go down a weird rabbit hole. Or fox hole for that matter.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I can always count on you guys to go down a weird rabbit hole.

"Weird" is based on the vector it's coming from...it's always a moving target

 

[anthony2k7]

The entire park was essentially refurbed for this anniversary year.

Indeed it was, but with pretty much nothing else to show for the anniversary (Star tours 2 was supposedly something we should get excited for) did it really help boost attendance that much?

 

[rteetz]

Indeed it was, but with pretty much nothing else to show for the anniversary (Star tours 2 was supposedly something we should get excited for) did it really help boost attendance that much?

We will have to wait and see for yearly attendance from Disney earnings in October or wait until estimates from TEA in spring 2018. I think it helped some but not a lot. Paris needed the refurbs desperately.