Interesting, SamRoc.
At one point last year, I checked and posted here that Halloween was fully booked.
Fort management dismisses the problem as not significant enough to do anything about. My argument has been that the throwaways don't spend money in the Trading Post, eat at Trails End, or buy an archery class at the Bike Barn.
But Disney might be organized vertically rather than horizontally. The Fort/WL General Manager (they are combined) may only be responsible for people in sites and cabins. He may not be financially responsible for the other operations at the Fort. There may be a Dining group responsible for the P/L of the Food Services like TE and a Merchandising group responsible for the P/L of the Trading Posts. A Recreation group might have P/L for pay-for-activities. So the Fort GM may not care 'cause he got paid for the site and that's all he cares about. In his eyes, empty sites don't play loud music too late at night causing complaints, empty sites don't lay their towel at the pool lounger before breakfast to "claim their spot" for the sunny afternoon, and empty sites don't park 3 cars in the mud, grass, dirt, and concrete with 16 people over for hamburgers. Sounds like heaven to him, right?
This is why Disney is declining by degrees. Thanks for the observation.
Bama Ed
