I thought it might be a good idea to try and establish what are facts and what is speculation about WDW and such these days.
What we don't know:
What we do know:
What we don't know:
- Whether free FPs are gone for good
- To what level WDW has increased capacity from COVID lows. We see lots of speculation, but no one outside of TWDC knows the actual numbers.
- What features Genie will or won't offer, or what Chapek meant by commercial possibilities.
- Why WDW has been slow to reopen some shows.
- How the attendance caps for Boo Bash and the new Christmas party compare to the old ones.
What we do know:
- That Magical Express is gone, and no replacement seems imminent
- That there have been no publicized surveys or questions or market research about monetizing FP
- That WDW bloggers who are speculating on Disney activity earn money from clicks
- That the Orlando area is still short workers for lower-end jobs
- That the Orlando area recently saw a COVID spike
- That Shanghai and Paris have some sort of virtual queue
- That Shanghai and Paris both implemented a paid FP plan
- That Shanghai and Paris have a fraction of the attendance of either WDW or DLR. And they cost less; an average of $83 for Paris and $65 for Shanghai
- That the new parties are more expensive than last year
- That Extra Magic Hours has changed, going from an average of 3 hours per park per week (1 morning hour, 1 night of 2 hours) to 3.5 hours per park per week (seven days of half-hour earlier).
- The next incarnation of FP
- What, if anything, that incarnation will cost
- The reasons for WDW being slow to reopen shows
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