@@FelixTorres-wl5vt That's true, Felix. That genius poster is going on information that is more than a year old. But he or she wasn't a customer in the first place, to be honest.
@@mikeymutual5489 This is true but just like the cruise industry, there are Many MANY people who think Disney is the only vacation to take in the world. Both the cruise lines and Disney have enough repeat customers, that live and die by them, that both will NOT addressthe root problems until these people that keep their pockets lined, get fed up enough to say nope, no more.
Disney manipulates their rides with the fast lane. You pay extra on top of park admission to not wait in the regular line. So the line could be short but you wait for the fast lane to be empty.
For a budget family vacation, Dollywood is the place to go. Wonderful area also she has Splash (Waterpark) and the Smoky Moutains. Adds new to her parks every year and gives back to the community.
Disney Florida was never a budget family vacation or destination..I dont think Disney is capable of doing something like that. Like looking for a budget private jet. You may find one but would you fly in it?
@@dgmcginty Walt Disney originally intended the Parks to be affordable by most families. Maybe not 'budget' but affordable. However, they became a victim of their own success, and demand exceeded supply. So prices went up.
I am totally on your side. Disney doesn’t have any funding to expand the domestic parks, let alone maintaining them to their previously high standards. Furthermore, Disney doesn’t know what their guests want to receive as a guest of their parks. The price of admission, crowd wait times, merchandise prices and food costs are absolutely out of reach for the average family. Annual trips to Disney are now a thing of the past. A family trip to Europe costs les than the same trip to WDW.
Disney doesn't care what their guests want. Bring back Magical Express for a start. Universal will be the place to go in 2025. WDW better wise up and invest in the parks that are making 80% of their profits. All I see is Scrooge McDuck. Where is the magic the Imagineers provided? Wake up!!
It’s not political, it’s money. Disney used to be a quality product. And you could get good deals at various times of the year. I love Walt and what the Disney brand used to be and it breaks my heart to see what it’s become. I’ll still visit sometimes and watch Disney movies for nostalgic reasons but not like I used to. I’ve lost faith in the brand.
In Orlando Universal/Seaworld & Tampa Bush Gardens have all been investing in new attractions, so now you have 3 better choices than Disney. Great to have competition!
As a Disney stockholder, today's horrible stock price is still 10 times what I paid per share, so I'm still doing okay. As for which parks to invest the money in? Yes, overseas is where to spend the money because those 4 parks are under performing and have the most potential for growth. A lot of businesses have discovered they can make more investing overseas rather than in the U.S. Have you looked at the inventory at a Toyota or Honda dealer in the last 18 months? Almost no new cars because Toyota and Honda discovered they can make more on their investment selling those cars in places other than the U.S. and Canada. . Best part, many of those cars are built here in the U.S.
I visited Orlando Disney the last two years. I found the the parks to be clean, beautifully landscaped and safe. I felt secure and welcome. I saw happy families enjoying a lovely time.
Dollywood is awesome! I highly recommend it as an alternative to Disneyworld. Great rides for the kids and really fun thrill coasters. The food in the park was exceptional and priced reasonably for theme park food. This was my first trip to Dollywood and I will be back. The family spent a week at DisneyWorld last Fall and the value of the experience for the money spent was just not worth it. In contrast, after our trip to Dollywood we all thought it was a blast and the hit to the wallet was reasonable in relation to our great experience.
@@FelixTorres-wl5vt I really didn’t pay attention to the music at all, I was too busy having fun on all the rides. There’s definitely country music in the park.
Disney is awful. Waiting for the company yard sale. The amount of commupance that needs to be served is legendary. The 60 billion dollar price tag is a load of crap. They have no intention of spending that - it's simply to stabilize the stock price....
Except for Disney Paris, those overseas parks, Disney is not the majority owner in any of them. The money for those new rides/lands will come from the other owners and Disney can later use them in their US Parks but they have to wait like 7 to 10 years. They frankly don't have the money to invest themselves
Don, the main reason that they’re investing in the foreign parks is because it’s not all their money that they have to invest you see with OLC in Japan they foot 100% of the expansion bill with Shanghai and Hong Kong. I think Disney pays less than half of the investiture and the CCP pays the remaining 50% plus. I believe they get tax grants for the expansion in France so the main reason Disney is investing elsewhere is because it’s not all their money that they’re investing. They say they’re investing 80 billion but I guarantee half of that 80 billion expenditure is not their money. Also, the parks and experiences division of the company includes the cruise line and Disney is spending gobs of money there so a huge chunk of the 80 billion is going to go towards new ships a new islands, as you pointed out, Disney is foolish and they are ceeding marketshare to Universal. Disney leadership is beyond stupid.
Because the united states parks are doing well, Disney thinks they will continue to be moneymakers but there is going to be a breaking point and people will finally dump Disney. It's too crowded, too expensive and starting to really suffer from poor maintenance.
Maintenance problems daily in the parks concern me. One major attraction is usually down for part of a day. The revenue from $100 plus to get in park, 30 for parking and up to 25 for lightning lane passes should be enough to have trained staff and surplus parts available to avoid these issues.
The current leadership at Disney should be ashamed of themselves. Iger and his Bozo 😮 circus are going to be the End. Universal is running circles around them and will soon be the number 1 attraction in Florida. It’s only a matter of when😡
I do think Disney has lost its direction. I understand they see untapped revenue in other countries. In Anaheim they’re constrained by lack of land to expand much. It does seem FL gets a lot more than CA but they’ve gotten too big. They have made some transactional decisions that didn’t include the imagination that was the hallmark of Walt Disney. They just bought up a bunch of others IP and didn’t focus on their own “magic”. We shall see. The ship is definitely listing now and Iger has brought nothing fresh. He is just plugging holes and betting on perhaps not the best future ideas. Home entertainment has definitely changed dramatically and he’s betting streaming is the future…but Disney wasn’t innovative in that nor are they showing signs of it. Walt was a visionary. That’s gone. Till they bring that back, I see a gloomy future for the big D.
@@michelleforbes7823 Exactly! Now he is reaping the "benefits" of the rest of the country telling him to STFU already and run your state let Disney run their company.
I gave up Disney awhile ago. This comes from somebody just loved Disney. The day they put a guy in a dress to work in the boutique to. Do dress up was the last straw for me. I canceled all Disney.
That bothered me too! We cancelled Disney over that and the satanic shows they are endorsing on their subsidiary channels like Little Demon. They are definitely not family friendly anymore.
Correct me if I’m wrong. These are all previous projects (I think the Treehouse in Disneyland started over 2 years ago). So these announcements don’t have anything to do with the $60B. I don’t disagree with you - it’s going to be interesting to see how they spread this spend over the next 10 years. The US parks need so much work!
I so agree with you. They have actually priced out most families that use to be able to afford to go to Disney. I went to Disney with my sister last year, we’re both Vets and there use to be a time where military had a nice discount, not anymore. It’s very sad because I love Disney, but will probably never go to their parks again.
Meanwhile, their neighbor and competitor, are not only adding/changing many sections of their current parks but building a whole new park. Orlando will always make money, seeing as people will always go because "Disney"
Disneyworld has become too expensive for the average family to afford, and it's way too crowded. Plenty of better, cheaper options for family vacation trips.
Chapek's answer to the crowd problem was simply pricing people out. I think a better strategy would've been to build another park to disperse the crowds. Iger reversed some of the Chapek money-grabbing, but the damage to the brand was already done. So really with their extreme greediness, the economy in the toilet, and the onset of Universal's innovation, they may have inadvertently solved their 'crowd' problem.
The reason for this is two-fold. International Disney parks are not as successful from a financial perspective as the U.S. parks. Therefore Disney will prioritize investment in those parks in hopes of making up for the losses and hopefully bring new customers in (though this is never guaranteed). This results in apathy for the US parks because Disney knows they will continue to make profit regardless of the state that they are in so there's less concern (in Disney's mind) to put more investment in them.
I just went to Disneyland in Tokyo and the price was very reasonable. Beautiful park. I am planning a trip to Disneyland Anaheim and the prices are insane.
Will not visit Disney Parks, I have been reading that visitors waiting on line have been defecating in public while on line!! Apparently this is not a new phenomenon. I have no desire to witness this and pay a ton of money for it! I am finished with Disney
I'm looking forward to Disneyland Paris frozen land. 😊 The only film that I am looking forward to seeing next year is inside out 2! Bring back John lassatter!
We've said it before, Don. We're so fortunate that we took our kids to Disney World when the were small, 2-3 decades ago and our kids experienced Disney films' 2nd renaissance (we have the worn out VHS tapes to prove it). We all have such magical memories that no one can take away. It's such a shame that they're in decline and so pre-occupied with politically oriented agendas.
You have to ask yourself, when did Disney start going downhill? Was it at the start of COVID? When they decided to actively encourage Children to participate in the LGBTQ+++ movement? When they decided to raise Rates and state that they only wanted legacy customers that knows for sure that they will pay any price just to go every year? Could it be because Inflation is so high that nobody can afford to go? Or... Is it all of the above? People are abandoning Disney en mass because of one of those issues above. Disney is money hungry and quit caring about their customers, and their customers even their legacy customers see it. When a Company goes against what their customers would like they will lose them and in many cases forever.
Disney hasn’t cared in quite some time now. Used to go 2-3 times a yr back in days.(2005-2016) The magic started leaving around 2015 and has hit rock bottom by now.
Great analysis Don. It will be interesting to see where this pending litigation brought against Disney Entertainment by a major fund manager goes. It could be a major financial blow to the empire. IMO, the brand is severely damaged.
Disneyland, CA without having to spend a ton of money to buy out adjacent properties. Doesn't really have much room to expand. The only thing Disney can do is up grade the features they already have, which takes a long time to do and tons of money.
I will never set foot in any Disney Land/World ever again. Way too over priced, super long waits for kids rides. Last time I was there was about 45 years or so ago.
It’s sad WDW brings in money and gets treated like the red headed step child just like with happen when Shanghai was being opened the cast members got the short end of the stick with hours being cut .
The do not need more hotel rooms. There is no room in the parks for more people. They price me out. It is no longer worth the money to go to Walt Disney World.
Anyone should be surprised? They put out a couple of poor movies in the last couple of years and are considered "work" company. Such a shame. At one point I had (2021) I had money invested ... you couldn't invest in a poorly run company.
Disney has forgotten who their audience is and what attracted them to the parks. Less service, dirty parks, and ridiculous prices have simply made the parks unattractive to many people. My hubby and I LOVE Disney but I really don't see us returning to the parks any time soon.
I haven’t been to disney in 30 years, going for the first time in a year. I wouldn't go if it wasn't for the girls, i would much rather spend my money at Universal.
Walt would be rolling around in his grave if he knew what was going on. The USA parks should go back to lightning lanes and take Geni+ off. I also heard that the Jollywood night in Orlando was a bit of a flop too. Disney is becoming a real rip off
Corporate greed. I last went to Disney World resorts in about 2000. It was the most expensive trip I'd ever taken. With prices increasing so much, I can't imagine what it would cost now. And it's not worth it to me. I'd rather do Europe or Antarctica for that price.
Disney will basically own Hulu by the end of the year, so that will pull them out of their streaming slump, as they will be able to lump Hulu's numbers in with their own.
I don't see anything new here . The Mouse was always overpriced or if you wish a premium product deserving of a premium price . I remember years ago Michael Eisner defended tickets going over the $100 mark . He said people pay hundreds and hundreds for hotel and air but they aren't coming to Orlando for that . They are coming for us . He was right .
If Disney doesn’t dump the jerks making the horrible decisions that get paid a fortune maybe Universal can buy them. The new park Universal is building looks amazing and there are plenty of new hotels going in to hurt Disneys overpriced hotels too. I can’t wait to go spend a week at Universal when it opens.
Up until 1996, we loved visiting Disney properties. Then they started to become politically correct by renaming properties. This included renaming Dixie landings and a few other areas in the resort. Then they decided to change Pirates of the Carribean and Splash Mountain. These changes appeal to the evolving shallow members of the woke culture. Disney has lost its mojo. It’s talent and creativity seem to be only a memory. And, now there's talk about people defecating on rides at both US parks. That had to be a editorial that the parks stink.
Disney understands that most people are not able to travel to Tokyo and see what a real Disney park looks like. If more people visited Tokyo Disney you will realize that sad pathetic state our parks in north america are. The only way disney will realize that they mistakes is by not spending money at disney.
Disneyland paris is getting like nothing. Disneyland hotel is a small makeover. We have Avenger campus already and its just a copy like frozen is going to have. So frozen is going to suck too and we got actually nothing.
It’s called “Wokeism.” It has quite literally *destroyed* the company. I doubled over laughing, at the box-office predictions for The Marvels. Bob Iger, needs to go, YESTERDAY.
Oh please. Woke is the opposite of the oppression being foisted on closed minded people who prefer the 1950’s. Can’t stand to see equality of minorities who are different from the Leave it to Beaver folks or freedom of religious choice or even education. Absurd. Sadly, it’s taken hold through an awful lot of dishonest media, politicians and frankly a public that’s not intellectually curious and plain mean and fearful. Whatever. Live in that mean little world. I’ve given up. What destroyed the company was a streaming product that didn’t have enough decent content, a changing tv landscape, betting too heavily on it’s purchased IP to float them and a true lack of the spirit that made the company successful to begin with, resting on tired ideas and prioritizing profit over genuine creativity. It worked for a bit but the company lost track of what made it work to begin with. Walt’s dreams didn’t begin with a pure profit motive. That’s the problem with this whole ugly world now. Money over all and those who manage to sell anger and fear.
@@deirdrekokora8680 Do you really enjoy watching the world burn, as well? Because that’s ultimately what your “progressive thinking,” is currently doing.
@@Viper-jk2pf Maybe to you, it is. Wokeism, is the description applied, and it’s immediate understood, is it not? It’s got less to do with corporate greed, than it does pushing an ideology on the world. If Disney *really* cared about money, why wouldn’t they bend over backwards, filling the recent FLOPS they’ve had in movies, and television, with fan service, and raking in *boatloads* of cash, buddy? Disney, InBev and virtually ever other major corporation, bought into ESG, which is, and has been revealing itself to be a massive SCAM. Those profiting? BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street.
My grand daughter is all about Peppa Pig. “ But does Disney have Peppa Pig?” She says. Hmmm, nope but Legoland does for 20% of the price. Let’s go there ….hahaha😂
dude idk who is preaching to you but it sure isn't disney. i genuinely have zero idea of what people mean when they say this stuff and i don't even like disney that much so i dont care about defending it lol
@@ghoulamvs4887 when a top Disney executive says she throws in gay and non binary characters whenever she can; that’s preaching to us. We just want family entertainment. I won’t bring my child to any movie with a gay, trans, or non binary character.
This is such a ridiculous outlook and it is clear that you are rather uneducated in how the Disney Parks work. Disney Hong Kong, Tokyo Disney, and Disney Shanghai are ALL owned by other companies. Disney owns less than 50% of all of those parks. Other than Disneyland Paris, the international parks have additional resources for funds to afford upgrades to parks. Furthermore, Disney needs to put money into the other parks as they are so small with half the amount of attractions.
Disney’s failing is really simple to explain - they’ve left Walt’s vision behind. The idea of wholesome family entertainment that told stories of timeless principles of love and overcoming evil are long gone. In its place are celebration of the villains from the movies.
Yeah the other side of the world parks buts ours to shame it’s kinda sad I rather go over there to play then WDW and Disneyland ours has nothing good plus Star Wars hotel was a flop yeah I rather go to China play with Duffy and Friends and Paris
I'm done with Disney parks, until they limit the crowds ...2 hours in line for a little kid ride is too miserable
I thought no one was going to the Disney Parks
@@FelixTorres-wl5vt That's true, Felix. That genius poster is going on information that is more than a year old. But he or she wasn't a customer in the first place, to be honest.
@@mikeymutual5489 This is true but just like the cruise industry, there are Many MANY people who think Disney is the only vacation to take in the world. Both the cruise lines and Disney have enough repeat customers, that live and die by them, that both will NOT addressthe root problems until these people that keep their pockets lined, get fed up enough to say nope, no more.
Disney manipulates their rides with the fast lane. You pay extra on top of park admission to not wait in the regular line. So the line could be short but you wait for the fast lane to be empty.
For a budget family vacation, Dollywood is the place to go. Wonderful area also she has Splash (Waterpark) and the Smoky Moutains. Adds new to her parks every year and gives back to the community.
I hope Disney sees your video, I love Disney, but we were there last April had fun but prices are ridiculous!!!
I agree Dollywood is a blast! And a MUCH better value too
Just visited Dollywood last week. Great park!
Disney Florida was never a budget family vacation or destination..I dont think Disney is capable of doing something like that. Like looking for a budget private jet. You may find one but would you fly in it?
@@dgmcginty Walt Disney originally intended the Parks to be affordable by most families. Maybe not 'budget' but affordable. However, they became a victim of their own success, and demand exceeded supply. So prices went up.
They're happy with the current situation of ripping off the public. Oh and they'll keep raising the prices too.
I am totally on your side. Disney doesn’t have any funding to expand the domestic parks, let alone maintaining them to their previously high standards. Furthermore, Disney doesn’t know what their guests want to receive as a guest of their parks. The price of admission, crowd wait times, merchandise prices and food costs are absolutely out of reach for the average family. Annual trips to Disney are now a thing of the past. A family trip to Europe costs les than the same trip to WDW.
Disney doesn't care what their guests want. Bring back Magical Express for a start. Universal will be the place to go in 2025. WDW better wise up and invest in the parks that are making 80% of their profits. All I see is Scrooge McDuck. Where is the magic the Imagineers provided? Wake up!!
It’s not political, it’s money. Disney used to be a quality product. And you could get good deals at various times of the year.
I love Walt and what the Disney brand used to be and it breaks my heart to see what it’s become. I’ll still visit sometimes and watch Disney movies for nostalgic reasons but not like I used to. I’ve lost faith in the brand.
It’s the agenda they’re trying to push; we don’t want it. I won’t watch one of their woke films.
In Orlando Universal/Seaworld & Tampa Bush Gardens have all been investing in new attractions, so now you have 3 better choices than Disney. Great to have competition!
Disney has out priced itself. We loved going there but no more
I gave up on Disney years ago when I realized they were all about money.
well isn't every business all about money
As a Disney stockholder, today's horrible stock price is still 10 times what I paid per share, so I'm still doing okay. As for which parks to invest the money in? Yes, overseas is where to spend the money because those 4 parks are under performing and have the most potential for growth. A lot of businesses have discovered they can make more investing overseas rather than in the U.S. Have you looked at the inventory at a Toyota or Honda dealer in the last 18 months? Almost no new cars because Toyota and Honda discovered they can make more on their investment selling those cars in places other than the U.S. and Canada. . Best part, many of those cars are built here in the U.S.
I visited Orlando Disney the last two years. I found the the parks to be clean, beautifully landscaped and safe. I felt secure and welcome.
I saw happy families enjoying a lovely time.
No sympathy for Disney. Brought this all on themselves with stupid decisions.
Dollywood is awesome! I highly recommend it as an alternative to Disneyworld. Great rides for the kids and really fun thrill coasters. The food in the park was exceptional and priced reasonably for theme park food.
This was my first trip to Dollywood and I will be back. The family spent a week at DisneyWorld last Fall and the value of the experience for the money spent was just not worth it.
In contrast, after our trip to Dollywood we all thought it was a blast and the hit to the wallet was reasonable in relation to our great experience.
Not a lot of country music? Hate country music....
@@FelixTorres-wl5vt I really didn’t pay attention to the music at all, I was too busy having fun on all the rides. There’s definitely country music in the park.
Disney is awful. Waiting for the company yard sale. The amount of commupance that needs to be served is legendary. The 60 billion dollar price tag is a load of crap. They have no intention of spending that - it's simply to stabilize the stock price....
Keep waiting, fool.
Except for Disney Paris, those overseas parks, Disney is not the majority owner in any of them. The money for those new rides/lands will come from the other owners and Disney can later use them in their US Parks but they have to wait like 7 to 10 years. They frankly don't have the money to invest themselves
That’s what I thought. So Disney is doing not much. Lol. I think Disney is to tied to Black Rock and it’s political stand.
They now are the majority in Paris and have been for some time
Don, the main reason that they’re investing in the foreign parks is because it’s not all their money that they have to invest you see with OLC in Japan they foot 100% of the expansion bill with Shanghai and Hong Kong. I think Disney pays less than half of the investiture and the CCP pays the remaining 50% plus. I believe they get tax grants for the expansion in France so the main reason Disney is investing elsewhere is because it’s not all their money that they’re investing. They say they’re investing 80 billion but I guarantee half of that 80 billion expenditure is not their money. Also, the parks and experiences division of the company includes the cruise line and Disney is spending gobs of money there so a huge chunk of the 80 billion is going to go towards new ships a new islands, as you pointed out, Disney is foolish and they are ceeding marketshare to Universal. Disney leadership is beyond stupid.
Epic Universe is going to put Disney to shame.
Because the united states parks are doing well, Disney thinks they will continue to be moneymakers but there is going to be a breaking point and people will finally dump Disney. It's too crowded, too expensive and starting to really suffer from poor maintenance.
Maintenance problems daily in the parks concern me. One major attraction is usually down for part of a day. The revenue from $100 plus to get in park, 30 for parking and up to 25 for lightning lane passes should be enough to have trained staff and surplus parts available to avoid these issues.
The current leadership at Disney should be ashamed of themselves. Iger and his Bozo 😮 circus are going to be the End. Universal is running circles around them and will soon be the number 1 attraction in Florida. It’s only a matter of when😡
I do think Disney has lost its direction. I understand they see untapped revenue in other countries. In Anaheim they’re constrained by lack of land to expand much. It does seem FL gets a lot more than CA but they’ve gotten too big. They have made some transactional decisions that didn’t include the imagination that was the hallmark of Walt Disney. They just bought up a bunch of others IP and didn’t focus on their own “magic”. We shall see. The ship is definitely listing now and Iger has brought nothing fresh. He is just plugging holes and betting on perhaps not the best future ideas. Home entertainment has definitely changed dramatically and he’s betting streaming is the future…but Disney wasn’t innovative in that nor are they showing signs of it. Walt was a visionary. That’s gone. Till they bring that back, I see a gloomy future for the big D.
I don't really blame them much given how the current Governor of Florida has treated them like doggy poo.
@@michelleforbes7823 Exactly! Now he is reaping the "benefits" of the rest of the country telling him to STFU already and run your state let Disney run their company.
I live 30 minutes from Disney. Haven't been there in 25 years. Will never be back.
I gave up Disney awhile ago. This comes from somebody just loved Disney. The day they put a guy in a dress to work in the boutique to. Do dress up was the last straw for me. I canceled all Disney.
That bothered me too! We cancelled Disney over that and the satanic shows they are endorsing on their subsidiary channels like Little Demon. They are definitely not family friendly anymore.
I believe Disney doesn’t actually own the parks in Japan. Owned by another company (Oriental Land Company) that licenses Disney.
Go to the Six Flags parks in different cities or Dolly Wood in TN or Silver Dollar City in MO. Lots of different parks in USA to enjoy
In 1983 I put together a trip to Disneyland for our chuch singles group. Disneyland admisdion was $12.00, $10.80 for the group rate!
Long, long, long ago when Disneyland raised the price for parking from 25 cents to 50 cents my father thought it was the end of the world!
No thanks same old Disney just another way to suck the money out of your wallet.
Correct me if I’m wrong. These are all previous projects (I think the Treehouse in Disneyland started over 2 years ago).
So these announcements don’t have anything to do with the $60B.
I don’t disagree with you - it’s going to be interesting to see how they spread this spend over the next 10 years. The US parks need so much work!
Your correct, the majority of the stuff he talked about, has already been built, or nearing completion
It's a video for the sake of making a video. Absolutely nothing new to add to an already done task.
I so agree with you. They have actually priced out most families that use to be able to afford to go to Disney. I went to Disney with my sister last year, we’re both Vets and there use to be a time where military had a nice discount, not anymore. It’s very sad because I love Disney, but will probably never go to their parks again.
Meanwhile, their neighbor and competitor, are not only adding/changing many sections of their current parks but building a whole new park. Orlando will always make money, seeing as people will always go because "Disney"
PARIS needs to expand!!!! They are a small Disney park! I know!! Bc I was there over 15 yrs ago!!
Parisians are smart, they don't go, it is almost all tourist based. Asian market is far different, hence the $$$ they are committing there.
Disney is too expensive, too crowded and too polically correct!! (Woke)
Love your channels Don!!
Disneyworld has become too expensive for the average family to afford, and it's way too crowded.
Plenty of better, cheaper options for family vacation trips.
Chapek's answer to the crowd problem was simply pricing people out. I think a better strategy would've been to build another park to disperse the crowds. Iger reversed some of the Chapek money-grabbing, but the damage to the brand was already done. So really with their extreme greediness, the economy in the toilet, and the onset of Universal's innovation, they may have inadvertently solved their 'crowd' problem.
We live in central California haven't been to Disneyland in years not worth it
Why??? We went over 10 yrs ago! We had a great rime!! And yes it was costly 💵💵 but we had fun! and hot too 😂😂
IMO Disneyland is FAR better then Florida
The reason for this is two-fold. International Disney parks are not as successful from a financial perspective as the U.S. parks. Therefore Disney will prioritize investment in those parks in hopes of making up for the losses and hopefully bring new customers in (though this is never guaranteed). This results in apathy for the US parks because Disney knows they will continue to make profit regardless of the state that they are in so there's less concern (in Disney's mind) to put more investment in them.
The reason they are investing more overseas is because there is a demand for it, esp. in China.
Trying to make the smaller parks around the world bigger just like the US parks Don. It’s a world cooperation
Too expensive & too crowded. Has been for years. Who wants to spend all that $$ to stand in line all day? We quit going years ago.
Universal is the way to go
I just went to Disneyland in Tokyo and the price was very reasonable. Beautiful park. I am planning a trip to Disneyland Anaheim and the prices are insane.
Will not visit Disney Parks, I have been reading that visitors waiting on line have been defecating in public while on line!! Apparently this is not a new phenomenon. I have no desire to witness this and pay a ton of money for it! I am finished with Disney
Never actually been there, eh?
I'm looking forward to Disneyland Paris frozen land. 😊 The only film that I am looking forward to seeing next year is inside out 2! Bring back John lassatter!
We've said it before, Don. We're so fortunate that we took our kids to Disney World when the were small, 2-3 decades ago and our kids experienced Disney films' 2nd renaissance (we have the worn out VHS tapes to prove it). We all have such magical memories that no one can take away. It's such a shame that they're in decline and so pre-occupied with politically oriented agendas.
I haven’t cared about Dizzy for some years now. I don’t like the direction they have gone over the past decade plus.
You have to ask yourself, when did Disney start going downhill?
Was it at the start of COVID?
When they decided to actively encourage Children to participate in the LGBTQ+++ movement?
When they decided to raise Rates and state that they only wanted legacy customers that knows for sure that they will pay any price just to go every year?
Could it be because Inflation is so high that nobody can afford to go?
Or...
Is it all of the above?
People are abandoning Disney en mass because of one of those issues above. Disney is money hungry and quit caring about their customers, and their customers even their legacy customers see it. When a Company goes against what their customers would like they will lose them and in many cases forever.
As a single, childless person I’ve been able to be agnostic towards Disney. 😊
I can understand why no new investments in Disney World.
Don, stick with cruises - something that you understand.
Disney hasn’t cared in quite some time now. Used to go 2-3 times a yr back in days.(2005-2016) The magic started leaving around 2015 and has hit rock bottom by now.
Great analysis Don. It will be interesting to see where this pending litigation brought against Disney Entertainment by a major fund manager goes. It could be a major financial blow to the empire. IMO, the brand is severely damaged.
The brand is just fine. You know nothing about business.
I think everyone has come to the same conclusion. This is not what Mr Walt Disney dreamed of😔
Disneyland, CA without having to spend a ton of money to buy out adjacent properties. Doesn't really have much room to expand. The only thing Disney can do is up grade the features they already have, which takes a long time to do and tons of money.
I will never set foot in any Disney Land/World ever again. Way too over priced, super long waits for kids rides. Last time I was there was about 45 years or so ago.
"Last time I was there was about 45 years or so ago." So why are you commenting then? Why did you even click on this video? Clown.
FYI on your splash screen it should be ABANDONS not ABONDONS
It’s sad WDW brings in money and gets treated like the red headed step child just like with happen when Shanghai was being opened the cast members got the short end of the stick with hours being cut .
They even closed all the Disney stores in the UK
The do not need more hotel rooms. There is no room in the parks for more people. They price me out. It is no longer worth the money to go to Walt Disney World.
Did you know that there is a Disney sized amusement park and resort being built in Oklahoma, USA? It’s set to open in 2026!
Anyone should be surprised? They put out a couple of poor movies in the last couple of years and are considered "work" company. Such a shame. At one point I had (2021) I had money invested ... you couldn't invest in a poorly run company.
Disney has forgotten who their audience is and what attracted them to the parks. Less service, dirty parks, and ridiculous prices have simply made the parks unattractive to many people. My hubby and I LOVE Disney but I really don't see us returning to the parks any time soon.
I'd like to believe that they will find their way back to their fans once they realize they went too far with trying to fleece them for every dollar.
Disney proving South Park dead nuts right
Disney's relationship with Florida's governor is poor
Maybe people in North America whine too much....
I been to all parks except Paris. China and Hong Kong parks are equal value for money. Tokyo parks the best though.
It doesn't help that the Gov of Florida is making it difficult for the company. why invest there?
I haven’t been to disney in 30 years, going for the first time in a year. I wouldn't go if it wasn't for the girls, i would much rather spend my money at Universal.
Walt would be rolling around in his grave if he knew what was going on. The USA parks should go back to lightning lanes and take Geni+ off. I also heard that the Jollywood night in Orlando was a bit of a flop too. Disney is becoming a real rip off
Hi Don, I have been following this, but my impression was, that Walt Disney World business has been very poor of late
Corporate greed. I last went to Disney World resorts in about 2000. It was the most expensive trip I'd ever taken. With prices increasing so much, I can't imagine what it would cost now. And it's not worth it to me. I'd rather do Europe or Antarctica for that price.
Disney will basically own Hulu by the end of the year, so that will pull them out of their streaming slump, as they will be able to lump Hulu's numbers in with their own.
I don't see anything new here . The Mouse was always overpriced or if you wish a premium product deserving of a premium price . I remember years ago Michael Eisner defended tickets going over the $100 mark . He said people pay hundreds and hundreds for hotel and air but they aren't coming to Orlando for that . They are coming for us . He was right .
The state of Florida has been pissing (on) Disney because they think Disney is woke. Maybe Disney is like FU Florida.
This dog doesn't know which hand is feeding her!
Quit giving them your money.
Tokyo is a franchise parks. Oriental Land company owns it.
The best Disney parks in the world.
If Nelson Peltz is anything like Carl Icahn he usually makes companies better after he leaves than when he gets a hold of them
They needed to invest in the international parks... not sure what the problem is
That's the new Disney way.... Anything doing well get nothing and they only invest in the under achieving
Loki is awesome. If you know you know. I will be canceling Disney+ after my final Loki rewatch.
If Disney doesn’t dump the jerks making the horrible decisions that get paid a fortune maybe Universal can buy them. The new park Universal is building looks amazing and there are plenty of new hotels going in to hurt Disneys overpriced hotels too. I can’t wait to go spend a week at Universal when it opens.
Up until 1996, we loved visiting Disney properties. Then they started to become politically correct by renaming properties. This included renaming Dixie landings and a few other areas in the resort. Then they decided to change Pirates of the Carribean and Splash Mountain. These changes appeal to the evolving shallow members of the woke culture. Disney has lost its mojo. It’s talent and creativity seem to be only a memory. And, now there's talk about people defecating on rides at both US parks. That had to be a editorial that the parks stink.
Disney understands that most people are not able to travel to Tokyo and see what a real Disney park looks like. If more people visited Tokyo Disney you will realize that sad pathetic state our parks in north america are. The only way disney will realize that they mistakes is by not spending money at disney.
So sad this is happening!
Disneyland paris is getting like nothing. Disneyland hotel is a small makeover. We have Avenger campus already and its just a copy like frozen is going to have. So frozen is going to suck too and we got actually nothing.
Disney cares about how much money we spend in the parks, which is why the prices keep going up.
Spell check. It’s a beautiful thing.
You couldn't pay us to go to any Disney park, cruise or movie anymore.
Thank you Don for being "Frank".
It’s called “Wokeism.” It has quite literally *destroyed* the company. I doubled over laughing, at the box-office predictions for The Marvels. Bob Iger, needs to go, YESTERDAY.
Some people actually like progressive thinking.
@@deirdrekokora8680clearly not enough to spend the money to support it.
Oh please. Woke is the opposite of the oppression being foisted on closed minded people who prefer the 1950’s. Can’t stand to see equality of minorities who are different from the Leave it to Beaver folks or freedom of religious choice or even education. Absurd. Sadly, it’s taken hold through an awful lot of dishonest media, politicians and frankly a public that’s not intellectually curious and plain mean and fearful. Whatever. Live in that mean little world. I’ve given up. What destroyed the company was a streaming product that didn’t have enough decent content, a changing tv landscape, betting too heavily on it’s purchased IP to float them and a true lack of the spirit that made the company successful to begin with, resting on tired ideas and prioritizing profit over genuine creativity. It worked for a bit but the company lost track of what made it work to begin with. Walt’s dreams didn’t begin with a pure profit motive. That’s the problem with this whole ugly world now. Money over all and those who manage to sell anger and fear.
@@deirdrekokora8680 Do you really enjoy watching the world burn, as well? Because that’s ultimately what your “progressive thinking,” is currently doing.
@@Viper-jk2pf Maybe to you, it is. Wokeism, is the description applied, and it’s immediate understood, is it not? It’s got less to do with corporate greed, than it does pushing an ideology on the world. If Disney *really* cared about money, why wouldn’t they bend over backwards, filling the recent FLOPS they’ve had in movies, and television, with fan service, and raking in *boatloads* of cash, buddy? Disney, InBev and virtually ever other major corporation, bought into ESG, which is, and has been revealing itself to be a massive SCAM. Those profiting? BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street.
You…talk….too…slow. Get to the point and spit it out already
No desire to go there, way too over priced, I would rather go on a cruise
My grand daughter is all about Peppa Pig. “ But does Disney have Peppa Pig?” She says. Hmmm, nope but Legoland does for 20% of the price. Let’s go there ….hahaha😂
Disney has always and only cared about one thing: $$$$$
Disney 👎
A lot of people are boycotting Disney because of their agenda. We want Family Friendly entertainment; we don’t want to be preached to.
dude idk who is preaching to you but it sure isn't disney. i genuinely have zero idea of what people mean when they say this stuff and i don't even like disney that much so i dont care about defending it lol
@@ghoulamvs4887 when a top Disney executive says she throws in gay and non binary characters whenever she can; that’s preaching to us. We just want family entertainment. I won’t bring my child to any movie with a gay, trans, or non binary character.
@@karyndewit193 look who's preaching now eh? Also, if a gay character bothers you that much, that's kinda pathetic lol.
@@ghoulamvs4887 gay characters do NOT belong in family friendly movies; period. Our kids aren’t for sale.
That's true
This is such a ridiculous outlook and it is clear that you are rather uneducated in how the Disney Parks work. Disney Hong Kong, Tokyo Disney, and Disney Shanghai are ALL owned by other companies. Disney owns less than 50% of all of those parks. Other than Disneyland Paris, the international parks have additional resources for funds to afford upgrades to parks. Furthermore, Disney needs to put money into the other parks as they are so small with half the amount of attractions.
Disney’s failing is really simple to explain - they’ve left Walt’s vision behind. The idea of wholesome family entertainment that told stories of timeless principles of love and overcoming evil are long gone. In its place are celebration of the villains from the movies.
And now they are grooming kids to be drag queens, right?
I love splash mountain and zip a dee doo dah!
Yeah the other side of the world parks buts ours to shame it’s kinda sad I rather go over there to play then WDW and Disneyland ours has nothing good plus Star Wars hotel was a flop yeah I rather go to China play with Duffy and Friends and Paris
Disney vs DeSantis