I don't have any kids and even I can't afford their nonsense. They're not just catering to people without kids. They're catering to the very wealthy, kids or no kids. If you're low on the socioeconomic scale, you're not welcome.
They have more disposable income and use less resources when there. They also tend to go to the more expensive food offerings and stay in the nicer hotels. The cheap hotels on site have been relegated ro dorms for the sports camps.
My 16 y/o daughter was able to go with a friend earlier this summer and even they recognized how ridiculous the prices were. Small items of food costing over $10 and tasting like 💩
Yep we got that impression recently. We went in May. I'd recommend not going, EVER, because they clearly hate you. I actually made a comment to Allears having a bit of a dig at them for completely ignoring how bad things had got at the parks. Looks like they can't ignore it any longer! Genie+ is disgusting. It absolutely ruins the experience. We used to love Disney but it's all about profit now. They don't want the regulars, they only want the mega wealthy. It costs so much more for so much less now. No fast passes, no magic express, no magic bands, no trams in the car parks, no free parking at resorts. The food wasn't good yet way more expensive. The cast members are clearly new so not very enthusiastic or polite. It was dirty, dated and dangerously overcrowded. We struggled to get on more than 2 rides each day. If I were you I'd seriously consider Universal instead because what you'll end up paying for Disney is not reflected in the vacation you get. The queue times at Disney are unbelievable- 190 minutes for flight of passage and 155 for Peter Pan! Avoid Disney entirely or you'll feel ripped off like we did. On the plus side we've booked to go to Edinburgh instead next year and plan to see the military tattoo at the castle. As much as I loved the castle at Disney World, I'm swapping it for a real one now 👍
Yeah the fast passes getting gone in favor of Genie+ is ridiculous. I remember attending Disney World many times up until I was around fifteen, I think maybe around 30 times. Not going again any time soon cause they’ve made it harder to have fun. Even when my family didn’t have the fast pass we at least got to go through at least two sections of the park a day in addition to Animal Kingdom and Epcot. It’s sad.
When I take over Disney, there will be no diversity including only two genders. The parks will essentially be private members only clubs where some are turned away.
I agree with Geeky. So only now after Disney has hurt the travel agencies business do they say anything. I guess the travel agencies will reap what they sowed.
That's ok, we no longer want them either. Or need them, for that matter. Here are few things that a middle-class family of four, can do for less than the cost of a trip to Disney World (including the cost of travel, and staying at a Disney hotel). 1. Take a cross-country road trip along route 66. 2. Visit the Grand Canyon, take the mule ride down to the bottom, stay in a cabin at the base, see billions of stars at night, then ride back out by mule, the next morning). Go camping camping/hiking at Yellowstone, see wild bears, wolves, moose, cougars, the salmon runs, and Old Faithful. 3. Go to a local fair/carnival, Renaissance festival, or science fiction/fantasy convention. 4. Rent a house on the beach in the Florida panhandle for a week. 5. Take a (non-Disney) cruise. 6. Visit Europe (according to the news this morning, the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar, and the Euro, just hit an ideal rate). 7. Visit New York City (Especially if you have plenty of frequent flier miles, and/or hotel points saved up, or have an RV, and don't mind taking NY public transportation). 8. Visit Universal Studios, Sea World, Six Flags, or other amusement parks. 9. Visit Key West (where you can snorkel, swim with dolphins, visit a large pirate museum, see Jimmy Buffet's stomping grounds, watch the cruise ships come in, sample local seafood, watch the feral chickens, and of course, taste authentic Key Lime Pie). 10. Visit Hell, Michigan, sample the local chili (which advertises itself as being "hotter than Hell") mail your taxes at the local post office, and have them officially stamped "Taxes from Hell".
This is Walt's legacy. And it is being wholeheartedly pissed away by a bunch of idiots, who never bothered to learn the value of customer service. And they have the audacity to wonder why their business is falling to pieces. I'm just glad the Late Mr. Disney is not alive to see this.
No no, call it Bobs Disney. It's very fitting. Both of the disgusting CEO's first name, is Bob. And they both did everything to make Walt Disney unrecognizable. So call it Bobs Disney. It is literally perfect.😁
@@jamessilva1259Agreed. Michael Eisner was the best after Walt. He brought about the Disney renaissance of the late 80s to late-90s. Iger started moving Disney into a worse direction, starting with ending 2D animated feature films and starting the trend of Disney becoming more of an IP holdings company than an animation studio, starting with Lucasfilms. Now, Chapek seems to care more about acquiring already existing IPs even moreso than Igor did, all while further driving Disney’s legacy into the ground with the woke stuff. Letting John Lasseter go during #metoo was a pretty big blow as well. Sadly, the actual magic and love for creating memorable stories died once Eisner left.
There aren't enough stupidly rich people to support their parks. They really need a large mass consumer demographic, or their business model will not function.
I've said this before! I'm glad others recognize it! The sheer size of their business demands mass consumer spending. They're bigger than many governments of the world. They need people to be lifetime customers from the time they are kids telling their parents to buy everything, to becoming parents themselves buying everything and now visiting the parks. The business model that the world economy moved away from in 2008, the one that appealed to "superfans" that would then hype their crazy ass products which would then increase customers, no longer worked when companies needed to expand their consumer base. Now we're at the onset of recession and one of the world's most powerful companies is doing exactly what was thrown away 15 years ago
I find myself wondering if this isn't all deliberate in an effort to decrowd the parks. The biggest problem the Disney Parks have is being far too crowded to be enjoyable with ridiculous wait times thanks to too many people having things like annual passes and constant repeat visits. It is plausible that the price hikes, quality drop, removal of annuals, etc is designed as a way to passive-aggressively get these remaining annuals to cancel their grandfathered annuals out of outrage and stop constantly coming and thus clear the parks out. Mind you, I can't say this is so, but it is plausible at this point.
@@kkcuzz most of Disney's revenue comes from the parks. I think it's like 60% or something like that. So covid really hit them hard, now they're trying to make up for it. Plus they bought FOX which was a bad move, and I think before covid they had a cruise line? So a lot of money was burned during those few years. But their wokness in movies and bad writing isn't helping matters
@@Meleena2218 I've had a thought for a while: could the 'wokeness' be at least in part to attract people who might stereotypically have more money to play with?
@@AHBelt I think timpool talked about all of this. And I agree with what he said. Companies look for the biggest demographics and cater to them. They use trends and social media's to gage what that audience is. In this case, it's millennial. Apparently they're the biggest demographic in the world and they're most likely found on social media's and the most vocal. However, the majority aren't social media present to the degree the media makes it seems (I.e Twitter and facebook) it's a small percentage. So these companies THINK they're aiming for the big demographic but only the loud minority screaming. But that's just my thoughts on that matter. Either way, if Disney hasn't smartened up by now, it's way past too late and they get what's coming.
I've had Disney representatives boldly tell me "They're still a heck of a value if you compare to sporting events and concerts." I told him "No you're not a heck of a value. You're 50 yard line tickets to the Super Bowl. You're not front row tickets to a Taylor Swift concert. You are a theme park."
After years of WDW family trips, we are done with Disney. Currently driving home from a week at Universal Studios, had an amazing time even though it was hot and crowded. Haven't been back to Dianey in 2+ years but we have been to Universal twice in a year.
I watch several of those channels who have been kissing Disney’s backside for the longest time. Yes, they are now finally starting to show and talk about what everybody else knows and sees and feels. They are finally starting to tell the truth. What I find very funny though is those same channels are now starting to go to Universal Studios a lot. They are doing videos about staying at the different hotels at Universal Studios in Orlando. They’re going to all the festivals at Universal Studios and the opening of rides and giving more news etc. You can really tell that they understand visitors will be going to Universal Studios as the primary and Disney as a secondary, if there’s time, here shortly. When Universal Studios in Orlando opens their third theme park it really is going to make them a theme park that you can spend a week at. Super Mario Land is going to be amazing plus the other lands that will be there. It’s even rumored that in the future a land that’s completely Pokémon themed will be built. Disney doesn’t realize yet the damage they are doing because people are still trying to fit in vacations they missed out on. Disney thinks what’s happening now will continue but it’s not going to.
"When Universal Studios in Orlando opens their third theme park it really is going to make them a theme park that you can spend a week at." That'd be something, considering that we spent less than a day between the two theme parks they have currently. The flip of Disney pixie-dusters to blowing smoke up Universal's ass is very telling of the whole bullshittery that is the theme park vlogger industry.
Yes. Universal Studio will do better than Disney. That is good thing about Nintendo going them to make theme park rides based on their franchise. They avoid negotiating with the eviler, worse company.
@@Linsmith571 unfortunately when my parents got older we had to stop going to Universal because the rides were not something they could handle. The great thing with this third theme park is it looks like even though it will have all the flavor of Universal they are doing their best to make it in such a way that it will draw people away from the Magic Kingdom. It’s going to have rides that even the younger and older individuals can enjoy. Universal is being so smart about this. If they built Epic and it basically had all the same crazy fast rides that are restrictive for young and for old and for people who are a little larger in size and for adults who are not into those real fast crazier type rides that would not really bring in new people and families that currently bypass Universal. They basically would be cannibalizing their own self and current customers. Yes of course everybody who already loves Universal will be going to this new one when it opens. However people and families that don’t go because they feel like they don’t have anything that they can do there will now have things to do. It really is so smart on Universal’s part and Disney executives are so conceited they don’t believe that it’s going to hurt them at all.
The last time I went to Disney World was in the early '90s. It was expensive but nothing outrageous for the quality of service and wait times. These days it seem that Disney thinks it can milk those fans without providing a quality experience.
My GF and I took our daughter last year to Disney, it was her first time. She loved it but it was hard bc it was SO damn expensive. Now she wants to back again soon but it costs so much that we’re trying to convince her that Universal Studios would be just as good
Disney: We don’t want you because you’re not wealthy! Me: Well okay. I won’t go to your parks then. Disney 5 or so months later: Why didn’t you come to Disneyland?!
Disney is making Glomgold look generous and that guy stole ideas and… made them his own… oh wait. Seriously, I’ll gladly take my family to Knotsberry Farm over them now.
Pro-tip for Disney: if you want only rich people to come to your park, you should first work on proposing something who will attract them in the first place and justify your prices, I don't know, something like A GOOD PRODUCT AND A GOOD SERVICE !
It's funny because they don't even offer a premium experience for these higher costs, its just the same as it always was but just with the prices jacked up and access more controlled and limited.
This what you get when beancounters are allowed unfettered access to control the product and how it's delivered. They would monetize breathing in the 6 hour queues if they could figure out a way to control the oxygen.
To be fair Disney has long been essentially out of the reach for many Americans. Families often had to save for years to be able to go. Between airfare, hotel, food, park access etc. many working class people could never afford it...unless they put alot of it on credit card and made other sacrifices too
So you're a man with a family. No need to identify yourself with "cis" - that's a term used by people who aren't to insult normal people. No need to identify yourself as white, either - that just classifies people by race.
I am a hetro man with kids. We used to love Disney, but the cost jumped too much. I have Universal annual passes this year and prices are steep, but low enough other parents with kids are buying. I bet the travel agencies are hurting for travel clients.
@@Angie2343 I am so excited for Nintendo land!!! I look forward to it opening. My kids love Harry Potter, with Jurassic, that is enough. One spends per entertainment value, Disney jumped the shark. Too many crowds for the dollar. I don't mind $110k for whales, what I mind is Disney no longer entertains the kids.
We here in the Netherlands have the park where Disney is based on; De Efteling. It's really great, even for international people coz most of the theme park (kids zone anyway) is based on the Brother Grimm stories that everybody in the west has grown up with and that Disney's originally also animated. Cinderella, red ridding hood etc. etc. And even though it's getting more expensive, tickets are between 30-40 euro's.
Universal is even less worth the money. They've got two whole-ass theme parks in Orlando and we didn't even spend a full day between them. Skip the parks, take the kids to your local amusement park for rides, and then save up to visit the real places like the US Southwest, Hawaii, Africa, Europe, New Orleans, whatever.
Universal is garbage too I'd rather visit landmarks, civil war grounds, abandoned military bases and plantations, etc Granted I also don't have kids who want to do kid friendly activities
Walt Disney spent the last years of his life trying to perfect a theme park that would not only bring fun to people but be magical to children and parents, a place where they could go to forget the real world and enjoy themselves. If Walt Disney saw what his theme parks were like today his heart would drop, I doubt he would appreciate the company not wanting children there.
Not to mention everything that happened to the studio. If you have a moment you may enjoy the parody comic I made here on youtube. Have a great weekend!
If Walt Disney could see what happened today and still had the authority he had until the day he died, there would be a massive purge from the top down. I don't say that lightly. I studied his life. He was not a kind man. He pushed his workers. That said, he was far harder on himself. He never asked of anyone what he wouldn't ask of himself first. Likewise, he really did believe in "The American Dream." He wanted his shows and parks to be available for everyone, and that did mean everyone. He believed everyone should work hard, but also be treated honestly and fairly, as people. Seriously, if he were alive today and even given just three years of life, oy vey. These 'social justice' cultists wouldn't stand up to his wrath. And I'm not just talking the ones in his company.
@@Black_Revue Certainly true. The end result of no money is the same either way, which is good and might drive them to produce things worth pirating, hence making pirating great again! =3
For two trips to Disney for four you could get a used tag along RV (on time purchase, which you own) and go to national and state parks. REAL beaches, canyons, rivers, forests as opposed to fake man made ones. You tell me what the better value is.
I haven’t gone to their parks in 6 years. I can’t imagine how much the prices have gone up since then. You need to be super rich in order to afford Disney World at this point.
That's fine by me I've been an Ex-Disney Fan for a while can't wait till Epic Universe opens up in Orlando! Looking forward to Super Nintendo World the most especially Donkey Kong Coaster.
These new people running the company don't care about Walt's vision anymore. I guess even broke woke-headed Disney blind loyalists (who usually look at the company through nostalgia goggles and try to ignore that the company is no longer what it once was) are now starting to see the new error of the company.
@@Disneyfan82 What gives them the right? Nothing, pretty much. At least a number of the company's original geniuses have moved on. For example, Brad Bird and John Lasseter from Pixar have moved on to Skydance Animation. Also, John Musker and Ron Clemments (directors of The Great Mouse Detective in 1986, The Little Mermaid in 1989, Aladdin in 1992, Hercules in 1997, Treasure Planet in 2002, The Princess and the Frog in 2009, and Moana in 2016) have moved on to Warner Bros to make an (possibly 2D) animated theatrical feature film for Warner Bros based on DC's Metal Men.
The price thing looks more like as the executives want to make Disney an exclusive club to people they perceive as being their level than a economic recovery step. You can profit from people that can and like to pay for exclusive price-gouging schemes, while at the same time they get cash by the sales volume from people who haven't much to spend, but take pleasure in seeing they are the majority. But the perceived strategy looks like the first one. One that scares away the sales volume share of the market.
Family of 9 we spent 8 days at Disney and stayed at Fort Wilderness campground. Campground was great. the parks sucked. Multiple broken rides, stupid high prices even for Disney. Waiting for the new Epic Universe park. Disney does not want me, I'll take my money elsewhere.
@@taags Pirating will just make Disney blame that for their financial losses instead of them realizing their stupidity and bad decisions they make are what's doing that.
Moral of the story, don't go to Disney. If they have more people than they can handle, the prices will continue to increase. Simple law of supply and demand.
I’ve known this since Star Wars The Last Jedi. Not to mention their over priced products that they are selling at said theme parks. Which some of this stuff I can get elsewhere for less money. Lol
At this rate, Kingdom Hearts is going to be the real value package for Disney parks. It already has Attraction special attacks and Hidden Mickeys as a sidequest.
My dad is taking us to Disneyland Monday and I've heard so many bad things about it. My big bro took his 4 yr old daughter there and said it wasn't worth it. I don't even want to go there 'cuz of the Disney deaths...
I know you went through a lot of crap in the past couple years because you were truthful and didn’t pull punches. Now, however, you still retain something that most outlets like Inside the Magic have since lost, CREDIBILITY. In your industry that’s worth more than gold.
Holy crap! I remember Kiddieland! I went there when I was like 5 or 6. I honestly didn't like it at the time but looking back, I really miss it. It closed down after I moved away.
Geeky: "We're the first to says it and take all the shit, while everyone else gets a pat on the head and a cookie." Me: ... well yeah. You showed everyone that they needed an umbrella for this, even though you wouldn't think it called for one. GOOD JOB CLOWNFISH!
Your frustration is understandable, Geeky but here's the thing: by doing honest reporting, you may get "blacklisted" while those who are late to the party won't but don't forget that by proving yourselves as a reliable news source, you are building trust in the public eye...trust is everything in this business. This is why you will succeed, while others fail.
MY wife was the biggest Disney fan. I proposed to her at Disney, in front of her favorite ride. We went there for most of our vacations. Now, she has no interest at all in going there. The cost plus the lack of services has completely turned her off.
Mutual. Even before my kids were born I was watching Disney movies and all the rest. I've been to Disney World multiple times with my kids and I saw all those movies with my daughters. I've got to participate in some of their audience-participation activities. It was great. Now I only mock their shit and shake my head at their outrageous pricing.
I used to stay exclusively at moderate resorts when I worked a job that paid dog shit. I make double what I did back then and I couldn't justify paying for a moderate currently.
@@alyssawilkins5264 That's what my friends and I are planning. Our thinking was, "why stay in country and go to an overpacked, overrated, amusement park, when we can go to a different country and enjoy their amusement parks for cheaper?" Nintendo World comes to mind. And lets not get started with all the cool locations and things we can see and do. It has been too long since I was there last lol.
@@Sephvion It would be more worth it than going to Disney World. Went once when I was younger and didn’t enjoy it. Record attendance and hot as hell. Visiting different countries is fun. Italy is fun for sight seeing and good food as well. People were very kind there.
@@alyssawilkins5264 Oh, I know it would be worth it to go somewhere else. I've been to Europe, Japan, Disneyworld/land, all over the US. Honestly, I'd just stay put where I'm at and go to Japan, when it comes up. Europe is not in the best of places.
I've only been to Disneyland a couple times my whole life while whenever I'm taken to an amusement park, it's always Knott's Berry Farm. I just prefer the latter more because of that alone and looking up the current ticket prices, Knott's is far cheaper than Disney.
For less than a flight and vacation to Dismal World, I could fly to Denmark and spend the same amount of time at LegoLand and LegoHouse... and then do other things around Denmark.
Hey listen back in 2008 when Bob Iger was at the home I dropped my my Walt Disney World annual pass because I felt like everything was just going up and up and up each and every year my father paid for my pass for 10 years I called my father I said Dad I've had it finally had it I can see the day when Disney starts charging $700 for the annual pass and it actually happened but it got way worse I mean they were trying to kill the middle class back in the day
Basic economics. Supply and demand. If Disney was charging too much, their parks would be empty. Instead, at current prices and policies, the parks are so full that it is not a pleasant experience just because of the crowds.
Daily Dose of Geeky for Giggles Geeky Sparkles: "If you pay $1,200.00 a night for a hotel at Disney, raise your hand. Ok. Now, hit yourself because you're stupid!" (15:44) OMG. I burst out laughing when Geeky said that!
My family used to go 3 to 4 times a year. the magic is gone now. We won't be back. Such a shame to see the special Disney experience Die. Maybe they will wake up, bring the quality back and work to provide the special experience. I like Universal and SeaWorld so much better. Better value, Better Time.
And I feel like disney doesnf want us anyway. Also, I just started making comics here in youtube, if you have a sec check out the one I did on disneyland!
my family is fairly well off, we are a middle class family in the UK, my dad has a government job, both my parents work, me and my sister are older so we earn our own money etc etc. But even with all that, we still have to save for about 2 years just to go to Disney for 1 week! That's ridiculous!
Based on their current policies, offerings, and prices, Disney seems to prefer the childless adult guests to families.
they are going so woke they only care about pink money
I don't have any kids and even I can't afford their nonsense. They're not just catering to people without kids. They're catering to the very wealthy, kids or no kids. If you're low on the socioeconomic scale, you're not welcome.
@@AngryReptileKeeper They definitely want the wealthy.
I still posit that they don’t truly want families with kids any longer.
Disney prefer the no guest policy, just send in your money, then they can fire all staff and shut down for more profits.
They have more disposable income and use less resources when there. They also tend to go to the more expensive food offerings and stay in the nicer hotels. The cheap hotels on site have been relegated ro dorms for the sports camps.
My 16 y/o daughter was able to go with a friend earlier this summer and even they recognized how ridiculous the prices were. Small items of food costing over $10 and tasting like 💩
Walt would NOT BE PLEASED.
Can testify to that having been in May. Food was BAD yet so much more expensive
@@rachb373 Not to mention all the WOKE garbage from Disney.
"Even they"? Teenagers aren't all stupid you know
Were they rich people popsicles ?
Considering all the stupid stuff Disney's been doing lately, I'm not giving them money. If you give a corrupt company cash, they won't learn anything.
If you give a mouse a cookie...
Did you hear about this incident people flipped out about ruclips.net/video/jYRN1S_o130/видео.html
It’s over.
They don't learn when they're losing money either... so its pointless, really.
Yet you come to one of the most corrupt channels here on RUclips (making money off of you): Clownfish. Only one worse is YellowFlash...
That’s ok I don’t want Disney either.
Never give money to people who hate you....
Common sense
Yep we got that impression recently.
We went in May. I'd recommend not going, EVER, because they clearly hate you.
I actually made a comment to Allears having a bit of a dig at them for completely ignoring how bad things had got at the parks. Looks like they can't ignore it any longer!
Genie+ is disgusting. It absolutely ruins the experience. We used to love Disney but it's all about profit now. They don't want the regulars, they only want the mega wealthy.
It costs so much more for so much less now. No fast passes, no magic express, no magic bands, no trams in the car parks, no free parking at resorts. The food wasn't good yet way more expensive. The cast members are clearly new so not very enthusiastic or polite. It was dirty, dated and dangerously overcrowded. We struggled to get on more than 2 rides each day. If I were you I'd seriously consider Universal instead because what you'll end up paying for Disney is not reflected in the vacation you get. The queue times at Disney are unbelievable- 190 minutes for flight of passage and 155 for Peter Pan! Avoid Disney entirely or you'll feel ripped off like we did. On the plus side we've booked to go to Edinburgh instead next year and plan to see the military tattoo at the castle. As much as I loved the castle at Disney World, I'm swapping it for a real one now 👍
They removed fast pass and magic bands? I haven’t been there in two years!
@@StarWarriorRobby I can confirm that Six Flags lives on! 😁
Yeah the fast passes getting gone in favor of Genie+ is ridiculous. I remember attending Disney World many times up until I was around fifteen, I think maybe around 30 times. Not going again any time soon cause they’ve made it harder to have fun. Even when my family didn’t have the fast pass we at least got to go through at least two sections of the park a day in addition to Animal Kingdom and Epcot. It’s sad.
Looks like the tribe is doing everything in their power to utterly destroy Walt Disney’s legacy. This was a hitjob.
@@chilomine839 finally
Someone who can see
Disney diversity plan: Racial Diversity in the Parks: Yes, Gender Diversity in the Parks: Yes, Income Diversity: No Thanks
Imagine trying do better by people to just be pissed off by people.
Coming soon - Peter Pansexual
Just like in rich neighborhoods, they keep out diversity with high prices.
As well, sexual orientation diversity ✔ ; regional diversity ✔ ; religious diversity ✔ ...
When I take over Disney, there will be no diversity including only two genders. The parks will essentially be private members only clubs where some are turned away.
Geeky sounds a bit better today! Can't wait for her rant voice to be back at 100%! Hope y'all have a great weekend!
Kimberly v. Disney: Dawn of Justice
yeah I'm glad.
I agree with Geeky. So only now after Disney has hurt the travel agencies business do they say anything. I guess the travel agencies will reap what they sowed.
I noticed her voice improving too. My voice seems to be improving after being sick too. Hopefully soon geeky's true power shall be unleashed soon.
She has that sweet little voice I like when she says hello
That's ok, we no longer want them either.
Or need them, for that matter.
Here are few things that a middle-class family of four, can do for less than the cost of a trip to Disney World (including the cost of travel, and staying at a Disney hotel).
1. Take a cross-country road trip along route 66.
2. Visit the Grand Canyon, take the mule ride down to the bottom, stay in a cabin at the base, see billions of stars at night, then ride back out by mule, the next morning).
Go camping camping/hiking at Yellowstone, see wild bears, wolves, moose, cougars, the salmon runs, and Old Faithful.
3. Go to a local fair/carnival, Renaissance festival, or science fiction/fantasy convention.
4. Rent a house on the beach in the Florida panhandle for a week.
5. Take a (non-Disney) cruise.
6. Visit Europe (according to the news this morning, the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar, and the Euro, just hit an ideal rate).
7. Visit New York City (Especially if you have plenty of frequent flier miles, and/or hotel points saved up, or have an RV, and don't mind taking NY public transportation).
8. Visit Universal Studios, Sea World, Six Flags, or other amusement parks.
9. Visit Key West (where you can snorkel, swim with dolphins, visit a large pirate museum, see Jimmy Buffet's stomping grounds, watch the cruise ships come in, sample local seafood, watch the feral chickens, and of course, taste authentic Key Lime Pie).
10. Visit Hell, Michigan, sample the local chili (which advertises itself as being "hotter than Hell") mail your taxes at the local post office, and have them officially stamped "Taxes from Hell".
This is Walt's legacy. And it is being wholeheartedly pissed away by a bunch of idiots, who never bothered to learn the value of customer service. And they have the audacity to wonder why their business is falling to pieces. I'm just glad the Late Mr. Disney is not alive to see this.
Lol those alternatives are 💩
@@vaugustine1594 Enlighten us on what you would do better.
Can we call it new Disney .. the original Disney was a mark of quality and family content .. that Disney doesent exist anymore
No no, call it Bobs Disney. It's very fitting. Both of the disgusting CEO's first name, is Bob. And they both did everything to make Walt Disney unrecognizable.
So call it Bobs Disney. It is literally perfect.😁
It no longer deserves Walt's last name.
So I call it "Pissney."
Disney cannot be fixed at all.
Yeah the Disney we knew is too far gone forever
@@jamessilva1259Agreed. Michael Eisner was the best after Walt. He brought about the Disney renaissance of the late 80s to late-90s. Iger started moving Disney into a worse direction, starting with ending 2D animated feature films and starting the trend of Disney becoming more of an IP holdings company than an animation studio, starting with Lucasfilms.
Now, Chapek seems to care more about acquiring already existing IPs even moreso than Igor did, all while further driving Disney’s legacy into the ground with the woke stuff. Letting John Lasseter go during #metoo was a pretty big blow as well. Sadly, the actual magic and love for creating memorable stories died once Eisner left.
And the feeling is mutual. I'd rather go to Universal Studios.
Universal should dethrone Disney!
@@mmecharlotte exactly!
There aren't enough stupidly rich people to support their parks.
They really need a large mass consumer demographic, or their business model will not function.
They don't want that.
They want the Californian/New Yorker latte hippies as their main demographic customer.
I've said this before! I'm glad others recognize it! The sheer size of their business demands mass consumer spending. They're bigger than many governments of the world. They need people to be lifetime customers from the time they are kids telling their parents to buy everything, to becoming parents themselves buying everything and now visiting the parks. The business model that the world economy moved away from in 2008, the one that appealed to "superfans" that would then hype their crazy ass products which would then increase customers, no longer worked when companies needed to expand their consumer base. Now we're at the onset of recession and one of the world's most powerful companies is doing exactly what was thrown away 15 years ago
Exactly! Nobody will want them if they are not popular with the masses!
And most of the rich folks don’t even go to theme parks for vacations.
@@228-n6f
That is true they have some crazy rich who are worshiping them but i doubt they'd feel the same for years to come let alon getting new ones.
I find myself wondering if this isn't all deliberate in an effort to decrowd the parks. The biggest problem the Disney Parks have is being far too crowded to be enjoyable with ridiculous wait times thanks to too many people having things like annual passes and constant repeat visits.
It is plausible that the price hikes, quality drop, removal of annuals, etc is designed as a way to passive-aggressively get these remaining annuals to cancel their grandfathered annuals out of outrage and stop constantly coming and thus clear the parks out.
Mind you, I can't say this is so, but it is plausible at this point.
Disney is going so woke, it's putting itself to sleep.
The wokeness in movies is probably forcing them to raise prices at parks to offset the costs.
Woke but not awake
@@kkcuzz most of Disney's revenue comes from the parks. I think it's like 60% or something like that. So covid really hit them hard, now they're trying to make up for it. Plus they bought FOX which was a bad move, and I think before covid they had a cruise line? So a lot of money was burned during those few years. But their wokness in movies and bad writing isn't helping matters
@@Meleena2218 I've had a thought for a while: could the 'wokeness' be at least in part to attract people who might stereotypically have more money to play with?
@@AHBelt I think timpool talked about all of this. And I agree with what he said. Companies look for the biggest demographics and cater to them. They use trends and social media's to gage what that audience is. In this case, it's millennial. Apparently they're the biggest demographic in the world and they're most likely found on social media's and the most vocal. However, the majority aren't social media present to the degree the media makes it seems (I.e Twitter and facebook) it's a small percentage. So these companies THINK they're aiming for the big demographic but only the loud minority screaming. But that's just my thoughts on that matter. Either way, if Disney hasn't smartened up by now, it's way past too late and they get what's coming.
Yesterday was the first time we refused to go to Disney, and instead we went to Crystal River Archaeological Park and then to St. Augustine.
That sounds interesting! Never heard of the Archeological Park, but it's on my radar now.
St. Augustine is awesome! If I ever went back to Florida for some reason, I'd actually want to spend a few nights there.
I've had Disney representatives boldly tell me "They're still a heck of a value if you compare to sporting events and concerts." I told him "No you're not a heck of a value. You're 50 yard line tickets to the Super Bowl. You're not front row tickets to a Taylor Swift concert. You are a theme park."
After years of WDW family trips, we are done with Disney.
Currently driving home from a week at Universal Studios, had an amazing time even though it was hot and crowded. Haven't been back to Dianey in 2+ years but we have been to Universal twice in a year.
I watch several of those channels who have been kissing Disney’s backside for the longest time. Yes, they are now finally starting to show and talk about what everybody else knows and sees and feels. They are finally starting to tell the truth.
What I find very funny though is those same channels are now starting to go to Universal Studios a lot. They are doing videos about staying at the different hotels at Universal Studios in Orlando. They’re going to all the festivals at Universal Studios and the opening of rides and giving more news etc. You can really tell that they understand visitors will be going to Universal Studios as the primary and Disney as a secondary, if there’s time, here shortly.
When Universal Studios in Orlando opens their third theme park it really is going to make them a theme park that you can spend a week at. Super Mario Land is going to be amazing plus the other lands that will be there. It’s even rumored that in the future a land that’s completely Pokémon themed will be built. Disney doesn’t realize yet the damage they are doing because people are still trying to fit in vacations they missed out on. Disney thinks what’s happening now will continue but it’s not going to.
"When Universal Studios in Orlando opens their third theme park it really is going to make them a theme park that you can spend a week at."
That'd be something, considering that we spent less than a day between the two theme parks they have currently.
The flip of Disney pixie-dusters to blowing smoke up Universal's ass is very telling of the whole bullshittery that is the theme park vlogger industry.
It's cause they no longer getting the privileges anymore. And that's when their bubble pops. People complain when suddenly they're treated like a peon
Yes. Universal Studio will do better than Disney. That is good thing about Nintendo going them to make theme park rides based on their franchise. They avoid negotiating with the eviler, worse company.
We already go to Universal routinely and ignore Disney. We find plenty to do at Uni.
@@Linsmith571 unfortunately when my parents got older we had to stop going to Universal because the rides were not something they could handle. The great thing with this third theme park is it looks like even though it will have all the flavor of Universal they are doing their best to make it in such a way that it will draw people away from the Magic Kingdom. It’s going to have rides that even the younger and older individuals can enjoy. Universal is being so smart about this. If they built Epic and it basically had all the same crazy fast rides that are restrictive for young and for old and for people who are a little larger in size and for adults who are not into those real fast crazier type rides that would not really bring in new people and families that currently bypass Universal. They basically would be cannibalizing their own self and current customers. Yes of course everybody who already loves Universal will be going to this new one when it opens. However people and families that don’t go because they feel like they don’t have anything that they can do there will now have things to do. It really is so smart on Universal’s part and Disney executives are so conceited they don’t believe that it’s going to hurt them at all.
The last time I went to Disney World was in the early '90s. It was expensive but nothing outrageous for the quality of service and wait times. These days it seem that Disney thinks it can milk those fans without providing a quality experience.
Already knew that, they made it VERY clear.
the "not so secret gay agenda!" at one of the zoom calls made me dissappointed at high ranking workers in Disney corp!
My GF and I took our daughter last year to Disney, it was her first time. She loved it but it was hard bc it was SO damn expensive. Now she wants to back again soon but it costs so much that we’re trying to convince her that Universal Studios would be just as good
Love Universal!
Good luck... Universal is not as good.
Universal aint exactly cheap either.
Universals is way more fun in my opinion, but I’m a movie guy so 😂
@@CoryTheRaven cap
Disney: We don’t want you because you’re not wealthy!
Me: Well okay. I won’t go to your parks then.
Disney 5 or so months later: Why didn’t you come to Disneyland?!
It feels like an internal power struggle is going back and forth.
Disney is making Glomgold look generous and that guy stole ideas and… made them his own… oh wait.
Seriously, I’ll gladly take my family to Knotsberry Farm over them now.
Knottsberry?
No, they make Flintheart Glomgold look like an honest businessman by comparison.
Scrooge would make sure customers are happy to spend their money.
This is more like a Looten Plunder scheme from Captain Planet.
@@Mrcharrio Agreed, Scrooge may have been tougher than the toughies ans smarter than the smarties, but he also believed in dealing fair and square.
You mean Knott's Berry Farm. But yeah, I agree!
Pro-tip for Disney: if you want only rich people to come to your park, you should first work on proposing something who will attract them in the first place and justify your prices, I don't know, something like A GOOD PRODUCT AND A GOOD SERVICE !
It's funny because they don't even offer a premium experience for these higher costs, its just the same as it always was but just with the prices jacked up and access more controlled and limited.
Premium? It's LESS than what they offered before. No Magical Express, no free MagicBands, no free Fastpasses, and more things behind paywalls.
The Quality goes down while the cost goes up… ✨Disney Magic.
Someone needs to convince Groomers to let go parnership with Blackrock.
Blackrock is what is behind all this woke garbage. They seem to own everybody.
You do know groomers aren't just liberals right?
@@yaboinoodle6878 sadly Disney took that title and twisted it
This what you get when beancounters are allowed unfettered access to control the product and how it's delivered. They would monetize breathing in the 6 hour queues if they could figure out a way to control the oxygen.
To be fair Disney has long been essentially out of the reach for many Americans. Families often had to save for years to be able to go. Between airfare, hotel, food, park access etc. many working class people could never afford it...unless they put alot of it on credit card and made other sacrifices too
I’m a Cis white male with a family. Disney has flat told me and my family not to come to park, and not to watch it’s programs. I will comply
So you're a man with a family.
No need to identify yourself with "cis" - that's a term used by people who aren't to insult normal people.
No need to identify yourself as white, either - that just classifies people by race.
Stop using Progressive language just say normal I'm tired of the PC talk.
Points taken. And well made both of you
It is just sad to see what a pathetic mess Disney has become.
The feeling is mutual, I've turned down disney every time they asked me to work for them.
Disney doesn't want my $? That's fine, I'm waiting for the Rippaverse theme park.
The way things are going, you won’t have long to wait.
Oooooohhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
I am a hetro man with kids. We used to love Disney, but the cost jumped too much. I have Universal annual passes this year and prices are steep, but low enough other parents with kids are buying.
I bet the travel agencies are hurting for travel clients.
And we're getting Mario and the rest of the citizens of Kinoko-sei (Mushroom World)
@@Angie2343 I am so excited for Nintendo land!!! I look forward to it opening. My kids love Harry Potter, with Jurassic, that is enough. One spends per entertainment value,
Disney jumped the shark. Too many crowds for the dollar. I don't mind $110k for whales, what I mind is Disney no longer entertains the kids.
What’s being HETERO have to do with it? Disney hates you either way.
We here in the Netherlands have the park where Disney is based on; De Efteling. It's really great, even for international people coz most of the theme park (kids zone anyway) is based on the Brother Grimm stories that everybody in the west has grown up with and that Disney's originally also animated. Cinderella, red ridding hood etc. etc. And even though it's getting more expensive, tickets are between 30-40 euro's.
Universal is even less worth the money. They've got two whole-ass theme parks in Orlando and we didn't even spend a full day between them. Skip the parks, take the kids to your local amusement park for rides, and then save up to visit the real places like the US Southwest, Hawaii, Africa, Europe, New Orleans, whatever.
And this will be why Universal Studios will win.
Universal is garbage too
I'd rather visit landmarks, civil war grounds, abandoned military bases and plantations, etc
Granted I also don't have kids who want to do kid friendly activities
Theme parks maybe after everything else I don't know
Especially when they build the new parks
Universal should dethrone Disney!
The price is the least of it at this point to be honest.
I could buy an all inclusive resort on a tropical beach for far less than a week at Disney.
Walt Disney spent the last years of his life trying to perfect a theme park that would not
only bring fun to people but be magical to children and parents, a place where they could go
to forget the real world and enjoy themselves. If Walt Disney saw what his theme parks were
like today his heart would drop, I doubt he would appreciate the company not wanting children there.
Not to mention everything that happened to the studio.
If you have a moment you may enjoy the parody comic I made here on youtube. Have a great weekend!
If Walt Disney could see what happened today and still had the authority he had until the day he died, there would be a massive purge from the top down. I don't say that lightly. I studied his life. He was not a kind man. He pushed his workers. That said, he was far harder on himself. He never asked of anyone what he wouldn't ask of himself first. Likewise, he really did believe in "The American Dream." He wanted his shows and parks to be available for everyone, and that did mean everyone. He believed everyone should work hard, but also be treated honestly and fairly, as people.
Seriously, if he were alive today and even given just three years of life, oy vey. These 'social justice' cultists wouldn't stand up to his wrath. And I'm not just talking the ones in his company.
@@gryffen9608 Yeah he was a real man. Its cool how he would climb up the roller coasters and inspect them himself
Good. I also don't want Disney. Not this Disney.
Feeling’s mutual.
Waves Pirate Flag
@@Black_Revue Many of the things they put out nowadays isn't even worth to pirate sadly.
@@hoppa_2184 True, but When you Take away the Money it Stings Them Harder than Any Bad review
@@Black_Revue Certainly true. The end result of no money is the same either way, which is good and might drive them to produce things worth pirating, hence making pirating great again! =3
For two trips to Disney for four you could get a used tag along RV (on time purchase, which you own) and go to national and state parks. REAL beaches, canyons, rivers, forests as opposed to fake man made ones.
You tell me what the better value is.
"Does Disney want you?"
Their prices and service tell me that no, no they do not want my low-socioeconomic ass.
I haven’t gone to their parks in 6 years. I can’t imagine how much the prices have gone up since then. You need to be super rich in order to afford Disney World at this point.
"We are so diverse and inclusive! RICH PEOPLE ONLY."
That's fine by me I've been an Ex-Disney Fan for a while can't wait till Epic Universe opens up in Orlando! Looking forward to Super Nintendo World the most especially Donkey Kong Coaster.
These new people running the company don't care about Walt's vision anymore.
I guess even broke woke-headed Disney blind loyalists (who usually look at the company through nostalgia goggles and try to ignore that the company is no longer what it once was) are now starting to see the new error of the company.
I hate them so much, what gives them a right to ruin things?
@@Disneyfan82 What gives them the right? Nothing, pretty much.
At least a number of the company's original geniuses have moved on.
For example, Brad Bird and John Lasseter from Pixar have moved on to Skydance Animation.
Also, John Musker and Ron Clemments (directors of The Great Mouse Detective in 1986, The Little Mermaid in 1989, Aladdin in 1992, Hercules in 1997, Treasure Planet in 2002, The Princess and the Frog in 2009, and Moana in 2016) have moved on to Warner Bros to make an (possibly 2D) animated theatrical feature film for Warner Bros based on DC's Metal Men.
The price thing looks more like as the executives want to make Disney an exclusive club to people they perceive as being their level than a economic recovery step.
You can profit from people that can and like to pay for exclusive price-gouging schemes, while at the same time they get cash by the sales volume from people who haven't much to spend, but take pleasure in seeing they are the majority.
But the perceived strategy looks like the first one. One that scares away the sales volume share of the market.
Family of 9 we spent 8 days at Disney and stayed at Fort Wilderness campground. Campground was great. the parks sucked. Multiple broken rides, stupid high prices even for Disney. Waiting for the new Epic Universe park. Disney does not want me, I'll take my money elsewhere.
Whatever! I'm sick of Disney and their BS.
If They don't want me, then they don't deserve my money for the streaming service.
Just pirate anything you want to watch.
@@taags Pirating will just make Disney blame that for their financial losses instead of them realizing their stupidity and bad decisions they make are what's doing that.
Inflation is a big factor but also shrinkflation.You not only pay more, but you also getting less.
*”Everything woke turns to shit."*
- Pres. Donald J. Trump,
Cullman, AL (21 Aug 2021)
Moral of the story, don't go to Disney.
If they have more people than they can handle, the prices will continue to increase.
Simple law of supply and demand.
I’ve known this since Star Wars The Last Jedi. Not to mention their over priced products that they are selling at said theme parks. Which some of this stuff I can get elsewhere for less money. Lol
I feel wasteful whenever we take a trip that costs about $500. Disney is right the fuck out.
A trip to Japan is more worth than freaking disney.
Yep
A trip to Round 1 is worth it anyways
Yeah Japan where anime was. I love anime!
Basically, Disney parks are run on the pay-to-win formula now.
I'm done with Disney......
You may enjoy the parodies I do here on youtube then. If you have a moment give it a gander
My opinions of Disney have changed and for good reasons. They are awful!!
Poor Walter Disney, his dream being destroyed to its roots.
I hate the ones doing this to Disney.
At this rate, Kingdom Hearts is going to be the real value package for Disney parks. It already has Attraction special attacks and Hidden Mickeys as a sidequest.
Kingdom hearts is the only thing I love from Disney you could add stich in that mix
If Disney don't want us, then they can go bankrupt! There really are other theme parks to go. 😌
What are the odds of them going bankrupt
Disney can go bankrupt for all we care!
Disney can just go to Hell!
My dad is taking us to Disneyland Monday and I've heard so many bad things about it. My big bro took his 4 yr old daughter there and said it wasn't worth it. I don't even want to go there 'cuz of the Disney deaths...
Did you tell your dad about Universal?
@@kellysouter4381 I'm too scared.
What Disney deaths
Enjoy it for what it is, it was beautiful 3 years ago, and the fireworks in magic kingdom were amazing … it’s all down hill from here 🥺
@@animezilla4486 scary stories....
The quality of the food has definitely gone down. It’s so expensive yet tasted like school cafeteria food
First netflix being greedy now this.. Smh. These companies never learn.
Wow, the price system has changed and become so much more complicated than 25 years ago when I lived in Florida.
Who wouldn't want 10 customers spending 10k over 10k customers spending $10? 🤫
I know you went through a lot of crap in the past couple years because you were truthful and didn’t pull punches. Now, however, you still retain something that most outlets like Inside the Magic have since lost, CREDIBILITY. In your industry that’s worth more than gold.
I'm glad someone pointed this out....I agree totally!
Can't wait for the Super Mario Land in Universal Studio 😎😁
Well it’s always been for high middle class not for the lower middle class and now it’s just for the rich.
Even as a little kid I never wanted to go to Disney world......it just looks boring.
Dismal Disney's a great name for this channel. 🤣 But seriously, I'm more of a Kiddieland person since the theme park's been long gone.
Holy crap! I remember Kiddieland! I went there when I was like 5 or 6. I honestly didn't like it at the time but looking back, I really miss it. It closed down after I moved away.
Geeky: "We're the first to says it and take all the shit, while everyone else gets a pat on the head and a cookie."
Me: ... well yeah. You showed everyone that they needed an umbrella for this, even though you wouldn't think it called for one. GOOD JOB CLOWNFISH!
That's OK, I don't want Disney either. My values definitely are not their's. 🦉
Disney doesn’t want you…unless you’re ready to spend and spend big. 🤑
Your frustration is understandable, Geeky but here's the thing: by doing honest reporting, you may get "blacklisted" while those who are late to the party won't but don't forget that by proving yourselves as a reliable news source, you are building trust in the public eye...trust is everything in this business.
This is why you will succeed, while others fail.
The higher the prices, the more repulsed the customers will be.
MY wife was the biggest Disney fan. I proposed to her at Disney, in front of her favorite ride. We went there for most of our vacations. Now, she has no interest at all in going there. The cost plus the lack of services has completely turned her off.
ok Disney doesn't want us, fine with us we will go support independent creators & Disney is already doom themselves
I don't know they do themselves
The only ones to blame at this point are the ones still going to the parks and giving Disney money
Why do those idiots still keep going?
RUclips censoring replies again. What the hell is wrong with this platform?!
@@maisuchan6209 I have no idea.
Mutual. Even before my kids were born I was watching Disney movies and all the rest. I've been to Disney World multiple times with my kids and I saw all those movies with my daughters. I've got to participate in some of their audience-participation activities. It was great.
Now I only mock their shit and shake my head at their outrageous pricing.
I used to stay exclusively at moderate resorts when I worked a job that paid dog shit. I make double what I did back then and I couldn't justify paying for a moderate currently.
Walt is turbine spinning in his grave.
Could probably charge 100 Teslas
True. They use him as an electromagnetic power source for all of Epcot.
I don't want Disney anyways, I rather have something else replace them.
I would rather see a defense company buy Disney and create propaganda for kids how to wear gas masks and PPE than this woke content
Universal is better
Prince Hakeem (Coming to America) (raises arms) " YES!!!!....FU TOOOOO!!!!
$4000 - $7000 lol. Are they taking the piss? I'd rather spend that money to go camping, skiing, etc. for way less.
You can enjoy a really good trip in Japan with that much money. I took $2000 to exchange and still had money left over.
@@alyssawilkins5264 That's what my friends and I are planning. Our thinking was, "why stay in country and go to an overpacked, overrated, amusement park, when we can go to a different country and enjoy their amusement parks for cheaper?" Nintendo World comes to mind. And lets not get started with all the cool locations and things we can see and do. It has been too long since I was there last lol.
@@Sephvion It would be more worth it than going to Disney World. Went once when I was younger and didn’t enjoy it. Record attendance and hot as hell. Visiting different countries is fun. Italy is fun for sight seeing and good food as well. People were very kind there.
@@alyssawilkins5264 Oh, I know it would be worth it to go somewhere else. I've been to Europe, Japan, Disneyworld/land, all over the US. Honestly, I'd just stay put where I'm at and go to Japan, when it comes up. Europe is not in the best of places.
The feeling is mutual, Disney!
F*** Disney! Let's talk Universal...
I've only been to Disneyland a couple times my whole life while whenever I'm taken to an amusement park, it's always Knott's Berry Farm. I just prefer the latter more because of that alone and looking up the current ticket prices, Knott's is far cheaper than Disney.
For less than a flight and vacation to Dismal World, I could fly to Denmark and spend the same amount of time at LegoLand and LegoHouse... and then do other things around Denmark.
Hey listen back in 2008 when Bob Iger was at the home I dropped my my Walt Disney World annual pass because I felt like everything was just going up and up and up each and every year my father paid for my pass for 10 years I called my father I said Dad I've had it finally had it I can see the day when Disney starts charging $700 for the annual pass and it actually happened but it got way worse I mean they were trying to kill the middle class back in the day
Basic economics. Supply and demand. If Disney was charging too much, their parks would be empty. Instead, at current prices and policies, the parks are so full that it is not a pleasant experience just because of the crowds.
They could've done a different strategy...
Feelings mutual Disney.
I don't particularly want Disney either, they ruin everything they touch.
Not everything
Daily Dose of Geeky for Giggles
Geeky Sparkles: "If you pay $1,200.00 a night for a hotel at Disney, raise your hand. Ok. Now, hit yourself because you're stupid!" (15:44)
OMG. I burst out laughing when Geeky said that!
Ah, yes. The yearly affirmation I am not welcome to Disney. Good news. Disney is not allowed on my property either.
You are absolutely right on. This is all very sad. Even shareholders like me are unhappy.
The feeling is mutual. Potential point of difference...Customers don't need Disney.
My family used to go 3 to 4 times a year. the magic is gone now. We won't be back. Such a shame to see the special Disney experience Die. Maybe they will wake up, bring the quality back and work to provide the special experience. I like Universal and SeaWorld so much better. Better value, Better Time.
And I feel like disney doesnf want us anyway.
Also, I just started making comics here in youtube, if you have a sec check out the one I did on disneyland!
my family is fairly well off, we are a middle class family in the UK, my dad has a government job, both my parents work, me and my sister are older so we earn our own money etc etc. But even with all that, we still have to save for about 2 years just to go to Disney for 1 week! That's ridiculous!