Walt Disney Corporation Grievances ft. Bob Paycheck

jamiedawn27 wrote:

a general lack of focus and direction, tearing up large sections of multiple parks at a time but not fixing the simplest things (the poor animatronics at CBJ and CoP). all while prices go up, benefits (magic bands, fast passes, magic express) disappear and the only thing they can advertise is “come stay where the magic is”? i’m taking a break for a while from the parks until they get their act together.

To me, benefits are the cheapest and easiest thing they could do to offer an incentive to visit. But they think they don’t need to offer any incentives. They feel like they are so well loved, they don’t need to make an effort, people will show up and beg Disney to take their money. Also with price hikes, they see Disney as a whole corporation, meaning prices don’t directly correlate to what you are purchasing. Remember when WDW experienced price increases and entertainment getting cut because Shanghai went over budget? I’m not going to Shanghai, why should I have to pay more money to visit WDW to recoup Shanghai’s costs? Because Disney doesn’t see that as 2 different things (let’s make Shanghai guests pay more for their experience since we’re talking about Shanghai’s budget) it’s all the same company to them so it doesn’t matter where they recoup the costs.

But for me, I am also taking a break until they can pull their heads out of their you-know-where. I’m not paying an extra $500 for an Annual Pass (vs the price I paid in 2019) to 1) not get a Magic Band, 2) not be able to show up as and when I want to, 3) not get my park photos, 4) not be able to park hop until after 2pm, 5) have to pay even more money for a service that used to be free after just paying an extra $500. In addition, I’m not paying more money to stay on property when I 1) no longer get early park entry, 2) don’t get DME, 3) don’t get a Magic Band, 4) don’t get to have my park purchases sent to my room. I refuse to pay more for less, I don’t care who you are.