SeventyOne
Platinum Member
What if there is no bounce back? Disney's adding things, they have a brand, at what point do we look at this and go "this is the inflection point".
Very possible. I think we've been seeing that with the growth in parties (my Dr. Phillips parent friends tell me they have replaced APs for a lot of families), but I think your theory of growth in FL providing a steady flow of new first-time APs has allowed WDW to cover that up.
Ultimately it comes down to how well SW: GE is executed, and whether it feels like a true game-changer to casual fans. The man-child CPs who showed up in costume every single Star Wars Weekend will love it no matter--will there be enough that the 11 year-old who did Jedi Training and rode Star Tours and built his own lightsaber last year feels the need to come back? And will crowd control be effective enough to keep his parents sane?
And, of course, prices so inflated now any sort of serious economic bump is going to do major damage.