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This will likely not affect many of us beyond the additional high school kids and families at the parks and resorts during the week this occurs.
This is actually big since they normally play at WWoS. I'm betting that the organization is having money problems and couldn't afford WWoS and sub-par rooms at Disney anymore. I'm assuming they'll be playing over at Dr. Phillips?This will likely not affect many of us beyond the additional high school kids and families at the parks and resorts during the week this occurs.
This will likely not affect many of us beyond the additional high school kids and families at the parks and resorts during the week this occurs.
Well of course Universal was able to undercut them, they don’t have to operate any of this. They are basically just boarding the teams in their hotels while Camping World does the heavy lifting of running the operations.Taking a guess: Universal saw blood years ago and undercut them in price and this has been a year+ of work.
Get ready to level up, level up, level up, level up, level upOH Mother F.... I booked my Uni and Disney weeks around that mess.
Disney has gone out of its way to avoid committing to WWOS events atm. I assume this is a victims of Pop Warner being ready to commit but not Disney.
Disney is a currently hosting the NBA G-League "bubble" season and playoffs and they may also be (potentially) expecting to get a phone call for use again during the NBA playoffs again. The NBA (even G-League) and MLS, have brought in WAYYYY more money for WWOS than Pop Warner ever could, too. If you were in this situation, there's no way you're choosing the youth kids championships over professional leagues like the NBA and MLS, who paid Disney hundreds of millions of dollars for using the facilities. The G-League isn't as lucrative for them as NBA was, but it's around a $25M bubble for about a month's worth of use, so that's nothing to sneeze at.hmmmmm
Disney is a currently hosting the NBA G-League "bubble" season and playoffs and they may also be (potentially) expecting to get a phone call for use again during the NBA playoffs again. The NBA (even G-League) and MLS, have brought in WAYYYY more money for WWOS than Pop Warner ever could, too. If you were in this situation, there's no way you're choosing the youth kids championships over professional leagues like the NBA and MLS, who paid Disney hundreds of millions of dollars for using the facilities. The G-League isn't as lucrative for them as NBA was, but it's around a $25M bubble for about a month's worth of use, so that's nothing to sneeze at.
Also, there's simply the question of when will these sports be able to even safely play again at the facility without a bubble? No one knows and Disney doesn't want to get sued for someone getting COVID, i'm sure.
The amount of money the NBA is paying for these bubbles is worth way more than the short-term headache of a bad PR blip.here’s the thing ... didn’t Disney learn the last time the did the bubble with the nba it didn’t necessarily work to their benefit? The players constantly posted about how “shitty” the rooms were comparing their moderate resorts to a motel 6.
They posted that stuff on move in day. Sure, not the best PR, but they were there for 3.5 months and youtubing became a very real thing with many of the players showing their every day activities or what they did on day offs like going bowling, fishing, pool day, etc. And more importantly, not a single player, coach, etc. got COVID after the initial quarantine. Plus, the current bubble is a developmental league, so they aren't used to nice hotels anyway.here’s the thing ... didn’t Disney learn the last time the did the bubble with the nba it didn’t necessarily work to their benefit? The players constantly posted about how “shitty” the rooms were comparing their moderate resorts to a motel 6.
They posted that stuff on move in day. Sure, not the best PR, but they were there for 3.5 months and youtubing became a very real thing with many of the players showing their every day activities or what they did on day offs like going bowling, fishing, pool day, etc. And more importantly, not a single player, coach, etc. got COVID after the initial quarantine. Plus, the current bubble is a developmental league, so they aren't used to nice hotels anyway.
Plus, as @Legacy said, the big money far outweighs the short-term bad PR.
It is a lot of money going to Universal. But there’s likely more money going to Disney with the bubbles still.i guess so I was with the understanding nba was getting a hefty discount for the bubble bc of the partnership Disney had with them. I thought I’d see more tie ins to nba experience.
regardless I see this as a lot of money going towards universal and helping them recover and hopefully one step closer to EU *fingers crossed
The NBA bubble cost $180M.i guess so I was with the understanding nba was getting a hefty discount for the bubble bc of the partnership Disney had with them. I thought I’d see more tie ins to nba experience.
regardless I see this as a lot of money going towards universal and helping them recover and hopefully one step closer to EU *fingers crossed