Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge (Disneyland)

[Freak]

Has anyone considered the fact that all of their restrictions and pricing has finally reached the breaking point?

 

[frank_1991_]

Rumor on the street is DLR isn’t profitable for the first time since 2003 after the past month.

Disney expected the large masses to show up to be tourist and single day park visits. They figured that AP would more than gladly pay just to experience the land. Remember when there was all this talk that the first couple months would be up charge events? Plus with ROTR not opening till later the tourists that would normally spend a couple thousand dollars on a Disney vacation would rather hold out for Disney world. If they were so afraid of the AP’s showing up and filling the land to capacity they should have just keep the reservation period for AP holders going forward until demand subside. Now they have an empty land and resort which isn’t meeting expectations and the majority of their market is blacked out. Worse of all the moment they start unblocking dates for AP’s the land will get over crowd and whatever good press they got for keeping the lands will go down the drain.

 

[Mad Dog]

They should know by now there there will be an Ebay effect. They should stock high in the beginning and then wait to see how sales work a couple months later before figuring out their regular base stock amounts.

Instead, it seems like they stock based on what they assume will be regular guest demand. Sell out. Act surprised. Raise the prices. Overstock. Aaaaand then you end up with banshees in the outlets stores.

I don't think you can out stock the ebayers. They buy and/or steal everything they can get their hands on. At DHS Disney tried to change things up to outfox the ebayers, but nothing ever worked.They even tried limit buys but they got around that by having others buy the stuff...only thing worked was getting rid of SW weekends....and on AP's at Disneyland ...I believe a good number of AP's have been blocked out in the summer the last couple of years, not just this summer.

 

[Clive]

90% of non-AP guests aren't going to pay sticker price for a land that isn't entirely open.

 

[marip123]

Not sure if anyone has commented on this but they have “rebel spies” following storm troopers

 

[Teebin]

They have rebel spies yet what they really need is the MOVIE SOUNDTRACK playing...

 

[Mad Dog]

They have rebel spies yet what they really need is the MOVIE SOUNDTRACK playing...

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[Stryker]

Posted this in the DL thread, but thought I'd bring it up here, too. Wonder if this was planned in advance or if it's a response to the low crowds.

Disneyland is bringing back the beloved Main Street Electrical Parade starting in August for limited-time | abc7.com

 

[Mad Dog]

Posted this in the DL thread, but thought I'd bring it up here, too. Wonder if this was planned in advance or if it's a response to the low crowds.

Disneyland is bringing back the beloved Main Street Electrical Parade starting in August for limited-time | abc7.com

I had read it was coming back a few months ago ....but not that soon.

 

[rhino4evr]

Has anyone considered the fact that all of their restrictions and pricing has finally reached the breaking point?

I hope so!! I really , really , do. It’s gotten so expensive.

 

[Freak]

Posted this in the DL thread, but thought I'd bring it up here, too. Wonder if this was planned in advance or if it's a response to the low crowds.

Disneyland is bringing back the beloved Main Street Electrical Parade starting in August for limited-time | abc7.com

The Electrical Parade has become Disneyland's new McRib: BACK FOR A LIMITED TIME!

 

[rhino4evr]

So if SWL would have opened on Orlando first I wonder what the headlines would read.

I still think it will crush in Orlando, but I reserve judgement until I see it.

 

[Mad Dog]

Rumor on the street is DLR isn’t profitable for the first time since 2003 after the past month.

I'm hoping they turn it around, and soon . But, if this problem persists much longer, it will be interesting to see if they scapegoat some executive and/or executives for what's happened. Disney has a history of not being very forgiving of failure.

 

[Teebin]

All they need to do is offer free beer and that will fix everything.

 

[Mad Dog]

All they need to do is offer free beer and that will fix everything.

All they need to do is offer free beer and that will fix everything.

Ahhhthe Sea World fix....Works every time.

 

[JungleSkip]

I still think it will crush in Orlando, but I reserve judgement until I see it.

I probably agree, though word on the street is WDW fall bookings are soft. Still WDW is a different beast, and I think this so far has more to do without DL’s struggles to woo tourists more than anything.

If WDW’s launches the same way...I think the 5 alarm fire sirens need to sound

 

[Freak]

I probably agree, though word on the street is WDW fall bookings are soft. Still WDW is a different beast, and I think this so far has more to do without DL’s struggles to woo tourists more than anything.

If WDW’s launches the same way...I think the 5 alarm fire sirens need to sound

I’m getting WWoHP at USH flashbacks seeing the results. I think this has been touched on before on this thread, but SoCal parks rely heavily on their locals. Once the pass blackouts are lifted, expect the crowds to show up.

Though WDW may be a different beast, I think the wonky scheduling of opening up half the land in the Fall and bumping Runaway Railway to next year is causing a lot of tourists to delay their trips. Maybe this will teach theme parks everywhere to open everything with the land instead of trying to milk things dry with a partial opening.

 

[Mad Dog]

I probably agree, though word on the street is WDW fall bookings are soft. Still WDW is a different beast, and I think this so far has more to do without DL’s struggles to woo tourists more than anything.

If WDW’s launches the same way...I think the 5 alarm fire sirens need to sound

Lots of WDW hotel rooms left at just about every resort from opening till my vacation in Nov. But I expect the locals will swamp the park.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I’m getting WWoHP at USH flashbacks seeing the results. I think this has been touched on before on this thread, but SoCal parks rely heavily on their locals. Once the pass blackouts are lifted, expect the crowds to show up.

Though WDW may be a different beast, I think the wonky scheduling of opening up half the land in the Fall and bumping Runaway Railway to next year is causing a lot of tourists to delay their trips. Maybe this will teach theme parks everywhere to open everything with the land instead of trying to milk things dry with a partial opening.

Potter wasn’t this bad.... of SR lines seem longer yesterday and today it’s because they’re running 3 of the 4 carousels to save money.

 

[shiekra38]

They have rebel spies yet what they really need is the MOVIE SOUNDTRACK playing...

There's no soundtrack?