Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 The Princess and Pirate Parties are one, very worthy, casualty of the poor economy. I'd like to think this was just a smart move by Disney's exec 'leadership' team, but c'mon none of us are buying that. Oh well, I hope Phil doesn't cry in his stuffing.
Originally Posted By -em sigh- Disney is sure making it easy for me to save my money as I really liked P&P and was planning on hitting atleast two and buying all the pins..
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 ^^Isn't that only fair of them? Since they've probably been cutting your hours.
Originally Posted By -em ^ True... so in a truly sordid way I should thank them for closing PI- They've saved me $$ since they closed and also by closing PI Ive stopped visiting DTD and so there is more $$ saved.. Sad part is I *want* to give them my money... but they have to earn it...
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Disney has gotten to the point where they aren't earning my money, at least in Orlando, and that should worry them. You (and more importantly, I) don't want to know how much I have spent there in my adult life and how much my family and close friends have largely due to my influence. I can't justify spending my money there largely these days and I haven't. Still happy to hear these parties have been killed ... I'd be even happier to hear that Disney was scaling back its Christmas parties and/or returning its Christmas entertainment to the poor unwashed masses as part of their daily admission!
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 <<<returning its Christmas entertainment to the poor unwashed masses as part of their daily admission!>>> I'm confused. You WANT the unwashed masses at WDW? That doesn't sound like an elitist thing. I'm not an elitist, but I am a snob, and I don't want scrungy people there. A little scruffy is ok.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I am talking about any of us smart enough to not pay the Mouse his $50 extortion fee to get Christmas entertainment prior to the Eve of X-Mas Eve as the 'unwashed masses' ... sorry for any spirited confusion!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I agree, I am glad these parties are scaling back (and I hope the others are too). But yes, very little to entice us to spend money there. I am looking forward to my week in Spain in Feb. That's money DIsney would have got once upon a time. and Spirit, I ran a spreadsheet on how much money I have given Disney over the last 10 years, let's just say if we didn't, I could be living in a house twice the size of mine.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> The Princess and Pirate Parties are one, very worthy, casualty of the poor economy. << Absolutely the only thing I miss about this is when TDLFAN said he attended one and You asked HIM, "Oh Yeah, what did you go as?". I laughed so hard for so long my ribs hurt! That deserved some kind of internet award! I Finally like a cut they made. Cut the rest of those pay as you go parties.I wish they would concentrate on returning the Magic to the Parks, not how much money they can squeeze out of people that they call guest. "Mr. IGER, tear down this Wall!"
Originally Posted By MPierce >> You (and more importantly, I) don't want to know how much I have spent there in my adult life and how much my family and close friends have largely due to my influence. << >> and Spirit, I ran a spreadsheet on how much money I have given Disney over the last 10 years, let's just say if we didn't, I could be living in a house twice the size of mine. << If I had the money back from my last 10 WDW trips, I could afford one of those big fancy German cars like Spirit drives.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> True... so in a truly sordid way I should thank them for closing PI- They've saved me $$ since they closed and also by closing PI Ive stopped visiting DTD and so there is more $$ saved.. Sad part is I *want* to give them my money... but they have to earn it... << Mr Iger would do himself well if he listened to dedicated CM's like you -em rather than some of his bean counters!
