Originally Posted By Darkbeer A few days ago, I was stopped just past the DCA turnstiles and was asked to scan my AP by one of the "survey" folks.. which I did, then was asked for my e-mail address.... Today, I got a survey in my e-mail... The first part was a lot of "fill in the blank", where they asked a lot of open ended questions... (And it looked like it was from the "DCA Problem" side of TDA...) Things like... How would you describe DCA to your friends and family How would you describe Disneyland to your friends and family What things do you like about DCA What things do you think need attention at DCA Etc... Then they had this question.... If you had the chance to improve DCA, pick up to 3 of the following choices.... 1. More Thrill Rides 2. More Rides for Young Children 3. More Family Rides 4. More or Better Themeing on existing Rides and Attractions 5. More Stage Shows 6. More Parades 7. More Disney Characters 8. Add a Fireworks Show 9. Different Music 10. More Benches/Places to Sit 11. Better Atmosphere 12. More Flowers and Landscaping/Shading 13. Better Guest Service 14. More Staffing / Employees 15. Change the Name of the Park 16. Change the "California" theme of the Park 17. Longer Operating Hours 18. Lower Ticket Prices 19. Lower Prices for Food, Beverages and Merchandise 20. Better Quality for Food, Beverages and Merchandise 21. More Places to buy Food, Beverages and Merchandise 22. Transporation within the Park 23. Shorter Lines or Fewer Crowds 24. All of the Above 25. Other (Fill in the Blank) 26. None of the Above The second question was which ONE of the list is the most important to you in improving DCA So here is the question, and I am asking you NOT to use choices 24 thru 26, but the individual choices... Which THREE would you choose? And then which one of those three is most important to you?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip 4. More or Better Themeing on existing Rides and Attractions 12. More Flowers and Landscaping/Shading 17. Longer Operating Hours Most important? Number 4
Originally Posted By avromark Serious List ---------------- 3. More Family Rides 5. More Stage Shows 4. More or Better Themeing on existing Rides and Attractions With 3 being my most important pick, especially dark rides (or anything that Disney just does better then a theme park) For me, Disney excels and is about attractions, a person closer to the west coast is probably more interested in that then dining, shopping, and music. Just for the humour of it List ------------------------------ 9. Different Music 10. More Benches/Places to Sit 15. Change the Name of the Park With 15 being the one i'd say is the worst waste of marketing budget if it was the only thing they did, Different music from Disney should be cheap, and equally as ineffective as just changing the name. Benches, well they could just rip some out of old decommisioned city buses, and call the theme "Urban Chic"
Originally Posted By avromark With some of the inclusions it looks like they're feeling if people can be duped by cheap fixes.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd Here's my three... 3. More Family Rides 4. More or Better Themeing on existing Rides and Attractions 11. Better Atmosphere
Originally Posted By FerretAfros 3. More Family Rides 8. Add a Fireworks Show (Well at least some sort of night-time show that is in one place, not a parade) 11. Better Atmosphere (Which I think of as including on attractions, not just around them)
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo 3. More Family Rides (stuff along the quality lines of PotC or HM please) 8. Add a fireworks show (or a nightime spectacular of some sort) 17. Longer Operating Hours (this place is awesome at night, but we rarely see it.
Originally Posted By liveforvacations 3. More Family Rides 4. More or Better Theming on Existing Rides and Attractions (Mulholland Madness comes to mind) 8. Add a Fireworks Show ( I would think this would result in longer hours) 3 is the most important to me. I am not fortunate to live close by but everyone I talk to that has been to DCA has the same complaint-not enough rides to go on as a family if you have small children.
Originally Posted By patrickegan 3. More Family Rides 4. More or Better Themeing on existing Rides and Attractions 11. Better Atmosphere The second part, I would say more rides!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 12.More Flowers and Landscaping/Shade (SHADE) 17. Longer Operating Hours tie betwen #1. and #3.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I received that survey yesterday. It was quite interesting! I chose 3, 8 and 21. Oftentimes I have a hard time finding something to eat at the park.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer 3. More family rides 12. More flowers/landscaping/shading 17. Longer operating hours #3 is by far the most important.
Originally Posted By a1stav 3. More Family Rides (To me family ride means darkride) 9. Different Music (I know, a cheap fix but I hate the Beachboys and other 60's-90's era California music being pumped everywhere. This park need a shift toward Adventure, Beachboys are NOT Adventure. We need dramatic music along with better realized surroundings to bring the guest into a different time and place rather than the mundane "modern" that we have now.) 4. More or Better Themeing on existing Rides and Attractions (a tough call but if this means stripping away all of the modern references and replacing them with romantic and exciting themes based on California history I am all for it. If not I say dump the CA theme and start over)
Originally Posted By hopemax In order of importance... 3. More Family Rides 11. Better Atmosphere 4. More or Better Themeing on existing Rides and Attractions With honorable mentions to 20. Better Quality for Food, Beverages and Merchandise 12. More Flowers and Landscaping/Shading (although I consider this part of "better atmosphere")
Originally Posted By sjdimon My $0.02: 1 - 3. More Family Rides 2 - 4. More or Better Themeing on existing Rides and Attractions 3 - 24. All of the Above Most important - More FAMILY Rides (with a mix of #4 and #24 (which would make the park a much better experience overall)
Originally Posted By Brick-N-Mortar 3. More Family Rides, especially a steam train in and around Grizzly Peak. 4. More or Better Themeing on existing Rides and Attractions 11. Better Atmosphere
Originally Posted By Zwitek These are the 3 that are most important to me, and in this specific order. 17. Longer Operating Hours 3. More Family Rides 4. More or Better Themeing on existing Rides and Attractions I prefer all things Disney at night. In fact, just last Friday I arrived at the park after a business meeting (I had flown in for that morning) @ 10pm and had the best two hours inside the park I could ask for. Personally I'd be happy if they had an "after dark" admission ticket for both parks, but I guess that's what the AP's are for.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins I'm another 3, 4 & 11. (3 first). >>>With 15 being the one i'd say is the worst waste of marketing budget if it was the only thing they did<<< Our local school district wasted money on a "marketing consultant" and that's actually what they came up with, and implemented! That survey sure illustrates that DCA is full of problems. How about this, let's see if we can add to it and come up with even more choices for the list.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ ^ That happens all the time on LP. This was a real Disney survey. So, let's stick to the choices they gave us. The survey focused primarily on DCA, but there were about 15 questions total and they asked about Disneyland as well.
Originally Posted By woody 4. More or Better Themeing on existing Rides and Attractions 16. Change the "California" theme of the Park 18. Lower Ticket Prices ---------- These are my fun choices.
