Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Steve definetly has some hard corps posters over there. You never have to look very far to have something to read.>> Yeah ... but how much is worthwhile? Some, certainly. But most?
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I think it's because Spirit hasn't written anything controversial lately. You know, the kind of thing that makes people say, "Why do you even bother going to Walt Disney World if you hate it so much? Go some place else. That means the lines will be shorter for me.". It's all Spirits fault. >> Everything is my fault ... from default credit swaps to the rise of Walmart to those 'faulty' intelligence reports that told W Iraq that WMDs to global warming ... you name it, I'm to blame. At least that's what my family and friends say! And really, I go to WDW to bitch about it because it is so much closer than Six Flags.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> This board really could use a good dose of TDLFAN. Not to mention the great pics he used to post. << <<Most definetly.>> Most defintely too! But I do get why he doesn't waste the time anymore ... and I am getting close to that point myself (think of all the Disney folks who just wet themselves at that prospect). Maybe it's cyclical, but I've read these boards way before i ever posted ... and been a regular here more years than I care to admit and I've never seen this place so dead overall (and no, I don't count WE and Community because those are places you'll never finds me as I am here because of DISNEY). Maybe I just need a magical Disney vacation?
Originally Posted By mousermerf Just a note - Disney has noticed something is amiss. 3x the surveys today at DLR. I know from way back in the day that they begin to deploy then en masse when things aren't going "as planned" for whatever reason - I got hit on my cell phone for the for the Disney-parks-app demographics survey (age/AP holder/ visitation/which resort/frequency per resort/both resorts/etc..), a random park exit food/bev consumption/quality/pricing survey and in DtD with a time-spent/follow-up email survey. Lotta "what are our guests thinking..." Pooh type pondering going on.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Oh no. The app hit me when I booted it up as I entered the parks - it detected my location then said "hello, would you mind doing a feedback survey?" So I suppose that might have been location based, but it did ask if i was planning visiting in X-months. The others were live CMs. I got questioned by two, but saw many others. A town-hall meeting I had way back in the day at WDW once explained that they scramble research teams when guests aren't behaving as expected, good bad, or otherwise. In that case, they had way more guests showing up then projected so they had the research teams walking the parking lots typing in license plates to see where guests were coming from and randomly stopping guests to ask them to number of people in their car, etc.. Also got a neat lecture that day about rebounding economics and pent up Disney fandom (this was 2002/2003) and how people had explained in survey they still didn't want to fly but wanted to goto Disney World still. Anywho, I digresss.. Disney is starting to notice something is amiss in their guest patterns.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Oh no. The app hit me when I booted it up as I entered the parks - it detected my location then said "hello, would you mind doing a feedback survey?" So I suppose that might have been location based, but it did ask if i was planning visiting in X-months. The others were live CMs. I got questioned by two, but saw many others. A town-hall meeting I had way back in the day at WDW once explained that they scramble research teams when guests aren't behaving as expected, good bad, or otherwise. In that case, they had way more guests showing up then projected so they had the research teams walking the parking lots typing in license plates to see where guests were coming from and randomly stopping guests to ask them to number of people in their car, etc.. Also got a neat lecture that day about rebounding economics and pent up Disney fandom (this was 2002/2003) and how people had explained in survey they still didn't want to fly but wanted to goto Disney World still. Anywho, I digresss.. Disney is starting to notice something is amiss in their guest patterns. >> Did you get hit for these surveys in Anaheim? (Sorry, to lazy to go read back) Since Anaheim's weathered the economic collapse a lot better than Orlando, I doubt there's a great concern about the future ... especially with all the new stuff they have on the horizon. They may be gaging things for another round of AP increases ... or trying to figure out whether to go through with their hotel expansion plan for the area etc ...
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<BTW Spirit my dear what is your favorite mod resort? >> Port Orleans -- the REAL one! My least favorite is CBR. Any other questions? ;-)
Originally Posted By MPierce >> We could do a Miley at the Oscars makeover package and charge $500. Seriously, does anyone really think she can sing or act or is even attractive? << I've never understood the phenomena, but she made a lot of money.
Originally Posted By MPierce >>> <<BTW Spirit my dear what is your favorite mod resort? >> Port Orleans -- the REAL one! My least favorite is CBR. Any other questions? ;-) <<< Would you loan me $50.
Originally Posted By leobloom > We could do a Miley at the Oscars makeover package and charge $500. Seriously, does anyone really think she can sing or act or is even attractive? < Maybe it's just me, but it seemed like all the actresses under the age of 30 at the Oscars could barely read their lines without stumbling over their words. I understand they were nervous, but geez, they're professional actresses, aren't they? On second thought, maybe they're not.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 <<Did you have four Martinis while you were reading that Bobbelee?>> I've never tried a martini. stoli & coke girl here.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I've never understood the phenomena, but she made a lot of money.>> Are you speaking of my beloved Sarah?
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Would you loan me $50.>> Don't you mean 'Would you loan me $50?' Either way, the answer is 'Sure, I will. Just as soon as I see my first $100 of stimulus funds, you can borrow $50!'
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Are you speaking of my beloved Sarah? << Her too! >> Don't you mean 'Would you loan me $50?' Either way, the answer is 'Sure, I will. Just as soon as I see my first $100 of stimulus funds, you can borrow $50!' << The checks in the mail.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 >> Disney really thinks it can rest on its laurels though.. right now it is coasting. Hopefully that wont work for long and it will hit them pretty hard and swiftly. << That's what I'm hoping The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will do to them. agreed- but also the downside-- it HP can't make a dent in their attendance -- nothing from another park likely ever will... this should be the best challenge ever
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <<And for others, it could be the recession keeping them away if they do not know when their next trip will be.>> I'm sure this is also a factor. Our economy has been in freefall since 2007 and isn't getting better in any real sense. Of course, those who have always had money, largely still do. ----------- the recession is affected all blogs in many ways-- for me it is because I am working 14-16 hour days ( many weeks including weekends) to try and keep my job. Just had a friend released after 33 years with the company and told it was because he wasn't willing to put the time in. I have little time for anything any more and my participation here suffers accordingly. Many people out of work and spending their time looking for employment. So I think it is a combination of things - situations like mine - as well as uncertainty about next trips for many people - and just plain focusing on making ends meet more than entertainment. just IMHO
