Disney is now asking guests if select attractions are dated or insensitive

Notice Walt’s quote said it would continue to grow. Grow, being the operative word, does not mean remove or swap. It only means add. I bet Walt rolls over in his grave every time an attraction closes.

The overcrowding of the parks has been artificially created by Iger and Chapek themselves. It is clearly evident, to even those without any business understanding, with just very basic research. Let me explain how this is clear within WDW becuase I am most familiar. Currently, Disney owns slightly less than 35,000 on-site guest accommodations. This includeds hotel rooms, DVC rooms, cabins, and campsites. This DOES NOT include all of the non-Disney accommodations that are directly on property, (i.e. Swan and new Swan Reserve, Dolphin, Golden Oak, and Shades of Green to name a few) or the enormous quantity of off site hotels, time shares and Florida residents who also accomodate guests to come and experience WDW parks. Since the Animal Kingdom opened in April 1998, (almost 25 yr ago), about 12,500 of those 35,000 rooms and several of the entire non-Disney on property hotels have all been BUILT. The Poly tower is coming soon and the new Reflections Resort is still up in the air, so I didn't even count them. So, let's just focus on the 12,500 Disney owned rooms, that is over 30% of all Disney accommodations available. Yet Disney has only created a few new rides and several 2-3 ride expanded areas in the existing 4 parks, instead of building a 5th gate which would accommodate all of the guests that they have created rooms for. Yes, there are plenty of other things to do on Disney property, but generally most guests are coming to WDW to experience the theme parks. So where did the Disney company expect all of these additional guests to spend their time? Building all of these hotels is completely shortsighted, but allows CHAPEK to blame "need" for the reservation system, higher prices and not offering AP's as a necessity to keep the crowds down. It's simply BS. The crowding situation was completely artifically created and would have been completely predicted with Disney's own hotel construction alone. To make money, you have to spend money, but Disney seems to have lost sight of long term revenues and chosen to focus on short term gains. This lack of insight has actually displaced them from their unique position at the very top of the theme park industry to a level very close to its competitors. With Univeral Florida so close to opening its 3 Park and several years back opening a themed water park, they are close to having their own 4 gate resort. The longer Disney waits to expand to a 5th theme park, the more customers they are lgoing to loose due to overcrowding, loss of most of the perks to stay on Disney Property, higher costs for less fulfillment in every aspect of the resort, and lack of AP's to those who want to buy one. The longer they wait, the more it will cost, both in building and construction costs and in loan and interest rate costs, and even CM employment costs. Yes, there are still lagging supply issues and building material costs, but they are slowly beginning to reorganize and replenish. But, still, the longer you wait the more it will cost. There are few companies in the world who have such a clear opportunity to excell if a new gate was built in a similar standard and quality that has come to be a standard of the Disney brand. They would make a huge investment in the value of their brand while simultainously keeping their competition at bay, greatly increasing the satisfaction of their most loyal consumers, exponentially expand thier market visibility and market share, as well as potentially increase thier profitability by near 1/5? Honestly, a price hike wouldn't be as detested by your guests if there was more to offer with that ticket price and didn't seem like it was a pure money grab. It's been almost 25 years since WDW has opened a new park, I can't imagine why this wasn't THE best announcement they could possibly make for thier upcoming 100th anniversary of the Disney company; even if it was just the rough plans with a goal of opening in 2030 or something. Once upon a time, Disney wanted to keep people in their "bubble", apparently that ended when they were dumb enough to end the magical express and make people rent cars. Of course that was done as another money grab by adding parking fees to the resorts. But, once again that is shortsighted, an allows guests to more easily access the other resorts, themeparks and attractions off site. At this point, it seems completely ludicrous to continue to build more hotels without a new park, becuase they are only sending their guest off to the other area themeparks, for other things to do Disney needs to get a CLUE....

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