Frontierland restrooms closed as work continues on entrance area for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom

Disstevefan112 hours ago

And here we are. It PAYS to NOT spend time and money to fix things. Disney wins again.

WorldExplorer12 hours ago

Remember everyone: this company likes to present itself as a moral authority.

lentesta14 hours ago

They announced $3B in stock buybacks in 2024. Won't someone think of the shareholders?

ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ16 hours ago

maybe all the money generated from the LLs will go towards a maintenance fund. 🤪

Tha Realest16 hours ago

TLDR: If it’s broke, don’t fix it.

monothingie16 hours ago

Instead of having the mindset of "How can we enhance offerings to boost guest satisfaction and attract both new and returning visitors", it's "How much can we get away with before the guests get ticked off and don't come back". This mindset doesn't stop when (if?) Bob leaves. It's infected the entire company.

Prince-117 hours ago

It is nice to see a post backed by facts and not just with emotion and supposition.

lentesta17 hours ago

Disney obviously knows the amount of downtime. There's a nightly spreadsheet ("Attraction Downtime Report") produced with per-ride downtime across property. And it includes pre-opening "ramp-up" downtime, when the CMs are trying to bring a ride up for the day. Here's a sample: This survey is measuring the guest perspective of what Disney already knows. So it answers the question "How much of this do guests notice?" They've run similar surveys for Rise of the Resistance. Whatever the results are, the internal debate is around the perverse incentive of Lightning Lane revenue. The last time I compiled those nightly reports into an annual number, Rise was averaging around 2 hours of downtime per day. But it probably generates $25MM in LLSP revenue. So the internal debate is "How does Park Ops convince Jackie Swisher to fail at her annual performance appraisal goal for Lightning Lane revenue by bringing Rise down for the 6 months it needs to fix its issues?" Jackie, as most people would, has to this point looked at those survey results, looked at her career path and performance bonuses, and decided that the survey results aren't that bad. Same debate for Tiana's at MK. This is what I mean when I say Disney doesn't need to artifically inflate wait times to sell Lightning Lane. All it needs to do is not spend the time and money to fix these reliabilty problems. The downtime, by itself, will convince people to buy Lightning Lane. And nobody's doing a nickle up at Folsom for fraud. Plus they save money on maintenance. It's a win/win. Also, Tiana's is in the top 3 of highest-rated rides in the MK, along with TRON and Space. It'll be #1 by June. ETA: Link to WSJ story about internal data from Disney with LL revenue numbers.

Brer Oswald2 days ago

Obviously I don’t 😂

donaldtoo4 days ago

Don’t forget overall quality.

TrainsOfDisney4 days ago

I’d be fine with that! But I understand the desire to have a different story.

donaldtoo4 days ago

Or, they coulda’ just left it as it was and thrown a few Tiana AAs in there, a la Jack Sparrow in PotC. :cyclops:

donaldtoo4 days ago

Seriously…?!?!?! I haven’t been keeping up with the west coast version…when did it open…?!

Agent H4 days ago

And you just told me you don’t live here cause from a locals perspective that looks freezing