It’s not just the woke BS that is causing people to stay away from Disney, talking with a friend earlier this week, he’s taking his wife to Disney for her birthday, we live in Florida and are used to Florida Resident pricing at certain times of the year.
I can’t remember the exact amount but a 1-day pass for all the parks is over $200 per person, for a couple it’s $400 just to get in the door, much less eat or drink anything, he’s staying off property, a Disney hotel is off the charts expensive.
I can’t imagine what a family of 4 from around the country would have to pay for a 3-4 day Disney vacation.
Add another $30 for parking and tax on the tickets and he is looking at over $450. I seriously doubt he will spend less than $800 before the day is over, probably closer to $1000.
To show how insanely greedy The Iger Company has gotten (I refuse to call it Disney anymore, because it’s not, other than in name only): My wife and I went to Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea a few months ago. They are not owned by The Iger Company, but instead are owned by a Japanese company, The Oriental Land Company, and they merely license the Disney characters and other trademarks.
While the Tokyo parks are immaculately clean and well-maintained compared to the U.S. originals, and are of FAR higher quality, the prices of everything there are much lower. A single-day ticket there was, believe it or not, only about $57 U.S. And food at the restaurants was MUCH cheaper than at the Iger parks. Food prices were actually pretty cheap. Add to that “cast members” (employees) who are in typical Japanese fashion supremely service-oriented, friendly, and conscientious, and the whole experience is vastly superior to the garbage that Iger is producing over here these days. I actually had a wonderful Japanese lady who worked at the restaurant where we had lunch chase after me once we left to bring my jacket to me, which I had forgotten. I didn’t even think anyone noticed us leaving, but that type of concern for customers is everywhere in Japan.
I would highly recommend going there, but will no longer set foot inside the American parks. Just one more comparison: Iger and his minions have destroyed Splash Mountain because of non-existent “racism”, and replaced it with “Tiana”a Bayou Adventure”, a woke disaster that no one likes. But Tokyo refuses to do the same with theirs, and continues to refuse despite Iger trying to pressure them. And they also have probably the best version of The Rivers of America, while Iger is demolishing the version at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World (too “American”, and glorifies the idea of a “frontier”, which is insensitive to Indians - They won’t say that outright, but that’s the reason). I wish the Oriental Land Company could take over all of the Disney parks, because it was obvious that they have a true reverence for America and for what Disney was intended to be, unlike the demons currently running it.