Walt Disney World fans waiting for Tron to open
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— Tyler Kelson (@Wraithkelso) September 19, 2022
Posted on 09/22/2022 9:42:21 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Walt Disney World used to be the place where memories were made and dreams were realized. But has the magic faded away? Park-goers are increasingly complaining about dirty facilities, broken-down rides, and prices that seem to come from a galaxy far, far away.
“Some rides are just a straight mess,” wrote one reddit user. “Rides are also down a lot. It’s been lacking since they reopened and I don’t expect it to change anytime soon.”
He’s not the only one—in fact, there’s an entire reddit channel called “Disney lacking” where visitors go to complain about the state of the park. Here’s another one from last week: “Disney never seemed like a place where you felt like corners were being cut. Seems like right now they’re coasting through with the travel boom and holiday guests.”
Walt Disney World fans waiting for Tron to open
pic.twitter.com/AVQhiK6VJZ— Tyler Kelson (@Wraithkelso) September 19, 2022
DailyMail reports:
One picture of a sign for the Epcot monorail appeared to be in need of a good clean with streaks of dirt, while one of the park’s flagship rollercoasters, Space Mountain, which used to [be] a gleaming white color now appears to be caked in grime and dirt.
Meanwhile, prices under CEO Bob Chapek have gone through the roof, forcing vacationers to look elsewhere for their getaways. Here are the unmagical numbers:
The tab for admission tickets to the Disney World and Disneyland theme parks has jumped more than 3,871% in the past 50 years — dwarfing increases in visitors’ wages, as well as the cost of rent and gas, according to figures compiled by a data-tracking firm.
Disney World prices up 3,871% in 50 years — more than wages, rent and gas
https://t.co/i0pEcBHNlW pic.twitter.com/tFrNbwCmAT— New York Post (@nypost) August 3, 2022
Seems like a good time to raise the prices at the Victoria & Albert’s restaurant, located in the Grand Floridian resort. After your day enjoying the rides, you can stop by for some grub which can run as high as $625 per person for a four-hour, 10-course meal. Throw in some mocktails for another $110, maybe pair some wines for a cool $200. “Hey Junior, let’s catch Space Mountain one more time, then we’ll go drop a couple grand on some chow and vino.” Just doesn’t seem very Disney World to me.
Several Reddit posters agreed: “Crazy overpriced,” one groused. “Michelin star restaurants in NYC don’t even cost that much (except the very best, like Eleven Madison Park, which is ‘only’ $335).” Even the French are complaining:
Les fans de Disney World déchirent le prix de 625 $ au restaurant Victoria & Albert
https://t.co/8xzFMaupQ2— Drumpe (@Drumpemag) September 21, 2022
Disney’s woes aren’t confined to its theme parks. As my colleague Brandon Morse opined, its movies and TV shows are suffering too because the company has tried to inject “wokeness” in all its offerings. The recently released, much-ballyhooed “She-Hulk Attorney at Law” failed to reach the Nielsen streaming content rating list, a major embarrassment for the company.
Morse wrote:
Disney didn’t just stick its toe into the realm of politics, it leaped off a cliff and cannonballed into society’s largest manure pile. What’s more, it decided to lean into radical leftism and all the social justice causes that go with it…
As a result, Disney is bleeding viewers and its latest offering has fallen flat on its face, so much so that its pilot episode [of She-Hulk] did not even register within the top 10 list of most-watched streaming shows.
Remember when:
Print ad for Eastern Air Lines, the official airline of Walt Disney World when it opened in 1971.
pic.twitter.com/Zdr63nIkrX— Disney Parks Daily (@dailydisparks) September 16, 2022
But there’s more: The Walt Disney Company and boss Bob Chapek decided to insert themselves into Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill controversy, and they lost badly as Governor Ron DeSantis dissolved Disney World’s special, corporate self-governing status. Not only did Chapek get knocked down a peg or two, the publicity for Disney was not a good look—why is the family-friendliest company on earth fighting for the sexual and gender identity indoctrination of little kids?
At the same time, as Morse and others on RedState have reported, Disney’s desperate bid to shove leftist politics into all its entertainment is backfiring badly. Not surprisingly, the company’s stock price is down a devastating 41 percent over the last 12 months.
Disney is a huge company, and will certainly continue on making billions. But for many—those that can still afford to go to Disney World or force themselves to sit through an episode of She-Hulk—it’s lost its magic.
Perhaps if the company re-focused on things that brought them success, things like, I don’t know…. families and kids?
R-I-C
See you in the sewer, suckers
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Why? Because we're vermin
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Yep, the Disney corporation went to Puerto Rico starting in the 1970s promising the locals paradise in exchange for working on the cheap in Orlando.
Does the Japanese Disney Employees get busted at Child Sex Stings? 🤓 Asking for Grady Judd...
Is Club 33 like Comet Ping Pong?
Good one. Heh!
In 1975, I was at Grad Night ‘75. I was told by the Park’s employees that we couldn’t be kissing (my gf and I) since we were underaged. How times change, last time we were there, gays were kissing and rubbing each others. Not family friendly...
I borrowed a tombstone from the Haunted Mansion and put it in the middle of the soccer field before we played our arch rival in soccer. The coach told me that I had to return it. The 70s, what a fun decade.
“What’s the weirdest thing you ever saw working for Disney?”
Well, while working at Tokyo’s Disneyland one sunny day, we had a 6.8 earthquake rattle the trees and slosh the water around. The park, over there, is built on a liquid base so it just rolled around and not a piece of glass was broken.
Another interesting incident..
The rides over there have sponsors who get perks. Big Thunder Mountain was sponsored by the huge Mitsui bank. One day, while walking in an underground tunnel beneath the ride I found a door open that had always been locked. Being the rude, inquisitive gaijin I am, I went in. It was a bar of the first water. All brass and leather. Top notch booze. Royal Salute, and Ballantine 30 year scotch. There were several side doors which I expected led to bedrooms. As I approached one, in came a Disney ‘lead’ who lambasted me, in a whisper, and shooshed me out. Luckily, I didn’t barge into a room and upset a bank manager or a politician in flagrant delecto.
I can just picture an exec ‘dad’ taking his kids to Disney, hiring a guide to tote his kids through the rides while he diddles with his ‘nisan’ (second wife) or his pillow girl in the executive lounge.
Yes, I read once that Disney planned to raise its rates on a regular basis until gate attendance drops 10%. That hasn’t happened yet.
“Does the Japanese Disney Employees get busted at Child Sex Stings?”
No. Any idea why? It isn’t illegal to have sex with minors in Japan. At least it wasn’t when I left there at the turn of the century.
After a hard push by child activists, a law was passed that stated it was illegal for a minor to accept money for sexual services from an adult. Pretty lame.
I’ve read that Club 33 has been a hangout for pedophiles, which seems plausible. As far as actual human trafficking, don’t know if anyone has claimed that.
Good.
Knock it down with wrecking balls, implode it or drive a Cat D5 into it. Rip up the foundations with heavy equipment or blow it out with dynamite.
Haul it to the ocean and dump it and use it for an artificial reef.
Put up an historical marker that says “Never Again”, and then let the place just revert back to nature.
And then say “Good riddance”.
Starve the beast.
LOL - I hope you took it back! In the olden days, the old frontier train that went around Disneyland would be stopped and “robbed” by old west outlaws with real looking guns. One day we were being “robbed” and some old granny jumped out of her seat and started beating one of the outlaws over the head with her purse until he could run out the side door and get back on his old nag that immediately tripped over a stick and threw him. Bad day for the outlaw gang
With filthy facilities makes it lose its value. Like paying for a room at the Ritz and getting Motel 6.
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