Bob Chapek thinks the Disney Parks reservation system is a win, we have thoughts!
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During an interview today for WSJ Tech Live 2022, Disney CEO Bob Chapek spoke about the park pass reservation system and praised it once again. Our panel gives our thoughts on the subject.
Then, in Parks news, we cover all the big stories from this week, including the retheming of Blizzard Beach to include Frozen when it reopens! We also have seen a drop in interest in the Starcruiser bookings. What does that mean for the future of the experience?
There are a few new popcorn buckets, but we can’t wait for the Mr. Toad bucket coming to Walt Disney World this week. Will this be another Figment situation?
Plus, new room discounts were announced, there was a big leak at Hollywood Studios, and we’re counting down to the return of Fantasmic at Disney World this week!
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Eric was spot on when talking about the reservation system.
It really stinks.
My son and his family want to go to Disney World next year.
I reminded them about the whole reservation system and they where like ugggh, another thing to have to plan for. Thanks for another great show.
I'm really hoping that the Mr. Toad bucket will still be at the parks on Dec.3. I really want to get one..
Great show tonight
Since this was basically our Halloween show… Do you have any Park Reservation Horror stories?
Being an Annual Pass holder and DVC member and an undesirable I have mastered the Genie+ system and know the park reservation systems. It has become an analytical nightmare that doesn’t make our time fun anymore. It is strictly swimming upstream all day long. The magic is gone! 😢😢😢
Mr Paycheck is SMOKIN' is smoking $100 bills and thinks the park res system GOT to GO!
I blame it on the “Friends” Intro
The next step is going to be to make your experience even “better “ you’ll need a second park reservation to park Hop
Yes Rob in the 70’s they would decorate the entire Magic Kingdom over night and it was magical. My kids loved it. If you had a Contemporary park view you could see the work lights on all night.
It's clear Disney is low on Cast Members and it's not a surprise how poorly Disney treated their staff during covid that every cast member with any quality was happy to move down the street to Universal. And it will take very long for Disney to build their staffing as Universal is constantly looking for new Team Members so they can staff Epic Universe in 2025.
Rob I 100% agree with your statement that WDW “does Toy Story dirty.” Just went to the North Carolina state fair and it reminded me of Toy Story land – cheap materials, bare bones theming, extremely crowded but fun things to do
From the view of fans that are only able to go once a year, those 4 or 5 days mean the world to us. If you have a reservation for MK and your fav' ride is shut down that day or it rains… youre forced to add on a park hopper or two, then rearrange your week to come back to that park on another day. And they are not controlling or limiting crowds! After experiencing Mickeys Not So Scary on Halloween 2012(which was fantastic) we attending on a random Monday in September this year. The crowd was oppressive! Chapek just needs to go!
Is there even proof they are staffing differently from normal predictive models? Weekends and holidays busy, during week not as busy. Feel like they had to create a new wing of the company with its own execs and IT staff to manage this system to reduce their minimum wage staff count? Just doesnt make sense financially.
Other amusement companies just watch attendance and if its larger than expected they would just ask opening staff if they wanted more hours and work OT, and office staff would call PT workers and see if any are available to assist. A higher than usual morning window wont really feel bad from an employee:customer ratio until midday aka wont need food staff till lunch time anyways.
Guys do you realize how much background noise there is it’s almost impossible to hear you guys sometimes when you guys do these discussions.
The background noise was horrible. Your guests have to do better job eliminating the background noise