The Uncertain Future of the Disney Parks

23 thoughts on “The Uncertain Future of the Disney Parks”

1. Fun Fact: I actually had the name of this video finalized and decided before the whole Reedy Creek debacle happened this last week. I gotta talk to Leota about that.

   Either way, let's keep it friendly in the comments here, everyone.

   What new ride or rides do you think are most likely to appear within the next 10 years?

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2. We're recently back from our third trip to DW having previously visited in 2018 and 2019 when it was absolutely awesome. This time though it was different in a BAD way. The magic is truly gone. Its clear to me Disney only wants the rich, the very rich to frequent their parks now. The regulars don't spend enough when they're there apparently.
   Firstly, what a horrible, expensive and ineffective thing Genie+ is. We flew 4,300 miles to NOT be able to hop on the Magical Express then once in the parks we weren't even able to get on Jungle Cruise, Tower of Terror and Pirates to name but a few – at all in two weeks!! A glitchy, unreliable app on disneys dodgy WiFi is infuriating. Then Disney rub salt in the wound by charging you $15+ per day, per person for it when fast passes were free?! Oh and by the time you've booked 1 lighting Lane, there's very limited choice for a second or it'll be at a time like 7pm when your first is at 10am. So many days we were only able to use 1 or 2. If we'd bought an individual lightning lane as well (just to be able to get on something) it became a very expensive day indeed. I'm not saying I expect a day in the parks to be cheap I'm just saying it was noticeably way more expensive and has outpriced what we feel is reasonable. And who wants to be up every day before 7am just to try and book 1 ride? Bring back Fast Passes or at least make G+ free for resort guests.
   The loss of magic bands was yet another thing that the Suits in the Disney boardrooms have decided to take away. You're given credit card things but try making children hold on to those for very long! Magic bands were far more secure. So, we had to pay a great deal extra for magic bands this time.
   The saddest thing is that parents are now absolute mobile phone zombies. To think Walt wanted families to enjoy the parks together yet now mum or dad is permanently on the mobile desperately trying to see if anything is available for the next lightning lane. I watched so many parents do this as they were sitting on a ride unable to enjoy anything.
   Food wasn't as good, yet more expensive.
   In two weeks our Disney resort rooms were cleaned ONCE. Once in two weeks! So bad. We always had to ask for our bins to be emptied, clean towels, more coffee etc. Thats not what people pay for. We might as well have stayed in a motel. They're using you know what as an excuse for not maintaining any cleaning yet they're absolutely ramming the parks full to dangerous and uncomfortable levels? OK Disney!
   We had a male hotel employee come in our room every single day "to check things". Speaking to other guests, everyone had this. It was weird and uncomfortable.
   We have never been on so many rides that broke multiple times when we were on them or just before we were about to get on having waited in line for over an hour already. It was just miserable.
   Even in mid to late May it was uncomfortably busy. We struggled to get food, to sit down (we sat on the floor so many times) or to get on most rides: The line was 170 mins for flight of passage one day and 155 for Peter Pan. This was midweek.
   It now literally pays for Disney to have long wait lines (INCREDIBLY long) because people will then feel forced to pay in an attempt to try and at least get on a ride or two.
   The cast members are different – obviously less experienced, surly and clearly not happy.
   Ultimately, we won't be back. The price is not reflected in the holiday you get anymore. They need to bring back housekeeping, fast passes, magical express, magic bands, extra magic hours, trams in the car parks and magic bands at the very least. So much has gone!
   There are plenty of other places to go – I hear people praising Universal now or even beautiful Italy or Edinburgh! We're broadening our horizons now and we'll probably save a lot of money by saying goodbye to Disney

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3. I have a VERY strong feeling Bob will be out when his contract is up. With that we will most likely see perks come back for many guests and more "affordable" options. These prices can't sustain Disney for the long term with year over year huge price increases.

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4. You know what I really expect to become reality in the future?
   Freely talking characters. We’ve seen the vids of Mickey freely talking to people without the use of pre recorded dialogue.
   The technology is out there. I thought Disney would have perfected it by now.

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5. princess and the frog splash mountain is gonna be really cool, but i’m really gonna miss brer rabbit.

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6. star tours is better than the millennium falcon

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7. For a Tomorrowland update, I'd like to see Horizons return, side-by-side with Carousel of Progress. The futuristic vision of Horizons was wonderful, and its departure from Epcot was a tragedy. And since it was meant to be a sequel to Carousel of Progress (featuring the family you see in the final segment), placing the two next to each other would be a nice touch.

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8. Is there any way to give feedback to Disney itself? A big part of Disney's current issues is a disconnect from what longtime fans really want from the parks. But most of the email options to contact Disney World, for instance, only account for things related to your trip. I don't know if emails will make a difference at all, but I want to share my opinion with them, and I'm hesitant about doing it on social media (where my real name is often visible).

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9. Please don’t get political here. I’m just worn out from the division and blahblah. Also, salt and pepper.

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10. I think they should turn the animation courtyard into a Pixar themed land that spills into Toy Story Land. Use one of the buildings there for a Pixar exhibit/theater/meet and greet area and then add 1 or 2 new rides. Maybe an Inside Out or even Wall-E themed dark ride and a clone of Crush's Coaster (maybe a smaller scale version). I also think that if Disney wants to re-skin Rock N Roller Coaster they should theme it to Monsters Inc (I'm thinking the doors scene.) The only reason why I think that might not happen is because connecting it to the hypothetical Pixar area could be hard but still, there's ways they can seamlessly connect it. And if not maybe it could be a separate little Monsters Inc land and they could put the laugh floor where the lightning mcqueen racers academy thing is and a quick service themed after Monsters Inc. All I know is that they need to leave Tower Of Terror alone! For animal kingdom I think Zootopia doesn’t make a lot of sense but I think it’s only a matter of time until it’s added in. Include some of the city buildings, do a dark ride, and then have a slinky dog das/7D mine train style roller coaster. And as for Epcot my only real wish is for a Colombia pavilion with an Encanto dark ride. Epcot is still in dire need of rides.

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11. As much as I LOVE both Black Panther and Encanto, I honestly believe that a Zootopia-based area would make 1000x’s more sense in **ANIMAL KINGDOM** y’know? Given the paralleled themes and all?…. Just my take 💁🏽‍♀️

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12. 12:00 honestly I could see them doing a Lion King themed land too

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13. Omg

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14. If we are talking 10 years out, I could see a small Simpsons world in Hollywood Studios. Rumor is that universal loses the theme park rights in like 6 years.

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15. This is strangely depressing and exciting at the same time salt and pepper

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16. A little delayed salt & pepper

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17. after TenCent buys Disney, Splash Mountain will become Fortnite themed

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18. Disney will merge with Universal and Epic, and replace everything with Minions and Fortnite

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19. Man I hope they leave animal kingdom alone….

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20. Tbh Zootopia is good but I HATED Encanto and I ‘m not sexist since well Zootopia has a female lead

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21. What about an ice age themed land in animal kingdom

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22. Please bring beastly kingdom to AK

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23. Salt and pepper

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