2025 Looks Rough For Walt Disney World

[@Th8rgoddess]

Universal may not loose as much money as you may think by not increasing ticket prices. They're offering some really good deals on tickets. People who think they've gotten a really good deal are more likely to spend more within the park for food, premium experiences and souvenirs. I don't know the psychology behind it, but it's something I saw all the time when working at an attractions venue. If Universal plays this up by tempting people to spend more by doing seasonal, limited edition, and playing up the fact that their food and souvenirs are brand new people will spend even more money. So I think they'll loose money on ticketing but between the likely higher sales of things in the park and people staying at Universal resorts more to double down on the deals I think they will make absolute bank overall.

[@ducktails1695]

This is what they said I think during their earnings call too. They're focused on getting guests to spend money throughout their vacation so if you price tickets too high, guests will still come but they won't feel like spending as much on food, snacks, merchandise, express passes, etc. Short term loss for a longer term gain here.

[@keiichimorisato98]

The real money maker at the parks has never been the gate ticket price. The only places where the ticket is a majority ofnthe earning is probably a Six Flags park due to them being mostly for rides and not really themed experienced and shopping.

[@alimatt9685]

It reminds me of casinos. Just get them in your atmosphere aka parks and resorts and keep em there

[@MissMyMusicAddiction]

when we had eisner, WDW burger prices were comparable to mcdonald's burger prices, but they were better burgers. pizza? same. rooms? same. even the deluxe resorts prices were comparable to regular hotel prices in big cities. the result were frequent park sellouts, lots of happy families, and an entire generation that became disney adults, that bought AP's every year, buy merch all the time, etc.

[@vamoscruceros]

It's the same tried-and-true tactic cruise lines have been using for years. They don't make money on ticket sales, but they make lots of money on what people spend onboard. In-park/in-resort spending is the game Disney and Universal are really playing.

[@adammayo4377]

You are missing maybe the most important point. To attend Epic Universe as a non-passholder, you HAVE to buy a multi day ticket that only allows you in Epic 1 day. You are being forced to buy tickets to USF and IOA. How will most people even have time to visit Disney at all if they already have tickets to Universal's legacy parks? IOA and USF will likely not be cannibalized at all and should see attendance increases due to this multi-day ticket requirement.

[@stevepage4504]

Yep my outrageous prediction is that magic Kingdom will drop to 3rd most visited park behind epic and IOA

[@estebansingleton2648]

It's 3 days lol. Most people who visit take at least a week vacation. They'll still have couple days for disney

[@rainyloona]

One day epic tickets aren’t out yet but will be releasing before the park opens for the general public i thought?

[@someguy4253]

@estebansingleton2648 But if you did the 3 park package at Universal more than once you could experience the different lands at Epic Universe. They really thought this through. Don’t really need Disney anymore lol.

[@Mike__B]

That's what I thought they'd do, only allow Epic Universe admission to those who buy the multi-day passes. So sure it's "only" $22 increase over last year, but you must buy 2 additional days, so if all you care about is Epic Universe it's actually closer to a $250 increase... more so on the peak days (which probably will be all of them)

[@NamesSimba]

Disney has lost its way completely. They are creatively bankrupt at imagineering and any new ride is either a clone or something with a major IP attached to it. Once Bob Iger retires they need to hire an external CEO someone like Michael Eisner in his early days. Someone that will let the creatives be creative and come up with world class attractions even if that means there is no pre-existing IP attached to it.

[@stanfordite1]

Which is why when I take over Disney and make it great again, everything will be done by asking "What would Walt do?" again just as management did for decades after his passing. I will implement a De-Igerfication policy to undo all that he worked for. It will almost be as if Trump took over.

[@melovetorun]

Get rid of all the woke stuff. Bring back Splash Mountain.

[@melovetorun]

Make Disney Great Again!

[@sinisterkyrin]

@@melovetorun Cry more.

[@beccacroce7380]

@@melovetorun I do wish to know where they left the America Sings animatronics after the re-theme.

[@tankart150]

Time to restructure The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors: half of the seats are creatives, the other half are financiers.

[@AgentGodzillaRP1701]

Replace it all with fElon Musk lol

[@ms.dragon1918]

Financiers who care about Disney and what's good for it instead of just money

[@bluegold1026]

In other words, it's time for a "corporate coup"

[@MissMyMusicAddiction]

creatives should lead creative companies. your money bros can have 3 seats. the creatives get 5. i'm saving 1 for an at-large member

[@stanfordite1]

After I take over, there will be no more Board of Directors and it will no longer be The Walt Disney Company. With the majority of the stock, I will take Disney off the market as private and my title will be Owner the way sports teams have Owners. It will be formally known as Walt Disney Productions once again. Disney under me will be an autocracy and I won't be answering to anyone but Walt Disney himself. Instead of a Board of Directors, there will be a hand picked cabinet of my loyal followers. My own Death Eaters.

[@jacobe2304]

Mind you non-Universal passholders are required to buy a multi day park ticket to even go to Epic Universe. Basically forcing people to only visit Universal

[@StadiumofLOLMAPS]

So glad I just moved to Orlando, so I never have to stress over the right or wrong time to visit... I can just go all the time, and experience all the changes as they happen

[@Yankeemix161]

Lucky i plan on doing it soon as well

[@tankart150]

@@StadiumofLOLMAPS Orlando truly is an awesome place to be. I recommend Oviedo, which is about 45 minutes from Disney and Universal, and has easy access to 417

[@alejandrocastillo9209]

Where did you move from? Just curious.😊

[@smitty7235]

@@tankart150oviedo is a great option. 30 mins from universal and 45 or so from Disney. I have passes to both and love it

[@sab3295]

Visit yes. Move NEVER!

[@MLag23]

Universal > Disney. We don't get to experience brand new theme parks very often, as long as Epic doesn't fall into a sinkhole Universal will be crushing the game against Disney for a long time to come.

[@nugget-xh1cu]

School > Universal and Disney

[@RowleyJeffersonworld]

@@nugget-xh1cu nerd >nugget-xh1cu

[@ocularpatdown]

It will fall into a sinkhole. It’s just a matter of time.

[@noahalcantar2431]

​​@@nugget-xh1cu"School>Universal and Disney" 🤓🤓 Having a job, working out like a Gigachad, and going to Universal Studios> Disney and School🍷🍷🍷🗿🗿🗿

[@mikegruber172]

Universal has a solution: to see Epic you need to also buy a ticket for the other parks, Also, Disney wants more $$ per customer NOT more customers so thats why they raise prices

[@MrRapmaster19]

Disney has also had massive capacity problems at specific parks that they’re refusing to address, so instead they want to raise prices to reduce that but keep profits steady, and when they open something new, they don’t have to decrease them again.

[@josephbrown9685]

@@MrRapmaster19Yep, this is their strategy. They apparently don’t want to spend too much on increasing park capacity at this time, but that could change.

[@ducktails1695]

Disney should have already been doing all of this before Epic was going to open so its was ready for 2025-2027. Instead they sat on their hands and did nothing and now it seems like they're scrambling to respond to Epic.

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

They were busy with projects at Epcot and magic kingdom what are you talking about?? They can’t solve every issue there in 2 years

[@orius]

@@Brandon-qd2lbwe’ve known about epic universe since COVID… disney had more than enough time to plan a better defense!

[@funkydino]

Devils advocate here though, you can maybe look at it this way. By the time the initial hype has died down for EU and you can just buy single day tickets (2026 onwards) Disney will potentially be starting to open the first of many new areas, attractions and lands, which is probably spanning the next 2/3-10 years, potentially giving them a longer game plan of people returning for multiple trips as new things gradually open.

[@DeadmanInc336]

​@@funkydino that's what most people are glossing over. Disney was focusing on other projects during this time period. Disney knows that 2025 and 2026 belong to Universal. That's why there's no concrete openings planned for the next couple years. Hell, many of the stuff they announced at D23 Expo is supposed to start breaking ground next year. I think starting in 2027, Disney is going to start coming back with an absolute vengeance.

[@bluegold1026]

"Scrambling to respond." Understatement of the year.

[@GoogalyB]

Something I think is very important to mention is the year after Epic’s opening. Besides a refurbished Big Thunder Mountain, Disney currently has NOTHING planned for 2026 at WDW. Those big new rides and areas that they announced won’t be finished until 2027 AT THE EARLIEST. That gives Epic Universe a full year of uninterrupted time to itself while Disney is building those attractions. 2026 is also when Universal will start implementing Epic into all of their usual park bundles and deals, which will likely make it even more enticing to go there alongside the other legacy parks. That’s not even considering that Kids Resort Universal is building in Texas, which currently has a 2026 opening date, which will give people in the area even LESS reason to go to Disney unless they do some MAJOR deals or price cuts.

[@Garrickhrivnak]

I’m convinced people from universal watch your videos because not raising prices on multi-day tickets was very smart

[@italex827]

I'd wait about 8 months to a year for all the initial hype to die down.

[@CruzingwithCruz]

Same I live in Orlando, and usually around this time is good for the parks.. so I’ll check it out then

[@Gamer_Dragons]

Same since everyone gonna be running to epic gonna wait till it dies down

[@spectrumgamer21YT]

That's me with any park. I just wait until December (around my birthday, which is 22nd) and I go there.

[@gemlife1329]

Mickey: Oh what are you gonna do? Build your own little theme park? I'd love to see that! Ahaaahaahaa! .... Well, they certainly showed me

[@meglass71320]

I think one of the issues with the timing of the Big Thunder Mountain refurb is that with the change over for Splash Mountain to Tiana's Bayou Adventure they didn't want Big Thunder down at the same time, so it had to wait until they got TBA up and running, and I'm assuming the decided to wait until after the holidays to start the work on BTM.

[@AwesomeChich]

Now that you are saying that the timing of the refurbishment makes total sense.

[@awoosh13]

Yep! Within the context of Disney, it makes sense! However to compete with the opening of Epic Universe it doesn't. I think this just speaks to how Disney management isn't/wasn't making any plans in potential preparation against Universal. Might bite them in the butt but we'll have to see how everything plays out

[@CiceroTheSage]

@@awoosh13 I agree with you. Disney already had these plans in the works for ages and probably just waiting for them to be greenlit. 2023 could have been Thunder's year and 2024 Tiana's year. Especially since, Tron was in 2023 and Disney could have distract people away from Thunder. Then reopen Thunder and distract people away from Splash/Tiana's. So all of Thunder and Tiana's can be ready for 2025 and Epic crowds

[@ChuckE.CheesesIllinois]

Still makes Tiana's a total waste of time, that money could've gone with refurbishing Splash

[@stanfordite1]

Except TBA is not real and a figment of your imagination. Splash Mountain is up and running at WDW and will be for the 75th in 2036.

[@cruelmole]

Hopefully this forces Disney to adopt some more consumer friendly practices. But i won't hold my breath...

[@starsneptunexx]

I honestly think it’s time for a multimillion dollar company to just lose, especially since the House of Mouse treated that man and his poor wife

[@Chanel_Number5]

Pretty sure that Disney is dead set on leaving the working class in the dust😩

[@stanfordite1]

Disney will after my takeover.

[@M50A1]

​@@stanfordite1 please take your meds 😂

[@stanfordite1]

@@M50A1 You don't ever tell me what to do or speak unless spoken to. I am taking over Disney and will be the Trump it needs. You're not welcome Disney parks and the parks will be private clubs for people who went during Walt's lifetime, their relatives, and anyone who believes in the "What would Walt do?" philosophy that ran Disney after his passing.

[@ajzeg01]

MuppetVision 3D is closing too and Rockin’ Rollercoaster is being re-themed to The Muppets, so that’s two more attractions gone in 2025.

[@stanfordite1]

No they aren't. That's a hoax.

[@plaguenurse4399]

It’s so weird how Disney thinks re-theming all their rides and attractions is going to fix all their problems in a couple of years they’ll probably try and turn the haunted mansion into like wish (2023) the ride or something

[@stanfordite1]

@@plaguenurse4399 None of these "rethemes" are happening.

[@MrTherandomguy42]

Muppetvision 3D closing I can understand, but returning Rockin’ Roller Coaster to be Muppet themed? Welp, I guess I can start going to Busch Gardens or something when I don’t feel like going to Universal some years lol Nothing against the Muppets at all, but it just seems Disney really wants to keep them relevant still despite them being okay at best with their more recent releases. I wouldn’t know though because any new Muppet content nowadays is relegated to Disney+ which my family doesn’t have XD

[@MrTherandomguy42]

@@plaguenurse4399Oh geez, I can picture a Disney exec reading that comment and being like: “Write that down, write that down!”

[@LavenderPi]

I’m an Orlando local and the difference in pricing is absolutely astounding. I myself have the highest level of annual pass at universal which gets me express after 4pm, special lounges, discounts, free benefits and access to both parks on any single day I want. For the same price you can purchase a Disney pass which only lets you in on weekdays (not including holidays and black out dates). It’s absolutely absurd the difference in pricing for just things like drinks and food in the parks as well. Disneys greed will be their demise.

[@tankart150]

If Roy E. Disney was still alive today, he would oust Bob Iger like he did with Eisner and Miller.

[@asudevil316]

He wouldn't

[@TempoLOOKING]

​@@asudevil316yah...he would hire a demon to ax them off.

[@taegonlewis1398]

@tankart150 Not just Roy; but, anyone from the Disney family (whether it’s Walt's side of the family, or Roy's) who has the passion and courage to call out Bob Iger's moronic decision making that’s slowly killing the dynasty's brand image and reputation.

[@nickbrack4315]

Eisner wasn’t even that bad to be honest eat, not perfect but way better than Iger

[@tankart150]

@ The issue was towards the end of his reign, Eisner took more and more risks while the company was performing poorly. Disney almost got sold to Comcast. But the early Eisner years were awesome.

[@DSBOY33]

Disney needs to wake up and lower their prices

[@metallicnole4514]

They should. It would fix the biggest complaint people have

[@Equilibrium-pt7xj]

@@metallicnole4514That’s not the biggest complaint they have. I would pay anything if they truly brought us an experience Walt would be proud of. Destroying Splash Mountain and Rivers of America is sacrilege.

[@metallicnole4514]

@@Equilibrium-pt7xj The general public really doesn't care about the rivers and tiana's draws in a crowd as its the lightning lane that goes the fastest. In the FL heat, it will absorb even more crowds since it's the only water ride in the park. As someone that grew up going to disney world, I'm fine with most of these changes. I'm even good with replacing the muppetvision. It's funny how people are bent out of shape about disney replacing attractions when universal did that to almost the entirety of the studios park. And no, building epic is no rebuttal to that since universal had been replacing attractions for many years. I'm more upset that they replaced back to the future with simpsons than anything disney is currently replacing

[@metallicnole4514]

@@Equilibrium-pt7xj If you wanna see the rivers, they are still a disneyland, which was walt's original park and the only one he stepped foot on. Splash mountain was an eisner addition to add more thrill to the park. As a kid, I never cared about the original theming. It was all about the ride since it was the first drop I ever experienced as a kid. MK is in a unique position that it doesn't need to be a clone of disneyland. Was it sacrilege for universal to replace jaws for diagon alley?

[@stanfordite1]

@@metallicnole4514 The Rivers of America is not closing. It's a hoax and so is Splash Mountain closing. Purists are the only guests who matter and I will cater to purists only when I take over Disney and make it great again.

[@melissapisarski9799]

I love this historical context you bring to these videos.

[@Telomerase9]

I've said it once I'll say it again, Disney screwed themselves in the long term by focusing on killing their competition in the short term. They created a half-assed park in Hollywood Studios to try to undercut Universal's launch, and they created another in Animal Kingdom to undercut Busch Gardens. With these two they weren't focused on creating long term parks with solid plans. They didn't think about how insane of a task upkeeping 4 parks at once with both maintenance and new attractions is. They wanted quick and easy solutions to kill competition, and now they're paying for it because they expanded too far. Disney's offerings in 2025 are great if you're considering it for 2 or 3 parks, but for 4? It's absolutely not enough.

[@metallicnole4514]

Some think that Disney should have opened a 5th park to compete, which I say would have been the wrong move. They need to develop the parks they have. All the stuff that was announced at D23 this year should have been announced at D23 2022 so they would be 2 years into development. I also think Hollywood studios should be rebranded into an adventure park with more thrill rides

[@EEvtg]

MGM Studios was always supposed to be a half-day park, it was birthed out of a proposed Epcot ride/pavilion. Turning it into a theme park with news of Universals moving in next door was the opposite of shortsighted; It succeeded in turning WDW into a true multi-day resort. It was the right move regardless of what Universal was doing (with their disastrous park out the gate lol). Regarding Animal Kingdom, it obviously opened unfinished; We can blame Iger for it still remaining an unfinished half-day park, since he has put very little into the most recent park at WDW. That said, I'm not sure why you think it was merely a Busch gardens competitor, when Busch gardens existed since the 1950s and WDW was long established as a multi-day destination by the 90s...BG was not much of a legitimate lure bringing tourists away from WDW by the late 90s lol. DAK was just a decent idea for a theme park with roots going back to Walt, True Life Adventures, and Jungle Cruise.

[@metallicnole4514]

@@EEvtg I never thought I'd see the day when I prefer hollywood studios over the original universal studios park

[@EEvtg]

@@metallicnole4514 I’m assuming you mean the original Universal FL? Cuz the first one in CA was never better than MGM imo haha. I’ve always preferred MGM Studios to the Universal Counterparts, but the lost 80s movie rides like Jaws, Kong etc were def awesome

[@metallicnole4514]

@@EEvtg Yeah the og universal fl was great.

[@millabasset1710]

I'm bummed I couldn't go to opening day, was too wrapped up in work. I will have to settle for opening month in 2025.

[@oldmanloki]

it’s a given that in 2025, the disney parks are anticipated to experience a decline in attendance from guests who typically visit both disney and universal. however, id predict that this decrease is will be offset by disney-exclusive guests who will take advantage of the reduced crowd levels. guests who otherwise wouldn’t have visited because it was too crowded.

[@someguy4253]

Naw. Those will be the same locals that always go lol. Disney is definitely about to lose a large portion of their tourist crowds.

[@darbs1832]

@@someguy4253 Disney World will still be more visited than Universal in 2025 and going forward. Universal just doesn't have the IPs to compete with Disney and nostalgia is one hell of a drug. Universal will also be limiting access to Epic Universe for a while in order to iron out crowd levels.

[@stanfordite1]

@@darbs1832 No it will not. However that will change when I take over and make Disney great again by being the Trump it needs and taking it back to the 1980s.

[@italex827]

There's been plenty of theme parks for movie-goers, but there's never really been something for gamers. Until now! That's why Super Nintendo World is such a big deal.

[@JT_Toons]

If I were Disney I make a deal with sega

[@PeruvianPotato]

​​@@JT_Toons This isn't 1993 anymore. Stop.

[@italex827]

I've also noticed that Universal is better at managing their crowd sizes and ride efficiency. Furthermore, Disney is mostly for kids. Universal is for everyone.

[@EEvtg]

Disagree, Disney is better suited for all ages from kids to elderly. Universal has targeted the young-adult market at the expense of the other groups. Older folks cant ride much at Universal lol, and that probably wont change, though they're going more for kids with half the lands at Epic .

[@ryan24a73]

Some things about newer rides at both parks is to much cgi and screens instead of illustrated backgrounds or animatronics

[@Jiacreatesofficail]

Have you ever heard of The Disney Cruise Line? They literally have adult spaces.

[@josephbrown9685]

I’m going to have to disagree with you there. I am a big fan of Universal, but I can ride pretty much anything. There are people who do not enjoy thrill rides, so Disney has more for them to do currently.

[@MrWill213]

​@@Jiacreatesofficail where talkin bout parks buko

[@StoogesFan]

My family and I are planning to go to Universal next year, and we are super excited for Epic Universe, and Universal in general, especially after our Disney vacation in 2022 was really lackluster.

[@kc3d777]

Universal park hopping is a lot more straight forward and easy to navigate then Disney so I think they have the advantage for people planning a trip to see Epic and then deciding its too much trouble to add Disney in. Universal is also forcing people to go to their parks by bundling Epic tickets with the multi park pass. I actually think too when you look at the demographics that like Universal will probably shift to Sea World who has better coasters and universal visitors skew older and more interested in thrill rides. I would bet Disney has no interest in competing with the opening of Epic and is more focused down the line to do their own grand openings with the revamped villains park and Encanto areas.

[@zekewalker1350]

Cousin was working at DW when thunder mountain had some fake rock that made you think it was going to fall on you(I don’t ever remember it but I’m sure diehards do). He said it actually fell on the track at some point and rather than fix it Disney opted to leave it cuz it wasn’t something that would actively make money. And he was right it’s been like a decade but if they’re doing a thunder mountain overhaul I bet they’ll fix that rock effect

[@Dullahan161]

"We can now afford the rock SFX" -Bob Iger

[@TboneF1racing]

watch splash mountain footage from the 90s... it was alive.. everything worked.... They just let things go

[@jeromyh8096]

I don’t think they have to compete against each other at all. Disney has its own subculture of fans who never go to Universal.

[@haydenharwood8152]

Believe it or not that subculture only makes up about 15% of their theme park profits. Families and 1st time park goers are their core demographic, which is being bled by Universal

[@Nicole-kk3gn]

Me! I do not go to universal and prob never will again. I have been twice and it’s not my thing. None of the IP suit my interest. So Epic has no effect on me. I do plan on a week at Disney 2025 so you are absolutely right and I know a lot of families like me.

[@TheDylanJoyce]

@@Nicole-kk3gn You're why Disney knows they can keep jacking up it's prices...

[@Masterballsackwood]

​@@Nicole-kk3gncringe

[@M50A1]

​@@Nicole-kk3gn You disgust me, frankly. You and every hardcore Disney fan do really

[@eastern0887]

I love your videos, thank you so much ❤️

[@mariagar101]

With this video I could only think about the disappointment my family and I had the first time we went to disney 😂 everything overpriced, overwhelming and over crowded. We were able to get a refund and bought more universal tickets instead.

[@Thebiggerfish11]

maybe don't close my literal favorite ride ever and I would consider coming back on vacation

[@tankart150]

Disney needs to wake up.

[@MT-tu8dt]

Disney needs to clean house.

[@VideoingTheMagic]

I think they waited till now to do the Big Thunder refurbishment because of Splash mountain being turned into Tiana's, and now that that's open they have some wiggle room for both capacity and the refurbish budget.

[@alexxchaos]

7:45 whoa whoa whoa whoa WHOAAAA. They don’t have night time parades at Disney anymore?? That was one of the staples i remember as a kid. The trauma of seeing Ursula lmao. I’m soooo obsessed with going to Disney but the more I hear the less I care to go lmfao

[@emmiruuuuu]

I can’t believe they won’t change their prices

[@kaijuguy19]

2025 wouldn't be such a bad year for Disney had they not let their own hubris and arrogance of them thinking no one can touch them in the parks overcome them. They brought this on themselves and if they keep this up they'll for sure have Magic Kingdom at Orlando lose it's number 1 spot if not by Universal then it'll be by their own massive egos for sure.

[@metallicnole4514]

I can’t see epic taking the spot from magic kingdom. But they will come close. At best I see it taking #3

[@Sunsetsilvernova]

rest in peace dinosaur ride 😔 that one was one of my favorites

[@stanfordite1]

It's not closing. That's a lie.

[@MrtheFckface]

​@@stanfordite1it is, just not for an entire year

[@stanfordite1]

@@MrtheFckface No it's not. Dinosaur is never closing. The Walt Disney Company is being broken up and losing all its acquisitions so that means bye bye Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Pixar.

[@mariocar0727]

@@stanfordite1May I ask where you got this information from?

[@stanfordite1]

@@mariocar0727 My folks in Congress are leading the motion to break up Disney and as a military man I'm involved, too. Pixar and Marvel's days in the parks are coming to an end in the not too distant future and Galaxy's Edge will be gone with Lucasfilm being handed back to George's family.

[@luiscastroroman711]

The only reason i still go to Disney is cause i work there and get free tickets. Price hasnt been justified for a few years now

[@rileynelson6624]

So do I! I work at Magic Kingdom and I visit a park once every Thursday on my day off.

[@TheDylanJoyce]

Girlfriend works there, and even we NEVER go into the parks anymore. The crowds, the pandering, the prices (Aside from free admission). I drive Mears Connect (the old Magical Express) and laugh at these families claiming all the crap they thing they're going to accomplish on their trip.

[@spectrumgamer21YT]

I'm planning on working with Disney for a job at some point too!

[@NocturneFexy]

Hollywood Studios is still going to have a capacity problem as they have now confirmed that Muppet-Vision is closing in 2025 to make way for the Monsters Inc and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster will be rethemed which means the original ride would likely need to be shut down for a year or so as well.

[@cosk1126]

Disney's biggest problem is they no longer have the talent that brought the Disney difference. From their new attractions to in park entertainment, it's clear they've lost their way and even worse, the management is now overrun with people who don't understand what made Disney, Disney. Which is why Hollywood Studios now has a 200+ pound chick dancing in the park to Shake it Off as part of their Holiday entertainment.

[@elevenb6967]

But did you die? I mean, you do understand that most of the people who were around when "Disney was being made, Disney" are either dead, or dying, don't you? There's this thing called procreation, where babies are born. And when they are born, they're not born old. They will eventually grow. In the midst of all that, things change, and tastes change. Young people don't want the in-park holiday entertainment to consist of waifs dancing to the likes of Guy Lombardo, the Everly Brothers, or Lawrence Welk's orchestra. Those days are over, man. Long gone, in fact. And that's just something that you're going to have to get used to. But hey, while all those young people are watching that '200+ pound chick' dance to Outkast, you can go ride the Tower of Terror. That is, if your back will allow it.

[@stanfordite1]

@@elevenb6967 Wrong. Things don't change, tastes don't change. Young people do want stuff like Guy Lombardo and I say they do. When I take over and make Disney great again, I'm giving kids those things and ordering them to like it. Those days are not gone, just hibernating. I will be deciding what kids want for them and turn them into clones of their parents.

[@elevenb6967]

@@stanfordite1 LMAO!! Well, godspeed, man!

[@stanfordite1]

@@elevenb6967 I stand by everything and yes I will be taking over Disney and making it great again by catering only to Disney purists and making every decision by asking "What would Walt do?" just as management did for decades after his passing. Disney under me will be frozen in the 20th century and the parks will be treated like the Augusta National Golf Club.

[@cassinic2232]

Disney world: What can we do to attract more people when Epic Universe opens, I know we can raise our Disney Theme Park Price by 50 percent : That'll Show Universal.

[@themiddleones11]

My prediction is Hollywood studios will go up, Epcot down since everyone is talking about how great Hollywood studios is becoming vs how fast Epcot is dropping. Also, as someone who's going to epic universe next year, we canceled our plans to go to WDW as well that trip because epic universe is opening when we were already going to be there

[@douglasmurphy1113]

I feel Epic Universe is Universal Studios open declaration of war. They're no longer a force to be rekoned with of Disney's near-peer. Universal is now coming for the Number 1 spot. THEY are gonna be the new household name for theme parks.

[@chromplex]

*"Because mediocrity is what fearful people will always settle for. Again, think of a pointless painting- one bad dot cannot ruin the painting, you fix it and you move on. However, if people are afraid to take risks with bright and bold colors, then the entire work will be very dull and very bland. If you want to discover, inspired ideas you simply have to accept, that you will have to encounter more than a few that don't make the grade."* -Michael Eisner

[@SunnyMajorRainier]

I’ve never been to Disneyland fr. We didn’t really have money like the rich people but you know how that goes.

[@Rockygaming01559]

I think this dude is just hating on Disney because we all know we gru up with Disney

[@urbicide_if]

I didn’t “gru” up

[@khit007]

I had a dream last night I went to disney world and splash mountain was still open

[@gemlife1329]

I'm not going back to Disney until they get their shit together

[@TLS4THEHORROSBEGUN]

I’m going to Disney

[@spost1986]

Let’s be real - Disney was just planning on writing off 2025 and 2026 as a loss since nothing they could do would compete with Epic Universe. That’s why all of these closures are happening. They’re hoping to come back in and around 2027 with bigger and better things.

[@stanfordite1]

None of these closures are happening. It's a hoax.

[@Bulbasquirtle]

SML font is epic I approve

[@thebestdecepticonSoundwave]

woah

[@agentM1991]

I work at Universal Orlando and I can tell you that Universal is forcing (for lack of a better word) guests to buy a package deal. These will include, IOA, USF, or VB. So IOA and USF might see a drop in attendance but not as bad as when IOA opened in 1999. Plus I doubt they'll loose much money in profits as you might think.

[@josephbrown9685]

The idea is convince people to stay at their hotels longer, which has high profit margins. Then they guarantee continuing visits to IOA and USF with the multiple day tickets with only one possible day at EU.

[@kianna270]

Disney also gave typhoon lagoon tickets to employees for the winter season 😂 like thanks so much for the tickets I can barely use😂

[@XaviHaunts]

Disney gotta Live and Learn. Before Godzilla comes for them again.

[@danilyons2367]

We had a universal trip this year, and spent a couple of days at Disney, only doing magic kingdom and Epcot. Chose those parks as we’d already done Busch gardens so felt animal kingdom would feel similar, and Hollywood studios would feel similar to universal. Epcot and magic were the two parks that were completely different to what we’d already done.

[@TboneF1racing]

I promise you, theres no park on the planet similar to Disney's Animal Kingdom

[@tramnguyen0000]

I don't think they're gonna get challenged any time soon. If you show up at any Disney parks it's crowded af. I went to Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Hollywood Studios, then I went to Universal's Islands of Adventures on the same trip. I'm neither a Disney or Universal fan but ngl I was more impressed with Disney rides with their technology. Have to agree that Disney is getting more and more cash grabbing but people are still paying so they will continue to increase price. I don't think a drop in attendance is actually a concern. I think it will improve the overall customer satisfaction when the parks aren't super crowded.

[@elevenb6967]

"I was more impressed with Disney rides with their technology." Huh? Other than Cosmic Rewind (which is brand new), name one Disney ride, especially at MK, or DHS, that's more technologically advanced than the likes of Hagrid's, Skull Island, or Velocicoaster.

[@AgentGodzillaRP1701]

I think Disney is taking the L with 2025

[@petros6013]

I honestly have less motivation to go back to Disney World these days. Universal seems to know more what the costumers want and Disney's basically the guy from the Tom and Jerry movie. "We've got to have MONEY"

[@jamesoniris2647]

I feel like the higher ups just get off on self sabotage

[@acowwithlegs]

disney is not trying to compete at all in 2025, they are taking a gap year to get everything else on par so that when the animal kingdom expansion is all said and done, the resort as a whole has a lot of new attractions

[@TboneF1racing]

exactly.... when the hype for epic dies down Disney will roll out all the big projects. MK expansion, AK expansion, monstropolis at HS... Ppl just like to criticize WDW

[@acowwithlegs]

@@TboneF1racing we also dont know what universal has planned after epic though. so the competition might still continue. although orlando might take an off-year because of hollywood drift.

[@ThatChadWithTheAnchorArms]

Can't wait to see Monsters Inc AT Hollywood Studios!

[@TempoLOOKING]

In 10 years

[@stanfordite1]

You never will. There is no Monsters Inc coming and all things Pixar are leaving due to Disney being broken up like Standard Oil. Looking forward to the return of not just the Disney MGM Studios name and The Great Movie Ride, but I'm also looking forward to Munchkinland from The Wizard of Oz coming to the park and seeing the Wicked Witch of the West walking around. Instead of Stormtroopers, the Winkie Guards will be parading through the park.

[@darbs1832]

@@stanfordite1 this is some top tier bait.

[@stanfordite1]

@@darbs1832 This is the truth. I've got family in Congress involved in the plan to break up Disney and so am I as a military man. You are required to follow orders from me. It's the law. I know everything that will happen to Disney before 2100.

[@rogerpogger6439]

Let’s just take a break from Disney and play Black Ops II for 2025

[@thegoldenstation9723]

Hey Attraction Ideas have you ever heard of Meow Wolf, if so what's your opinion on them?

[@stephenfreitas8546]

I doubt it. The vast majority of people visit Orlando for Disney and Epic Universe won’t change that. Yes, Universal will have a spike next year and Disney may see a dip but, it will all be short term. And with Universal requiring a 3-day park ticket but, allowing guest to only visit Epic Universe on one day, may keep people away from Epic Universe. I won’t visit the new park until the attendance restructures are lifted.

[@crinklyonion1410]

I don’t give a crap about going to Disney World. It sounds do boring and so expensive. However, I’m buying tickets to Epic Universe ASAP.

[@SansUndertale65]

As a happy universal gower, i love universal and hope epic is a success.

[@mattsassano]

I’ve had good memories at Disney but universal is my absolute favorite hands down! Rooting for them

[@therealventures]

Yeah Disney shot themselves in the foot with that dinosaur retheme at Animal Kingdom in 2025. I don't expect attendance to go up, if anything it will go down like you said. At that point they should just close the park for a year and have time to do the retheme and touch-ups to the park. I can see them closing even earlier in 2025, like 5pm or something around there.

[@MT-tu8dt]

No, re-theming Splash Mountain ended Disney.

[@therealventures]

@MT-tu8dt That was the beginning of the downfall of Disney.

[@stanfordite1]

There is no Animal Kingdom retheme happening. And Splash Mountain was not rethemed either. It's alive and well and Tiana does not exist.

[@danthomasburton]

Hmmm. I’m an international visitor and have decided to revisit next year (first visit 2023) due to EU opening. Because my family and I have 2 weeks holiday we will still be doing week 1 Disney and week 2 Universal so do expect Disney to still do very well.

[@lizmoore3489]

Disney Needs to cut park prices ! Slashing prices

[@booberrycerealenthusiast8762]

Universal already sold single day tickets for annual pass holders, I bought my single day ticket to epic universe for June 2025 for $130. Meanwhile, I spent $170 on a single day ticket for Epcot over a year ago 💀

[@dirtysilentphantom97-q8t]

Universal is forcing you to go for multiple days. 2 days at USF/IOA/VB to even get a day at epic so they are going to cut into Disney

[@Aimee-May]

My own assessment before I watch: I do believe the whole "rising tides" thing. I myself partake in that, lol. But, I think their own other 2 parks will get less visits from both AP's and non AP's. NOT as much as one might initially think, tho. For instance, on my normal visits I do Uni's 2 parks in 3 days. We go for 10 days. My friend is already complaining about how long that is (she's what I'd call an avg theme park attendee, not a crazy one like me lol). So, we are just taking that 3rd Uni day and putting it at Epic, essentially lowering the attendance to the other 2 for that 3rd day (and also not spending on food and merch there, tho they're getting our $ regardless, lol). We are AP's. We also have to remember that, at least for now, non-AP's are having to buy tickets to the other parks as well. So it's clear they thought of this too. They will be selling single day tickets to gen pop soon tho, apparently. I think the park that's really in trouble is Animal Kingdom. People already think of it as a half-day park, and they're closing Dinosaur too. People might end up skipping it altogether. And, of course, any other non-Uni or Disney park should be concerned. Not just now, but going forward As I said, I go for 10 days and I've never even been to a non-uni or Disney park. And that's a long time for many. People also don't have a lot of money and/or time off these days.

[@Solaris_Paradox]

Always been a Universal Studios person 🌎

[@aaronsarchive82]

Get D'Amaro and Iger out of there.

[@stanfordite1]

I have every intention of undoing everything those crooks did when I take over Disney and make it great again. D'Amaro is going to jail.

[@troopergenesis4455]

Disney have been struggling for a while now, i work for Disney and from late 2022 we getting average of around 40k to 60k guests a day in magic kingdom, but now were getting around high 20k to low 40k, that might seem still alot but magic kingdom have always have pulled a high amount of guests, and if im not wrong when i started we averaging anywhere between 50k to high 70k a day, not just that Disney is extremely cheap to the inside of Disney since Disney separate profits each different locations mainly for third-party companies inside, my area is in ruff shape and i mean ruff we have roaches and it wouldn't surprise me that we have rats and are leader ship is so damn bad and just Disney in general, cast member's we dont get free food on are breaks and we dont get big discounts either or thats at least in my area, we literally have to beg and tell are leaders why should we get a plate of free food when mean while all my leaders do is sit and eat all day in that office with the ac, another thing Disney increase prices very commonly its a small increase every time but still and another thing for us cast members most of us were not allowed to take tips unless your a bartender, waiter, maybe host, work at the magic kingdom barbershop/anything hair and makeup related...... maybe not sure,

[@noahalcantar2431]

*Mario is watching Mickey Mouse suffer fate*

[@RonanBunny]

Who’s bright idea was it to put Zootopia inside of the roots of a tree? That is one of the stupidest ideas that Disney has ever done.

[@KenzieBerg]

Agreed

[@stanfordite1]

No Zootopia is coming and it doesn't belong.

[@jesusflores7230]

Magic kingdom is the Michael Jordan of theme parks hard to compete even with rides closing

[@leewhite82]

There won't be any 'new' rides in Disney World Resort in 2025. Or in 2026. Or in 2027 (most likely). Rocky Thunder Mountain will be closed for over a year and Rivers of America is being deleted next year. Magic Kingdom is not going to be a nice place to be in 2025/2026. Expect visitor numbers to drop to record lows, but car park prices will still be $30!

[@stanfordite1]

The Rivers of America is not closing.

[@KileyRebel]

Just wait 2026 is probably gonna be bad too because that’s when Nickelodeon is coming to Orlando Florida😅😅😅

[@The_Purple_pumkin]

I don’t think Disney will ever fall off of the theme park industry

[@stanfordite1]

It already did. But after my takeover, it will be great again as I will be the Trump it needs.

[@bokurano16bitwarz]

not the sad Mickey mouse png on the thumbnail lmao

[@Dman425]

Maybe they shouldn’t have charged me $70 just so I can just spend 2 hours in Star Wars Land. I accidentally bought a 3 day pass for one park at a time and I was at Animal Kingdom earlier that. I had to leave to go back home the next day.

[@nikolasincorporated]

12:28 AK would be a half day park if the lines didnt make you consistently wait 3 hours for the two best attractions

[@differentman1878]

I kept skipping Lightning Mqueen because of ppl saying its bad. I finally went last year and holy cow. It was sooo much fun. Go to Lightning Mcqeen while you still can.

[@liamcollinson5695]

Disney is so slow at building attractions atm so i feel like nothing major will be done for 2025

[@DeadmanInc336]

Disney knows this. They have acknowledged that most of their major stuff won't actually start breaking ground until next year or 2026. I think starting in 2027, Disney is going to start coming back with a vengeance. Wouldn't surprise me if they start announcing actual time table openings for the big major attractions at D23 Expo 2026.

[@stanfordite1]

None of these attractions will be built and Disney will have to remove all attractions based on its acquired IP due to the company being split apart like Standard Oil and Ma Bell were and to avoid having to pay billions in licensing fees to Marvel, Pixar, and Lucasfilm which will all be independent again.

[@DeadmanInc336]

@@stanfordite1 you're awfully optimistic...

[@stanfordite1]

@@DeadmanInc336 I've got family in Congress. As a military man, I'm involved too. I have the clearance to send troops into the Disney studio like they were sent into Normandy.

[@DeadmanInc336]

@@stanfordite1 your gimmick is shit. You have NOTHING aside from the basement which you hide behind.

[@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031]

Rip the giga kewl island. Ded by Cars Ride From Hell.

[@JSTRonline2]

When it comes to disneys announcements, I’ll believe it when I see it.

[@stanfordite1]

Nothing is closing permanently at WDW in 2025. With Trump back in the White House, Disney management will be removed and replaced. The process to break up the Walt Disney Company is underway and by 2035 all Marvel and Pixar attractions will be gone along with Galaxy's Edge and anything Star Wars related after Lucas sold.

[@DeadmanInc336]

@@stanfordite1 you're trying waaaaaaaaaaaay too hard to be edgy.

[@stanfordite1]

@@DeadmanInc336 Part of my job is to police the Disney fandom and stop all false rumors and keep certain fans out of the fanbase. It's called gatekeeping. And you are required to show proper respect to a military man, civvie. That rank on my uniform means you take orders from me, do you understand?

[@DeadmanInc336]

@@stanfordite1 I find your gimmick or this online persona you have to be very vanilla and unimaginative.

[@stanfordite1]

@@DeadmanInc336 This is serious. I have expelled tens of thousands of people from the Disney fanbase and I've got family in Congress you answer to. I will be giving Crooked Bob's name as a Red in front of the HUAC and have him blacklisted just as Walt himself would do.

[@DeadmanInc336]

@@stanfordite1 the only thing you're expelling is a boring online character.

[@melanievando2040]

What about the Star Wars hotel bomb????

[@allysoncashdollar1119]

This fills my heart with joy. Universal gets all our money.

[@biancagrottolo]

They make a valid point. There's just too many. Well, theme parks. I've only been to universal and I've only been to several of all the Disney theme parks. I've never been to while I have been Busch Gardens, but never Seawald. Never even Legoland. So yeah, a few theme parks may have to disappear. And some. already me thinking could be Disney

[@jumjalalabash]

Also remember half things Disney announces for the parks never happen on time and are really just put out to trick investors

[@masonhinesley]

I Swear The 2020s Is Disneys Worst Decade And It's All Thanks To Bob Chapek

[@carterkruse6471]

And Bob Iger

[@stanfordite1]

And it will at the earliest see the breakup of the company under antitrust if not the 2030s. By 2039 Disney will be looking up at MGM again with the classic Studio System back, and Hollywood rewound back an entire century to its greatest year, 1939. The year Judy Garland skipped down the Yellow Brick Road.

[@SuuuhhhhDude]

Ahhhhhhhhh, the great theme park war of the 2020’s…..

[@remyd8767]

Big thunder mountain closing for 2025 makes a lot of sense. Universal is going to win 2025. There's no reason for Disney to try to compete in this year.

[@TboneF1racing]

More people will attend MK then any Universal theme park... They can compete without trying.

[@conniekraus4581]

I have no interest in the thrill ride parks. Disney has way more to offer me than parks. I checked pricing for me & one teenager- it was more for one day + the ride passes. Same price line for park ticket only. Didn’t seem cheaper to me.

[@marcospisanis739]

Well, i think we're not gonna have any money to attend florida parks the way things are going.

[@ryand8412]

I'd argue we need these parks more then.. People like to escape