Disney CEO Says Disney is Too Expensive.

[@UncleFeedle]

It's also too woke but you don't see him addressing that.

[@blaizegottman4139]

And if I say anything about it I'm automatically transphobic homophobic racist sexist etc and it's ridiculous like really then I Don't plan on seeing the movie

[@13thMaiden]

Because _he_ made it that way so he could play both ways, appeal to whiny woke Americans, and then chop out pieces to please communist China.

[@scottwendt9575]

Since he is the one who made it woke…🤷‍♂️

[@cmleibenguth]

Because he is woke He is caught in the echo chamber

[@matthewballon7553]

it's sad that most liberals, especially people in my animation class don't acknowledge there's another negative term that Woke is, they always ask, what does the word woke even mean? to them woke means being aware of racial prejudice and discrimination, but now even the word bigot lost it's true meaning, they'll use it as an excuse to accuse you of saying things they don't agree with. it sucks not everyone one in real life acknowledges the way 'woke has a negative term to it,.

[@mark4163]

Disney's biggest problem is people are over Disney. - Geeky Sparkle Well said. That is exactly right!

[@RazielTheUnborn]

@@WyldStallion-bs9oo Nowhere near the same numbers as in 2018. Blaming COVID will only get companies so far when Socially, the pandemic has been over for a year or two at this point. Socially. Many other businesses had already begun to bounce back, look at Universal Studios theme parks. They are making such a resurgence they are threatening to overtake Disney. When has that ever happened in the history of Disney Theme Parks?

[@reaper_exd7498]

People honestly arent. But the current woke version of Disney is what people are done with.

[@rebaxbayushi577]

@@reaper_exd7498 Exactly. If they dropped the agenda pushing and start producing goodstory again, people would come back easily. Of course, they won't do it, but it would be that easy for them to earn back a lot of their previous fans.

[@animezilla4486]

I don't agree

[@lynngreen7978]

@@reaper_exd7498 That's why I don't call them that. They want nothing to do with Walt Disney, have none of his values, so they are DisCorp.

[@FTChomp9980]

Bob Iger:"I made Disney to expensive but I just wouldn't admit it." Me:"Disney sucks because of you."

[@Mark_Knight]

They attacked men, boys. Promoted feminism and anti family behaviors. Attacked Whites and straights. Promoted destructive Marxist tactics. Why would I come back? I don't bother watching their crap. I cannot remember the last movie I bothered watching from Disney... If Disney apologizes for the above, maybe I will forgive, but I will never forget.

[@thelaughinghyenas8465]

There is no freaking way I would pay Disney's prices for that junk.

[@KaosNova2]

Yeah but don't they have great roller coasters?

[@chilomine839]

You figure at some point corporations realize they lend to far into appealing to big money investors? Investors dump money into a company but they don’t vacation where they park their money.

[@brandonplaisted8194]

​@@KaosNova2 nah cedar fair corporate offers way way way better.

[@thelaughinghyenas8465]

@@chilomine839 , At some point, investing in Disney is a much worse investment than Taco Bell. How long until that happens?

[@CrazyManhog]

Star Wars Rise of Resistance: and I took that personally...

[@tubey84]

They could get away with being too expensive if they didn't proactively hate their own audience for the last 10 years, but here we are. Amazingly, people aren't prepared to spend over the odds on something that doesn't appeal to them - funny that.

[@rickwj324]

Exactly!! As ridiculous as their prices are...that's not the problem I have with them. It's the utter CONTEMPT that they have for many of us! They are run by deplorable, unethical people that push agendas, groom children, and just stand for so many things that I do NOT! They can run their business how they please...just not with my $$.

[@claytonparris432]

Give me what I want or in my pocket my money will stay. Big corporations like Disney forget that the consumer is the one with all the power. We hold their jobs in our hands. All we have to do is vote with our money. If we like what we get we spend money to get more if we hate it Disney gets nothing.

[@ronnimm6456]

If I am being charged a $150 just for the basic experience, I would at least like clean bathrooms and a clean park (garbage picked up). Gimme a break, it's not that difficult.

[@Stedman75]

"T H E M E S S A G E" is a luxury belief with a vertically steep price tag. Theres only so long you can fight against reality itself.

[@ravengrey6874]

So, basically Disney went from “Everyone is special (but some are specialer)” to “You get what you pay for” to “there’s only so much Disney to go around” to “Please enjoy your ride on the Titanic”

[@xhagast]

The first part is life, the rest is unacceptable.

[@theinvisiblewoman5709]

The US and monopolies in the US is a slow moving fall of Rome.

[@gallendugall8913]

They wanted to know what the market tolerance was. So they raised prices until the market pushed back.

[@DocWolph]

Pushed back? More like punched 'em in the mouth.

[@Optimusj1975]

I don't think so. Might be Cheapek's plan, but I never saw any signal any of them know how testing the waters works besides B. Chapek and S. Arnold.

[@Trollificusv2]

And then you sell a rollback of prices as some virtuous favor for the "unwashed masses".

[@queenmakesamess473]

And the parks are packed and hotel reservations are packed …

[@mikemontgomery2654]

I think they knew full well what the tolerance was. Hardcore Disney fans don’t operate with sense, when it comes to Disney products. People are conditioned from birth to gravitate to Disney products. You want to prove robot theory? Film the people outside a Disney store, anytime prior to 2019. There’s no talking sense to people about Disney, the deflection used to be stupidly strong with them. Still is with many, despite the abusive corporate practices.

[@Yarharsuperpirate]

You know what would help mitigate those costs? Making stuff people will actually like and pay for. They did this to themselves

[@ShinKyuubi]

"When the soothing light at the end of your tunnel...is just a freight train coming your way" is the perfect lyrics to fit the situation happening with Disney right now.

[@mikecampos1193]

So karma is raging train oh the sweet irony.

[@zacharymcmillan2788]

🎶"Here comes the fear again ooooh,the end is near again ooooh The monkey's built a house on your back,you can't get anyone to come in the sack And here comes another panic attack oh,here we go again... Until the end"🎶 - Pulp - 'The Fear'

[@mattwest8073]

The cost increases at the parks looked like a company trying to prop up their unprofitable streaming service using the profits from the other parts of the business - the parks.

[@SalivatingSteve]

Bingo! Disney parks guests are directly subsidizing their Disney+ losses.

[@theinvisiblewoman5709]

@@SalivatingSteve The pricing and quality of streaming services don’t match on top of every freaking cable channel having a streaming service especially after Disney acquired Marvel rights and stopped all the popular shows on other streams people stayed for. Now all the streaming services are suffering. Sad.

[@KaosNova2]

Before Disney Plus, Disney was collecting money from Amazon and Netflix so if Netflix or Amazon streamed Disney movies, they paid Disney to do it

[@ordo_draigo_assault_ham]

Yes.

[@denvan3143]

“Disney is too expensive,” says the CEO who has been throwing gasoline on stacks of money, lighting it and giving the middle finger to the middle class.

[@andrewcurlutu6422]

Igor (not a typo) is a leftist corporate CEO. Their grasp on how the REAL world works is always hazy.

[@liamcollinson5695]

I agree didn't they build fancy mansions that sold for millions to then turn around and say how Disney was broke

[@Bucketus.Lord.of.Buckets]

I wouldn't just say that it's too expensive, but that everything is too expensive and you're getting poor quality too. Like paying for a brand name label thrown on cheap garbage. Or paying out of the a** in taxes and the government not fixing the potholes in the road or providing the poor quality medical care.

[@TheNewFlutist]

First it was Lucasfilm, now it's Marvel and the Animated division having problems too. Not to mention tourism to the parks is jeopardized by a lot of harmful decisions.

[@___David__]

Just wait until he finds out that going woke is also what's making Disney go broke... 🤯

[@hibikuokudan]

I'm a Floridian, and I used to go to Disney all the time. Used to. They used to have annual passes for Floridians, and my family often got them, it's about a 2 hour drive for us to get to the parks, so we used to be able to make day trips to the parks quite easily. It was really nice. Then they started increasing the prices. It was still doable, but not as good. Then they changed them more, and more, and eventually things got to a point that you need a reservation just to go into the parks, and there's no more Florida passes. Haven't been in quite a while, it's too much of a hassle now.

[@kingjamesut]

This is 100% exactly what happened to us. Hopefully they come to that realization and start offering things to locals again, but I'm not convinced.

[@hibikuokudan]

@@kingjamesut tragically, I doubt they will. The large groups from overseas who make "once in a lifetime" trips spend TONS of money at one time. They stay in the most expensive hotels, buy lots of tickets and merch, and are where they want to focus. Disney doesn't seem to realize how short-sighted that is. Sure, the local passholders may not spend as much on a single trip, but they're making multiple trips a year. We were consistent.

[@tendoukiryu6989]

I went to Disney World once as a kid and I’ve never had the desire to go back, this was before Disney became a propaganda company.

[@saintsheepy6682]

Only took until NOW for Iger to realize he'd jumped into the ocean before learning to swim?

[@rehac001]

In a raw steak full Body dive suit with open bottles of BBQ sauce.

[@Richforce1]

@@rehac001 In shark infested waters.

[@KetsubanSolo]

If only he listened to George Lucas when he said, "I may have gone too far in a few places"

[@alexschmitz3414]

They should fire those 6 figure diversity enforcers for a start. Shift that money to the parts that need it like the special affects departments.

[@blaizegottman4139]

Agree

[@backup368]

Eric July: "That's what a diversity hire is, disposable."

[@FD2003Abc]

Or garbage collection. Street cleaners are more valuable than "diversify experts."

[@trainandmore]

Igor just confirms that, he knew he messed up, but knew that the general public would look at Cheapek. Just because was some things turned on/ activated under him, and Igor would come in to fix Cheapek mistakes, even though he started things. Even then the general public doesn’t know who Igor or Cheapek are, average Joe from Maine, doesn’t know who either one of them are, they just see Mickey Mouse.

[@nageman9]

This coming from the guy who bought Fox Studios for over 70 billion dollars which he overpaid for.

[@largol33t1]

He is SO full of himself. I can't believe he fell for that trick. The people at Comcast didn't get this big by being foolhardy spenders. The way they outnegotiated him and left him to deal with the price tag was a stroke of business genius. I bet Universal's execs laughed when their parent company told them how they burned poor little Bob. (Note: Comcast owns Universal Studios' theme parks and the entire brand.)

[@Vespyr_]

I never understood why people spent so much money to go to Disney. I'm glad my parents never took me there and spent thousands of dollars to pay for 15 dollar drinks, long lines, hotel commutes and rides that can't go higher than 200 feet.

[@teijaflink2226]

Yeah, to me it's just an amusement park, there are tons of other amusement parks that are cheaper.

[@kosmosXcannon]

It's because marketing did their job really well.

[@CrazyManhog]

Sorry but it was kinda worth it.

[@lynngreen7978]

My parents took us to Disneyland once. I'm happy we went. especially since it was before the changes to Pirates, Haunted Mansion, etc. But Six Flags has two parks within a day's travel, and they cost a fraction.

[@SuperRamos619]

​@@lynngreen7978six flags is for thrills and roller coasters. You get much more atmosphere at Disneyland. Or at least you uses to back in the day.

[@IceStorm-l4t]

If Disney cut prices by 75%, I'd still rather go to Universal Studios.

[@Alabenson]

Disney's problem is they've been burning customer goodwill in every possible manner for several years now, while they've simultaneously been nickle and diming visitors to the parks while cheapening the overall experience. As a result, they now need to cut prices while spending more to bring the parks back up to the expected standards, at a time where the value of the "Disney premium" is the lowest its been in the history of the company.

[@jsedbe0624]

I made an annual trip to WDW for Marathon Weekend from 2013 to 216, and my family took a trip in 2020 right before the shutdown. There was illusion about how much these trips cost, but we felt like we got good VALUE out of the money spent. That value proposition is now gone. Between the price hikes, the wokeness, and the deterioration of the parks, I can’t see us going back anytime soon.

[@colinewen8536]

Go to Universal if you can

[@mupty]

Sounds like he's trying to blame Chapek for all the park issues again. I also seem to remember an interview Iger did years ago when he was asked about the crowding problems at Disney and he responded with "that's a good problem to have".

[@claytonparris432]

If Disney wants to make money again they need to drop the Woke Garbage, Invest in their park employees, and stop all needless spending

[@merafirewing6591]

Like all the woke garbage.

[@geekyphoton5584]

Geeky Sparkles: "More kids knew who Mario was than Mickey Mouse." (15:21) How the mighty have fallen! And they deserve it for meddling in politics, indoctrination, and social engineering. I don't want to give Disney a red cent!

[@richardphillips8316]

What's wrong with woke Disney. It's way too expensive. And way too woke. 😂👍

[@frankgritz726]

So if it wasn't woke you would gladly give your money ,😂😂😂

[@rickwj324]

As a kid growing up in the 70's and 80's I loved Disney and always dreamed of going to the park. I've never been. I had a child 10 years ago and I wanted to take him when he was old enough to enjoy it! He's the perfect age right now...but sadly I would not go to the park if I had an all-expense paid vacation there! Disney cannot burn down fast enough.

[@Zodia195]

Yeah born in 1981 here and childhood was mostly watching the Disney Channel (loved DTV's music video specials), loved the movies, and my earliest memory was my mom drawing Mickey and Minnie Mouse (I was 2 or 3). Even when Disney didn't always put out the best content (like during the 2000s with their sequel craze and subpar movies), I still had faith in the company, but that started going downhill during the 2010s when they started acquiring all of these different properties and I did notice the changes to the parks and I just started to lose faith in Disney as a whole. Now I did go Disney World in December 2021 since it was a life long dream, but I did say that would be the last time I'd support Disney in any form until they went back to being the company that Walt built. Still praying it happens, but yeah I am burnt out, and it hurts saying that since I was a hardcore Disney fanatic.

[@Allaiya.]

if you can afford it, you should go. Every kid should experience Disney World at least once imo.

[@TJ-um8ce]

Yup... my kids have wanted to go, but they were fine with universal... I refuse to give a single cent more.

[@benmosley3190]

We're going to Orlando for spring break. Me, my wife and 2 children. Disneyworld is out of the question. Too expensive.

[@Vespyr_]

There are soooo many fun parks to take your kids to.

[@thmsmgnm]

Disney is not fighting Reedy Creek because they legally can not do it, unless they make admissions about management and ownership that would open them up to other legal proceeding. This is cover on other KZbin channels via Florida law and regs for Special Districts. As for Iger schmoozing to get what he wants, legally there is no way for new Board to give him what Disney lost via elimination of Reedy Creek. If anyone even tries other Special Districts, see Universal will be well placed to either sue the state or lodge complaints about unequal treatment with Florida regulators which would trigger investigations and potentially criminal inquiries Geeky needs to get over her idea that Iger is some master business man, he is literally the reason Disney is in trouble right now.

[@gamermilk6399]

The whales aren't buying. Pivot to the shrimps!!!

[@jimm7559]

Once upon a time, our family adored and trusted Disney. We trusted their content to be child friendly. We watched their films, Disney decor was in our home and our money went for vacations to visit the parks. In return, they insulted us and our values and they mocked our concerns. They tore down cherished memories and became immoral, greedy, arrogant and out of touch- the very things that we have always despised. We’re done with them and if they only knew how much we once loved them, they would might realize just how far they have fallen. I know that we aren’t alone in our sentiments. They have lost their way, their innocence and many, many once loyal fans and customers. I hope their empire collapses.

[@theinvisiblewoman5709]

You mind saying which part of Disney content isn’t children friendly and is immoral?? I need specific examples

[@robertcovino4889]

My family of six were planning a week long Disney world trip. It was going to cost over 6K. Then I saw the video of their not so secret agenda and we decided to go somewhere else. It was a good decision. I can’t see my family ever going to that park at this point. We are just one family but it seems others have also reconsidered their Disney plans. 🍻

[@lynngreen7978]

I hear Universal Orlando is pretty good. Plenty of smaller regional parks that are cheaper, and plenty fun.

[@hammbannana1038]

Yep. Plus, if I see you in Orlando with out of state plates, I'm screaming obscenities at you and your family. Not worth it

[@zarach9459]

The most amazing thing is that I read an article published in the 70s where it was reported that Disneyland was amazingly affordable for families thanks to the efficient design of its facilities and services that allowed operating costs to be lower than what seemed possible.

[@johnrockwell5834]

Nintendo park is better

[@robertcovino4889]

@@zarach9459 I went to Disney in the late 70s it was fantastic. I was a kid but remember it fondly. Sadly I doubt my children would have a similar experience at today’s Disney world. 🍻

[@drewpatterson8009]

Finally they see it.. We went in September and for JUST myself and my daughter my total costs were just shy of $7k. Food costs were easily the biggest hurdle along with resort stay. We stayed at the Carribean resort and while it WAS very nice and comfy it didn't justify the cost of $380 a night. I am fine with paying $50-60 per person for a nice dinner but $100+ is sky high. If I can't do the same trip for under $5k pricing I won't be going back.

[@nonyabusiness3619]

Oh my. 😨

[@CtrlAltRetreat]

Was $380 a night including admission for two?

[@gilian2587]

At those prices... I'd rather visit Ireland and Scotland.

[@FALLENSK8ER1995]

7k?! Fuuuuuck that I’m going to Japan with that money

[@colinewen8536]

For just a little more you could probably have gone to Europe, definitely gone to Universal, or maybe even a cruise. It might even have cost for less.

[@radioflyer68911]

No duh. It was too expensive to me back in the 90's.

[@hailhydra2296]

I'm surprised Disney never made a full length animated theatrical Mickey movie to raise Mickey's profile

[@linusgustafsson2629]

I'm more surprised they haven't done live action Mickey already.

[@hailhydra2296]

@@linusgustafsson2629 at this point it’s weird that they have never really done anything with there own mascot besides cartoon shorts

[@TheGangstaTmoney]

@@hailhydra2296 Last real show I like with Mickey mouse was house of mouse even that is just shorts.

[@mpowe123]

From what i've read, technically they did with Prince and the Pauper in 1990 with the film Rescuers Down Under as the main feature on theatrical release.

[@tiffanywilson5703]

They simply don’t need to.

[@rannxerox3970]

I think the reason they took down WDW Splash Mt. is because the activisit pushing for this stupid move wanted to take out the one that made no sense to do so and would get the most push back. They are even trying to push Tokyo to take theirs down and the OLC is telling them to pound sand. Frankly if you want to see love for Walt and what his park would look like today if he was alive, go to Tokyo.

[@Gundam4]

Good idea

[@Borderose]

What's the crazies problem with Splash Mountain again?

[@KathrynTestBot]

Japan is starting to do Disney better than Disney. Have you ever seen videos of their version of the electrical parade? They expanded on it, and added a ton more floats. It's enormous. Now I do think the Western side of things would run into some nostalgia issues if they tried to change it up too much, but I don't see any issues with adding more floats and extending the show. Can some Japanese anime company buy a controlling share in Disney already? Please?

[@brentranke7528]

@@Borderose Themed with Song of the South characters.

[@Gundam4]

@@Borderose To them everything is racist

[@mckaylarosej7009]

The biggest problem with Disney is their wokeness. Parents such as myself have been boycotting and banned Disney for my family

[@Autobotmatt428]

Also lack of creativity and bad management of certain franchises.

[@KaosNova2]

We don't have to ban them, we have their better works on home video already.

[@shpendinesimi2954]

My kids are only allowed to watch Disney pre 1997

[@KaosNova2]

@@shpendinesimi2954 I believe the most recent one we have is Tangled, and while I know it goes out of the whole Rapunzel becoming a teenage pregnancy like the fairy tale, I feel like it works. Overall though, since you mentioned 1997, I feel like Tarzan from 1999 was a decent one, but I'm lost on the others.

[@Autobotmatt428]

@@shpendinesimi2954 I would allow up to 2012

[@peppermintpsaki1157]

15:15 the main reason for this being is that Mickey and Co. have been reduced to product pitchmen over the decades, no different than the Flintstones, Looney Tunes, Popeye, etc. Whereas Mario, Minions, etc. have actual stuff going on. I’ll bet that the majority of kids these days aren’t even aware that Mickey was more than just an ad mascot and had actual features once upon a time.

[@cheesesniper473]

Mickey mouse cartoons werent common when i was little. They would throw a lot of disney toons around, but the mouse was a rare treat. This was the 80's

[@SalivatingSteve]

The only Mickey Mouse cartoon I remember watching as a kid is A Christmas Story, where Mickey thinly slices a single bean to feed his family lol

[@hertzwave8001]

@@SalivatingSteve thats gonna be disney co if they dont change course i hope they dont change course

[@MrManz36]

I have to admit, I find it hilarious to watch Disney floundering. The woke nonsense, outrageous price hikes, garbage shows and movies and the fan blaming/hating, you reap what you sow and I have zero sympathy for them what so ever. #getwokegobroke #withoutrespectwereject

[@lisamarie161]

“It’s too expensive” says the one that made it too expensive in the first place 🤡

[@largol33t1]

That's SO rich coming from Iger of all people. I have no sympathy for him OR the fools who gave him his position back after ousting the other Bob (Chapek.)

[@robertdelangel1230]

This is why I go to Knott's...and currently planning a trip to Universal

[@abendroid]

DIsney making movies wanting to change race/gender to include "marginalized" group, yet the parks are selling stuff with the price that is beyond the reach of the "marginalized" group.

[@mperlatti]

Disney should just go ahead and change the name to PedoLand

[@dra6ke]

I understand Disney is beholden to shareholders, but by becoming greedy, they are going against the magic that Walt had in mind. And karma is hitting them where it hurts.

[@gwgux]

It is, in a word, amazing. It's amazing how they have not only shot themselves in the foot, they also shot their other foot off, as well as both their hands (to their credit, that does take a certain kind of talent). They need to lower prices but it seems like they can't. They need something new and not woke that will really appeal to people, but they can't get out of their own way to do that. They need to start selling off some of the things they bought like Star Wars, Marvel, Fox, etc., and go through a MAJOR reboot of the company and start changing everything out and scale TF down given how over extended they are, but we know they won't. They need to fix shit at the parks, but don't have the staff for it and those they have would likely rather go work for Universal at this point. They need to rid themselves of activists, but they won't. They need a CEO who's name is not Bob, and while his contract does have an end date, who knows what'll happen after that. Lastly, they have insulted over half of their customer base when they lash out at them for having standards and not accepting the crap Disney has been doing for years now. Even if they start doing things that make sense again, the damage to the brand has been done.

[@thebluetarp]

So Disney is just like a guy with no hands or feet?? A stub? Ole stubby

[@gwgux]

@@thebluetarp They at least kept their mouth so we can hear them bad mouth others for their failures...obviously their top priority. ;)

[@wesmcinerny4524]

Has he finally been humbled to realize that overly expensive prices are unappealing? Has he also realized that wokeness is bad, his rejection of most forms of traditional animation in theaters, and his acquisitions of the Muppets, Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox were mistakes also?

[@alexschmitz3414]

I think he knows that wokeness is bad, but he wants to run for President and he has to appease that crowd if he wants their votes in the future.

[@D0NU75]

"humbled" sure, it's not like he is just putting on an act for the sake of having any sort of revenue for the investors.

[@Ulvetann]

Iger? Humbled? You have to have your optimism checked with some based medicine.

[@wesmcinerny4524]

@@alexschmitz3414 Sounds like he's confusing himself.

[@t84t748748t6]

his acquisition of marvel wasn't a mistake marvel would be dead now if not for the MCU

[@vincent207]

It's almost like chasing indefinite growth is doomed to fail.

[@jacob4920]

"People are over Disney." This is the single greatest quote I have ever heard, in the HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE INTERNET!!!! Thank you, you two! You have made my year, and this year is barely over two months old!

[@jimmyboydonald6578]

I didn't realise people hated Finding Nemo so much. 20 years since that movie came out.

[@dwood78part23]

Wasn't Disney already in this condition when he originally stepped down the other Bob took over?

[@AvengerII]

The Parks have had maintenance and hygiene issues for decades now. Even before he left, Eisner had downgraded maintenance and cleaning schedules. Eye-gore and Cheapek cut back on maintenance even more. It's just now REALLY catching up to the parks as they've hit their celebration anniversaries. I got ill when I saw pictures of how DIRTY the boats were in one of the classic rides. I don't know if it was "A Small World" or another. I can suggest ONE re-theming since the boat rides tend to sink now! TITANIC. Why not? Disney owns Fox Film Studios, and Fox has at least 2 Titanic movies (1953, 1997) in its film library! It's too bad Disney doesn't allow cosplaying in its theme parks. Do you know how many couples would dress up as Rose and Jack to go on a Titanic ride?!?

[@gentlemanjared]

Never forget. During shutdowns, Disney was taking passholder money. You were paying for days you couldn't visit the park.

[@tywren2486]

Nobody wants Tiki Woketitties... In anything... EVER!

[@samirsaleh2889]

Water is wet.

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

And who's fault is it for overspending on Fox and other critically underutilized IPs? Who keeps making movies aimed to bring in foreign money because they have political aspersions? Who keeps kowtowing to a vocal minority with fake activism? Who keeps recycling great movies into bad remakes that make less and less money? Maybe if Disney was run by someone competent who actually knows something about the brand and history of their company, they wouldn't need to keep raising park and merchandise prices.

[@alexl.8748]

Iger: Let's just charge 5 a ticket... Everyone: HORRAY! Iger: But we'll charge 75 per ride.. Everyone: AWW! Iger: Wait...we will be giving free drinks! Everyone: HORRAY! Iger.. But it requires an 8 ride minimum... Everyone: AWW!!

[@MK_ULTRA420]

Iger might be a Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 player lol

[@rachelhimes7715]

Rollercoaster tycoon 😂 free food but charges 10$ to use the restrooms 😂

[@MrDecelles]

If the park is full, it is not too expensive. BUT you should get more attractions so that the pool of customer gets less packed.

[@jasongrundy1717]

With lineups that long, it's clearly too cheap.

[@BearPawSwipe]

It isn't that it costs too much, it is that they have ruined their brand with greed and ego. Disney would have been fine if they had done right by their audiences.

[@carlrood4457]

Journey into Imagination really blows my mind. It's the only Epcot generated IP they could make money on and they've never monetized it.

[@ClownfishTV]

It could’ve and should’ve been the Haunted Mansion or Pirates of Epcot.

[@dstr001]

You dont say? Letting the woke clowns run riot at Disney is costing them too much money? No wayyyy.

[@stoopidpursun8140]

There's another reason Disney isn't fighting any of this. The copyright on Mickey Mouse is due to expire in January, 2024, which means that Mickey Mouse will enter the public domain. The only thing that can avert this is an act of congress, which, uh oh, is under republican control. Disney has gone very very quiet and is rolling over and taking all of this because if they fight it, the republican congress with flatly deny their request for a copyright extension and Mickey will no longer belong to Disney. Disney is bending over in every way possible and throwing around a lot of dark money to congress in order to keep them from killing Disney's corporate icon. Republicans are literally holding Mickey Mouse hostage for Disney's behavior, which is hilarious.

[@ritsuska]

I really love how you two were able to summarize everything in a digestible manner.

[@juliaelrod2154]

I'm 55. I've never been to Disneyland. Neither have my children. I have a friend who grew up next door to Disneyland. He would sneak in and hang out at the park all day on a regular basis. After hearing his stories, I lost the desire to see it. Especially at the prices they are charging. I just can't justify spending that much. Just another tourists trap.

[@edwardaldrich7213]

Did he somehow jump a fence. Cannot even think of that happening now with cameras, etc.

[@MarriottLatino]

According to my mom who has been working for Disney for over 32 years in Merchandise at Disneyland...Sales are so Down 👎 in Merchandise Sales ..she never seen that in 3 decades

[@tmapes1989]

Sorry for your mom, happy Disney is failing!!!

[@TrooperJT]

Not only is universal adding a new theme park they are adding NEW attractions to their current parks including a minions villains training attraction where it’s basically like men in black/buzz light year shooter but u are walking thru the course. Sign me up!

[@largol33t1]

The TRON light cycle looks like a deliberate copy of Hagrid's Magical Motorbike Adventure. And Guardians of the Galaxy is nothing new: i've seen spinning roller coasters in Europe that work the exact same way. As one Disney KZbinr put it: "Disney is creatively bankrupt." He couldn't be more right...

[@TrooperJT]

It is really sad. Disney was a large part of my childhood. I couldn’t agree more. They think people will just blindly support and pay whatever cause it says Disney. Don’t take your customers for granted

[@CaptainRC1]

And think of the turnout when Universal has Super Nintendo World ready. The Mouse's day will be over.

[@CrazyManhog]

Wait seriously another one? Why

[@TrooperJT]

If ur asking about my original post and the second minions attraction yes. It is very true. They are turning that whole front section into a minions themed area

[@gnorley]

My wife and I both work full time in decent careers and we live in FL. We can’t afford to take our 2 girls to Disney without going into debt

[@georgeelliott6877]

Disversity and Disclusion costs too much! 🤣🤡!

[@coffeelover7687]

To quote pretty much every character from Drawn Together: "UH DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[@swampsagacity4685]

The Walt Disney Company didn’t fight against the Florida legislature dissolving Reedy Creek Improvement District because Disney had no legal standing.

[@Autistic_Artist]

I was down working near Disney and before I came back home I wanted to see the millennium falcon but the prices plus the worry of encountering sequel trilogy error characters dissuaded me 😢

[@AvengerII]

"Sequel Trilogy Error?" I like it! Can we coin that? It's the only thing that keeps me amused about Episodes 7-9!

[@Autistic_Artist]

@@AvengerII feel free. It definitely describes them better then era but i can’t take credit because autocorrect did it the first time a few years back have been using it ever since 🤫

[@TheOmegazerox]

@@AvengerII For a minute Ibthought that was sequel trilogy horor.

[@thebluetarp]

Kylo is such an awful awful character. Everyone else is fine, but it’s Kylo. They really f**ked up there. Darth Vader was a scary ominous thing. Kylo is just stupid. It ruins rise if you ask me! That character is the reason subconsciously peopl hate the sequel trilogy. And this character killed a beloved character too. Han Solo.

[@Autistic_Artist]

@@thebluetarp and the thing that you know it’s the character that is that sucks is because Adam Driver is absolutely an amazing actor. Everything else that he has been in he has been in was good. If I were to run into an actor cosplaying with a bunch of dis-order troopers I’d lose my shit in not a good way. I’d most likely become a viral video 🫥😤🤬😱🙄🤐

[@123457chevy]

I live in Tennessee and every time someone tells me they are going to Disney, I always consider them to be rich.

[@americanpatriot2368]

Iger: _"[Disney] is a brand that needs to be accessible."_ Translation: Please comeback! 😨😨😨😢😢😢

[@allystitcheskurta]

Disney used to be for everyone! Poor, Middle and the rich!!! It’s all Bob’s fault for raising the prices!!

[@mrhumpty]

I think the damage is done. My household is 300k+ pre-tax. We have a pre-teen and young teen boy. My wife and I went there as kids. We went there for our honeymoon. We went there when our boys were both under 10. We *have* the money to burn. But, I haven't talked to anybody nor seen reviewers that feel like you can have a good time at Disney without just fire hosing money. We've talked about going and paying for the private concierge for a day. Just so we could make the best use of our time at Disney and then a couple days w/o. When we priced out a trip. We could take our kids to Europe for a week and get much more bang for our buck. So, eff it, we're going to Universal et al. We're skipping Disney. It blows our minds that we've made that decision... but the cost to *fun* ratio just isn't there anymore. Side note, my boys and I are huge SW fans, which means we don't like Disney SW. Had they done their Star Wars revamp based off of the prequel/original trilogies... you could talk me into blowing the money. But not for what I've seen on the parks channels about what SW they do have.

[@largol33t1]

I cringed when I saw all the videos about how awful the SW theme parks are. The nail in the coffin was when their Mickey-stamped movies started coming out. Saw just one and couldn't finish watching. It was that bad...

[@jordanscherr6699]

As for Disney, I don't think they're going to get better until the "oil has been changed." or to be less metaphorical, the entire leadership dynamic is gone and replaced. If Disney does survive, it'll be in a MUCH reduced state, a relic of what it was when Walt's influence was still there. At this point, I'm just looking forward to Nintendo World.

[@largol33t1]

Changing the oil won't do a thing. They need an engine overhaul but noooo, that would be too expensive. Too bad, Iger. You didn't want to change the oil and that "check oil" light has been on for two YEARS.

[@kimymarie596]

We had 4 hotdogs and 4 bags of lays chips, no drinks. $55 !!!! And they weren’t no foot longs either

[@dougwright111]

Pricey wokeness is a deal breaker for me. Done with the Disney parks!

[@davidfitzsimmons2451]

What and 90 BILLION for Fox was NOT too expensive!?

[@mikerude5073]

The can move around the chairs on the deck all they want, but the ship hit the Igerberg and it's going down.

[@hurtfixer_]

How bout All the boycotting of Disney because of all the wokeness and grooming??

[@MariusWales]

Also, the ocean is made of water.

[@upStomp]

Not too expensive for me. I cancelled D+ this week.

[@largol33t1]

I cancelled it last YEAR and cut up my Disney credit card. Disney is dead and won't be returning to "normal" ever. This moron is too arrogant and out of touch to realize the damage is done. No bandage will fix it.

[@jefftoons]

Bob has to get others to pay for his endless mistakes. Checkbook management doesn't work.

[@13thMaiden]

Or find another fall guy he can pin all his bullshit on....

[@jordanscherr6699]

Do you think Iger was legitimately star-bamboozled? I.E. he got so full of himself steering the Disney ship that he went full-on hubertus for awhile? I'm not excusing him for that, but it would explain a lot of his disastrous decisions.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

I think it was more that Iger saw an iceberg (losing the next generation of kids as a fanbase) and steered into the jagged rocks (progressive activists pretending to be fans). Now he's patching the ship up to sail for safe waters but he's also dealing with potential mutiny from members of the crew. I predict that Disney will make a bunch of family-friendly movies and cartoons that use the same budget methods as Illumination to bring back conservative parents. Disney can't keep taking losses and breaking even on massive projects that were expected to have double or triple digit profit margins.

[@jordanscherr6699]

@@MK_ULTRA420 That's actually a rather fair theory, and probably explains at least "part" of why he took the course he did. That said, I do still think hubris was a factor. I haven't forgotten "his claims" that they didn't even need to advertise galaxies edge. It doesn't matter how much he trusted KK at the time. He needed to be on top of his own company in every way possible. Writing his biography while (Not before, WHILE) the ship struck those rocks was incredibly stupid. That's just plain out-loud irresponsible, and puts him at VERY substantial fault.

[@19TheFallen]

@@MK_ULTRA420 Agreed......I also have a prediction: Many of those families won't come back, even if they do that.........Not immediately, at least. Trust is a *hard* thing to build! They've literally taken ninety-seven years or so worth of built up trust and reputation and smashed it apart in the span of two. And I say this because Disney's been open for ninety-nine years at this point, and for the most part, they've had a pretty good rep.......But, for the past two years, people like Iger have tainted that.......They've turned Disney away from everything that made Disney......Disney, and they're catching *a lot* of flack for it! People.....don't forget actions like that, and many *don't forgive* such acts! If they turn around now, it's going to be met with skepticism and distrust initially until they prove that such efforts are genuine and that they plan to keep doing it from that point on.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@19TheFallen Yeah, it's so bad for Disney that they now have to compete with the Minions for that conservative household money.

[@TheLegendaryBillCipher]

They should start selling those IPs so they can actually make money. Not Disney, the IPs.

[@liamcollinson5695]

This situation with Disney reminds me of that old saying you give some one a inch but they take a mile. I'm honestly shocked at how much power Disney was given

[@WEKM]

Splash Mountain is going to wind up being a bunch of screens. They're not going to build a bunch of animatronics that cost money and need constant maintenance. It's going to be an utter disappointment.

[@elainehill5931]

Once the retheme is open if you say you don’t like it you will be called all kinds of nasty names.

[@DBrokeMillenial]

DISNEYLAND TICKETS ARE $180!! THE CHEAP $104 ONES ARE ONLY FOR ELIGIBLE DAYS AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS SMH AND THATS JUST THE TICKET PRICE TO GET IN THE PARK NOT INCLUDING HOTEL, RIDES AND FOOD.

[@frankiepatterson1417]

I am very grateful to people like yourselves for exposing these issues with Disney because I love Disney world and Orlando in general but we are getting priced out of going.

[@middi6]

Shocker pricing out family's infavour of young childless couples who would rather back pack abroad is not a good buisness moddle for a company who's bread and butter has always been family entertainment.

[@CommanderBohn]

Iger: Disney's too expensive. Everyone else: YOU DON'T SAY SO!?

[@LeeroyPorkins]

I missed the part where that's my problem.

[@blaizegottman4139]

Well Disney should've not bought a lot of companies

[@alexschmitz3414]

Good thing Universal Studios exists.

[@jasongrundy1717]

3 hour lines... make it cheaper, 8 hour lines! It's too CHEAP, not too expensive.

[@merafirewing6591]

Disney just needs to go bankrupt already.

[@0Demonheart]

Disney parks are too expensive and and all the upcoming films don’t even seem worth watching. What is there remakes and elemental or something. Really there is just no creativity and the parks so so expensive and wildly over crowded that I’d rather avoid it altogether.

[@sgtmajor5700]

I've been once. Once. Went for the nieces birthday. No more. Never again. Worst and most expensive trip I ever have taken. The magic was not there.

[@heetcrusher2880]

When i took my kid to disneyland the first time I paid 180 for 3 day hopper. then it went up next year to 230 something and they charged 4$ for a bottle of water, Next year I went water was back down to $2 a bottle but tickets went up again to 340 for a 3 day hopper. I just check to go this year and they are again up to almost 450 for 3 day hopper. It is not worth it 150$ a day just to get in the parks.

[@reallymadnomad7330]

My late wife and I honeymooned at Disney World in 1978, We showed up at Magic Kingdom, bought tickets, and walked in. Spent a fun, relaxing day. Ate good affordable food. Bought ticket books for the rides - "A" through "E". We enjoyed a day the likes of which you couldn't now imagine. A couple of years before her death in 2014 we went back. Walked up, bought our tickets, and went in. I could easily navigate all four parks pushing a wheelchair. Looking back, I see we were privileged. We enjoyed Disney World in its Golden Age.

[@louiefrancuz3282]

Disney closed at $93.57 Friday, they don’t have any capital to maintain the old Disney standards. Bob Iger is hoping that he can BS the market with positive sounding statements while actually delivering nothing. Iger is trying to keep up appearances so when the Disney acquisition happens it’s not a fire sale.

[@TheCrimsonSpork]

The Iger cries out about the prices while he raises the cost of admission

[@jonstokes6378]

Why go to Disneyland when Knott's berry farm half the price and don't have the 3 hour lines per ride