maltdizzy
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2013
Let's not get caught in a loop of parking fees.
They are just one example of a growing number of fees and up-sells are being charged just to increase the profit margin without providing any additional service or incurring any additional capital expense. Plus, the very obvious, and unnecessary, austerity measures that are not intended to maintain profit margins, but intended to keep growing them.
I think just about everyone can come up with their own examples. They've been very blatant over the last 5 years or so. They looked at the record spending people had done at Disney Parks ever since the recession ended and said ... how much more money is out there?
But they are losing the battle of optics. People were willing to spend more money at WDW because they perceived they received so much more attention in return (if they were or not is irrelevant). Now more are filling nickel-and-dimed on excessive fees with nothing to show for it. And more are seeing less entertainment, less service, less magic for more money. They probably would ignore inflationary pricing if they felt the quality was maintained.
They are just one example of a growing number of fees and up-sells are being charged just to increase the profit margin without providing any additional service or incurring any additional capital expense. Plus, the very obvious, and unnecessary, austerity measures that are not intended to maintain profit margins, but intended to keep growing them.
I think just about everyone can come up with their own examples. They've been very blatant over the last 5 years or so. They looked at the record spending people had done at Disney Parks ever since the recession ended and said ... how much more money is out there?
But they are losing the battle of optics. People were willing to spend more money at WDW because they perceived they received so much more attention in return (if they were or not is irrelevant). Now more are filling nickel-and-dimed on excessive fees with nothing to show for it. And more are seeing less entertainment, less service, less magic for more money. They probably would ignore inflationary pricing if they felt the quality was maintained.
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