Thanks for this! Listened to these towards the end of the day and on my commute home. I have a few thoughts:
- As far as food costs go, I can't figure out how Disney justifies the insane increase! I'd never realized how intense the adjusted-for-inflation increases were. I encourage you all to listen, but it's significant.
- The Disney "classification" levels are very eye-opening. As someone who's very involved and meticulous with my budgeting spreadsheets, it was interesting to hear what American families spend on vacations and what Disney considers their main demographics. Also it made me understand the need for organizations like Give Kids the World a whole lot more. This is also hard for me to fully understand because I'm from So Cal. Even most of those who aren't well off have been to Disneyland at least once.
- General thought: I get it, Disney costs have really skyrocketed, even adjusted for increases of cost of living/inflation. The inequality of Americans IS shocking and a solution is needed. But my BIGGEST pet peeve is when people talk about problems as if there's an easy solution. Sure, it sounds great to say: "Lower costs. Don't raise costs so much." But they didn't at all discuss the impact that would have on crowds. Because I guarantee that if prices were significantly more affordable, the parks would be even more crowded and these boards would be filled with folks swearing off of Disney because it's too crowded. I don't know what the answer is but I wish they would have discussed this.
Overall, great listen! Thanks for sharing!