I also very much ascribe to the view that they are in it for the here and now more than the "long haul". They change rules constantly. There are not going to be 30 more dvc resorts in wdw. As Pete said, they constantly need growth and they are always hyper focused on results now and the next couple years. That means sales and profit growth and ROI on investments they make.
I think, in general, the execs have gotten way too confident in how great they are (as opposed to how great "disney" is). Perhaps a conversation for another thread, but the price increases, resale restrictions, crowd expectations on galaxys edge etc. lead me to believe there is a lot of hubris amongst the group running disney. They want results and when galaxys edge didn't do nearly as well as they expected, heads rolled. That's not a long term view, that's "we expected a big surge in x period and it didn't come". Also, makes it hard to predict what they'll do; that hubris is tricky to predict but generally speaking, I feel like reversing the restrictions is like admitting they aren't as smart or strong as they thought. This is why I feel like it would be a last resort; they always do incentives etc. so that isn't a sign of weakness so much in their mind as reversing their new restrictions. The success of the restrictions proves to them they can do whatever they want (just like price increases etc) and people will just accept it and keep buying dvc.
I think, in general, the execs have gotten way too confident in how great they are (as opposed to how great "disney" is). Perhaps a conversation for another thread, but the price increases, resale restrictions, crowd expectations on galaxys edge etc. lead me to believe there is a lot of hubris amongst the group running disney. They want results and when galaxys edge didn't do nearly as well as they expected, heads rolled. That's not a long term view, that's "we expected a big surge in x period and it didn't come". Also, makes it hard to predict what they'll do; that hubris is tricky to predict but generally speaking, I feel like reversing the restrictions is like admitting they aren't as smart or strong as they thought. This is why I feel like it would be a last resort; they always do incentives etc. so that isn't a sign of weakness so much in their mind as reversing their new restrictions. The success of the restrictions proves to them they can do whatever they want (just like price increases etc) and people will just accept it and keep buying dvc.
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