jade1
I spend half my money on WDW, and waste the rest.
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- Dec 30, 2001
I think if you add up what they're spending in AK right now along with what's realistically needed at Epcot and DHS you'd come pretty close to that figure.
Honestly, it's to that point mainly because they kept kicking the can down the road on Epcot for over a decade.
And even at that, the Avatar expansion is basically just building out the space that was supposed to be part of the park when it opened 25 years ago.
To your question above - right now I would not lay out the full $4B, because of the need to recoup some of the $$$ that was sunk into MDE/FP+ The real problem is they put the cart before the horse - they should have spent on the buildup of attractions first, then implemented FP+ when there were plenty of options at the three non-MK parks.
I don't see MDE as that big of an expense. At least the FP+ portion anyway. Even if it were $1Billion "just" on FP+, we are at 6 parks and counting and 3 years in, about $50 Million each. One FP+ headliner could recoup that every year if they wanted. That's not much per park if you think they have already have another $4 Billion going into the parks. At least IMO.