I have not read the whole thread, but I am guessing short term, Disney is banking on the 50th Anniversary to drive the box office interest. Disney has just nickeled their last dime out of me. I have no interest in stepping back into the parks since my last trip two years ago that combined park with 7 day cruise. I might consider to continue cruising, but I won't be considering combining with parks anymore. My splurge trip in 2016 was 4 days in park starting Halloween night (extra expense of Halloween Party), 4 day cruise, then back to parks to wait for first Christmas Party before flying home. Park mornings were spent doing many of the tours in MK, AK, and Epcot. That was a solo trip where instead of focusing on rides, I went for the atmosphere which they have pretty much eliminated too.