I bet if we looked back on these boards in 2008 or so it would appear that there were tons of people taking Disney trips (multiple even) despite Disney needing to heavily discount.
and do not forget the airline industry needs to recover to get people on their vacation
I'll try to tack down my pictures, but when I was visiting over Halloween in 2008 for Food and Wine, the parks were almost a ghost town. Sure Epcot was crowded on weekends, but it was amazing to see how low the crowds were in the afternoons. I remember taking pictures of MK's Tomorrowland in the afternoon, commenting that it looked like we were the 1st group in after rope drop it was so empty
Disney should institute price breaks for health care workers like they do for the military. They are the ones fighting this war.
That’s my point. The parks themselves weren’t crowded and Disney needed to heavily discount, but if you looked on here there would have likely been a disproportionate amount of people taking advantage of the discounts and going. Possibly kind of like how it appears tons of people are going to be there once it reopens, because lots of people on the DIS rescheduled.
We’re hardcore Disney fans who prioritize it over quite a bit, we’re outliers. It’s hard to get an idea of what the actual situation will be just by what people on here do.
Good point! Salute tickets for healthcare professionals will boost sales and confidence.I also think it will look REALLY REALLY bad for Disney to open normally while doctors and nurses are still dying.
Edited to add: It might be good PR to offer deeply discounted trips to healthcare workers who were on the front lines.
Maybe. But at the end of the day, Disney wants foot traffic in the parks. I think they will do whatever they have to do to get people into the parks, which to me means heavily discounted hotel room rates. After that, once you're in 'the bubble', that's where I think the price hikes will happen. My initial gut reaction is for both food and merchandise, two of the biggest sellers in the 'bubble'.Good point, people on here are just a bit obsessive.
But
I do still stick with saying the discounts will be minimal.