I so really enjoyed watching this video. Honestly, it was so well done. I don’t know how they got animal kingdom or magic kingdom numbers and flow on those days, but if they were accurate, this was a spectacular analysis. Disney should ask to borrow the design.
I think there was one large flaw in the analysis by defunctland and by Disney, and I, the humble disboarder will now show the fatal flaw in both sides thinking. (Tongue in cheek here - in case you have not had your morning coffee)
The monster fans knew how to appease the monster by flinging knowledge, research, planning, and up to date information found in places like this board, in order to have a great experience at the WDW. The monster did not eat them during stand by lines era, fast pass era, or the fast pass plus era. But doing some research on these boards and other places, I think the Genie
is swallowing us up no matter what we try to throw at it.
The problem is WHO the monster fans are. They are not just Disney fans that populate this board, a small portion of the population depicted by defunctland or as envisioned by Disney (obviously guessing on the mouses mind) There is an entire industry of fans grown, cultivated, and enslaved by Disney themselves, and it’s called DVC.
DVC members are savvy people and ones who expect an enjoyable experience. It’s absolutely true that they won’t need to experience every ride on their trip, but they DO expect to enjoy more than three attractions in a day. The rising price of the AP, the uncertainty if the AP will always be available, the frustration of using Genie to get any kind of day scheduled, this is punch to the DVC gut.
If Genie cannot work to some semblance of satisfaction for monster lovers, it’s going to impact an entire division of WDW, not just a small percentage of Disney fanatics.
I have been watching Disney resale on and off since Feb of last year. I was fascinated by how much stripped contracts were going for, and the how FEW contracts were out there, compared to several years ago. Perhaps watching the availability for contracts might be a pulse point on how the DVC community is reacting to Genie.
To sum up my point: There is quite a large army of dedicated monster lovers that have been cultivated for many years by Disney itself, and if the monster consistently eats them no matter what they throw at it (including money) well, they will probably just take their wallets and leave.