Liquidice
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- Mar 10, 2019
True, but playing devil's advocate, isn't it possible some revenue (people deciding not to go or go for fewer days) may have been lost as a result of the introduction of the extra fees? I guess it would be almost impossible to figure that out considering a decision not to visit would depend on a number of factors I'm sure.
Absolutely, and I'm sure Disney has some data on this, down to the individual guest level. I've said myself, if I bought Genie+ I'd be trying to save that money elsewhere on things like food.
They definitely are looking at demographics and seeing if guests who normally stay 7 days now stay 5, or guests who normally do sit down restaurants 3 of 5 nights now only do it 1 of 5 nights.
They will never share that with us - and it is also perhaps something they want - if the average guest stay goes down from lets say 6 days to 3 days, and demand outstrips supply, meaning even though you're staying less time, there is someone behind you willing to fill that vacancy - it may be looked upon as a positive for them.
On the one hand, you paid a little more for Genie+ and hopefully your guest satisfaction went up because you got more done in less time by not waiting in line. On the other hand, that guest that is replacing you is spending more for park tickets (1 guest buying a 6-day ticket is less than 2 guests buying 3 day tickets) and you're both likely to buy a t-shirt for $35 and maybe each do 1 sit-down dining meal where the guest who stayed 6 days only bought 1 t-shirt and 1 sit-down dining meal. It ends up being a win-win assuming demand remains high.
At a personal level, I'm not saying I necessarily like it - at least I don't like the idea of buying Genie+, what I do like is that this system has made it feasible to use the standby lines again, which is an improvement over FP+ even though it stinks not getting any Fast passes myself unless I pay for it. I suspect my "time in line" for the day might balance out or maybe be shorter than the FP+ days if lets say I ride 6 rides in a day, 3 with FP+, 3 with the old standby lines which were a lot longer vs. 6 rides all standby today with Genie+ in effect.
I do definitely see the business side of it though, it sort of makes sense I guess - again, assuming demand outstrips supply.
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