Part One of this article is here. The thought behind naming the new marketing campaign “Let the Memories Begin” is a sound one. Ypartnership is generally right on the money with their travel studies. Families are cutting back on extravagances, preferring instead to share an… Read More »Let the Memories Begin, Disney Parks Launch Latest Promotion (part two)
D23’s Destination D event begins tomorrow, but Disney Parks is kicking things off a bit early with an unveiling of some exciting plans at an event in New York City. Apparently, it’s some pretty big news. I really have no idea what it is, although… Read More »Stand By for ‘Exciting Plans’ from Disney Parks today
Completing the vision of the park’s designers, a new dining location has opened on the EPCOT lagoon that offers great food and a terrific view of the nightly water show – Illuminations. The Mexico pavilion is now host to La Hacienda de San Angel and… Read More »La Hacienda de San Angel opens at EPCOT
Disney World has rolled out iPhone and Android compatible versions of their Dining Reservation website. Perfect for that last minute reservation when you’re away from the computer. Disney says a Blackberry version could be coming next. You may be asking, if you have a mobile… Read More »Make a Disney World Dining Reservation from your Phone
Come what may, I’ve got some open tabs to close: Chad Emerson interviews some folks from Disney marketing about the park’s merchandise. So now you know where those ideas come from. Tokyo Disneyland Resort welcomed its 500 millionth visitor last week. Appropriately it was a… Read More »The Morning Report – Monday Monday
There have been more than a small number of complaints that the Disney’s Hollywood Studios attraction Toy Story Midway Mania went down for maintenance right in the middle of summer. Not just that, but with Toy Story 3 still raking in big bucks at the… Read More »Interesting Toy Story Midway Mania Rumor
Even though it’s a construction site, it’s still very colorful and themed thanks to the image on the tarp.
A few days ago I looked at the five biggest needs at Walt Disney World, I though it was only fair that I identify five things WDW is doing right. So without any further ado…
1. Building maintenance at the Magic Kingdom
For the last few years I’ve noticed some big improvements in maintenance on the buildings at the Magic Kingdom. There are literally managers who walk around with a camera and voice recording taking pictures of work that needs to be done and recording notes. Then when I come back a few weeks later, that problem has been fixed. That’s how it should work.
The whole park has been working on upgrading everything from facades to sidewalks. You couldn’t miss it if you visited the last few years, inevitably there would be some building shrouded in a giant tarp. But you might look twice once you noticed it, as Disney has taken to printing giant pictures of the buildings being repaired on the outside of the tarp. It doesn’t make them go away, but at least guests can tell that Disney cares about their experience.
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Turns out there is an economic advantage to using the monthly payment option when buying a new Florida Resident Annual Pass at Walt Disney World. To see how beneficial the new monthly option for Disney APs is, I did an analysis. Present value of Florida… Read More »Why using WDW’s Monthly Payment Plan for APs can save you Money