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Charlie Glock <"Charlie Glock"@localhost.com> wrote in news:A04rM.184833$edN3.130510@fx14.iad:

On 2023-07-11, bigdog <geowright1963@gmail.com> wrote:

On Monday, July 10, 2023 at 9:29:55rC>PM UTC-4, Paul Ragna wrote:

Pretty soon the mouse is going to be out of a job.
That's what they get for having men dressed as girls outside their
Snow White store where little girls buy costumes to look like Snow
White. Sick!
I hope they go out of business.

<https://hannity.com/media-room/mickey-malaise-families-ditching-disn
ey- theme-park-attendance-down-report/>

"According to a Wall Street Journal report, Walt Disney theme parks
are seeing a dip in attendance despite shorter wait times and more
discounts. Folks are choosing cruise ships and European vacations
over the House of Mouse.

From The Wall Street Journal:

Travel advisers and industry analysts say the slowdown is the latest
sign that DisneyrCOs recent price hikes and changes to park
operations have soured some families on visiting the Most Magical
Place on Earth.

Disney faces a unique set of challenges right now, from streaming
losses to executive succession to a political and legal fight with
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Revenue from its parks division has long
been a bright spot for the company, buoying overall earnings. Disney
declined to comment on recent attendance.

rCa

rCLPeople might be a little bit fatigued with price increases based
on the economy at the moment,rCY Oprea says, noting that some
clients have considered cruise or beach vacations rather than
returning to DisneyrCOs parks due to recent price increases.

At Disneyland, the company increased the cost of multiday tickets by
9% or more in October, with the price of a two-day ticket rising
from $255 per adult to $285.

To attract more visitors to Main Street U.S.A., Disney has rolled
out promotions, including discounts for return visits and savings of
up to 40% on rooms at some Disney World hotels for annual
passholders on certain days in December near Christmas, which is
typically one of the busiest and most expensive times to visit.
(Disney has offered discounts to passholders during that time period
in the past.)

Meanwhile, Disney isnrCOt faring much better at the box office, with
recent bombs like Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and
Elemental.

Disney lost $200,000,000 on Elemental alone.

Fox News contributor and OutKick founder Clay Travis shared the
story on Twitter.

rCLDisney World hit a ten year low in July 4th guests & company is
now discounting Christmas hotel rooms as attendance collapses at
parks. Combine this with ESPN disaster & movies losing money like
crazy & itrCOs now clear Disney is getting Bud LightrCOd.rCY


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First they turn their back on their core customer base, families, by
going woke. This caused a downturn in business, both at their theme
parks and their movies. In the wake of declining attendance, they
raised prices which runs counter to the law of supply and demand.
When demand drops you should be lowering prices.

Disney's market capitalization has been cut in half in a little more
than two years and shows no signs of making a recover. The Mouse
isn't dead, but he's pretty sick.

I can remember when it caused something of a scandal when Disney came
out with an R rated movie, the Devil and Max Devlin starring Bill
Cosby. It was the first time Disney produced a movie that wasn't G
rated. They would be wise to try to recapture the reputation they
once had. Disney needs to clean house at the very top, from the CEO
to the board of directors and replace them with people that will
return the company to what it once was.

What I can't figure out is why these mega companies don't learn from
other's mistakes? Budweiser is the poster child for going woke and
killing their market share yet other companies, like Target are doing
the same thing. It makes no sense.

They have no intention of learning. Some wrongly believe their fortunes
are tied to ESG and DEI, others have underlings whispering that it's a momentary blip which will be over in a few weeks.

...Except, it's not happening.

People in red and blue are closing their wallets. Corporate America has
done something Trump and Biden both failed to do, unify the American
public to focus on irritating issues that were being kicked under the rug previously.

They all targeted children to force gay acceptance and sell the notion
that it's normal. They didn't count on the kids fighting back and being reinforced by parents.

It started with Disney several years ago, spread to the schools, then
retail businesses thought they'd get in on the act. There's going to be
some corporate death spirals before it's all over.

The resistance has even spread to California of all places - in the form
of parental fist fights at schools.
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