I do think this is a sign that Disney has decided to keep that investment for the foreseeable future. They have a highly successful franchise in Pirates. Even though it’s been a while since they’ve had a film installment, it’s always possible they could infuse the enthusiasm with another sequel.
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It does seem like a demographic they should be focused on. Those who are buying into DVC now need reasons to continue through the life of their contracts.
Our SSR contract expires in 2054. That’s 28 more years. I will be 82. I would hope WDW still wants me spending money then! (Or if not, we could allow our kids to take their grandkids!)
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Aren’t they adding the Walt Disney animatronic to it?
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Right? Seems to me that if the Boomers and Xers exit DVC (or switch to cruises) because they no longer find value in the park attractions there are fewer millennials and Z’s with the disposable income to buy contracts. WDW has been doing a whole lot of DVC building and DD reported at one point that that revenue is part of parks and attractions. That could be a doom loop that slows park projects.
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I think you’re dead on with your questioning. In 30 years are we going to still going to have Jungle Cruise because parks fans have an emotional connection to a copy and paste attraction of an opening day attraction at Disneyland?
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The good news is that Disney is also actively updating each park with new lands and attractions. One reason this discussion came up is because Len and Jim said that after Piston Peak and Villains Land are done, Disney will turn their attention to the next MK project, and they speculated about what that would be.
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Very well put!
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More rides at EPCOT next please!!!
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And please do something with all the deadspace on the west side of Future World (or whatever the heck they are calling it now). I mean the space between Nemo and Soarin and Figment. Just so much grass where they can put in more stuff without having to take anything out.
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There isn’t room to do anything there. Definitely no room for anything close to a pavilion.
But… let’s finally see the Wonders of Life pavilion get some…well…life!
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I found this:
Adults at or approaching retirement age (Baby Boomers and older Gen X) represent Disney World’s most vital financial “anchor” demographic, wielding the highest overall purchasing power to fund large-scale family vacations.
While young “Disney Adults” lead in individual per-capita discretionary spending, the retirement-age demographic dominates in total transactional volume because they frequently bankroll multi-generational trips for their entire extended families.
IE … A strategy to replace kid and old-people attractions will have definite consequences.
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As someone who just spend 5 days at Universal, I agree and not just for the young kids, but for the parents and grandparents that foot the bill. I can do each thrill ride once, but rarely want to do them again and again. There was no where for me to go while my teens re-rode the thrills.
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The issue is not just the young or old. Another issue is people like my wife that get severe motion sickness. One of the reasons that we have gone to Disney so many times is that there are things for her to do that do not make her sick. If I decided that I want to do a thrill ride, there are plenty of options for her, but there is also enough for us to do together. I live not that far from a Six Flags park and if I want to go, I have to go by myself. When we went to Universal with our daughters, she was done after half a day, because any rides we had not been on, would make her sick.
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I’m listening to the episode now and it is suprising that Len doesn’t mention the Speedway and he doesn’t mention Jungle Cruise. Wondering if they were in the survey.
Also, I understand @Jeff_AZ emphasis on the history of rides because that is how Len frames it.
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I’m not liking this phrase one bit. 
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That’s me and my DH. He’s worse off than I am.
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Since so much of the episode was about the new Galaxy’s Edge, I am curious people’s thoughts on MFSR.
Millennium Falcon is a ride
- I always ride when I can
- I never ride
- I ride occasionally
- I ride most of the time
- Other
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And share your thoughts on why!
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The changes to the ride:
- Make me want to ride it more
- Makes no difference
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I personally love MFSR and it is one of my infinately re-ridable rides. I rarely ride as pilot because that makes me slightly motion sick, but I’m fine in gunner and engineer.
What I love about it is the mix of people always makes it different. I like riding with strangers and we are all focused on the same mission. I like riding it with different combinations of friends (and we are all focused on the mission). That alone made each ride different, but I am super psyched for the new choose your own adventure changes.
I may miss never again having a small child as pilot crashing into things. My last ride was with a friend, her husband and a random mother with a child small enough he couldn’t reach the light speed lever. He crashed into everything. My friend was screaming and laughing. I laughed so hard I cried.
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Not sure until I ride with the changes if I wound say I want to ride it more but it will be nice to see something new.
It’s not a must do for me but is more fun with the right people.
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I started posting in this thread before I listened to the interview at the end, thinking they were done talking about news. Turns out that their guest spent most of the time talking about the changes to MFSR (and the history of SWGE that led to it)!
I caught myself nodding to what their guest was saying. I totally agreed with his opinions. Basically, I like Galaxy’s Edge and have been a defender, but I do think some changes were needed to keep it fresh and to respond to criticisms. Maybe these exact changes aren’t the ones I would make, but I’m glad attention is being paid to the land and they’re trying to make it better.
I can’t wait to try the new version of the ride!