@morganisawizard Gargle and then swallow lemon juice. Do it every time your throat starts to feel sore again. Never had a sore throat last more than a few hours.
@SoylentGreen79@TheOnlyDSC@CRIPPLEDPROPHET I feed my family of 8 for $1900/ month. We aren’t spending super carefully, eating lots of meat and some processed/ pre-portioned snacks. 4 of the kids are teenagers and friends are often over as well.
@catarinaaba@disneyglimpses@JLHomni This presupposes current parents will continue to bring their kids to the park. We used to be APs and huge fans, but are so frustrated with current Disney that our family isn’t being exposed to the content and experiences. My kids won’t carry the childhood nostalgia I had.
@joeg816@Savethedmagic Dis stock price is up about 12% in the last decade compared to the overall market at 300%. Terrible performance that didn’t even keep up with inflation.
Well, it’s Groundhog Day…again. It’s the one time where social media really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather…
@txsalth2o@xIcebergSlimx@Geiger_Capital We're raising 6 kids in a 1400 sq ft 50s slab house. We live in the same small town where we grew up. I cook almost every meal at home. My husband is in upper management like his father. We cannot afford the life our own parents had just 25 years ago.
@BobbyJames407@BrianCPT@Blog_Mickey In addition, friends and acquaintances talk to me as they start to plan their trips since we were “Disney people.” Instead of excitedly helping them plan their trips, I tell them about the current issues with the parks and suggest they don’t go right now.
@BobbyJames407@BrianCPT@Blog_Mickey Their current trajectory only maximizes profit temporarily. Every year, they’re losing the trust of loyal guests like myself. Our family of 8 will no longer go due to the diminished experience. My kids won’t be nostalgic and feel the need to take their kids in the next decade.
@TooSmalley @VashSky These numbers are not the profit for the company, just the ticket sales. They have to split this income with the theaters and then subtract their costs to make and market the film. They have actually lost money on most of their films since 2020.
@disneyglimpses Also, lately the executives have taken to blaming the fans and guests for their own failures and some of the cast members have probably absorbed that same attitude.
@disneyglimpses I don’t think it’s the cast members or the guests, but the terrible systems implemented by the higher ups. Guests get frustrated b/c their very expensive trip isn’t going like it should and the cast members have little to no power to fix the issues.
@Mickey_Central The real question is how could Disney leadership be so dysfunctional that they didn’t see this failure coming when nearly everyone else did?
@Mickey_Central The execs at Disney didn’t follow basic business principles. They failed to understand their customer and thus, couldn’t deliver a desirable product for an appropriate price. This same basic error is occurring all over the parks, but it will take more time to become as evident.
@WallStreetSilv I think the real problem is that responsible Boomers benefitted from buying assets as the dollar decoupled from gold, but many are under the impression that their incredible wealth was solely due to wise decisions and not lucky timing of monetary policy.