| # | Author | Message |
291
| SJHYM
Thu 8/4/2005 2:30p | Though I like DCA, I think its a failure because its hard to believe that the same company that built DL, MK and EPCOT built this park and thought it was a good thing. Disney could have done far better even within its current theme. |
292
| ni_teach
Thu 8/4/2005 7:06p | >>DCA is not a failure. The original attendance projections of Disney execs were failures. <<
NO! The public is at fault! They just don't get the DCA. ;-) |
293
| Socrates
Thu 8/4/2005 8:13p | From the general comments since my post (#271), I get the impression DCA probably is making money.
So how can something that is making money be considered a failure?
Socrates
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance." |
294
| SJHYM
Thu 8/4/2005 8:35p | Because making money is only one measure of success. |
295
| Socrates
Fri 8/5/2005 9:00a | So what measure[s] of success should be used for DCA?
Socrates
"The unexamined life is not worth living." |
296
| RoadTrip
Fri 8/5/2005 9:02a | When darkbeer says it's cool.
:-)
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297
| SJHYM
Fri 8/5/2005 9:39a | I think in the case of DCA you have to look at what Disney expected it to do compared to actual attendance. Then you can move on to the subject things like themeing, how does it compare to other Disney parks.
For me what makes DCA a failure on some levels is that,in my opinion, it isnt up to Disney standards and is no where near what Disney was capable of doing in that space. |
298
| WorldDisney
Fri 8/5/2005 9:59a | ^^^Of course not. They wanted something quick, easy and cheap and it SHOWS. Now they are probably spending more money trying to do it right than what it would've cost them (that includes credibility) if they just did it right from the VERY beginning. |
299
| disneywatcher
Fri 8/5/2005 12:06p | >> NO! The public is at fault! They just don't get the DCA. <<
I think crapshoot or someone else here claimed awhile back that there are some people in the DisCo who still think the way you describe.
I'm sure the variety of opinions, both pro and con, on this board can be found among DisCo executives and Imagineers, etc, and so nothing should be discounted. In other words, there's a possiblity that if some people in the DisCo. had a second chance to create a new park next to Disneyland, they'd do the exact same thing all over again.
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300
| monkeys_uncle
Fri 8/5/2005 8:56p | <<Why is Disney's California Adventure a failure?>>
californians are hard to please.
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