DCA, Future Expansion
Topic: Tom Staggs basically confirms the massive upgrade

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21	fkurucz Tue 9/18/2007 11:29a	^^This may be true for WDW, which relies more on depp pocketed, out of town visitors than DLR does. Anyway, while I do not dislike DCA, I think that it left a lot to be desired, an I am very glad that Disney will be spending some major $$$ to make it better. I will also say this: even after the 1 billion is spent, I still expect DCA to be inferior to DL, but I think that it will be a very nice park.
22	Sport Goofy Tue 9/18/2007 11:35a	<< This may be true for WDW, which relies more on depp pocketed, out of town visitors than DLR does. >> DLR used to rely on the Asian market for a heck of a lot of its visitors. This all ended in 1997 and 1998 with the Asian financial crises along with the prolonged economic depression in Japan. The dramatic loss in foreign tourist dollars was one of the key motives behind expanding the Anaheim resort and why the urgency to just get the project executed gained a lot of momentum in 1998. Before the Asian tourists disappeared, Disney was a lot more patient about master planning and putting out competing bids for a So. Cal resort amongst a number of municipalities. The patience wore out when it became evident that DLR was not going to be a major draw to overseas visitors that it once was.
23	jonvn Tue 9/18/2007 11:37a	That coincides with the comments Pressler made about the place becoming an erroding asset. It sounds like they were actually quite worried the place was going to start circling the drain if something drastic did not happen.
24	disneywatcher Tue 9/18/2007 12:15p	>> I do know that what was implied by the OP as a quote by the Disney CFO was not a quote from the Disney CFO. << But you're willing to assume the paraphrasing of Tom Staggs exact, precise, specific quote was accurate enough. Or you don't assume that. Either way, you know this how?
25	jonvn Tue 9/18/2007 12:23p	"But you're willing to assume" Have I mentioned you can't read minds? Not only that, your not very good at inferring what others think either. So, no. I have already responded to what you've attempted to say here. Have a nice afternoon.
26	disneywatcher Tue 9/18/2007 12:39p	^ And you still don't know just how accurate or, based on your skepticism, inaccurate were the description of Tom Staggs' comments made by the reporter for the Associated Press.
27	jonvn Tue 9/18/2007 1:40p	Actually, I know what is and is not quoted material, and what is implied in the first post is that Skaggs said something he did not. If it was quoted material, it would have quote marks around it, thus making it quoted material. Since it is not quoted material, Skaggs did not say that. The rest is commentary by the article writer. This is what you call basic comprehension of the English language and how it is communicated. I suggest purchasing one of these things we call "books," and learning about how it actually functions.
28	Hans Reinhardt Tue 9/18/2007 2:22p	*giggle*
29	WorldDisney Tue 9/18/2007 3:24p	<<FWIW, DCA attendance has been rising in the past couple of years. DL attendance is down year over year right now. Not necessarily the definition of a place people are "avoiding.">> LOL, whatever it takes, DCA is doing swell.....are the bull dozers THERE yet????
30	jonvn Tue 9/18/2007 3:28p	Those people going to the place are what justifies those bulldozers, you know.

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