[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Caymus

I pity the people who had to "man" the booth.

Do they hand out free/discounted beer?

The true males and females do not but some of the other so called genders give it away by the case.

[Robbb]

Originally Posted by Caymus

I pity the people who had to "man" the booth.

Do they hand out free/discounted beer?

No they didn't. That was the big "miss" of their marketing department. If they would have been giving away free beer served by bikini clad women the place would have been packed.

[HandyGrandpap]

Stock price below $80 today intraday, who would have thought, even below pandemic levels when parks were shut down,

[Two Bills]

One thing a lot of people discount, is the spending power of the Lesbian and Gay community.
They are loaded.
Businesses are not going to upset and lose the Pink$$$$$.
The L&G spending power is enormous.

[ithos]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

One thing a lot of people discount, is the spending power of the Lesbian and Gay community.
They are loaded.
Businesses are not going to upset and lose the Pink$$$$$.
The L&G spending power is enormous.

Then why is Disney at 2014 lows?

However, at these levels there will be trading opportunities.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by ithos

Then why is Disney at 2014 lows?
However, at these levels there will be trading opportunities.

The value of their non theme park assets have taken a huge hit.
They own lots of media content, and the finance value of that media content has been declining steadily due to the competition in the distribution market place. . .

See Disney vs Charter price dispute. .

I follow someone who mints money by trading after he trained robots to automate a trading style. His key is that he focused the robots on how to buy CHEAP, as there is always a floor to buying good assets cheap. . Selling over valued assets or expensive stocks is much, much harder, as there are cults and holders, and sometimes its really worth that much. .

[Caymus]

Originally Posted by ithos

Then why is Disney at 2014 lows?

However, at these levels there will be trading opportunities.

One reason is that they drastically overpaid for the Fox assets in 2019.

[ithos]

Originally Posted by Caymus

One reason is that they drastically overpaid for the Fox assets in 2019.

That makes sense.

Fox goes gay: network receives ‘excellent’ rating for inclusiveness | US television | The Guardian
Thu 3 Sep 2015 13.54 EDT

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by ithos

That makes sense.

Fox goes gay: network receives ‘excellent’ rating for inclusiveness | US television | The Guardian
Thu 3 Sep 2015 13.54 EDT

The article purposely conflates FOX Entertainment and FOX News...

That said, who cares?

[GoRedSox!]

The drop the last few days is almost all attributable to the ESPN/Disney carriage dispute with Spectrum. They have millions of homes not carrying these channels and that is a significant revenue hit. Not good for Spectrum, either. With the NFL season starting tonight, it will be interesting to see who blinks first. Spectrum could lose many customers permanently if they do not have ESPN in time for Monday Night Football.

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by GoRedSox!

The drop the last few days is almost all attributable to the ESPN/Disney carriage dispute with Spectrum. They have millions of homes not carrying these channels and that is a significant revenue hit. Not good for Spectrum, either. With the NFL season starting tonight, it will be interesting to see who blinks first. Spectrum could lose many customers permanently if they do not have ESPN in time for Monday Night Football.

Use spectrum for wifi, steam with whatever company I need.

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by Randall55

I refuse to go because a bottle of water costs $7! Seriously? You make your customers spend nearly $30 (family of 4) to keep hydrated in the hot Florida sun? No thanks!

$7 for water. Thats worse than a $10 beer at a concert. Another reason why I use a fountain and/or share a drink.

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by Robbb

Greed destroys all. Universal is next. I just priced tickets for 2 to go to that Halloween fright night ....with ride's, between $450 and $550 for 1 night. Oh parking is extra.

This is everywhere. Walk up to a window at a major ski resort and be ready to spend at least $200 to ski for a day. Close to $300 during holiday season.

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by HandyGrandpap

Case studies have shown the transition from an entrepenure in which the business was built on various values and principles that transitions to be run by accounts is fully profit motiviated, ie Disney. An exception would be Chic-Fil-A.
TV's will also make that transition over time and you will see many of the services drop and fee's increase, very likely probability it will be sold to a major corporation or perhaps file for a IPO.

Problem is that Disney is major corporation.

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Indeed! Actions have consequences. And when those consequences hit the bottom line…well…

Disney is far from alone in this regard. The website rigorous themes dot com, in an article by Ben Levin, points out the dangers faced by companies who dabble in social change. But Disney has company in this regard: also affected by the “social change” phenomenon include Gillette, Nike, Pepsi and Bud Lite, as well as several others. There was a striking example of this just recently at the annual Sturgis motorcycle rally, which had pretty extensive coverage on YouTube. Bikers as a group have been known to indulge themselves in a beer or two upon occasion. I saw more than one clip showing the crowds gathering around this-or-that watering hole in Sturgis. In sharp contrast was the Budweiser tent, which stood nearly empty.

In sharp contrast to this are the success of those businesses that profess traditional values. Perhaps the best-known of these include Hobby Lobby, Marriot and Chick-Fil-A, though there are many others. Most striking among these successes, at least in my opinion, is that both Hobby Lobby and Chick-Fil-A achieve their success by being open to the public only six days per week.

None of this is a “one cause fits all” phenomenon and of course there are other issues that play into it as well. But the TRENDS are undeniable. Trying to change the traditional social status quo, when the attempts are being made by business and especially when the bottom line is dependent on catering to the public, has consequences. And all too often those consequences are not what those companies thought they would be. People express their displeasure with their pocketbooks as well as in other ways.

Might want to read post #55. Woke is or will be a passing political point fad and boycotts go hand in hand. Look at the guy selling pillows.