Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Kevin Yee article on high oil and closing a park!

In our current and ongoing discussion of the effects of high oil and what that does to people and their vacation dollars, Kevin Yee has written an article over at miceage.com talking about the possibility of closing one of the smaller parks like AK or DHS once a week on a rotating basis if attendance falls to low.

Likewise, he muses on the thoughts of the impacts to the recent massive and quick expansions of DVC sites.  Will Disney continue to be able to sell them out quickly, or will the resale market spike as people decide they can no longer really afford the $200-$300 a month in DVC loan payments PLUS dues (which are sure to go up just like everything else)?

I have to agree with Kevin, its a tricky time and an even trickier time to be dumping lots of extra money in the parks as I noted the other day.  I wouldn't expect another park in Florida, boutique or not, until the air clears (nor do I expect any significant expansion in California).

Bummer.

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