Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class

Middle class = working class that isn’t poor

Propaganda has been really good at dividing the working class into three separate supposedly segments. All three segments (upper, middle, lower) are just a sickness away from being discarded by society.

OP, can you add an archive link to this so folks don’t get pay walled?

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According to Datos Insights, in 1992 there were 88,000 households worth $20 million or more in 2022 dollars; by 2022, there were 644,000. Those who could pay almost anything for a vacation were becoming their own mass market.

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In 2012 the My Disney Experience app gave guests an easy way to check wait times, show times, restaurant bookings and more. In return, Disney gained a trove of information on exactly where guests went, what they purchased and how much they spent in its complex.

So now that we've got a system where you get perks for spending cash.

Fourteen hours later, Ms. Cressel has experienced nine of the park’s attractions, three in the Tier 1 category, plus a parade and the fireworks show. She and her companions leave, exhausted, at 11 p.m., when the park closes.

Note that part of that time was messing with a mobility scooter, but regardless it was less than 1 attraction per hour.

In all, Mr. Conahan and his daughter are able to visit 16 attractions, including all five of the park’s Tier 1 rides plus its two most coveted attractions — Seven Dwarfs and Tron — that charge separately for passes. They do all that, plus the lunch stop and a Dole Whip snack break, in just seven hours.

More than 2 attractions per hour at more than twice the price to get that access. The article implies that big spenders get other rewards, but it doesn't specify any except mentioning an invite-only club -- but we don't know if that invite is solely monetary or if it has frequent visits from, say, make-a-wish kids and other celebrities.