Articles tagged “disney cruise line”

As Disney's park attendance shows signs of softening, the company is betting on cruises and digital engagement to sustain its growth.

Theme park attendance is normalizing after record highs, but Disney eyes cruises as a major growth area with heavy investment planned.

Disney executives feel good about their theme parks division and don't see the economic slowdown everyone is talking about.

The re-opening of a park gives a short-term lift to results, but it will need growth across the division.

The idea that a giant tourist attraction like Disney could fall victim to price sensitivity, especially under the current macro economic conditions, is telling. It further underscores that if theme parks are going to charge an arm and a leg, they need to deliver an experience worth the price tag, to remain competitive.

Walt Disney's Shanghai theme parks and its cruises showed particular strength early this year. That may help spare them from many of the broader cuts at the company.

Disney picked now-former CEO Chapek from the Parks division. Will it look that direction again during this new, two-year search?

There's really no way to tell how sustainably cruise lines operate, due to a lack of regulation on a global scale. Since cruise lines aren't required to release detailed data on their environmental footprint, there is little accountability.

By announcing the addition of its next cruise ship five years in advance, Disney proved it is patient — and really good at building anticipation.

Disney's biggest competitor in Orlando, Universal Studios, has not announced plans to build in China, giving Mickey a relatively significant, if temporary, boost.