Usually I don't post here that often anymore, but after reading the post above, I had to write my two cents. Recently I had the possibility to chat with a person who works for TWDC and he explained a lot about DLP to me.
From the Very beginning, Disneyland Paris always had and always will be having financial problems.
Yes DLP had finacial problems from the beginning, but the reason for that was, that TWDC insisted on too many hotel rooms. DLP met the attendance numbers in the first years, but DLP could never fill all the hotel rooms. Another problem was that the budget was increased so many times. But DLP will not always face financial problems. The cash flow was always good in recent years, but the interest rates on the debts killed off every profit. Without the interest rates, DLP would make profit.
That's why TWDC bought the debts to give DLP more time to clear the debts with a lower interest rate. That will help to improve spending.
]Did DLP made a mistake by building a second theme park, the Disney Studios? My answer is YES
Yes it was a mistake, but they were forced to do so by contract, otherwise they would have lost the land rights.
Will ever, DPL expands the Original Main Park with Future New Attractions or "New Fantasyland expansion" as Magic Kingdom does? My answer is NO, Never! They simply just can't afford it.
First DLP doesn't need such an expansion at this time, that's why they are focusing on WDSP, which shall get a new attraction each year after Ratatouille opened. That's the expansion plan until 2018/2019.
Has Disney Company made the worst decision ever in history, to choose "Paris" as the final location for the build of the European Disneyland? My answer is YES. Terrible mistake!
Wrong. TWDC did many studies and Paris turned out to be the best location. There were only two locations TWDC considered for the European Disney resort. One near Barcelona and Marne La Vallee. They chose Paris, because it is easy to reach by plane, train and car. In addition Paris is one Europe's most visited city.
-> Is France one of the "Most Expensive" countries in Europe, not to mention, in the World? My answer is YES.
So Tourists can not afford to stay longer in their extremely expensive Hotels, et
That might be true, but tourists are coming nonetheless. So it's a bad argument. The quality of the DLP hotels is bad, compared to other hotels of that price range, but people are willing to pay the prices.
Did you know that London(UK) was a candidate country for the position, to build the European Disneyland, but Paris finally won? That's so Sad. :-(
According to that Disney person, that's not true. They looked for land, but they never considered the UK as a location for Disneyland. It was always either Spain or France.
The French Complicated "?ureaucratic system"is causing them those problems.
Also listen to this one! Greece is following the same financial "French system" and you see the results and what happened to them...
Again wrong. TWDC is fine with that system, because it helped them to get money from government for the parks. It also allowed them to establish that complicated corporation structure, in which they have a lot of control of the resort. The system is relly not the problem, otherwise so mayn other companies would have problems in France. As I mentioned above, the interest rates from international banks caused the problems.
