pedro2112 said:I also think it suggests why disney hasn't changed the plan that much (other than to tweak a few of the restuarants), since it's inception. If you take into account the rack rates, and more importantly, forcing the customer to spend time and money at WDW rather than the competitors or off site restaurants, then perhaps that sheds light onto why disney hasn't seperated credits between adult and child. Even if some are spreading out their credits for some additional meals, disney still receives the daily fee for the kids, plus the extra out of pocket money for each meal for the kids. But more important, they are assuring that the party is spending additional time at Disney and not other places.
I think the question then becomes.. exactly how much money are people blowing on souveneirs!
If you look at thier financial reports for last year the per capita spending is up! It will be curious to see the 2 year comparison to other Orlando tourist destinations at the end of 2006. WDW was up big compared to other Orlando tourist destinations for 2005 but one year does not a trend make. Two years on the other hand....