LisaInNc said:
Why does DLR have so many more exclusive items than WDW?
They got pirate quest way before WDW
They got the new quest pins way before WDW ever got them
They got gold doors
They got Animators Desk
They got the Stitch Hat
I can't think of anything that WDW got first. Methinks it is a little one sided.
I think I want to venture an answer for this one without waiting for the
VMK folk to chime in. My thoughts:
DLR needs more tourism attention than WDW, so they put the "weenies"
(the term Walt used to describe how the Castle would draw people in close
to the hub, or any other thing that draws the eye and attention to a
location) for VMK in DLR more.
Did it work? I would think so. More people probably booked online due to
the Stitch hat uproar than they would have otherwise. VMK might have
played a huge part in that.
WDW doesn't really need as many bells and whistles because it's a huge
draw in its own right. VMK is just a little bit of an incentive by comparison,
I would think.
But that's just my .02. Would I want more stuff at WDW? Sure! I take
more trips there than anywhere else. Would I want DLR to have a DVC
resort built there? No question! I would take more trips to DLR if they
built DVC there.
I would love to see how tourism levels increased, but last summer's 50th
celebration kickoff might have skewed the numbers higher.
Egad, I digressed. VMK = Tourism dollars. There you go.