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Disney CEO Bob Chapek on higher guest satisfaction after COVID-19

Disney CEO Bob Chapek has opened up about improved guest satisfaction, revealing visitors are “even more satisfied” than they were prior to COVID-19.

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During interview with Bloomberg from March 17, Disney CEO Bob Chapek confirmed that guest satisfaction scores since reopening have been positive.

"Our guest satisfaction scores since we've reopened across the world have shown that, indeed, our guests are even more satisfied than they were prior to the pandemic," said Chapek.


"We’ve learned some things, we’ve learned to operate under constraints all the time by delivering this great same Disney magic that you expect, but we’ve been in a fortunate situation where we've had a lot of demand in the past.

"In many cases, that has exceeded what we can actually supply in terms of how many people we can put in the park and there's been no situation that's been more like that than we've had upon reopening."

Disneyland Resortis set to reopen onApril 30in California. Chapek believes that park openings will "create a reemergence scenario where magic is going to be even greater for our guests when they do come back to our parks".

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Walt Disney World Resortrecently announced an innovative and contactless solution in response to the pandemic calledDisney MagicMobile.

"We're thrilled with the response that we're seeing from our guests in terms of future reservations and intent to come back to our parks," said Chapek.

"In addition to all the health guidelines that we've been following across the world, we're also going to be introducing a new reservation system that's going to enable our guests to have a great time," he added.

Walt Disney World Resortwill officially open Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure atEpcoton October 1. This is part of thehistoric transformation of Epcot.

Disney's theme parks are predicted to hit historic attendance metrics by 2022, with visitor numbers recovering in full by 2023, according to a recent report by UBS.

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