Enjoyed the debate about the management changes and Galaxy's Edge. Personally, I think 2 main factors are working together to cause the attendance problem for Galaxy's Edge.
1. They decided to open it partially and add the major attraction launch later.
2. Ticket prices
For me, I can't afford to do two separate trips to see Galaxy's Edge. I originally planned to go a few weeks after it opened but I did not do so because to me it isn't fully open. As it is, we're coming down to do one day at Galaxy's Edge before our
DCL cruise and not a long trip at Disney World due to the cost being prohibitive. In fact, when we originally booked our room for this trip, we told our
travel agent to wait to buy our park ticket because if the cost didn't come down and waits were 3 hours plus like Avatar was and no fast pass, we were going to Universal instead. We still don't have our park ticket... although we will buy it soon so we can book fastpass reservations. I am a HUGE star wars fan and cannot wait to visit this land, but I think the rollout was poorly thought out and everything they did leading into DL and WDW's launches screamed "we think we will be flooded by people". The parks in my opinion are already overcrowded... we went to a
MNSSHP last year that had longer waits than the park had had all day before the party started and was so packed you could barely walk around... it was not fun at all and not worth the surcharge.
For reference, this is because, for the most part, although we love WDW, we are limiting our trips to the parks because the ticket prices have risen beyond what I'm willing to pay for what used to be annual/biannual trips for our family. The biggest issue I have is the ticket prices are going up and the service level is going way down. Just not a tradeoff I'm prepared to make as often as we used to. Case in point... instead of WDW we have been going on other trips... we went on a 7 day cruise that was cheaper than 4 days at Disney, and we went on a trip to England for 7 days that was only about $500 more than a trip to WDW for 4 days would have been.