I think the crowds are really spread out now. Having Rob Zombie in SF and two shows allows people to spread out a bit more.
Extremely light compared to recent years. It's fairly surprising.
I wonder what the actual attendance counts are. I know wait times have been more manageable (just got back from our trip, more to come); but, is it just lower crowds, are they doing a better job at spreading people out, or a combo of both?
It's hard to say... I don't know if last year Stranger Things was just super hot and it was the first year for it so it drew a lot more people than normal?
I think the crowds are really spread out now. Having Rob Zombie in SF and two shows allows people to spread out a bit more.
Lagoon show draws some people as well.
The Kidzone/MiB areas though get consistently low wait times every time I've been.
^Careful with that multi-quote, my man. That’s a lot of posts in there.
It is very strange seeing Yeti’s and Tethered walking together to the break space at the end of the night. Not bad, just kinda ridiculous and funny looking. Like if in Us 2 the Tethered got backup or something lol.
Scareactor friends tell me show direction has been very sparse this year, save for Us. People have been kinda left to themselves when it comes to how they scare.
^Careful with that multi-quote, my man. That’s a lot of posts in there.
It is very strange seeing Yeti’s and Tethered walking together to the break space at the end of the night. Not bad, just kinda ridiculous and funny looking. Like if in Us 2 the Tethered got backup or something lol.
Scareactor friends tell me show direction has been very sparse this year, save for Us. People have been kinda left to themselves when it comes to how they scare.
Extremely light compared to recent years. It's fairly surprising.
sounds like HHN is reflecting the same attendance issues as the parks at WDW and Universal. Something is really off....perhaps it's The Curse of Star Wars (distant relation to the Kid Zone Curse)...maybe Disney shouldn't have killed off all the beloved stars. The DARK side of the Force is showing it's power.I was coming to report the same thing. I haven't gone this year but I've had friends and co-workers return with their house counts minus Express and I'm like.. what the hell? In recent years, the story was the typical.. "able to do" 3 or 4. This year it's more like 9 or all 10.. and on weekend nights! Attendance HAS to be softer this year.
My 11 year old sister who is indifferent about HHN somehow has heard this year “isn’t that scary”.Could the decline be because of the movies used and because of word of Mouth?
Yes, everyone is crazy about stranger things and Ghostbusters is iconic,
But with the amount of comments on social media hating on the event for going soft , it makes me wonder if some people are simply skipping it due to lack of scares and no good IPs.
I honestly think it's just because people are getting squeezed financially. Job growth has been slowing, gas and rent are rising. I know personally a lot of people are talking about "saving up" now, when that usually wasn't an issue last year or the year before.
My 11 year old sister who is indifferent about HHN somehow has heard this year “isn’t that scary”.
Point takenEveryone knows that 11yr olds are correct about everything. :grin:
I wonder if this a bigger widespread (potentially economic?) issue with HHN potentially having smaller crowds and the underwhelming response to Galaxy's Edge.
Have the parks during normal hours also been having lighter than expected crowds?
Most of all, any softness I hope doesn't equate to reduced investment for HHN30.
Could the decline be because of the movies used and because of word of Mouth?
Yes, everyone is crazy about stranger things and Ghostbusters is iconic,
But with the amount of comments on social media hating on the event for going soft , it makes me wonder if some people are simply skipping it due to lack of scares and no good IPs.
I'm not trying to be snarky - okay, maybe a little - but really, what's harder than House of 1000 Corpses? It's not like we're gonna get a Cannibal Holocaust house.Hard to tell if they’ll be motivated to go for “harder” headliners. Once again the originals this year are plenty scary, IMO.