The ride count at Epic Universe, as shocking as it sounds coming from me, is fine. The issue, outside of downtime, is that even at peak efficiency some of the rides weren't designed with high-capacity in mind. No reason why Donkey Kong, as cool as it is, was approved to operate at barely 1,000 guests an hour... when running the maximum amount of trains available and no downtime.
Curse of the Werewolf, designed and with the capacity D-ticket attraction, has to play a major role in a land with only 1 other attraction.
Dragon Racers' Rally ride system (even with dual sides) was a waste of resources for its low capacity and ultimate satisfaction level (what a ridicously short cycle time).
Ministry of Magic, once operating closer to its intended hourly capacity, will be just fine.
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Opening the floodgates to Annual Passholders would not be the correct choice... but some of the dining locations are starting to close early on in the day (Das Stakehaus at 8, Mead Hall at 7:15, Le Gobelet 6:15)... so why not offer APs an after "x" PM access plan? I think most APs on here will be just fine visiting after 5PM.
Yes, 'lack of capacity' is the primary issue. 'If' more of the attractions were Monsters like capacity, the number of attractions wouldn't be
as much of an issue. But, bottom line, the attraction capacity numbers never added up to a workable number, even if Ministry would be
close to their theoretical capacity, which it isn't. Even a couple of the smaller attractions like the Racers at Berk and the stupid
loading process of the Carousel are both more in the Meet and Greets number status, which is basically meaningless.
One point on the Darkmore land, which I've mentioned before....is that its location and size make it likely that it's easy to be missed
by more casual guests, kind of a bigger issue Diagon entrance problem. That entrance is a gem, but it's almost a 'hidden' gem. And, to
@SeventyOne fear factor of Monsters....yes for sure. That definitely could be too scary for many kids and even some squeamish adults.
The fact there's still decent ticket demand for Epic, even with so many disappointed guests and reviews, and hard to buy ticket policy,
just gives more credence to the huge demand that existed for the park in this era of high social media content. 'If' they would have
built this park with decent capacity and had better operational performance, there's little doubt they'd be getting double the attendance,
and revenue, they've had in these first nine months of 'official' operation. The demand was there, but the supply missed the target.
Even if they figure out all these breakdown issues, and they are widespread among most attractions, the capacity will still be woefully
inadequate. They ended up building a park for 5 or 6 million attendance when it could have met a demand for 9-11 million a year.